Popular baby names in Maine, 1986

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1986 were Ashley for girls (269 babies) and Matthew for boys (282). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,348 babies born in Maine in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1986

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

Girls

Abby: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kate: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Caroline: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Renee: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tasha: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nichole: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Savannah: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristi: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Meghan: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Audrey: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Ethan: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Seth: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Corey: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Benjamin: 155 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shane: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lucas: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Isaac: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 91 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Derek: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Craig: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	269	↑2	2
2	Jessica	253	↓1	1
3	Amanda	239	↓1	3
4	Sarah	180	↑2	5
5	Jennifer	171	↓1	4
6	Nicole	162	↓1	7
7	Heather	118	–	9
8	Danielle	109	↑2	16
9	Elizabeth	107	↓1	10
10	Megan	107	↓1	11
11	Emily	91	↑5	24
12	Stephanie	80	↑1	6
13	Rebecca	79	↑2	26
14	Brittany	74	↑12	8
15	Michelle	73	↓1	23
16	Samantha	73	↑1	21
17	Melissa	72	↓6	12
18	Amber	71	↑1	13
19	Amy	70	↓7	22
20	Kimberly	68	↑17	18
21	Katie	64	↑1	38
22	Katherine	62	↓4	28
23	Alicia	55	↑10	45
24	Sara	55	↑7	27
25	Erica	53	↑13	31
26	Erin	53	↓3	30
27	Kristen	51	↑3	41
28	Rachel	51	↓3	15
29	Kelly	47	↑7	29
30	Laura	47	↓10	20
31	Whitney	47	new	32
32	Jamie	46	↓8	34
33	Allison	44	↑2	42
34	Crystal	44	↓13	25
35	Lindsey	44	↑12	39
36	Lindsay	43	↓4	46
37	Lauren	42	↑7	14
38	Courtney	41	new	35
39	Christina	40	↓12	19
40	Kathryn	40	↑6	48
41	Meghan	39	↑8	71
42	Andrea	38	↓8	36
43	Tiffany	37	new	17
44	Angela	36	↓15	33
45	Kayla	36	new	64
46	Shannon	36	↓7	44
47	Mary	35	↑1	37
48	Caitlin	34	new	69
49	Jenna	34	↓21	55
50	Kristina	32	–	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Matthew	282	↑3	3
2	Michael	279	↑1	1
3	Christopher	265	↓2	2
4	Joshua	248	↓2	4
5	Ryan	220	–	11
6	Andrew	192	↑1	8
7	Nicholas	189	↓1	17
8	Benjamin	155	↑3	30
9	Joseph	150	↑5	12
10	Daniel	146	↓2	6
11	James	145	↓1	7
12	David	140	–	5
13	Justin	139	↑2	14
14	Adam	129	↓1	24
15	Jason	129	↓6	18
16	John	121	↑4	10
17	Jonathan	116	↑1	16
18	Brandon	109	↑1	13
19	Kyle	101	↑3	23
20	Robert	101	↓4	9
21	Kevin	96	↑14	21
22	Brian	94	↓1	20
23	Tyler	92	↑3	40
24	Nathan	91	↑4	43
25	Eric	90	↓8	22
26	Timothy	90	↓1	27
27	Anthony	89	↑3	19
28	Thomas	88	↓5	26
29	William	88	↓2	15
30	Dustin	85	↑13	42
31	Jacob	85	↓2	31
32	Zachary	78	↑9	38
33	Jeremy	77	↓1	28
34	Jeffrey	74	↓3	32
35	Corey	67	new	62
36	Richard	67	↓2	29
37	Stephen	64	↑7	36
38	Aaron	63	↑1	33
39	Derek	62	↓6	57
40	Scott	59	↓16	44
41	Samuel	56	↑6	52
42	Shane	55	new	67
43	Jesse	53	↑7	48
44	Patrick	53	↓6	39
45	Shawn	53	↓3	55
46	Alexander	50	↑2	41
47	Steven	50	↓11	25
48	Mark	48	↓8	35
49	Sean	48	↓4	37
50	Paul	45	new	45

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