Popular baby names in Maine, 1980

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1980 were Jessica for girls (282 babies) and Christopher for boys (276). Jessica ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,278 babies born in Maine in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1980

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: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Hannah: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bethany: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaime: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katie: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trisha: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heidi: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Abigail: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Casey: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rebekah: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Seth: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucas: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Ian: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Benjamin: 141 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Todd: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luke: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 106 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darren: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jessica	282	↑1	3
2	Jennifer	268	↓1	1
3	Amanda	245	–	2
4	Melissa	207	–	4
5	Sarah	200	–	5
6	Heather	159	↑1	6
7	Amy	128	↓1	8
8	Nicole	114	↑1	7
9	Michelle	102	↑4	10
10	Erin	99	↑1	20
11	Rebecca	97	↓1	17
12	Angela	89	↓4	12
13	Elizabeth	87	↓1	9
14	Lisa	75	↑3	16
15	Kelly	74	–	19
16	Kimberly	73	–	11
17	Megan	69	↑11	30
18	Crystal	67	↓4	18
19	Stephanie	66	↓1	13
20	Erica	65	↑5	34
21	Sara	65	↑6	27
22	Katie	62	↑11	44
23	Emily	61	↓2	31
24	Rachel	59	↑7	23
25	Andrea	58	↑7	28
26	Katherine	57	↑3	35
27	Christina	56	↓4	15
28	Jamie	55	↓2	24
29	April	51	↑1	26
30	Mary	47	↑5	25
31	Amber	45	new	22
32	Kristen	45	↑12	39
33	Shannon	45	↓11	29
34	Danielle	44	↓14	33
35	Laura	40	↑7	21
36	Samantha	40	–	58
37	Tiffany	40	new	14
38	Carrie	39	↑2	46
39	Kristin	39	new	37
40	Heidi	38	↓16	79
41	Alicia	36	new	47
42	Bethany	34	new	>100
43	Julie	34	↓24	32
44	Jill	33	new	66
45	Karen	33	↓8	54
46	Kathryn	32	↓1	50
47	Brandy	31	new	42
48	Jaime	31	–	>100
49	Christine	30	↓15	41
50	Holly	28	↓12	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Christopher	276	↑2	2
2	Jason	268	↓1	3
3	Michael	267	↓1	1
4	Joshua	259	↑1	7
5	Matthew	255	↓1	6
6	Ryan	187	↑1	15
7	David	186	↑1	4
8	Nicholas	158	↑1	17
9	James	156	↓3	5
10	John	155	↑1	8
11	Joseph	143	↑3	10
12	Justin	143	↑10	13
13	Benjamin	141	↑3	32
14	Robert	139	↓2	9
15	Daniel	138	↓5	11
16	Adam	132	↓3	22
17	Andrew	124	↓2	19
18	Jeremy	117	↓1	18
19	Brian	116	–	12
20	Eric	116	↑1	16
21	Timothy	112	↓1	20
22	Jonathan	107	↑1	21
23	Nathan	106	↑2	36
24	Scott	101	↓6	33
25	Aaron	90	↑1	34
26	Chad	89	↑1	39
27	William	83	↑2	14
28	Thomas	82	↑6	25
29	Travis	80	↓5	37
30	Jeffrey	79	↑2	27
31	Jacob	71	↑9	43
32	Kevin	70	↓2	23
33	Mark	69	↓5	30
34	Stephen	67	↑4	40
35	Jesse	66	↑9	45
36	Richard	63	↓3	26
37	Derek	62	↑9	50
38	Steven	61	↓1	28
39	Anthony	59	↑3	24
40	Patrick	59	↓4	38
41	Peter	59	↓6	55
42	Shawn	53	↓11	47
43	Charles	51	↓4	29
44	Paul	46	↓3	35
45	Todd	42	new	75
46	Kenneth	41	new	41
47	Corey	40	↓2	68
48	Keith	40	↑1	56
49	Seth	40	↓6	99
50	Lucas	38	↓3	98

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