Popular baby names in Maine, 1985

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1985 were Jessica for girls (264 babies) and Christopher for boys (295). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,581 babies born in Maine in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1985

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

Girls

Hilary: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aimee: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hillary: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jessie: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaime: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bethany: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katelyn: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Meagan: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Ethan: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tristan: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dylan: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Seth: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Derek: 75 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Benjamin: 139 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lucas: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ian: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Craig: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Isaac: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	264	–	1
2	Amanda	242	–	4
3	Ashley	224	↑1	2
4	Jennifer	189	↓1	3
5	Nicole	172	↑1	7
6	Sarah	167	↓1	5
7	Heather	154	–	8
8	Elizabeth	117	↑2	9
9	Megan	113	↑2	10
10	Danielle	110	↓2	18
11	Melissa	93	↓2	11
12	Amy	86	–	20
13	Stephanie	83	↑2	6
14	Michelle	82	↑2	22
15	Rebecca	81	↑3	25
16	Emily	79	↓3	24
17	Samantha	79	↑22	29
18	Katherine	76	↑3	32
19	Amber	75	↑7	16
20	Laura	74	↓1	14
21	Crystal	72	↓1	21
22	Katie	71	↓5	39
23	Erin	69	↓9	26
24	Jamie	69	–	27
25	Rachel	67	↓3	13
26	Brittany	64	new	17
27	Christina	59	↑8	12
28	Jenna	59	↑6	50
29	Angela	54	↓6	31
30	Kristen	54	↑2	38
31	Sara	54	↓3	30
32	Lindsay	50	↑4	40
33	Alicia	48	–	45
34	Andrea	48	↓3	33
35	Allison	47	new	46
36	Kelly	45	↓11	28
37	Kimberly	43	↓7	19
38	Erica	40	↓11	34
39	Shannon	39	↓10	41
40	Bethany	38	↓3	94
41	Heidi	35	↓1	>100
42	Cassandra	34	new	62
43	Christine	34	↑1	44
44	Lauren	33	new	15
45	Lisa	33	↓4	36
46	Kathryn	32	–	48
47	Lindsey	32	↓9	37
48	Mary	32	↑2	35
49	Meghan	32	↓7	63
50	Kristina	29	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	295	–	2
2	Joshua	289	↑2	4
3	Michael	280	–	1
4	Matthew	252	↓2	3
5	Ryan	221	–	12
6	Nicholas	173	–	19
7	Andrew	158	↑3	11
8	Daniel	152	↑1	5
9	Jason	151	↓2	14
10	James	144	↑1	7
11	Benjamin	139	↑3	31
12	David	137	–	6
13	Adam	136	↓5	22
14	Joseph	135	↓1	10
15	Justin	124	↑1	15
16	Robert	124	↓1	8
17	Eric	118	↑4	21
18	Jonathan	106	↑1	17
19	Brandon	104	↑3	13
20	John	104	↓2	9
21	Brian	103	↓4	18
22	Kyle	103	↑26	27
23	Thomas	95	↑8	25
24	Scott	84	↓1	44
25	Timothy	84	↑2	26
26	Tyler	82	↑18	43
27	William	82	↓7	16
28	Nathan	81	↓4	40
29	Jacob	80	↑1	35
30	Anthony	77	↓4	20
31	Jeffrey	77	↑4	29
32	Jeremy	76	↑6	30
33	Derek	75	–	56
34	Richard	73	↓6	28
35	Kevin	70	↑1	23
36	Steven	68	↑7	24
37	Travis	67	↓5	46
38	Patrick	66	↓9	37
39	Aaron	65	↓14	33
40	Mark	63	↑5	32
41	Zachary	63	↓1	39
42	Shawn	61	↓8	55
43	Dustin	57	↓6	41
44	Stephen	57	↓5	36
45	Sean	52	↓4	38
46	Charles	50	new	34
47	Samuel	50	new	54
48	Alexander	48	new	50
49	Chad	47	↓3	57
50	Jesse	46	↓3	51

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