Baby names in Maine in the 1920s

In Maine in the 1920s the most given names were Robert (3,582 boys) and Mary (2,690 girls), of 128,355 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Maine each year, the 1920s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Maine, 1920-1929: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Maine, 1920s

Girls, 1920-1929
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	2,690
2	Dorothy	1,930
3	Barbara	1,655
4	Ruth	1,587
5	Margaret	1,302
6	Helen	1,284
7	Virginia	1,079
8	Pauline	1,075
9	Elizabeth	1,072
10	Phyllis	1,061
11	Frances	1,020
12	Rita	968
13	Doris	928
14	Marie	908
15	Alice	859
16	Theresa	847
17	Shirley	841
18	Irene	829
19	Eleanor	797
20	Evelyn	768

Boys, 1920-1929
#	Name	Births
1	Robert	3,582
2	John	2,509
3	Richard	2,143
4	William	1,885
5	George	1,793
6	Donald	1,709
7	Charles	1,580
8	James	1,480
9	Joseph	1,429
10	Raymond	1,235
11	Harold	1,150
12	Paul	1,067
13	Edward	1,065
14	Arthur	1,026
15	Kenneth	951
16	Roland	840
17	Albert	836
18	Ralph	825
19	Philip	775
20	Lawrence	758

Births summed over 1920-1929, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Maine in the 1920s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Fernande · 52.2×Laurette · 27.7×Yvette · 24.4×Juliette · 16.1×Germaine · 12.3×Georgette · 11.2×

Boys

Bertrand · 23.9×Lucien · 18.2×Carleton · 18.0×Romeo · 16.9×Linwood · 16.4×Normand · 16.0×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1920-1929.

More about names in Maine

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