Popular baby names in Maine, 1990

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1990 were Ashley for girls (232 babies) and Joshua for boys (292). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,868 babies born in Maine in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1990

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

Girls

Hillary: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Melinda: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hilary: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bethany: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amelia: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Abigail: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katrina: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Meagan: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Hannah: 98 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dylan: 63 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colby: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dillon: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lucas: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Benjamin: 155 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ethan: 75 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luke: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ian: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Derek: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Seth: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	232	–	2
2	Jessica	170	–	1
3	Amanda	165	–	4
4	Brittany	162	↑1	3
5	Sarah	148	↓1	6
6	Kayla	137	↑8	14
7	Samantha	132	↓1	5
8	Emily	122	–	12
9	Elizabeth	114	↑1	9
10	Chelsea	104	↑5	24
11	Heather	101	↑1	19
12	Megan	101	↑1	11
13	Nicole	100	↓6	13
14	Courtney	99	↑7	17
15	Hannah	98	↑8	30
16	Jennifer	94	↓5	8
17	Danielle	80	↓8	18
18	Stephanie	79	↑4	7
19	Rebecca	73	↑1	21
20	Lauren	67	↓1	10
21	Amber	65	↓5	15
22	Michelle	64	↑4	22
23	Cassandra	57	↑2	49
24	Katherine	57	↓7	26
25	Katie	56	↑8	53
26	Sara	56	↑10	34
27	Melissa	54	↓3	20
28	Alyssa	53	–	27
29	Rachel	52	↑5	16
30	Kimberly	50	–	31
31	Kristen	50	↓13	42
32	Amy	46	↑5	38
33	Alexandra	45	↑2	37
34	Alicia	45	↓3	54
35	Christina	43	↓3	25
36	Tiffany	43	↓9	23
37	Erin	42	↑3	43
38	Abigail	41	new	90
39	Molly	41	new	80
40	Brianna	40	↑2	61
41	Victoria	40	new	33
42	Kelsey	39	↓13	32
43	Bethany	37	new	>100
44	Caitlin	37	–	50
45	Erica	36	↑4	36
46	Kelly	35	↑4	41
47	Laura	35	↓6	29
48	Lindsey	34	↓2	51
49	Mary	34	new	35
50	Katelyn	33	↓5	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Joshua	292	–	4
2	Michael	266	↑1	1
3	Matthew	251	↑1	3
4	Christopher	231	↓2	2
5	Nicholas	201	↑1	14
6	Ryan	168	↑3	11
7	Andrew	163	↓2	7
8	Benjamin	155	–	33
9	Justin	150	↓2	9
10	Tyler	142	↑6	21
11	Daniel	138	↓1	5
12	Jacob	138	↑7	20
13	Zachary	134	↑7	22
14	Joseph	132	↓3	10
15	Brandon	117	↑2	19
16	David	117	↑2	6
17	James	117	↓4	8
18	John	117	↓3	12
19	Kyle	108	↓5	18
20	Jonathan	99	↑8	17
21	Thomas	98	↑1	26
22	Robert	95	↓1	13
23	William	95	↑7	16
24	Nathan	94	–	44
25	Anthony	89	↑2	15
26	Alexander	85	↑9	28
27	Patrick	83	↑19	36
28	Adam	77	↓16	32
29	Brian	77	↓6	27
30	Travis	77	↓5	42
31	Ethan	75	new	58
32	Eric	74	↑1	24
33	Samuel	74	↓4	45
34	Timothy	72	↑2	30
35	Derek	71	↓9	54
36	Stephen	66	↓5	39
37	Aaron	65	↓5	34
38	Dylan	63	new	83
39	Kevin	63	↓5	23
40	Dustin	61	↓3	50
41	Cody	58	new	31
42	Jason	57	↓3	46
43	Jeremy	55	↓5	40
44	Corey	54	↓2	56
45	Jesse	52	↓2	48
46	Jordan	51	↑4	29
47	Sean	51	↓2	37
48	Ian	50	new	70
49	Jeffrey	50	–	43
50	Richard	50	↓3	35

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