Girls' name · since 1898
Maine
9 babies named Maine in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1898. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #57,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 9
- born since 1898
- 1890s
- peak decade
Maine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 9 have been recorded since 1898.
Social Security Administration records show Maine recorded 9 times among girls since 1898, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1890s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1898.
- #57,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 9 born since 1898
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maine ranks #57,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 9 born since 1898, peaking in the 1890s.
- #57,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 9
- born since 1898
- 1890s
- peak decade
Maine's 9 recorded births place it above 20.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1898
- Peak year (1898)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Maine by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (9 births, 100% of the file).
1890s was Maine's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Maine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 9 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1898)
Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1898–1898 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.