Popular baby names in Maine, 2006

The most popular baby names in Maine in 2006 were Emma for girls (111 babies) and Jacob for boys (127). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,788 babies born in Maine in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 2006

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

Girls

Eliza: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lydia: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lily: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mackenzie: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Isabelle: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sophie: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ellie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Charlotte: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jillian: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brooke: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 35 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Griffin: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Keegan: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brady: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dawson: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tucker: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Simon: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Owen: 81 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brody: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gage: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emma	111	–	2
2	Abigail	106	–	6
3	Emily	96	–	1
4	Olivia	93	↑2	7
5	Madison	91	–	3
6	Ava	78	↑4	5
7	Alexis	74	↑6	14
8	Isabella	71	–	4
9	Sophia	69	–	9
10	Hannah	68	↓6	8
11	Grace	62	↓4	16
12	Ella	59	↑3	21
13	Lily	59	↓1	33
14	Elizabeth	53	↓3	11
15	Natalie	49	↑4	17
16	Chloe	46	↓2	18
17	Mackenzie	46	–	53
18	Sarah	46	↑9	15
19	Hailey	44	↑1	25
20	Samantha	44	↑1	10
21	Anna	43	↓5	22
22	Brooke	42	↑3	44
23	Julia	40	↓1	31
24	Lillian	40	↑13	38
25	Isabelle	35	↑8	84
26	Taylor	35	↓2	23
27	Brianna	34	↓1	20
28	Kaylee	33	↑20	42
29	Makayla	32	new	45
30	Lauren	31	↓2	24
31	Morgan	31	↑3	35
32	Gabrielle	30	↓2	63
33	Alyssa	29	↓10	19
34	Haley	29	↓16	75
35	Paige	29	↓4	77
36	Nevaeh	28	new	43
37	Lydia	26	new	>100
38	Megan	26	↓9	60
39	Riley	26	–	56
40	Audrey	25	new	69
41	Jenna	25	↑5	88
42	Maya	25	new	57
43	Addison	24	new	28
44	Autumn	24	↓12	95
45	Jasmine	24	new	29
46	Madeline	24	↓2	71
47	Amelia	23	↓5	83
48	Katherine	23	new	37
49	Sophie	23	new	>100
50	Charlotte	22	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	127	–	1
2	Ethan	108	↑7	4
3	Benjamin	103	↑1	24
4	Tyler	87	↓2	18
5	Logan	83	↑5	20
6	Hunter	81	↑21	54
7	Owen	81	↑14	58
8	Samuel	81	↑6	25
9	Aiden	76	↑20	32
10	Connor	76	↑5	53
11	Noah	76	↓3	15
12	Ryan	76	↑13	14
13	Dylan	72	↑7	26
14	Caleb	71	↑16	34
15	Matthew	68	↓4	5
16	Jack	66	↑6	36
17	Michael	65	↓4	2
18	Nicholas	65	↓11	17
19	William	65	↓7	10
20	Christopher	64	↑13	8
21	Mason	64	↑20	40
22	Andrew	63	↓17	7
23	Zachary	63	↓17	33
24	Joseph	60	↑7	11
25	Cameron	59	↑3	52
26	Isaac	59	↑12	48
27	Joshua	58	↓11	3
28	Alexander	57	↓25	12
29	Gavin	57	↓12	38
30	Nathan	57	↓12	23
31	Evan	54	↓12	42
32	Gabriel	54	↑5	28
33	Brayden	52	↑12	79
34	James	52	↓10	16
35	Aidan	51	↑1	44
36	Jackson	49	↑6	35
37	Daniel	48	↑10	6
38	Brady	47	↓15	>100
39	Austin	45	↑4	41
40	Dominic	44	new	85
41	Landon	44	new	50
42	Lucas	44	↓10	59
43	Thomas	44	↓8	51
44	Wyatt	44	↓18	82
45	Elijah	40	↑4	29
46	Liam	40	new	98
47	Cole	38	↓13	84
48	Isaiah	38	↑2	39
49	Brandon	36	↓1	27
50	Chase	35	new	83

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