Popular baby names in Maine, 1970

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (254 babies) and Michael for boys (430). Social Security records list 15,101 babies born in Maine in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in Maine that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Bethany: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Angel: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 68 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelley: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Terry: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lynn: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laurie: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Jean: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Cathy: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 35 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Toby: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wayne: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathan: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shawn: 129 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Glen: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Norman: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 91 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	254	↑2	1
2	Lisa	242	↓1	2
3	Michelle	225	↓1	4
4	Tammy	185	↑1	8
5	Kimberly	166	↑1	3
6	Amy	162	↑1	5
7	Melissa	154	↓3	7
8	Julie	124	–	11
9	Tracy	108	↑8	10
10	Karen	106	↓1	12
11	Kelly	101	–	20
12	Susan	101	↓2	15
13	Angela	100	↑6	6
14	Heather	94	↑1	19
15	Lori	87	↓3	23
16	Christine	84	↓3	14
17	Shannon	77	↑18	22
18	Wendy	77	↑13	28
19	Rebecca	76	↑6	29
20	Mary	74	↓6	9
21	Tina	70	↓3	21
22	Dawn	68	↑8	16
23	Heidi	68	↑1	81
24	Stephanie	66	↑4	17
25	Michele	64	↓4	31
26	Elizabeth	62	↓3	18
27	Pamela	62	↓7	26
28	Laura	60	↓2	13
29	Patricia	56	↓2	24
30	Deborah	55	↓8	33
31	Laurie	54	↓15	88
32	Nicole	52	new	30
33	Stacy	52	↑16	42
34	Denise	51	↓2	36
35	Holly	51	new	74
36	Cynthia	45	↑1	25
37	Kristen	45	new	83
38	Stacey	45	↑8	48
39	Nancy	44	↑9	50
40	Sarah	44	↑5	65
41	Brenda	42	↓5	40
42	Lynn	41	↓1	>100
43	Theresa	41	↑7	53
44	Andrea	40	new	43
45	Linda	40	↓12	38
46	Kathleen	39	↓6	45
47	April	37	new	82
48	Donna	37	↓14	32
49	Renee	37	new	68
50	Robin	37	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	430	–	1
2	Scott	289	↑2	12
3	John	277	–	4
4	David	269	↓2	3
5	James	258	↑1	2
6	Christopher	251	↑2	6
7	Robert	249	↓2	5
8	Jeffrey	199	↓1	11
9	Jason	176	↑22	13
10	Mark	167	↓1	9
11	Richard	167	↓1	10
12	William	164	↓1	7
13	Brian	153	↑3	8
14	Daniel	149	↓2	19
15	Kevin	146	↓2	14
16	Eric	136	↑3	18
17	Shawn	129	↑7	34
18	Timothy	128	↓3	20
19	Thomas	122	↓2	17
20	Matthew	119	↑5	24
21	Steven	113	↓7	15
22	Paul	109	↓4	23
23	Todd	95	–	28
24	Stephen	92	↓3	27
25	Peter	91	↓5	44
26	Joseph	87	↓4	16
27	Andrew	85	↓1	32
28	Donald	79	↑1	30
29	Charles	70	↓1	21
30	Craig	63	↑11	39
31	Kenneth	63	↓4	25
32	Ronald	61	↑3	29
33	Troy	60	↓3	41
34	Douglas	59	↑8	36
35	Jonathan	59	↑8	42
36	Edward	53	↑2	31
37	Gregory	52	↑3	26
38	Patrick	51	↓6	33
39	Keith	49	↓3	38
40	Raymond	49	new	49
41	Wayne	49	new	80
42	Randy	48	↑8	59
43	Dennis	47	↑5	46
44	Gary	45	↓5	35
45	Marc	43	↑1	60
46	Anthony	41	↓13	22
47	Travis	39	new	69
48	Aaron	38	new	52
49	Roger	37	new	61
50	Chad	36	new	51

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