Popular baby names in Maine, 1991

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1991 were Ashley for girls (210 babies) and Joshua for boys (261). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,363 babies born in Maine in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1991

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

Girls

Tasha: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hilary: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Devon: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hillary: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Felicia: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Renee: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katrina: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Meagan: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Anne: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Natasha: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ethan: 76 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Benjamin: 139 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dylan: 97 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Corey: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Derek: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Seth: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chad: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maxwell: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	210	–	1
2	Sarah	155	↑3	6
3	Samantha	154	↑4	5
4	Jessica	151	↓2	2
5	Emily	140	↑3	10
6	Amanda	130	↓3	4
7	Kayla	119	↓1	12
8	Megan	113	↑4	11
9	Brittany	111	↓5	3
10	Chelsea	104	–	18
11	Elizabeth	100	↓2	9
12	Courtney	88	↑2	19
13	Rebecca	84	↑6	21
14	Jennifer	83	↑2	8
15	Lauren	81	↑5	13
16	Danielle	80	↑1	17
17	Stephanie	79	↑1	7
18	Nicole	75	↓5	15
19	Hannah	70	↓4	29
20	Heather	67	↓9	23
21	Kelsey	65	↑21	26
22	Katherine	64	↑2	25
23	Amber	58	↓2	16
24	Katie	56	↑1	53
25	Cassandra	54	↓2	54
26	Brianna	53	↑14	51
27	Rachel	53	↑2	14
28	Alyssa	52	–	30
29	Michelle	51	↓7	22
30	Taylor	50	new	32
31	Kimberly	48	↓1	34
32	Morgan	47	new	49
33	Melissa	44	↓6	20
34	Brooke	43	new	65
35	Shelby	43	new	33
36	Molly	41	↑3	74
37	Amy	40	↓5	43
38	Laura	40	↑9	35
39	Olivia	40	new	61
40	Sara	40	↓14	37
41	Katelyn	38	↑9	75
42	Tiffany	38	↓6	27
43	Brittney	36	new	58
44	Kaitlyn	36	new	82
45	Erin	35	↓8	44
46	Victoria	35	↓5	28
47	Caitlin	34	↓3	55
48	Shannon	34	new	71
49	Alexandra	33	↓16	36
50	Allison	33	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Joshua	261	–	4
2	Matthew	251	↑1	3
3	Michael	248	↓1	1
4	Christopher	209	–	2
5	Nicholas	190	–	12
6	Tyler	163	↑4	16
7	Ryan	159	↓1	11
8	Jacob	148	↑4	17
9	Benjamin	139	↓1	33
10	Zachary	139	↑3	22
11	Justin	129	↓2	14
12	Andrew	127	↓5	5
13	Joseph	125	↑1	9
14	Kyle	122	↑5	21
15	Brandon	121	–	15
16	James	116	↑1	7
17	Daniel	106	↓6	6
18	Robert	106	↑4	13
19	John	102	↓1	10
20	Alexander	98	↑6	26
21	Dylan	97	↑17	46
22	Jonathan	90	↓2	20
23	Cody	88	↑18	24
24	Thomas	88	↓3	28
25	David	85	↓9	8
26	William	85	↓3	19
27	Nathan	78	↓3	42
28	Timothy	77	↑6	32
29	Adam	76	↓1	36
30	Ethan	76	↑1	65
31	Anthony	74	↓6	18
32	Aaron	73	↑5	31
33	Patrick	72	↓6	35
34	Samuel	68	↓1	39
35	Eric	67	↓3	25
36	Brian	66	↓7	30
37	Corey	65	↑7	58
38	Derek	63	↓3	59
39	Stephen	62	↓3	41
40	Dustin	61	–	56
41	Jordan	61	↑5	29
42	Kevin	59	↓3	23
43	Scott	59	new	57
44	Steven	54	new	27
45	Jesse	52	–	51
46	Travis	51	↓16	44
47	Nathaniel	48	new	84
48	Richard	48	↑2	34
49	Cameron	47	new	62
50	Jeffrey	47	↓1	45

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