The most common names of people born in Maine

Social Security has recorded about 1.5 million births in Maine since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 970,000 of those people are alive today, and their average age is 47. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Maine, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Maine from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Maine

Most common names of living women born in Maine
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	6,800	49
2	Mary	6,400	67
3	Linda	6,200	73
4	Susan	5,800	67
5	Elizabeth	5,700	49
6	Sarah	5,200	41
7	Jessica	5,200	42
8	Lisa	5,200	58
9	Patricia	4,800	72
10	Karen	4,300	64
11	Emily	4,200	32
12	Nancy	4,100	73
13	Amanda	4,000	41
14	Michelle	3,900	52
15	Donna	3,800	71
16	Melissa	3,700	49
17	Rebecca	3,700	51
18	Sandra	3,600	72
19	Deborah	3,600	68
20	Barbara	3,600	73
21	Heather	3,500	46
22	Amy	3,400	49
23	Ashley	3,300	36
24	Kimberly	3,300	53
25	Pamela	3,100	68
26	Brenda	3,100	69
27	Nicole	3,000	42
28	Diane	2,900	70
29	Carol	2,900	72
30	Katherine	2,800	48

Men and boys born in Maine

Most common names of living men born in Maine
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	17,000	54
2	David	13,000	59
3	Robert	12,000	62
4	John	12,000	59
5	James	11,000	56
6	Richard	9,200	65
7	Christopher	8,900	45
8	William	8,700	52
9	Matthew	7,900	40
10	Daniel	7,500	51
11	Thomas	6,700	52
12	Joseph	6,700	47
13	Joshua	6,200	36
14	Mark	5,900	59
15	Scott	5,600	55
16	Andrew	5,500	41
17	Timothy	5,400	54
18	Ryan	5,200	37
19	Paul	5,100	63
20	Benjamin	5,100	33
21	Jason	5,000	45
22	Stephen	5,000	60
23	Brian	5,000	54
24	Jeffrey	4,900	57
25	Nicholas	4,900	34
26	Kevin	4,600	53
27	Peter	4,500	58
28	Steven	4,400	58
29	Jacob	4,400	28
30	Charles	4,400	55

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Maine, not the national average.

Names more common in Maine than nationally

Among living people born in Maine, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Roland is 5.3× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Maine than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Roland	5.3×	860	71
2	Pauline	5.2×	920	78
3	Colby	4.9×	990	24
4	Laurie	3.6×	1,800	62
5	Peter	3.3×	4,500	58
6	Norman	3.2×	1,000	71
7	Heidi	3.1×	1,500	53
8	Louise	3.0×	820	74
9	Lorraine	3.0×	950	78
10	Wayne	2.9×	2,000	67
11	Constance	2.8×	780	79
12	Bethany	2.8×	970	45
13	Bruce	2.7×	2,400	67
14	Gail	2.7×	1,400	73
15	Dale	2.5×	1,500	65

The newest Maine babies

The most popular names for babies born in Maine in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Maine
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	89	30
2	Amelia	45	16
3	Eleanor	45	30
4	Violet	44	18
5	Harper	43	9
6	Evelyn	40	34
7	Lucy	39	28
8	Olivia	39	18
9	Grace	37	27
10	Ivy	36	17

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Maine
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Theodore	83	29
2	Oliver	77	13
3	Henry	66	34
4	Noah	54	16
5	Levi	53	16
6	Wesley	46	33
7	Jack	44	34
8	James	43	54
9	William	43	51
10	Bennett	41	13

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Maine with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this