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Baby names in Maine in the 1960s

In Maine in the 1960s the most given names were Michael (4,857 boys) and Lisa (3,575 girls), of 178,857 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Maine each year, the 1960s shaded
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

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

Maine, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Maine, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa3,575
2Susan2,058
3Karen1,898
4Mary1,566
5Tammy1,485
6Kimberly1,346
7Michelle1,322
8Linda1,298
9Lori1,262
10Laurie1,214
11Donna1,187
12Julie1,176
13Brenda1,170
14Deborah1,149
15Pamela1,100
16Patricia1,062
17Debra1,017
18Kelly1,002
19Sandra997
20Jennifer975
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Michael4,857
2David4,397
3John3,499
4Robert3,390
5James3,333
6Mark2,855
7Richard2,604
8Scott2,526
9Jeffrey2,129
10Timothy1,964
11William1,945
12Daniel1,874
13Kevin1,847
14Steven1,700
15Thomas1,672
16Paul1,672
17Christopher1,483
18Peter1,471
19Brian1,471
20Stephen1,376

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Maine in the 1960s

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, 1960-1969.

More about names in Maine

  1. The 1960s 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 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The 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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