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Baby names in Maine

What parents in Maine actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in Maine, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Charlotte 89
2 Amelia 45
3 Eleanor 45
4 Violet 44
5 Harper 43
6 Evelyn 40
7 Lucy 39
8 Olivia 39
9 Grace 37
10 Ivy 36
11 Hazel 34
12 Sophia 34
13 Willow 34
14 Nora 33
15 Lillian 32
16 Emma 31
17 Isla 31
18 Maeve 31
19 Lainey 30
20 Isabella 27

Top 20 boys' names in Maine, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Theodore 83
2 Oliver 77
3 Henry 66
4 Noah 54
5 Levi 53
6 Wesley 46
7 Jack 44
8 James 43
9 William 43
10 Bennett 41
11 Hudson 41
12 Liam 41
13 Benjamin 38
14 Lucas 38
15 Mason 38
16 Owen 38
17 Lincoln 36
18 Charles 35
19 Thomas 35
20 Miles 34

The most distinctive names in Maine

These are the names Maine uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in MaineLocation quotient
Bode 52 9.8×
Alden 88 9.3×
Colby 80 7.3×
Finnegan 99 6.5×
Wilder 80 5.2×
Odin 94 5.0×
Sullivan 99 4.9×
Octavia 91 4.8×
Reid 120 4.7×
Maeve 198 4.7×
Phoebe 131 4.7×
Piper 251 4.2×
Freya 141 4.1×
Griffin 140 4.0×
Fiona 90 3.8×
Malcolm 84 3.8×
Sawyer 362 3.7×
Lydia 232 3.7×
Finn 165 3.7×
Desmond 70 3.7×

The number one name in Maine, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Charlotte 89 Theodore 83
2024 Charlotte 60 Oliver 79
2023 Charlotte 67 Theodore 78
2022 Evelyn 69 Oliver 90
2021 Charlotte 73 Oliver 70
2020 Charlotte 73 Oliver 92
2019 Charlotte 82 Oliver 85
2018 Charlotte 81 Oliver 77
2017 Charlotte 89 Oliver 87
2016 Emma 78 Liam 77
2015 Emma 75 Owen 78
2014 Emma 83 Liam 103
2013 Sophia 83 Liam 94
2012 Emma 101 Mason 101
2011 Emma 103 Mason 94
2010 Emma 91 Owen 85
2009 Emma 104 Noah 98
2008 Emma 106 Jacob 113
2007 Madison 112 Ethan 109
2006 Emma 111 Jacob 127

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.