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Baby names in Maine in the 1970s

In Maine in the 1970s the most given names were Michael (3,164 boys) and Jennifer (3,348 girls), of 132,583 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Maine each year, the 1970s shaded
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101950199020251970-1979BoysGirls

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

Maine, 1970-1979: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Maine, 1970s

Girls, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Jennifer3,348
2Amy1,764
3Melissa1,666
4Michelle1,619
5Heather1,547
6Jessica1,454
7Lisa1,268
8Angela1,168
9Sarah1,085
10Kimberly996
11Rebecca994
12Nicole830
13Tammy825
14Kelly814
15Julie785
16Amanda744
17Stephanie731
18Karen706
19Heidi658
20Elizabeth650
Boys, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Michael3,164
2Jason2,951
3Christopher2,822
4David1,983
5Matthew1,938
6James1,837
7Scott1,833
8Robert1,761
9John1,665
10Eric1,316
11Brian1,314
12Daniel1,312
13Jeffrey1,201
14Shawn1,172
15Kevin1,144
16Richard1,120
17William1,111
18Joseph1,104
19Ryan1,098
20Mark1,079

Births summed over 1970-1979, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Maine in the 1970s

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, 1970-1979.

More about names in Maine

  1. The 1970s 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 1980sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1970The 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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