Popular baby names in Maine, 2016

The most popular baby names in Maine in 2016 were Emma for girls (78 babies) and Liam for boys (77). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,141 babies born in Maine in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 2016

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: 40 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Eliza: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Lila: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Piper: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Willow: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Natalie: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauren: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Isla: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rose: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kinsley: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Finnegan: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Finley: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Finn: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elliot: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Emmett: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wesley: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Griffin: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Silas: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cole: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rowan: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	78	–	1
2	Charlotte	72	↑6	7
3	Olivia	66	↓1	2
4	Sophia	59	↑3	4
5	Harper	56	–	11
6	Ava	52	–	3
7	Natalie	52	↑5	31
8	Abigail	48	↓4	8
9	Evelyn	48	↑4	12
10	Amelia	46	↓7	10
11	Grace	43	↑15	19
12	Isabella	41	↓3	5
13	Lydia	40	↑2	80
14	Nora	40	↑5	36
15	Addison	38	↑28	29
16	Madison	38	↑22	15
17	Piper	36	↑4	67
18	Eleanor	35	↑10	41
19	Scarlett	35	↑20	18
20	Ella	34	↓10	17
21	Lily	34	↓4	24
22	Avery	32	↓8	16
23	Elizabeth	31	↓5	13
24	Emily	31	↓4	9
25	Lillian	31	↓14	28
26	Violet	29	↑22	47
27	Willow	28	↓5	96
28	Adeline	26	new	63
29	Chloe	26	↑7	20
30	Penelope	26	new	27
31	Kinsley	25	new	86
32	Paisley	25	↑1	46
33	Aria	23	↓10	23
34	Layla	23	new	30
35	Leah	23	↑6	37
36	Madelyn	23	new	62
37	Peyton	23	↓3	81
38	Zoey	23	new	26
39	Claire	22	new	40
40	Hazel	22	new	52
41	Lucy	22	new	55
42	Quinn	22	new	79
43	Aubrey	21	↓18	25
44	Madeline	21	↓2	90
45	Alice	20	new	76
46	Audrey	20	new	39
47	Aurora	20	↓15	66
48	Isabelle	20	↓11	>100
49	Isla	20	↓9	>100
50	Mia	20	↓34	6

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	77	–	2
2	Owen	74	–	24
3	Benjamin	68	↑10	6
4	Mason	68	↓1	4
5	William	64	↑2	3
6	Jackson	62	–	17
7	Wyatt	62	↓2	33
8	Oliver	61	↓4	12
9	Lucas	60	–	14
10	Samuel	55	↑8	21
11	Henry	53	–	22
12	Noah	53	↓2	1
13	James	49	↑3	5
14	Lincoln	47	↑17	51
15	Carter	46	↓1	26
16	Logan	46	↓1	18
17	Jack	45	↑7	38
18	Landon	44	↑2	53
19	Joseph	41	↑25	20
20	Alexander	40	↓8	11
21	Charles	39	↑21	52
22	Brayden	38	↑19	64
23	Hunter	38	↓15	45
24	Aiden	37	↑24	16
25	Daniel	37	↑11	13
26	Elijah	36	↓5	9
27	Gabriel	36	↓5	25
28	Grayson	36	↑6	37
29	Thomas	36	↓4	48
30	Connor	35	↓7	54
31	Cooper	35	new	79
32	Michael	35	↓6	8
33	Colton	34	↓3	68
34	Nolan	34	↓2	67
35	Sawyer	34	↑3	97
36	Cameron	33	↓1	57
37	Isaac	32	↑3	31
38	Jacob	32	↓10	7
39	John	32	↑8	28
40	Wesley	32	new	>100
41	Cole	31	new	>100
42	Silas	31	↓3	>100
43	Andrew	30	new	34
44	Austin	30	new	73
45	Emmett	30	new	>100
46	Joshua	29	new	35
47	Julian	29	new	39
48	Luke	29	↑1	29
49	Parker	29	↓12	87
50	Ethan	28	↓31	10

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