Popular baby names in Maine, 1978

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (302 babies) and Jason for boys (312). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,708 babies born in Maine in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1978

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

Girls

Kate: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Bethany: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Angie: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaime: 54 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laurie: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jessica: 247 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sarah: 192 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beth: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Joey: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heath: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mathew: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Seth: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Benjamin: 117 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bruce: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Scott: 128 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	302	–	1
2	Jessica	247	–	3
3	Sarah	192	↑2	8
4	Heather	182	–	5
5	Melissa	177	↑1	2
6	Amy	150	↓3	4
7	Angela	128	↑1	7
8	Michelle	117	↓1	9
9	Rebecca	112	↑2	17
10	Amanda	108	↓1	6
11	Kelly	90	↓1	12
12	Nicole	86	↑1	10
13	Elizabeth	85	↑1	14
14	Erin	78	↑1	21
15	Lisa	71	↓3	11
16	Stephanie	69	↑6	16
17	Christina	65	–	15
18	Shannon	63	↑6	22
19	Crystal	61	↑16	18
20	Emily	61	↑12	33
21	Carrie	60	–	35
22	Danielle	60	↑4	31
23	Andrea	59	↑10	23
24	Katherine	57	↑14	38
25	Laura	55	↑2	19
26	Jaime	54	↑2	70
27	Kimberly	54	↓11	13
28	Erica	52	↓9	34
29	Rachel	52	↑1	25
30	Heidi	51	↓5	83
31	Jamie	51	↓13	20
32	Julie	48	↓3	26
33	Karen	47	↓10	39
34	Amber	42	new	30
35	Dawn	42	↑5	52
36	Stacey	42	new	53
37	Megan	41	new	41
38	April	40	↑5	27
39	Christine	40	↓8	29
40	Sara	40	↓20	28
41	Katie	38	new	90
42	Holly	37	↓6	55
43	Mary	37	↓9	24
44	Jill	36	↓7	46
45	Tracy	35	new	47
46	Kristy	33	↑4	51
47	Samantha	30	new	74
48	Susan	30	↓7	49
49	Kathryn	29	new	57
50	Tara	29	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jason	312	–	2
2	Michael	286	–	1
3	Matthew	284	↑1	6
4	Christopher	249	↓1	3
5	Ryan	179	↑1	14
6	Joshua	172	↑1	12
7	James	163	↑1	5
8	David	160	↓3	4
9	John	135	–	7
10	Joseph	132	↑9	10
11	Robert	131	↑2	8
12	Scott	128	↓2	30
13	Adam	126	↑8	29
14	Eric	123	↓2	16
15	Jeremy	122	↑1	18
16	Daniel	118	↓1	11
17	Benjamin	117	↓3	34
18	Brian	109	↓7	9
19	Nicholas	108	↑26	25
20	William	100	↑8	13
21	Richard	99	↑4	21
22	Andrew	98	↓5	22
23	Timothy	97	↓3	17
24	Nathan	92	↑2	36
25	Jeffrey	91	↓3	19
26	Kevin	89	↓8	15
27	Aaron	80	↓3	32
28	Thomas	78	↓1	23
29	Jonathan	75	–	31
30	Shawn	73	↓7	39
31	Mark	69	↓1	26
32	Justin	67	–	28
33	Travis	66	↑2	46
34	Chad	63	↓3	35
35	Paul	62	↑6	33
36	Stephen	61	↓3	37
37	Steven	57	↓1	24
38	Anthony	52	–	20
39	Jacob	52	new	50
40	Peter	52	↓6	54
41	Jesse	51	new	51
42	Charles	50	↓3	27
43	Patrick	49	–	42
44	Corey	46	↓7	61
45	Craig	40	↑4	66
46	Todd	39	↓2	56
47	Gregory	38	↓1	38
48	Sean	37	new	45
49	Shaun	37	new	52
50	Derek	34	–	75

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