Popular baby names in Maine, 1984

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1984 were Jessica for girls (290 babies) and Christopher for boys (334). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,546 babies born in Maine in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1984

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

Girls

Bethany: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Heidi: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Hannah: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Meagan: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kate: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brianna: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Morgan: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abigail: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Renee: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melinda: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 22 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Seth: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Shawn: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lucas: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jamie: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 139 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nathaniel: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 201 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Derek: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marc: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	290	–	2
2	Amanda	279	–	4
3	Jennifer	227	–	1
4	Ashley	222	↑1	3
5	Sarah	205	↓1	5
6	Nicole	133	↑2	7
7	Heather	132	↓1	9
8	Danielle	123	↑9	16
9	Melissa	122	↓2	8
10	Elizabeth	118	–	10
11	Megan	117	↑1	11
12	Amy	111	↓3	13
13	Emily	93	↑2	24
14	Erin	80	↑2	25
15	Stephanie	78	↑5	6
16	Michelle	76	↓3	17
17	Katie	74	↑11	44
18	Rebecca	67	↓7	23
19	Laura	65	↑15	19
20	Crystal	63	↑5	12
21	Katherine	61	↑2	30
22	Rachel	61	↓8	15
23	Angela	58	↓4	26
24	Jamie	56	↓6	31
25	Kelly	52	↓4	27
26	Amber	50	↑4	18
27	Erica	50	↓1	34
28	Sara	50	↓6	32
29	Shannon	49	↑6	37
30	Kimberly	48	↑2	22
31	Andrea	47	↑7	28
32	Kristen	47	↓1	38
33	Alicia	46	–	40
34	Jenna	46	new	54
35	Christina	45	↓8	20
36	Lindsay	45	↓7	36
37	Bethany	44	↑11	93
38	Lindsey	43	↓2	35
39	Samantha	42	↓15	39
40	Heidi	40	↑6	>100
41	Lisa	40	–	29
42	Meghan	38	↑7	65
43	Tiffany	36	↑2	14
44	Christine	34	new	43
45	Hannah	33	new	>100
46	Kathryn	33	↓2	48
47	April	32	↓10	42
48	Courtney	32	↓5	46
49	Tara	32	new	49
50	Mary	31	↓8	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	334	↑1	2
2	Matthew	308	↓1	3
3	Michael	283	–	1
4	Joshua	268	–	4
5	Ryan	236	–	12
6	Nicholas	201	↑2	20
7	Jason	179	↓1	11
8	Adam	164	↓1	18
9	Daniel	152	↑8	6
10	Andrew	151	↑1	14
11	James	145	↑3	7
12	David	143	↓3	5
13	Joseph	142	↑2	10
14	Benjamin	139	↓2	30
15	Robert	136	↑1	9
16	Justin	135	↓6	13
17	Brian	129	↑1	17
18	John	125	↓5	8
19	Jonathan	121	↑3	19
20	William	119	–	16
21	Eric	104	–	22
22	Brandon	101	↑4	15
23	Scott	95	–	39
24	Nathan	92	–	38
25	Aaron	79	↑6	29
26	Anthony	78	↑6	21
27	Timothy	76	↓8	26
28	Richard	75	↑13	27
29	Patrick	70	↑9	36
30	Jacob	69	↑7	37
31	Thomas	69	↓6	25
32	Travis	67	↓3	42
33	Derek	66	↑6	52
34	Shawn	66	↓1	56
35	Jeffrey	65	↓7	28
36	Kevin	64	↓6	24
37	Dustin	63	new	41
38	Jeremy	61	↓11	31
39	Stephen	57	↑8	35
40	Zachary	57	↑4	45
41	Sean	56	↑1	43
42	Paul	55	↑3	40
43	Steven	55	↑5	23
44	Tyler	54	new	47
45	Mark	53	↓9	32
46	Chad	50	new	51
47	Jesse	49	↓13	50
48	Kyle	48	↓13	34
49	Gregory	47	↓9	44
50	Seth	47	new	99

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