Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maine, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	261
2	Dorothy	190
3	Ruth	172
4	Helen	145
5	Margaret	144
6	Irene	110
7	Alice	108
8	Evelyn	104
9	Frances	100
10	Elizabeth	88
11	Virginia	85
12	Marion	81
13	Eleanor	79
13	Phyllis	79
15	Marie	75
16	Mildred	74
17	Florence	73
18	Pauline	72
19	Doris	67
20	Louise	64
21	Beatrice	63
22	Barbara	62
23	Lillian	59
24	Marjorie	56
25	Hazel	53
26	Thelma	50
27	Gladys	49
28	Bertha	48
29	Gertrude	47
30	Rose	45
31	Lucille	44
32	Edna	43
32	Ethel	43
32	Marguerite	43
35	Edith	42
36	Arlene	40
37	Muriel	39
38	Madeline	38
39	Catherine	37
40	Anna	35
40	Cecile	35
42	Esther	34
42	Kathleen	34
44	Bernice	33
44	Josephine	33
46	Eva	32
46	Hilda	32
48	Grace	31
48	Jeannette	31
48	Laura	31

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	180
2	John	171
3	George	146
4	William	139
5	Joseph	127
6	Donald	125
7	Charles	124
8	James	119
9	Arthur	100
10	Edward	92
11	Richard	91
12	Harold	88
13	Raymond	75
14	Albert	74
15	Frank	71
16	Ralph	70
17	Kenneth	66
17	Lawrence	66
19	Walter	60
20	Paul	59
21	Francis	55
22	Ernest	53
22	Roland	53
24	Philip	52
25	Henry	51
26	Leo	50
26	Stanley	50
28	Thomas	47
29	Norman	44
30	Alfred	42
30	Carl	42
30	Frederick	42
33	Harry	41
34	Clarence	38
34	Louis	38
36	Howard	34
37	David	33
37	Gerald	33
39	Bernard	32
39	Earl	32
41	Maurice	31
42	Herbert	30
42	Lewis	30
44	Cecil	29
44	Leonard	29
44	Roger	29
47	Eugene	28
47	Linwood	28
49	Clifford	27
49	Fred	27