Popular baby names in Maine, 1973

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (372 babies) and Jason for boys (311). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,932 babies born in Maine in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1973

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: 33 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kelley: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Laurie: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alison: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angel: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sarah: 90 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kim: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kathy: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 32 babies, 7× the national rate
Seth: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Norman: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ralph: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wayne: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bruce: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kirk: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shawn: 140 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 68 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Troy: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	372	–	1
2	Michelle	201	–	3
3	Amy	170	↑2	2
4	Melissa	151	↓1	6
5	Heather	128	↑4	8
6	Lisa	122	↓2	5
7	Rebecca	116	↑5	10
8	Angela	110	–	7
9	Tammy	102	↓2	15
10	Kimberly	100	↓4	4
11	Nicole	100	↓1	11
12	Sarah	90	↑12	35
13	Julie	84	↑2	12
14	Kelly	74	↑2	18
15	Stephanie	72	↓2	9
16	Karen	71	↓5	23
17	Jessica	69	↑6	34
18	Lori	67	↑13	28
19	Christine	65	↓1	17
20	Tracy	65	↑5	20
21	Heidi	60	↓7	65
22	Tina	59	↓5	24
23	Elizabeth	58	↑6	13
24	Denise	55	new	38
25	April	53	↑19	33
26	Dawn	52	↓7	21
27	Wendy	52	↓5	29
28	Shannon	49	↑11	22
29	Andrea	45	↑5	30
30	Holly	45	↑7	54
31	Michele	45	↓4	44
32	Stacy	45	–	32
33	Susan	43	↓13	25
34	Laurie	42	↑2	>100
35	Melanie	42	↓9	43
36	Christina	40	↓8	16
37	Mary	38	↓16	14
38	Stacey	36	↓5	41
39	Tanya	36	new	50
40	Crystal	35	↓5	48
41	Katherine	35	new	64
42	Rachel	34	↑4	42
43	Bethany	33	new	>100
44	Erica	33	new	81
45	Brenda	32	new	53
46	Danielle	32	↑2	49
47	Laura	32	↓17	19
48	Carrie	31	↓1	46
49	Deborah	31	↓8	56
50	Renee	31	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	311	↑3	3
2	Michael	302	–	1
3	Christopher	299	↓2	2
4	James	195	↑3	4
5	David	191	–	5
6	Scott	188	↓3	18
7	Robert	181	↓1	7
8	Matthew	173	↑1	10
9	John	159	↓1	6
10	Eric	141	–	13
11	Shawn	140	–	27
12	Daniel	137	↑5	11
13	Jeffrey	137	↓1	17
14	Brian	127	–	8
15	Kevin	127	↓2	14
16	Mark	127	↑2	15
17	William	117	↓1	9
18	Richard	113	↓3	16
19	Timothy	110	↑1	22
20	Joseph	102	↓1	12
21	Aaron	95	↑17	34
22	Thomas	95	↑1	19
23	Todd	92	↑3	35
24	Jonathan	86	–	31
25	Steven	85	↓4	20
26	Ryan	81	↑6	30
27	Andrew	73	↑3	29
28	Chad	70	–	25
29	Paul	70	↓2	24
30	Joshua	68	new	42
31	Peter	68	↓9	52
32	Anthony	66	↓1	21
33	Stephen	61	↓8	32
34	Jeremy	60	↑6	33
35	Troy	59	–	59
36	Charles	55	↓7	23
37	Donald	55	↓3	38
38	Travis	53	↑5	53
39	Adam	52	–	45
40	Gregory	48	↓4	26
41	Sean	48	–	36
42	Patrick	47	–	37
43	Benjamin	46	new	55
44	Keith	46	↓11	41
45	Kenneth	46	↓8	28
46	Craig	43	↓2	48
47	Jamie	38	new	70
48	Douglas	37	new	47
49	Marc	37	new	81
50	Ronald	37	↓5	40

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