Popular baby names in Maine, 1983

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1983 were Jessica for girls (283 babies) and Matthew for boys (311). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,409 babies born in Maine in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1983

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, 4.6× the national rate
Meagan: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hannah: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bethany: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Abigail: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caitlin: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Morgan: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Renee: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jaime: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ian: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Seth: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Luke: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Benjamin: 145 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mathew: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Corey: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caleb: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Craig: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jessica	283	–	2
2	Amanda	262	↑1	3
3	Jennifer	244	↓1	1
4	Sarah	230	–	5
5	Ashley	181	↑31	4
6	Heather	175	↑2	9
7	Melissa	142	–	6
8	Nicole	141	↓3	7
9	Amy	115	↓3	12
10	Elizabeth	105	↑1	10
11	Rebecca	86	↑3	19
12	Megan	83	↑6	21
13	Michelle	82	↓4	13
14	Rachel	77	↑6	20
15	Emily	76	↓5	25
16	Erin	75	↓4	18
17	Danielle	73	–	29
18	Jamie	72	↑8	28
19	Angela	70	↓6	22
20	Stephanie	70	↓1	8
21	Kelly	69	↑11	26
22	Sara	68	↑3	31
23	Katherine	67	↑8	34
24	Samantha	66	↓3	40
25	Crystal	63	↓10	11
26	Erica	63	↑2	33
27	Christina	61	↑6	16
28	Katie	58	↑1	45
29	Lindsay	58	↓7	36
30	Amber	55	–	17
31	Kristen	52	↓8	37
32	Kimberly	51	↓16	15
33	Alicia	48	new	41
34	Laura	48	↑1	23
35	Shannon	44	↑2	38
36	Lindsey	43	new	35
37	April	39	↑1	39
38	Andrea	38	↓11	30
39	Holly	38	↑3	48
40	Julie	38	↑3	46
41	Lisa	38	↓17	27
42	Mary	38	↓8	32
43	Courtney	36	↑5	44
44	Kathryn	36	–	50
45	Tiffany	35	↓5	14
46	Heidi	34	↓5	95
47	Kristin	34	–	42
48	Bethany	33	↑2	99
49	Meghan	33	new	75
50	Lauren	31	↓11	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Matthew	311	–	3
2	Christopher	306	–	2
3	Michael	290	–	1
4	Joshua	250	↑1	5
5	Ryan	223	↓1	13
6	Jason	183	–	7
7	Adam	180	↑4	18
8	Nicholas	172	↑1	21
9	David	169	↑5	4
10	Justin	166	↓3	12
11	Andrew	153	↑1	15
12	Benjamin	145	↑5	32
13	John	140	↑6	9
14	James	135	↓4	6
15	Joseph	134	–	11
16	Robert	132	↓3	10
17	Daniel	131	↓9	8
18	Brian	124	↓2	14
19	Timothy	106	↑3	26
20	William	106	↑3	16
21	Eric	105	↓3	20
22	Jonathan	99	↓2	19
23	Scott	92	↑2	38
24	Nathan	89	–	40
25	Thomas	87	↑3	24
26	Brandon	86	↑10	17
27	Jeremy	81	↓6	30
28	Jeffrey	77	↑3	28
29	Travis	74	↑1	41
30	Kevin	73	↓4	25
31	Aaron	72	↓4	29
32	Anthony	71	↑9	22
33	Shawn	66	↑16	53
34	Jesse	63	↑6	46
35	Kyle	58	new	34
36	Mark	57	↓2	31
37	Jacob	56	↑2	36
38	Patrick	55	↓3	37
39	Derek	53	↓6	51
40	Gregory	52	↑2	42
41	Richard	52	↓12	27
42	Sean	50	↑4	44
43	Charles	49	↑4	33
44	Zachary	49	↑6	50
45	Paul	48	↓1	39
46	Ian	47	↓1	77
47	Stephen	45	new	35
48	Steven	45	↓10	23
49	Peter	41	↓17	59
50	Jared	40	↓7	56

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