Name Legacy

Baby names in Maine, 1990s

1990–1999 · 115,137 recorded births

Matthew was the most common name given in Maine across the 1990s, with 1,725 births in the decade. The state recorded 115,137 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Maine in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Unnamed2212×
Eliza94
Colby257
Owen131
Eben9
Tucker88
Hillary102
Keegan81

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Matthew1,725
#2Nicholas1,724
#3Tyler1,705
#4Joshua1,682
#5Jacob1,667
#6Michael1,576
#7Emily1,409
#8Christopher1,405
#9Zachary1,391
#10Ashley1,322
#11Ryan1,233
#12Sarah1,219
#13Benjamin1,192
#14Brandon1,190
#15Andrew1,115
#16Taylor1,080
#17Samantha1,057
#18Kyle1,047
#19Joseph1,023
#20Dylan1,011
#21Jessica955
#22Cody940
#23Hannah922
#24Alexander918
#25Justin871

Other decades in Maine

All Maine names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org