Popular baby names in Maine, 1974

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (377 babies) and Jason for boys (332). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,296 babies born in Maine in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1974

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

Girls

Darcy: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Bethany: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Heidi: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angel: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gretchen: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lynn: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurie: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Jessica: 120 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alison: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dana: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Toby: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dale: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Derek: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Erik: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wayne: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Corey: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aaron: 109 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	377	–	1
2	Amy	179	↑1	2
3	Michelle	173	↓1	3
4	Melissa	156	–	7
5	Heather	152	–	4
6	Jessica	120	↑11	17
7	Angela	111	↑1	5
8	Rebecca	105	↓1	10
9	Sarah	96	↑3	20
10	Lisa	92	↓4	8
11	Kimberly	88	↓1	6
12	Stephanie	84	↑3	9
13	Tammy	83	↓4	24
14	Nicole	81	↓3	11
15	Julie	76	↓2	14
16	Heidi	72	↑5	60
17	Kelly	67	↓3	15
18	Christine	59	↑1	19
19	Karen	58	↓3	26
20	Wendy	56	↑7	32
21	Tracy	55	↓1	23
22	Shannon	54	↑6	18
23	Dawn	53	↑3	22
24	Tina	51	↓2	25
25	Elizabeth	49	↓2	12
26	Susan	49	↑7	27
27	April	48	↓2	28
28	Kristen	48	new	45
29	Melanie	48	↑6	51
30	Danielle	46	↑16	40
31	Mary	46	↑6	13
32	Holly	45	↓2	56
33	Rachel	45	↑9	36
34	Denise	44	↓10	53
35	Lori	43	↓17	30
36	Amanda	42	new	34
37	Andrea	42	↓8	35
38	Crystal	42	↑2	49
39	Christina	41	↓3	16
40	Erin	41	new	47
41	Stacey	40	↓3	48
42	Tanya	38	↓3	46
43	Emily	34	new	69
44	Carrie	33	↑4	42
45	Laura	33	↑2	21
46	Bethany	31	↓3	>100
47	Laurie	31	↓13	>100
48	Stacy	31	↓16	38
49	Tara	31	new	39
50	Erica	30	↓6	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	332	–	2
2	Christopher	273	↑1	3
3	Michael	266	↓1	1
4	Matthew	200	↑4	9
5	David	192	–	4
6	Robert	170	↑1	7
7	James	160	↓3	5
8	John	155	↑1	6
9	Scott	132	↓3	18
10	Brian	131	↑4	8
11	Eric	113	↓1	13
12	Daniel	112	–	11
13	Jeffrey	112	–	15
14	Aaron	109	↑7	32
15	Kevin	104	–	14
16	Joseph	103	↑4	12
17	Mark	103	↓1	16
18	Ryan	101	↑8	25
19	Shawn	100	↓8	30
20	Timothy	97	↓1	22
21	Thomas	93	↑1	20
22	Joshua	88	↑8	29
23	William	87	↓6	10
24	Richard	86	↓6	17
25	Andrew	81	↑2	28
26	Jonathan	79	↓2	33
27	Jeremy	77	↑7	24
28	Steven	77	↓3	19
29	Adam	75	↑10	36
30	Todd	75	↓7	39
31	Chad	72	↓3	26
32	Stephen	72	↑1	35
33	Paul	69	↓4	27
34	Peter	64	↓3	50
35	Benjamin	59	↑8	46
36	Patrick	55	↑6	38
37	Nathan	54	new	52
38	Craig	53	↑8	57
39	Keith	51	↑5	44
40	Donald	50	↓3	41
41	Travis	49	↓3	54
42	Anthony	47	↓10	21
43	Charles	47	↓7	23
44	Sean	43	↓3	37
45	Shane	42	new	56
46	Derek	41	new	74
47	Troy	41	↓12	63
48	Kenneth	40	↓3	34
49	Jamie	39	↓2	68
50	Justin	37	new	43

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