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Baby names in Maine in the 2000s

In Maine in the 2000s the most given names were Jacob (1,320 boys) and Emma (1,141 girls), of 97,686 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Maine each year, the 2000s shaded
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Maine births by year and sex2.5k5k7.5k10k13k19101950199020252000-2009BoysGirls

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

Maine, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Maine, 2000s

Girls, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Emma1,141
2Emily1,051
3Abigail1,013
4Madison984
5Olivia923
6Hannah888
7Alexis673
8Grace673
9Elizabeth599
10Isabella592
11Sarah529
12Sophia479
13Ava478
14Samantha466
15Taylor441
16Lily441
17Mackenzie429
18Chloe427
19Anna420
20Ella404
Boys, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Jacob1,320
2Ethan957
3Benjamin872
4Noah851
5Nicholas845
6Tyler825
7Joshua815
8Matthew800
9Samuel794
10Logan780
11Zachary777
12Andrew738
13William736
14Michael732
15Hunter719
16Ryan718
17Alexander717
18Dylan687
19Cameron682
20Caleb682

Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Maine in the 2000s

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, 2000-2009.

More about names in Maine

  1. The 2000s 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 2010sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2000The 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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