Popular baby names in Maine, 1972

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (391 babies) and Christopher for boys (346). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,825 babies born in Maine in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1972

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: 26 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darcy: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Heidi: 85 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Laurie: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Judith: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alison: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Penny: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Meredith: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Peter: 99 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heath: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kirk: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bruce: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawn: 149 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Scott: 257 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Corey: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wayne: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	391	–	1
2	Michelle	203	↑1	2
3	Melissa	176	↑1	7
4	Lisa	162	↓2	3
5	Amy	157	–	5
6	Kimberly	129	–	4
7	Tammy	127	–	11
8	Angela	118	–	6
9	Heather	113	–	9
10	Nicole	102	↑19	10
11	Karen	100	↓1	21
12	Rebecca	99	↑3	14
13	Stephanie	87	↑11	8
14	Heidi	85	↓1	64
15	Julie	84	↓4	12
16	Kelly	77	–	23
17	Tina	75	↓5	18
18	Christine	74	↑1	16
19	Dawn	71	↓1	20
20	Susan	68	↓6	24
21	Mary	63	–	13
22	Wendy	63	↑4	29
23	Jessica	62	↑2	46
24	Sarah	62	new	49
25	Tracy	62	↓8	19
26	Melanie	60	↑12	42
27	Michele	58	↑4	36
28	Christina	54	↑11	26
29	Elizabeth	52	↓7	15
30	Laura	52	↑5	17
31	Lori	52	↓3	28
32	Stacy	52	↓2	33
33	Stacey	49	↑1	41
34	Andrea	48	↑10	30
35	Crystal	47	new	59
36	Laurie	46	↓16	98
37	Holly	44	↓5	71
38	Jill	44	new	62
39	Shannon	44	↓16	22
40	Cynthia	42	↑6	25
41	Deborah	41	↑1	43
42	Cheryl	40	↓5	56
43	Patricia	40	↓10	27
44	April	38	↓3	48
45	Pamela	37	↓18	34
46	Rachel	37	new	40
47	Carrie	34	↓2	53
48	Danielle	34	new	73
49	Catherine	33	new	65
50	Tara	33	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Christopher	346	↑1	2
2	Michael	322	↓1	1
3	Scott	257	–	11
4	Jason	239	↑3	7
5	David	229	↓1	4
6	Robert	213	–	6
7	James	199	↓2	3
8	John	184	–	5
9	Matthew	160	↑8	10
10	Eric	154	↑6	16
11	Shawn	149	↓2	28
12	Jeffrey	138	↓1	17
13	Kevin	134	↑2	13
14	Brian	133	↓1	8
15	Richard	133	↓5	14
16	William	132	↓4	9
17	Daniel	129	↑1	15
18	Mark	126	↓4	18
19	Joseph	117	↑2	12
20	Timothy	115	↓1	21
21	Steven	109	↑4	19
22	Peter	99	–	48
23	Thomas	92	–	20
24	Jonathan	84	↑13	37
25	Stephen	84	↑1	29
26	Todd	83	↑2	31
27	Paul	81	↓3	24
28	Chad	74	↑13	25
29	Charles	73	–	23
30	Andrew	71	↓10	30
31	Anthony	68	–	22
32	Ryan	65	↑15	39
33	Keith	63	↑1	38
34	Donald	62	↓2	36
35	Troy	62	↓2	49
36	Gregory	61	↓6	26
37	Kenneth	58	↓10	27
38	Aaron	57	–	40
39	Adam	51	↑3	51
40	Jeremy	51	↑4	42
41	Sean	49	↑2	33
42	Patrick	47	↓3	35
43	Travis	47	new	57
44	Craig	46	↓9	46
45	Ronald	45	↓5	32
46	Gary	39	–	41
47	Shane	38	↑1	55
48	Derek	37	new	67
49	Nathan	37	new	79
50	Dennis	35	new	52

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