Popular baby names in Maine, 1996

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1996 were Emily for girls (144 babies) and Tyler for boys (175). Tyler ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,564 babies born in Maine in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1996

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

Girls

Mikayla: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Natasha: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lindsay: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shania: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Molly: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emma: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mariah: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cassandra: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Olivia: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Abigail: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 31 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Liam: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lucas: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Casey: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caleb: 70 babies, 3× the national rate
Chandler: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dylan: 104 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cameron: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ethan: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Derek: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	144	–	1
2	Sarah	103	–	4
3	Ashley	101	–	3
4	Hannah	101	–	7
5	Samantha	95	–	5
6	Taylor	90	–	6
7	Megan	84	↑7	12
8	Courtney	75	↑1	21
9	Kayla	69	↑1	11
10	Jessica	67	↓2	2
11	Abigail	65	–	32
12	Nicole	65	↑4	22
13	Olivia	64	↑10	34
14	Elizabeth	62	↓1	10
15	Morgan	61	–	25
16	Brianna	59	↑1	17
17	Rebecca	53	↑17	24
18	Emma	52	new	53
19	Amanda	51	↓7	13
20	Brittany	51	↓13	14
21	Alexis	50	↑6	8
22	Brooke	49	↓1	45
23	Lauren	47	↓5	16
24	Mariah	46	↑16	63
25	Danielle	45	↓3	29
26	Haley	45	↑20	30
27	Kaitlyn	43	↑3	40
28	Alyssa	41	↓8	23
29	Chelsea	41	–	55
30	Katherine	41	↑6	31
31	Victoria	41	↑2	18
32	Anna	40	↑6	33
33	Kelsey	40	↓5	36
34	Rachel	40	↓15	9
35	Amber	39	↑9	27
36	Shelby	39	new	35
37	Erin	36	↑11	51
38	Gabrielle	36	↑7	54
39	Julia	36	new	48
40	Paige	36	↓15	65
41	Mackenzie	35	↓4	75
42	Cassandra	33	↓3	89
43	Madison	33	new	15
44	Jennifer	32	↓13	19
45	Allison	31	↓2	38
46	Heather	30	new	71
47	Marissa	30	↓6	59
48	Molly	30	↓6	99
49	Jasmine	29	new	28
50	Sierra	29	↓15	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Tyler	175	–	7
2	Jacob	173	–	3
3	Nicholas	162	–	6
4	Matthew	158	↑1	2
5	Zachary	144	↑3	14
6	Brandon	130	↑1	8
7	Joshua	120	↓3	5
8	Benjamin	115	↑4	29
9	Christopher	114	↑4	4
10	Michael	114	↓4	1
11	Andrew	105	↓1	10
12	Dylan	104	↓1	33
13	Cody	95	↓4	31
14	Kyle	93	↑2	25
15	Austin	91	↑5	9
16	Ryan	90	↓1	16
17	Joseph	89	↓3	12
18	Samuel	89	↑1	30
19	Alexander	82	↓2	22
20	Daniel	71	↓2	11
21	Caleb	70	↑15	48
22	James	70	↓1	17
23	Justin	65	↑3	20
24	William	65	↑4	18
25	Anthony	64	↑5	19
26	Cameron	64	↑8	49
27	Nathan	64	↓4	37
28	Thomas	61	↑1	28
29	John	60	↓5	15
30	David	59	↓5	13
31	Jordan	57	↑1	27
32	Adam	55	↓10	39
33	Robert	55	↓6	23
34	Ethan	50	↑15	62
35	Jonathan	49	–	21
36	Logan	49	new	42
37	Devin	43	↑7	60
38	Eric	42	–	35
39	Ian	41	↑3	70
40	Nathaniel	41	new	69
41	Patrick	41	↓1	44
42	Lucas	39	new	93
43	Travis	38	↑3	73
44	Trevor	38	↑4	63
45	Brian	37	↓12	36
46	Kevin	37	↓3	26
47	Aaron	36	↓16	34
48	Noah	36	new	50
49	Connor	34	↓8	54
50	Timothy	34	↓3	40

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