Popular baby names in Maine, 1977

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (320 babies) and Jason for boys (381). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,919 babies born in Maine in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1977

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

Girls

Liza: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Bethany: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kate: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Heidi: 59 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kerry: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurie: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jessica: 245 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jenny: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erica: 64 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Heath: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Seth: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jamie: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bruce: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Benjamin: 127 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Scott: 137 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	320	–	1
2	Jessica	245	↑1	4
3	Amy	207	↑1	3
4	Heather	185	↓2	5
5	Sarah	153	↑1	11
6	Melissa	142	↓1	2
7	Michelle	126	–	7
8	Angela	114	↑1	6
9	Amanda	103	↑2	9
10	Kelly	88	↑9	10
11	Rebecca	85	↓3	17
12	Lisa	83	↓2	12
13	Nicole	74	↓1	15
14	Elizabeth	71	↑8	13
15	Erin	69	↑12	23
16	Kimberly	68	↓1	8
17	Christina	67	↑1	16
18	Jamie	65	↑5	18
19	Erica	64	↑19	38
20	Sara	64	↑4	27
21	Carrie	63	↓1	28
22	Stephanie	63	↓9	14
23	Karen	61	↑6	32
24	Shannon	61	↓8	19
25	Heidi	59	–	81
26	Danielle	57	↓5	31
27	Laura	54	↑6	20
28	Jaime	52	↓11	46
29	Julie	52	↓15	22
30	Rachel	47	↓4	26
31	Christine	45	↑4	30
32	Emily	45	↑13	37
33	Andrea	44	↓3	24
34	Mary	42	–	21
35	Crystal	41	↑9	25
36	Holly	39	↑6	52
37	Jill	39	↑2	41
38	Katherine	38	↓2	44
39	Melanie	38	↑8	53
40	Dawn	36	↑10	43
41	Susan	35	↑2	45
42	Tammy	34	↓14	55
43	April	33	↓11	29
44	Bethany	33	new	>100
45	Tanya	33	new	67
46	Allison	31	new	66
47	Stacy	31	↑2	42
48	Lori	30	–	57
49	Wendy	30	↓18	49
50	Kristy	29	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	381	–	2
2	Michael	281	–	1
3	Christopher	274	–	3
4	Matthew	245	–	9
5	David	187	–	4
6	Ryan	168	↑1	16
7	Joshua	153	↓1	14
8	James	144	↑6	5
9	John	141	↑9	7
10	Scott	137	↓1	27
11	Brian	136	–	8
12	Eric	136	↓4	17
13	Robert	133	↓3	6
14	Benjamin	127	↑2	29
15	Daniel	125	↓3	11
16	Jeremy	124	↓3	15
17	Andrew	123	↑3	24
18	Kevin	121	↑5	13
19	Joseph	118	↓4	10
20	Timothy	110	↑1	18
21	Adam	106	↓2	33
22	Jeffrey	99	–	19
23	Shawn	98	↓6	37
24	Aaron	91	↑2	32
25	Richard	86	–	20
26	Nathan	85	↑8	36
27	Thomas	84	↑3	22
28	William	84	↓4	12
29	Jonathan	83	↓1	28
30	Mark	78	↓3	25
31	Chad	75	↓2	34
32	Justin	70	↓1	30
33	Stephen	68	↑5	38
34	Peter	65	↑2	55
35	Travis	65	↑4	44
36	Steven	64	↓3	23
37	Corey	60	new	52
38	Anthony	55	↓1	21
39	Charles	51	↑6	26
40	Keith	48	↑1	48
41	Paul	48	↓9	31
42	Jamie	47	↑1	82
43	Patrick	47	↓3	40
44	Todd	45	↓9	50
45	Nicholas	41	new	51
46	Gregory	38	–	35
47	Kenneth	37	–	39
48	Seth	35	↑2	>100
49	Craig	34	new	64
50	Derek	33	↓1	84

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