Popular baby names in Maine, 2008

The most popular baby names in Maine in 2008 were Emma for girls (106 babies) and Jacob for boys (113). Social Security records list 9,222 babies born in Maine in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 2008

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

Girls

Lydia: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cadence: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Piper: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Annabelle: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jillian: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brooke: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Paige: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lillian: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jacoby: 22 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Colby: 34 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Griffin: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dawson: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Camden: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brady: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tucker: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Keegan: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Garrett: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trevor: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	106	↑3	1
2	Olivia	99	↑1	4
3	Madison	95	↓2	6
4	Ava	86	↑1	5
5	Abigail	84	↓3	8
6	Isabella	70	↑2	2
7	Emily	63	–	3
8	Grace	61	↑2	21
9	Sophia	57	↑2	7
10	Elizabeth	54	↑3	9
11	Alexis	52	↑1	15
12	Hannah	52	↓6	17
13	Natalie	52	↑3	13
14	Chloe	51	↑8	10
15	Ella	51	↓6	19
16	Addison	50	↓1	12
17	Lillian	48	↑6	29
18	Hailey	44	–	25
19	Brooke	43	↑9	52
20	Lily	43	↓6	24
21	Anna	34	↓2	26
22	Lydia	34	new	>100
23	Sarah	31	↑2	20
24	Alyssa	29	↓7	16
25	Nevaeh	29	↓1	34
26	Madeline	28	↑12	56
27	Paige	28	↑10	89
28	Taylor	28	↑2	22
29	Kylie	27	new	51
30	Madelyn	27	new	64
31	Sophie	27	new	75
32	Charlotte	26	↑2	86
33	Lauren	26	↓4	30
34	Mackenzie	26	↓3	65
35	Makayla	26	new	37
36	Riley	26	↑12	39
37	Samantha	26	↓16	11
38	Isabelle	25	↑2	93
39	Molly	25	new	>100
40	Amelia	24	new	68
41	Aubrey	23	new	42
42	Gabriella	23	new	35
43	Leah	23	new	40
44	Mia	23	new	14
45	Payton	23	new	91
46	Savannah	23	↓13	33
47	Audrey	22	new	44
48	Autumn	22	↓21	87
49	Julia	22	↓23	41
50	Kaylee	22	↓5	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Jacob	113	↑1	1
2	Benjamin	103	↑4	25
3	Noah	79	–	15
4	Ethan	76	↓3	3
5	Gavin	73	↑11	30
6	Joshua	73	↑4	4
7	Caleb	72	↑27	34
8	Aiden	69	↑23	16
9	Logan	69	↓4	19
10	Jackson	68	↑26	32
11	William	66	↓7	8
12	Alexander	65	↓5	6
13	Hunter	63	↑4	54
14	Wyatt	63	↑8	62
15	Evan	62	↓6	38
16	Owen	62	↓3	58
17	Tyler	60	↑4	28
18	Connor	59	↓10	57
19	Mason	59	↑18	35
20	Nicholas	59	↓1	29
21	Matthew	58	↓7	10
22	Samuel	58	↓11	27
23	Michael	56	↑15	2
24	Zachary	56	↓12	47
25	Andrew	55	–	12
26	Brady	54	↓11	94
27	Cameron	54	↓9	53
28	James	53	↓4	17
29	Joseph	52	↓9	13
30	Ryan	51	↓3	18
31	Dylan	50	↓1	31
32	Gabriel	50	↓9	24
33	Lucas	50	↓4	46
34	Brayden	49	↓1	51
35	Jayden	49	new	11
36	Jack	48	↓1	39
37	Liam	48	↑9	75
38	Isaac	46	↓10	37
39	Daniel	41	↑4	5
40	Landon	41	↑10	45
41	Nathan	40	↓9	21
42	Christopher	39	↓16	9
43	Carter	37	↑6	65
44	Cole	37	new	85
45	Thomas	36	new	52
46	John	35	new	20
47	Colby	34	new	>100
48	Blake	32	new	90
49	Elijah	32	↓10	22
50	Robert	31	new	49

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