Popular baby names in Maine, 1989

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1989 were Ashley for girls (223 babies) and Joshua for boys (296). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,924 babies born in Maine in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1989

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: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Renee: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Emma: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chelsey: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Meghan: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Meagan: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Brianna: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bethany: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Audrey: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Abigail: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dylan: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 168 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Derek: 89 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shawn: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Caleb: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathaniel: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Seth: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Craig: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lucas: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	223	–	2
2	Jessica	205	↑1	1
3	Amanda	177	↓1	4
4	Sarah	176	–	5
5	Brittany	169	↑10	3
6	Samantha	126	↓1	6
7	Nicole	120	↑1	12
8	Emily	117	↑3	13
9	Danielle	111	↓3	17
10	Elizabeth	111	–	10
11	Jennifer	108	↓4	7
12	Heather	107	–	15
13	Megan	107	–	11
14	Kayla	106	↓5	20
15	Chelsea	91	↑2	27
16	Amber	84	↓2	14
17	Katherine	77	↑6	26
18	Kristen	75	↑10	36
19	Lauren	75	↑5	9
20	Rebecca	75	↑12	24
21	Courtney	73	↓2	21
22	Stephanie	70	↓6	8
23	Hannah	66	↓1	42
24	Melissa	60	↓6	19
25	Cassandra	58	↑21	54
26	Michelle	56	↑3	22
27	Tiffany	54	↓7	16
28	Alyssa	53	↑13	33
29	Kelsey	53	↑4	31
30	Kimberly	51	↑5	28
31	Alicia	50	↑17	53
32	Christina	48	↑17	23
33	Katie	47	↓12	45
34	Rachel	47	↓3	18
35	Alexandra	44	new	43
36	Sara	42	↓10	29
37	Amy	41	↓3	35
38	Meghan	41	new	80
39	Anna	40	new	51
40	Erin	40	↓10	40
41	Laura	40	↓16	25
42	Brianna	39	new	77
43	Allison	38	↓1	46
44	Caitlin	36	↓6	49
45	Katelyn	36	new	76
46	Lindsey	36	new	48
47	Crystal	34	↓10	32
48	Christine	33	new	59
49	Erica	33	↓22	34
50	Kelly	33	↓7	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	296	–	4
2	Christopher	281	↑2	2
3	Michael	261	–	1
4	Matthew	229	↓2	3
5	Andrew	206	↑3	7
6	Nicholas	188	↑1	14
7	Justin	186	↓2	8
8	Benjamin	168	↑1	29
9	Ryan	168	↓3	13
10	Daniel	150	–	6
11	Joseph	145	↑1	11
12	Adam	138	↑5	27
13	James	138	↑3	9
14	Kyle	134	↑1	20
15	John	128	↑3	12
16	Tyler	126	↑7	30
17	Brandon	119	↑5	18
18	David	117	↓7	5
19	Jacob	113	↑9	26
20	Zachary	111	↓6	25
21	Robert	107	↓2	10
22	Thomas	107	↑3	23
23	Brian	106	↑1	24
24	Nathan	97	↑8	43
25	Travis	96	↓4	41
26	Derek	89	↑16	54
27	Anthony	88	↑2	16
28	Jonathan	88	↓15	17
29	Samuel	85	↑5	47
30	William	82	↓10	15
31	Stephen	80	↑10	40
32	Aaron	77	↑1	31
33	Eric	76	↑2	21
34	Kevin	74	↓4	19
35	Alexander	73	↓8	32
36	Timothy	72	↓5	28
37	Dustin	68	↑3	48
38	Jeremy	65	↑9	34
39	Jason	64	↓13	35
40	Steven	64	↑8	22
41	Scott	63	↓5	51
42	Corey	59	↓4	55
43	Jesse	56	new	50
44	Shawn	55	new	65
45	Sean	54	–	39
46	Patrick	52	↓9	38
47	Richard	52	↓8	33
48	Paul	51	↑1	49
49	Jeffrey	47	↓6	37
50	Jordan	45	new	44

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