Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maine, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	232
2	Mary	211
3	Judith	177
4	Barbara	172
5	Sandra	155
6	Nancy	146
7	Donna	124
8	Joan	113
9	Shirley	109
10	Joyce	95
11	Carol	88
12	Betty	85
13	Margaret	82
14	Janice	80
15	Beverly	79
15	Jean	79
17	Elizabeth	78
17	Marilyn	78
19	Jacqueline	76
20	Lorraine	75
21	Linda	71
22	Helen	69
23	Carolyn	64
23	Marie	64
25	Dorothy	63
26	Gloria	58
27	Pauline	56
28	Jane	54
29	Ruth	53
30	Norma	52
31	Doris	50
32	Constance	49
33	Ann	47
33	Elaine	47
35	Joanne	46
36	Phyllis	45
37	Rita	44
37	Sylvia	44
39	Janet	43
40	Sally	42
41	Eleanor	41
42	Evelyn	40
42	Frances	40
42	Louise	40
45	Gail	38
45	Theresa	38
45	Virginia	38
48	Anita	37
49	Claudette	36
50	Alice	35

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Richard	416
2	Robert	401
3	John	269
4	David	216
5	William	188
6	James	186
7	Donald	184
8	Ronald	149
9	Paul	139
10	Roger	136
11	Charles	134
12	George	125
13	Raymond	119
14	Thomas	91
15	Kenneth	87
16	Peter	83
17	Gerald	81
18	Edward	78
18	Wayne	78
20	Joseph	67
21	Arthur	66
21	Roland	66
23	Michael	65
24	Gary	62
24	Philip	62
26	Ralph	60
27	Norman	59
28	Lawrence	58
29	Bruce	53
30	Frederick	48
31	Albert	47
31	Harold	47
33	Walter	45
34	Frank	44
35	Eugene	42
36	Dale	41
37	Daniel	38
38	Alfred	34
38	Stephen	34
40	Francis	33
41	Carl	32
41	Leo	32
41	Maurice	32
44	Gordon	31
45	Bernard	30
45	Dennis	30
45	Henry	30
45	Normand	30
49	Dana	28
49	Ernest	28