Popular baby names in Maine, 1971

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (365 babies) and Michael for boys (402). Social Security records list 15,132 babies born in Maine in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1971

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: 32 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Darcy: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Bobbi: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Heidi: 92 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Laurie: 69 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lynn: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bobbie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jessica: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tricia: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 38 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Shawn: 193 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 101 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamie: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nathan: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dean: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wayne: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bruce: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dale: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Andrew: 109 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	365	–	1
2	Lisa	224	–	3
3	Michelle	210	–	2
4	Melissa	203	↑3	7
5	Amy	171	↑1	5
6	Kimberly	149	↓1	4
7	Tammy	136	↓3	8
8	Angela	128	↑5	6
9	Heather	128	↑5	12
10	Karen	126	–	15
11	Julie	112	↓3	10
12	Tina	94	↑9	20
13	Heidi	92	↑10	77
14	Susan	92	↓2	17
15	Rebecca	89	↑4	23
16	Kelly	85	↓5	22
17	Tracy	85	↓8	13
18	Dawn	72	↑4	14
19	Christine	69	↓3	18
20	Laurie	69	↑11	96
21	Mary	69	↓1	9
22	Elizabeth	67	↑4	19
23	Shannon	67	↓6	21
24	Stephanie	65	–	11
25	Jessica	64	new	64
26	Wendy	64	↓8	29
27	Pamela	61	–	28
28	Lori	60	↓13	25
29	Nicole	60	↑3	27
30	Stacy	60	↑3	32
31	Michele	50	↓6	39
32	Holly	49	↑3	76
33	Patricia	49	↓4	26
34	Stacey	47	↑4	41
35	Laura	46	↓7	16
36	Sandra	46	new	31
37	Cheryl	43	new	50
38	Melanie	43	new	66
39	Christina	42	new	30
40	Tricia	42	new	>100
41	April	41	↑6	56
42	Deborah	41	↓12	33
43	Debra	40	new	57
44	Andrea	38	–	35
45	Carrie	37	new	55
46	Cynthia	37	↓10	24
47	Denise	37	↓13	36
48	Kathleen	37	↓2	53
49	Lynn	37	↓7	>100
50	Brenda	36	↓9	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	402	–	1
2	Christopher	316	↑4	6
3	Scott	299	↓1	10
4	David	270	–	3
5	James	243	–	2
6	Robert	237	↑1	5
7	Jason	224	↑2	8
8	John	224	↓5	4
9	Shawn	193	↑8	28
10	Richard	176	↑1	11
11	Jeffrey	162	↓3	12
12	William	157	–	7
13	Brian	155	–	9
14	Mark	152	↓4	13
15	Kevin	146	–	14
16	Eric	136	–	18
17	Matthew	129	↑3	19
18	Daniel	119	↓4	20
19	Timothy	116	↓1	21
20	Andrew	109	↑7	33
21	Joseph	104	↑5	15
22	Peter	101	↑3	47
23	Thomas	100	↓4	17
24	Paul	94	↓2	24
25	Steven	93	↓4	16
26	Stephen	90	↓2	27
27	Kenneth	81	↑4	25
28	Todd	80	↓5	30
29	Charles	74	–	22
30	Gregory	71	↑7	26
31	Anthony	68	↑15	23
32	Donald	67	↓4	34
33	Troy	67	–	46
34	Keith	61	↑5	37
35	Craig	60	↓5	43
36	Edward	60	–	32
37	Jonathan	59	↓2	40
38	Aaron	58	↑10	41
39	Patrick	58	↓1	35
40	Ronald	56	↓8	31
41	Chad	51	↑9	29
42	Adam	50	new	57
43	Sean	50	new	36
44	Jeremy	46	new	45
45	Douglas	45	↓11	39
46	Gary	43	↓2	38
47	Ryan	43	new	51
48	Shane	43	new	60
49	Jamie	39	new	96
50	Raymond	39	↓10	52

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