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Baby names in Maine in the 1990s

In Maine in the 1990s the most given names were Matthew (1,725 boys) and Emily (1,409 girls), of 115,093 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Maine each year, the 1990s shaded
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101950199020251990-1999BoysGirls

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

Maine, 1990-1999: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Maine, 1990s

Girls, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Emily1,409
2Ashley1,322
3Sarah1,219
4Samantha1,057
5Jessica955
6Hannah922
7Kayla848
8Elizabeth816
9Brittany809
10Amanda794
11Taylor786
12Megan767
13Nicole687
14Courtney670
15Abigail604
16Chelsea581
17Danielle555
18Lauren546
19Rebecca537
20Morgan533
Boys, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Matthew1,725
2Nicholas1,724
3Tyler1,705
4Joshua1,682
5Jacob1,667
6Michael1,576
7Christopher1,405
8Zachary1,391
9Ryan1,233
10Benjamin1,192
11Brandon1,190
12Andrew1,115
13Kyle1,047
14Joseph1,023
15Dylan1,011
16Cody940
17Alexander918
18Justin871
19Daniel828
20John824

Births summed over 1990-1999, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Maine in the 1990s

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, 1990-1999.

More about names in Maine

  1. The 1990s 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 2000sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1990The 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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