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Baby names in Maine in the 1950s

In Maine in the 1950s the most given names were Michael (5,261 boys) and Linda (3,321 girls), of 194,954 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Maine each year, the 1950s shaded
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101950199020251950-1959BoysGirls

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

Maine, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Maine, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Linda3,321
2Susan3,233
3Deborah2,564
4Mary2,401
5Patricia2,084
6Nancy1,995
7Debra1,931
8Diane1,790
9Donna1,781
10Karen1,741
11Pamela1,619
12Cynthia1,578
13Brenda1,577
14Barbara1,528
15Sandra1,420
16Carol1,292
17Sharon1,265
18Kathleen1,229
19Cheryl1,164
20Elizabeth955
Boys, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Michael5,261
2David4,960
3Robert4,545
4John3,825
5Richard3,817
6James3,387
7William2,448
8Stephen2,364
9Mark2,323
10Paul2,149
11Thomas1,992
12Daniel1,965
13Gary1,939
14Donald1,812
15Steven1,766
16Ronald1,595
17Peter1,592
18Timothy1,497
19Jeffrey1,449
20Bruce1,396

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Maine in the 1950s

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

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1950-1959.

More about names in Maine

  1. The 1950s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Maine: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Maine in the 1960sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1950The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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