Popular baby names in Maine, 1976

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (322 babies) and Jason for boys (317). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,150 babies born in Maine in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1976

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

Girls

Lynn: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Bethany: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jessica: 205 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laurie: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angie: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sarah: 136 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nichole: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jaime: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alison: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Norman: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Seth: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Toby: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darren: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bruce: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tyler: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Derek: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 105 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	322	–	1
2	Heather	205	↑1	4
3	Jessica	205	↑1	8
4	Amy	204	↓2	2
5	Melissa	149	–	3
6	Sarah	136	↑4	15
7	Michelle	123	↓1	6
8	Rebecca	120	↑1	12
9	Angela	104	↓2	5
10	Lisa	97	↓2	9
11	Amanda	95	↑3	10
12	Nicole	88	↑4	13
13	Stephanie	84	–	11
14	Julie	77	↑3	21
15	Kimberly	76	↓4	7
16	Shannon	75	↑23	17
17	Jaime	73	new	29
18	Christina	72	↑4	14
19	Kelly	72	↓7	19
20	Carrie	62	↓2	28
21	Danielle	58	↓2	33
22	Elizabeth	57	↓2	16
23	Jamie	56	new	18
24	Sara	52	↑19	27
25	Heidi	51	↓10	70
26	Rachel	51	↑4	23
27	Erin	50	↑2	24
28	Tammy	50	↓7	41
29	Karen	47	↓2	31
30	Andrea	46	↑7	25
31	Wendy	46	↓8	39
32	April	45	↓4	30
33	Laura	45	↓9	20
34	Mary	40	↓2	22
35	Christine	38	↑5	26
36	Katherine	37	↑13	57
37	Tracy	37	↓11	37
38	Erica	36	new	54
39	Jill	36	↑3	52
40	Tara	35	new	42
41	Tina	35	↓16	48
42	Holly	34	↑6	56
43	Susan	34	↓9	40
44	Crystal	33	↓9	36
45	Emily	33	new	50
46	Stacey	33	↓13	51
47	Melanie	31	↑3	53
48	Lori	30	↓12	47
49	Stacy	30	↓11	38
50	Dawn	28	↓19	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	317	–	2
2	Michael	284	–	1
3	Christopher	262	–	3
4	Matthew	197	–	9
5	David	151	↑1	4
6	Joshua	150	↑8	18
7	Ryan	143	↑6	16
8	Eric	136	↑3	13
9	Scott	134	↓1	24
10	Robert	130	↓5	7
11	Brian	129	↑1	8
12	Daniel	129	↓3	10
13	Jeremy	127	↑12	14
14	James	121	↓7	5
15	Joseph	114	↑3	12
16	Benjamin	108	↑3	32
17	Shawn	105	↓2	34
18	John	104	↓8	6
19	Adam	102	↑7	36
20	Andrew	102	↑2	27
21	Timothy	102	↑8	21
22	Jeffrey	97	↑2	17
23	Kevin	94	↓6	15
24	William	94	↓1	11
25	Richard	89	↓4	19
26	Aaron	86	↓10	30
27	Mark	77	↓7	25
28	Jonathan	76	↓1	31
29	Chad	69	↓1	29
30	Thomas	67	↑4	23
31	Justin	65	↑7	33
32	Paul	65	↓1	28
33	Steven	64	↓1	20
34	Nathan	63	↑1	39
35	Todd	60	↑2	50
36	Peter	59	↓6	54
37	Anthony	52	↑7	22
38	Stephen	52	↓5	37
39	Travis	52	↓3	46
40	Patrick	51	↑5	41
41	Keith	48	–	48
42	Jesse	47	↑8	55
43	Jamie	46	↓4	62
44	Sean	44	↓1	42
45	Charles	43	↑3	26
46	Gregory	40	↑3	35
47	Kenneth	40	↓7	38
48	Shane	39	new	57
49	Derek	36	new	84
50	Seth	34	new	>100

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