Popular baby names in Maine, 1982

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1982 were Jessica for girls (331 babies) and Matthew for boys (331). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,406 babies born in Maine in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1982

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

Girls

Darcy: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Hannah: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jessie: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Aimee: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kate: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Molly: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Bethany: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Meghan: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nichole: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 18 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ian: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Caleb: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 76 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Seth: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brad: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Wayne: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Frederick: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Derek: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Evan: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jessica	331	–	2
2	Jennifer	271	–	1
3	Amanda	258	–	3
4	Sarah	211	–	4
5	Nicole	162	↑2	6
6	Amy	144	–	10
7	Melissa	144	↓2	5
8	Heather	141	–	12
9	Michelle	105	↑3	11
10	Emily	103	↑8	24
11	Elizabeth	98	↓1	8
12	Erin	91	↑2	20
13	Angela	89	↑8	16
14	Rebecca	89	↓5	15
15	Crystal	85	–	9
16	Kimberly	74	↓5	14
17	Danielle	72	↓4	31
18	Megan	71	↑1	34
19	Stephanie	70	↑1	7
20	Rachel	69	↓4	21
21	Samantha	64	↑13	44
22	Lindsay	62	↑24	39
23	Kristen	58	↑6	33
24	Lisa	57	↑8	23
25	Sara	55	↑8	28
26	Jamie	54	↓3	29
27	Andrea	53	↑8	27
28	Erica	53	↓6	35
29	Katie	52	↓4	45
30	Amber	51	↑1	18
31	Katherine	50	↓1	36
32	Kelly	50	↓15	25
33	Christina	49	↓5	19
34	Mary	49	↑4	30
35	Laura	46	↓11	22
36	Ashley	45	new	17
37	Shannon	45	–	38
38	April	43	↓11	32
39	Lauren	41	new	26
40	Tiffany	39	↓1	13
41	Heidi	38	↓5	86
42	Holly	36	↑7	61
43	Julie	36	↓3	41
44	Kathryn	36	new	48
45	Carrie	35	↓4	57
46	Anna	34	new	56
47	Kristin	32	↓21	37
48	Courtney	31	↓6	43
49	Tara	31	new	47
50	Bethany	30	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Matthew	331	–	3
2	Christopher	298	↑2	2
3	Michael	281	–	1
4	Ryan	244	↑2	13
5	Joshua	225	↓3	7
6	Jason	197	↓1	4
7	Justin	187	↑4	12
8	Daniel	170	↑7	10
9	Nicholas	159	–	22
10	James	153	↑3	6
11	Adam	152	↓4	19
12	Andrew	148	↑4	17
13	Robert	143	↑1	9
14	David	142	↓6	5
15	Joseph	133	↑2	11
16	Brian	123	↑8	14
17	Benjamin	120	↓5	33
18	Eric	119	↑2	20
19	John	118	↓9	8
20	Jonathan	112	↓1	16
21	Jeremy	88	↓3	28
22	Timothy	88	↑1	24
23	William	88	↑3	15
24	Nathan	86	↓3	36
25	Scott	85	↑2	34
26	Kevin	84	↑5	25
27	Aaron	82	↓5	30
28	Thomas	82	↑9	23
29	Richard	81	↑1	27
30	Travis	80	↑2	39
31	Jeffrey	76	↓6	29
32	Peter	76	↑10	57
33	Derek	74	↑10	50
34	Mark	67	↓1	32
35	Patrick	62	–	37
36	Brandon	60	↑8	18
37	Chad	60	↓3	48
38	Steven	60	–	26
39	Jacob	55	↑2	41
40	Jesse	54	↓12	43
41	Anthony	53	↓5	21
42	Gregory	51	↑5	40
43	Jared	50	new	54
44	Paul	50	↑1	35
45	Ian	48	new	83
46	Sean	43	new	44
47	Charles	42	↓7	31
48	Samuel	42	↑2	56
49	Shawn	41	↓20	52
50	Zachary	39	new	55

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