Popular baby names in Maine, 2012

The most popular baby names in Maine in 2012 were Emma for girls (101 babies) and Mason for boys (101). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,402 babies born in Maine in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 2012

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

Girls

Willow: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Isla: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Fiona: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lydia: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sadie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elise: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alice: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Quinn: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gracie: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bailey: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Reid: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Garrett: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lukas: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tucker: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cole: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Silas: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jameson: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bryce: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bentley: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	101	–	2
2	Sophia	78	–	1
3	Abigail	74	↑6	7
4	Ava	72	↑1	5
5	Olivia	72	↓1	4
6	Natalie	54	↑10	17
7	Emily	53	↑7	6
8	Chloe	50	↑4	11
9	Amelia	48	↑4	23
10	Avery	48	↑9	13
11	Isabella	48	↓8	3
12	Grace	46	↓6	21
13	Lillian	46	↑2	25
14	Ella	45	↓4	12
15	Madison	43	↓8	9
16	Charlotte	42	↑1	19
17	Aubrey	41	↑10	15
18	Lily	41	↑11	16
19	Brooklyn	37	↑15	29
20	Zoey	36	↑5	20
21	Elizabeth	35	↑3	10
22	Leah	33	↑9	33
23	Gabriella	30	↑27	37
24	Hannah	30	↓6	22
25	Addison	29	↓17	14
26	Anna	29	↑7	34
27	Hailey	29	↑3	32
28	Evelyn	28	new	27
29	Lydia	28	↓8	95
30	Willow	28	↑18	>100
31	Sophie	26	↓5	52
32	Alexis	25	↓21	40
33	Bailey	24	new	81
34	Harper	24	new	24
35	Mackenzie	24	↑4	71
36	Layla	23	new	31
37	Stella	23	new	62
38	Julia	22	↓15	65
39	Annabelle	21	↓2	99
40	Kaylee	21	↓12	35
41	Molly	21	new	90
42	Nevaeh	21	↓10	39
43	Peyton	21	↓23	53
44	Sadie	21	new	>100
45	Zoe	21	↓23	30
46	Autumn	20	↓6	68
47	Alice	19	new	>100
48	Arianna	19	new	49
49	Aubree	19	new	60
50	Bella	19	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	101	–	2
2	Liam	99	–	6
3	Noah	75	↑3	4
4	Owen	70	↑4	38
5	Logan	68	↑7	22
6	Jacob	67	↓2	1
7	Benjamin	65	↓4	16
8	Carter	63	↑2	36
9	Wyatt	63	↓4	41
10	Jackson	61	↓1	21
11	William	58	↓4	5
12	Ethan	54	↑8	3
13	Hunter	53	↑16	45
14	James	53	↑19	14
15	Bentley	52	↑20	75
16	Alexander	51	↑11	9
17	Samuel	51	↓3	25
18	Lucas	48	new	27
19	Aiden	47	↓6	10
20	Isaac	45	↑10	30
21	Jack	45	↑10	46
22	Gabriel	44	↓4	24
23	Michael	44	new	7
24	Oliver	44	new	73
25	Cameron	42	↓10	54
26	Andrew	41	↑8	18
27	Elijah	41	↓2	13
28	Joseph	41	↓17	19
29	Eli	40	↑12	43
30	Gavin	39	↓9	40
31	Levi	39	↑8	55
32	Brayden	38	↓15	39
33	Jaxon	37	new	66
34	Landon	37	↓18	35
35	Anthony	36	new	15
36	Blake	36	↑14	71
37	Henry	36	↓9	44
38	Cole	35	new	>100
39	Connor	34	↓15	59
40	Matthew	34	↓17	12
41	Cooper	33	↓1	83
42	Thomas	31	↓5	63
43	Joshua	30	new	17
44	Luke	30	↑3	37
45	Brody	29	↑3	91
46	Bryce	29	new	>100
47	Caleb	29	↓28	32
48	Evan	29	↓12	47
49	Parker	29	↓6	81
50	Nicholas	28	new	49

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