Popular baby names in Maine, 1979

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (285 babies) and Jason for boys (300). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,243 babies born in Maine in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1979

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

Girls

Kylie: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Hannah: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Hilary: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kate: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelley: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Bethany: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brianne: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Meghan: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurie: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Heath: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Seth: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lucas: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bruce: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dale: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 68 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Evan: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ian: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Benjamin: 124 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	285	–	1
2	Jessica	244	–	4
3	Amanda	235	↑7	3
4	Melissa	197	↑1	2
5	Sarah	191	↓2	6
6	Amy	161	–	5
7	Heather	160	↓3	7
8	Angela	133	↓1	8
9	Nicole	124	↑3	9
10	Rebecca	99	↓1	17
11	Erin	98	↑3	21
12	Elizabeth	92	↑1	11
13	Michelle	89	↓5	10
14	Crystal	83	↑5	18
15	Kelly	79	↓4	16
16	Kimberly	79	↑11	12
17	Lisa	78	↓2	13
18	Stephanie	68	↓2	15
19	Julie	66	↑13	29
20	Danielle	60	↑2	33
21	Emily	59	↓1	34
22	Shannon	59	↓4	25
23	Christina	58	↓6	14
24	Heidi	57	↑6	83
25	Erica	54	↑3	32
26	Jamie	53	↑5	19
27	Sara	53	↑13	30
28	Megan	50	↑9	31
29	Katherine	46	↓5	36
30	April	44	↑8	23
31	Rachel	44	↓2	27
32	Andrea	43	↓9	26
33	Katie	41	↑8	63
34	Christine	40	↑5	35
35	Mary	40	↑8	24
36	Samantha	40	↑11	66
37	Karen	39	↓4	46
38	Holly	37	↑4	48
39	Dawn	36	↓4	57
40	Carrie	34	↓19	41
41	Kristy	34	↑5	56
42	Laura	32	↓17	20
43	Tracy	32	↑2	49
44	Kristen	31	new	62
45	Kathryn	30	↑4	50
46	Melanie	30	new	53
47	Tara	30	↑3	38
48	Jaime	28	↓22	97
49	Renee	27	new	>100
50	Tammy	27	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jason	300	–	3
2	Michael	292	–	1
3	Christopher	271	↑1	2
4	Matthew	234	↓1	6
5	Joshua	216	↑1	9
6	James	188	↑1	5
7	Ryan	182	↓2	14
8	David	161	–	4
9	Nicholas	149	↑10	15
10	Daniel	147	↑6	12
11	John	144	↓2	7
12	Robert	143	↓1	8
13	Adam	133	–	23
14	Joseph	130	↓4	11
15	Andrew	128	↑7	20
16	Benjamin	124	↑1	33
17	Jeremy	119	↓2	16
18	Scott	119	↓6	29
19	Brian	114	↓1	10
20	Timothy	113	↑3	18
21	Eric	111	↓7	17
22	Justin	109	↑10	22
23	Jonathan	102	↑6	31
24	Travis	98	↑9	36
25	Nathan	93	↓1	37
26	Aaron	92	↑1	32
27	Chad	87	↑7	38
28	Mark	85	↑3	30
29	William	84	↓9	13
30	Kevin	83	↓4	19
31	Shawn	80	↓1	43
32	Jeffrey	76	↓7	24
33	Richard	76	↓12	25
34	Thomas	74	↓6	26
35	Peter	68	↑5	53
36	Patrick	63	↑7	39
37	Steven	62	–	27
38	Stephen	61	↓2	40
39	Charles	52	↑3	28
40	Jacob	52	↓1	45
41	Paul	49	↓6	34
42	Anthony	45	↓4	21
43	Seth	45	new	>100
44	Jesse	44	↓3	50
45	Corey	43	↓1	63
46	Derek	41	↑4	72
47	Lucas	37	new	>100
48	Jared	36	new	65
49	Keith	36	new	52
50	Zachary	34	new	74

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