Popular baby names in Maine, 1981

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1981 were Jessica for girls (360 babies) and Matthew for boys (305). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,319 babies born in Maine in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1981

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: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hannah: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jessie: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bethany: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Morgan: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Miranda: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jaime: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alison: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abigail: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Heath: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lucas: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Seth: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darren: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawn: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Noah: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brad: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristopher: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jessica	360	–	2
2	Jennifer	298	–	1
3	Amanda	242	–	3
4	Sarah	231	↑1	4
5	Melissa	166	↓1	5
6	Amy	160	↑1	6
7	Nicole	140	↑1	7
8	Heather	130	↓2	10
9	Rebecca	112	↑2	12
10	Elizabeth	95	↑3	9
11	Kimberly	79	↑5	13
12	Michelle	76	↓3	11
13	Danielle	75	↑21	30
14	Erin	75	↓4	19
15	Crystal	74	↑3	16
16	Rachel	70	↑8	22
17	Kelly	66	↓2	23
18	Emily	65	↑5	29
19	Megan	65	↓2	33
20	Stephanie	65	↓1	8
21	Angela	62	↓9	15
22	Erica	62	↓2	36
23	Jamie	61	↑5	28
24	Laura	60	↑11	21
25	Katie	59	↓3	44
26	Kristin	59	↑13	31
27	April	58	↑2	25
28	Christina	57	↓1	17
29	Kristen	56	↑3	38
30	Katherine	53	↓4	39
31	Amber	52	–	20
32	Lisa	49	↓18	18
33	Sara	47	↓12	26
34	Samantha	46	↑2	51
35	Andrea	45	↓10	24
36	Heidi	44	↑4	84
37	Shannon	44	↓4	32
38	Mary	41	↓8	27
39	Tiffany	37	↓2	14
40	Julie	36	↑3	37
41	Carrie	34	↓3	55
42	Courtney	34	new	43
43	Bethany	33	↓1	>100
44	Christine	32	↑5	42
45	Karen	30	–	64
46	Lindsay	30	new	47
47	Brandy	29	–	41
48	Erika	29	new	93
49	Holly	28	↑1	63
50	Alicia	27	↓9	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Matthew	305	↑4	3
2	Joshua	277	↑2	6
3	Michael	276	–	1
4	Christopher	258	↓3	2
5	Jason	226	↓3	4
6	Ryan	205	–	13
7	Adam	160	↑9	20
8	David	159	↓1	5
9	Nicholas	153	↓1	21
10	John	145	–	8
11	Justin	143	↑1	12
12	Benjamin	136	↑1	32
13	James	131	↓4	7
14	Robert	129	–	9
15	Daniel	127	–	10
16	Andrew	121	↑1	18
17	Joseph	118	↓6	11
18	Jeremy	114	–	22
19	Jonathan	108	↑3	16
20	Eric	105	–	17
21	Nathan	100	↑2	36
22	Aaron	98	↑3	30
23	Timothy	98	↓2	24
24	Brian	97	↓5	14
25	Jeffrey	83	↑5	29
26	William	83	↑1	15
27	Scott	82	↓3	34
28	Jesse	79	↑7	37
29	Shawn	76	↑13	49
30	Richard	74	↑6	27
31	Kevin	69	↑1	25
32	Travis	69	↓3	40
33	Mark	68	–	33
34	Chad	64	↓8	47
35	Patrick	64	↑5	38
36	Anthony	62	↑3	23
37	Thomas	62	↓9	26
38	Steven	61	–	28
39	Stephen	57	↓5	39
40	Charles	56	↑3	31
41	Jacob	53	↓10	43
42	Peter	48	↓1	55
43	Derek	47	↓6	53
44	Brandon	45	new	19
45	Paul	43	↓1	35
46	Lucas	42	↑4	89
47	Gregory	40	new	46
48	Seth	40	↑1	95
49	Corey	39	↓2	69
50	Samuel	39	new	54

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