Popular baby names in Maine, 1987

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1987 were Ashley for girls (323 babies) and Joshua for boys (282). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,335 babies born in Maine in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1987

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

Girls

Meaghan: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jessie: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katelyn: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Emma: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Elise: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Aimee: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abigail: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Meagan: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brianna: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Mathew: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dylan: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Seth: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jake: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 148 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lucas: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Craig: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 90 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Corey: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shane: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	323	–	2
2	Amanda	249	↑1	3
3	Jessica	241	↓1	1
4	Sarah	184	–	5
5	Jennifer	150	–	4
6	Heather	145	↑1	9
7	Nicole	140	↓1	8
8	Danielle	134	–	14
9	Samantha	106	↑7	11
10	Elizabeth	95	↓1	10
11	Emily	95	–	19
12	Megan	89	↓2	12
13	Kayla	88	↑32	27
14	Stephanie	87	↓2	6
15	Amber	85	↑3	15
16	Brittany	85	↓2	7
17	Melissa	77	–	13
18	Laura	70	↑12	22
19	Amy	68	–	24
20	Rebecca	66	↓7	25
21	Michelle	63	↓6	21
22	Erin	62	↑4	34
23	Rachel	61	↑5	17
24	Katherine	60	↓2	28
25	Katie	60	↓4	38
26	Chelsea	59	new	47
27	Crystal	58	↑7	26
28	Kimberly	56	↓8	23
29	Courtney	46	↑9	33
30	Lauren	44	↑7	16
31	Hannah	43	new	66
32	Christina	41	↑7	20
33	Sara	41	↓9	29
34	Whitney	41	↓3	32
35	Jamie	40	↓3	39
36	Kristen	39	↓9	42
37	Tiffany	39	↑6	18
38	Kelly	38	↓9	30
39	Alicia	37	↓16	46
40	Lindsay	37	↓4	49
41	Lindsey	36	↓6	41
42	Jenna	35	↑7	57
43	Allison	34	↓10	44
44	Caitlin	34	↑4	63
45	Erica	33	↓20	31
46	Katelyn	33	new	>100
47	Cassandra	32	new	68
48	Mary	32	↓1	37
49	Shannon	32	↓3	45
50	Anna	30	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Joshua	282	↑3	4
2	Michael	281	–	1
3	Matthew	266	↓2	3
4	Christopher	259	↓1	2
5	Ryan	200	–	13
6	Andrew	198	–	6
7	Nicholas	193	–	16
8	Daniel	158	↑2	7
9	Benjamin	148	↓1	28
10	David	142	↑2	5
11	Justin	140	↑2	9
12	Joseph	134	↓3	12
13	Brandon	127	↑5	14
14	James	126	↓3	8
15	Adam	125	↓1	27
16	Kyle	115	↑3	22
17	John	108	↓1	11
18	Brian	106	↑4	20
19	Jason	100	↓4	23
20	Kevin	99	↑1	19
21	Robert	98	↓1	10
22	Eric	92	↑3	21
23	Tyler	92	–	39
24	Nathan	90	–	45
25	Thomas	89	↑3	24
26	Timothy	83	–	26
27	Anthony	82	–	17
28	William	80	↑1	15
29	Jonathan	79	↓12	18
30	Travis	78	new	42
31	Zachary	78	↑1	33
32	Jacob	77	↓1	31
33	Jeremy	77	–	29
34	Scott	62	↑6	43
35	Sean	62	↑14	40
36	Aaron	61	↑2	34
37	Richard	61	↓1	30
38	Stephen	61	↓1	38
39	Mark	60	↑9	36
40	Samuel	60	↑1	50
41	Corey	59	↓6	57
42	Dustin	59	↓12	44
43	Derek	58	↓4	54
44	Steven	57	↑3	25
45	Patrick	56	↓1	41
46	Paul	52	↑4	46
47	Alexander	50	↓1	37
48	Shane	48	↓6	65
49	Shawn	48	↓4	59
50	Gregory	45	new	47

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