Popular baby names in Maine, 2000

The most popular baby names in Maine in 2000 were Emily for girls (123 babies) and Jacob for boys (166). Social Security records list 10,006 babies born in Maine in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 2000

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

Girls

Elise: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cassidy: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sophie: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Isabelle: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Molly: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Jillian: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lydia: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Arianna: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Abigail: 102 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cooper: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Griffin: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bailey: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Owen: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wyatt: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Parker: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawn: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Dustin: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Nolan: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	123	–	1
2	Hannah	113	–	2
3	Abigail	102	↑4	14
4	Samantha	91	↑1	7
5	Emma	90	↓2	17
6	Sarah	82	↓2	5
7	Alexis	78	↑1	6
8	Madison	77	↑1	3
9	Olivia	77	↑4	16
10	Grace	75	↑7	19
11	Lauren	64	↑3	11
12	Ashley	61	–	4
13	Elizabeth	61	↓7	9
14	Morgan	59	↑2	25
15	Taylor	58	↓5	10
16	Megan	53	↑2	18
17	Sydney	52	↑3	23
18	Julia	50	↓3	29
19	Brianna	47	↓8	15
20	Haley	47	↓1	28
21	Anna	46	↑2	22
22	Kayla	46	↑4	13
23	Mackenzie	46	↑9	43
24	Kaitlyn	42	↑11	30
25	Hailey	41	new	35
26	Sierra	40	↑4	53
27	Victoria	39	↓5	20
28	Makayla	38	new	67
29	Alyssa	37	↓8	12
30	Brooke	36	↓6	51
31	Gabrielle	36	↓6	49
32	Rebecca	36	↑4	39
33	Sophia	36	new	42
34	Jessica	35	↓5	8
35	Katherine	35	↓2	33
36	Rachel	35	↓8	21
37	Cassidy	34	↓6	>100
38	Molly	34	↑3	96
39	Amber	30	↓5	47
40	Kaylee	30	new	72
41	Jasmine	29	new	27
42	Katelyn	29	new	54
43	Chloe	27	new	38
44	Autumn	26	↓5	77
45	Mariah	26	↓5	75
46	Courtney	25	new	59
47	Erin	25	↓5	61
48	Isabella	25	↓2	45
49	Jordan	25	new	50
50	Nicole	25	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	166	–	1
2	Nicholas	130	–	6
3	Joshua	114	↑6	4
4	Tyler	111	↓1	10
5	Matthew	108	–	3
6	Andrew	107	↑6	7
7	Zachary	107	↓3	15
8	Hunter	101	↑14	35
9	Benjamin	96	↓2	26
10	Michael	96	↑3	2
11	Noah	93	↓3	27
12	Cameron	91	↓6	31
13	Ethan	90	↑2	25
14	Alexander	89	↑6	20
15	Samuel	89	↑8	28
16	Ryan	84	↑2	13
17	Kyle	75	↓6	37
18	Joseph	74	↑8	8
19	Dylan	73	↓5	24
20	Caleb	70	↓1	38
21	Brandon	69	↓4	12
22	Christopher	62	↓12	5
23	Austin	60	↓7	23
24	Nathan	58	↓3	30
25	William	58	–	11
26	Cody	54	↑7	60
27	David	54	–	16
28	Isaac	54	↑9	53
29	John	53	↓5	14
30	Evan	52	↑16	55
31	James	50	↑8	18
32	Justin	50	↑2	19
33	Logan	48	↓4	40
34	Daniel	47	↓2	9
35	Thomas	47	↓7	33
36	Connor	45	↓6	50
37	Jack	45	new	46
38	Anthony	44	↓3	17
39	Robert	44	↑9	29
40	Adam	43	↑4	45
41	Jonathan	42	↓3	21
42	Garrett	38	new	74
43	Jared	37	new	56
44	Dakota	36	new	88
45	Aaron	35	↑5	41
46	Christian	35	new	22
47	Ian	35	↑2	73
48	Isaiah	35	new	47
49	Jordan	33	↓18	36
50	Cole	32	↓5	71

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