Popular baby names in Maine, 1997

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1997 were Emily for girls (144 babies) and Jacob for boys (177). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,334 babies born in Maine in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1997

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

Girls

Logan: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Michaela: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Abigail: 93 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cassidy: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Makayla: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Autumn: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Margaret: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Zoe: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lydia: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Griffin: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Drew: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liam: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Devon: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dustin: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Caleb: 65 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Evan: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kaleb: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	144	–	1
2	Hannah	113	↑2	5
3	Sarah	106	↓1	4
4	Taylor	98	↑2	7
5	Abigail	93	↑6	26
6	Samantha	86	↓1	6
7	Megan	80	–	11
8	Ashley	78	↓5	3
9	Elizabeth	76	↑5	9
10	Olivia	64	↑3	27
11	Lauren	57	↑12	14
12	Brittany	56	↑8	20
13	Courtney	55	↓5	28
14	Emma	54	↑4	36
15	Alexis	53	↑6	8
16	Jessica	53	↓6	2
17	Kayla	53	↓8	12
18	Brianna	52	↓2	17
19	Haley	51	↑7	31
20	Nicole	50	↓8	21
21	Rachel	47	↑13	13
22	Alyssa	46	↑6	15
23	Katherine	46	↑7	32
24	Brooke	45	↓2	45
25	Madison	44	↑18	10
26	Morgan	44	↓11	22
27	Julia	40	↑12	37
28	Amber	38	↑7	29
29	Allison	37	↑16	39
30	Sydney	37	new	35
31	Paige	35	↑9	64
32	Rebecca	35	↓15	25
33	Kaitlyn	34	↓6	41
34	Michaela	34	new	100
35	Alexandra	33	new	30
36	Erin	33	↑1	52
37	Gabrielle	33	↑1	51
38	Victoria	33	↓7	19
39	Anna	32	↓7	33
40	Autumn	32	new	91
41	Danielle	32	↓16	34
42	Jasmine	32	↑7	24
43	Mariah	31	↓19	67
44	Mackenzie	30	↓3	71
45	Makayla	30	new	>100
46	Molly	30	↑2	98
47	Cassidy	29	new	>100
48	Savannah	29	new	47
49	Amanda	28	↓30	16
50	Jordan	28	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	177	↑1	2
2	Nicholas	167	↑1	6
3	Tyler	160	↓2	10
4	Matthew	143	–	3
5	Joshua	142	↑2	5
6	Zachary	138	↓1	13
7	Brandon	115	↓1	8
8	Michael	112	↑2	1
9	Benjamin	105	↓1	29
10	Kyle	102	↑4	24
11	Christopher	100	↓2	4
12	Ryan	100	↑4	16
13	Andrew	98	↓2	7
14	Austin	95	↑1	9
15	Dylan	92	↓3	30
16	Joseph	91	↑1	12
17	Alexander	88	↑2	22
18	Samuel	83	–	27
19	Justin	79	↑4	20
20	Noah	74	↑28	38
21	Nathan	72	↑6	34
22	Daniel	69	↓2	11
23	Cody	68	↓10	36
24	Caleb	65	↓3	47
25	William	65	↓1	19
26	Adam	61	↑6	39
27	Jonathan	57	↑8	21
28	David	56	↑2	14
29	Cameron	55	↓3	45
30	John	55	↓1	15
31	Ethan	54	↑3	46
32	Jordan	54	↓1	26
33	Thomas	51	↓5	31
34	Evan	50	new	61
35	Aaron	49	↑12	33
36	James	49	↓14	17
37	Anthony	43	↓12	18
38	Logan	42	↓2	42
39	Dakota	41	new	66
40	Robert	41	↓7	23
41	Patrick	40	–	50
42	Hunter	39	new	44
43	Connor	38	↑6	52
44	Dustin	38	new	88
45	Lucas	38	↓3	98
46	Timothy	37	↑4	43
47	Jared	36	new	56
48	Kevin	35	↓2	28
49	Nathaniel	35	↓9	65
50	Trevor	33	↓6	62

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