Popular baby names in Maine, 1975

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (360 babies) and Jason for boys (359). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,282 babies born in Maine in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1975

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, 7.2× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 63 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelley: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jessica: 170 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelley: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laurie: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angel: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristy: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Danielle: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Seth: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darren: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heath: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 72 babies, 3× the national rate
Jamie: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marc: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Travis: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Benjamin: 96 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ian: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	360	–	1
2	Amy	203	–	2
3	Heather	200	↑2	3
4	Jessica	170	↑2	13
5	Melissa	161	↓1	4
6	Michelle	152	↓3	6
7	Angela	122	–	5
8	Lisa	97	↑2	8
9	Rebecca	93	↓1	11
10	Sarah	89	↓1	17
11	Kimberly	87	–	7
12	Kelly	81	↑5	16
13	Stephanie	73	↓1	9
14	Amanda	64	↑22	14
15	Heidi	63	↑1	66
16	Nicole	63	↓2	10
17	Julie	62	↓2	18
18	Carrie	57	↑26	29
19	Danielle	57	↑11	42
20	Elizabeth	57	↑5	15
21	Tammy	55	↓8	31
22	Christina	54	↑17	12
23	Wendy	54	↓3	33
24	Laura	53	↑21	20
25	Tina	53	↓1	35
26	Tracy	52	↓5	24
27	Karen	51	↓8	27
28	April	49	↓1	25
29	Erin	49	↑11	38
30	Rachel	48	↑3	26
31	Dawn	47	↓8	23
32	Mary	47	↓1	19
33	Stacey	46	↑8	44
34	Susan	45	↓8	32
35	Crystal	44	↑3	43
36	Lori	40	↓1	39
37	Andrea	39	–	28
38	Stacy	39	↑10	34
39	Shannon	38	↓17	21
40	Christine	36	↓22	22
41	Kristen	36	↓13	60
42	Jill	35	new	46
43	Sara	35	new	54
44	Megan	34	new	69
45	Patricia	34	new	36
46	Bethany	32	–	>100
47	Tanya	32	↓5	50
48	Holly	31	↓16	55
49	Katherine	29	new	58
50	Melanie	29	↓21	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	359	–	2
2	Michael	299	↑1	1
3	Christopher	281	↓1	3
4	Matthew	197	–	9
5	Robert	174	↑1	6
6	David	173	↓1	5
7	James	166	–	4
8	Scott	150	↑1	17
9	Daniel	147	↑3	11
10	John	142	↓2	7
11	Eric	130	–	13
12	Brian	127	↓2	8
13	Ryan	117	↑5	23
14	Joshua	106	↑8	26
15	Shawn	105	↑4	31
16	Aaron	100	↓2	32
17	Kevin	100	↓2	15
18	Joseph	97	↓2	12
19	Benjamin	96	↑16	36
20	Mark	95	↓3	19
21	Richard	95	↑3	16
22	Andrew	93	↑3	28
23	William	92	–	10
24	Jeffrey	90	↓11	14
25	Jeremy	88	↑2	24
26	Adam	85	↑3	38
27	Jonathan	81	↓1	30
28	Chad	80	↑3	27
29	Timothy	75	↓9	22
30	Peter	72	↑4	54
31	Paul	70	↑2	29
32	Steven	70	↓4	18
33	Stephen	69	↓1	34
34	Thomas	69	↓13	20
35	Nathan	67	↑2	45
36	Travis	63	↑5	51
37	Todd	56	↓7	43
38	Justin	52	↑12	37
39	Jamie	50	↑10	62
40	Kenneth	50	↑8	35
41	Keith	48	↓2	49
42	Donald	46	↓2	42
43	Sean	45	↑1	40
44	Anthony	44	↓2	21
45	Patrick	39	↓9	39
46	Troy	39	↑1	69
47	Craig	38	↓9	58
48	Charles	37	↓5	25
49	Gregory	37	new	33
50	Jesse	31	new	64

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