Maine

Girls' name

From Old Irish Maine; literal meaning unconfirmed

Maine has been given to 9 babies in the U.S. since 1898. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1898, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Maine, 1898

1 in 42,400

Maine over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maine: meaning, origin, and history

From Old Irish Maine; literal meaning unconfirmed

Old Irish

What Maine means

Maine is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Maine is used in English. Its origins include Old Irish.

Maine comes through Old Irish Maine.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9 girls were recorded with the name Maine between 1898 and 1898. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1898; its best national rank was #1,227 in 1898.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Maine?

Maine had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1898, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1898: 1 in 42,400; 9 of 381,432 births
Among girls only: 1 in 28,800; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1898: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 29,378 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1898 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 29,378 children born in 1898 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maine was born before 1898 — so the typical Maine is around 127 today.

Median birth year: 1898; About 127 years old
Biggest decade: 1890s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1890s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (9).

Is Maine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1898 (9)
Years since peak: 127; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #1,227; 1898

Spellings of Maine

Maine is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 20.1% against Maine's <0.01%.

Marie20.1%540,077
Jane14.2%379,876
Anne12.1%325,128
Elaine9.8%262,890
Paige5.5%146,734
Maxine4.3%115,612
Mae4.3%114,835
Mamie2.9%77,907

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Maine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,227; 1898
Peak year: 1898; 9 that year
First recorded: 1898
Last recorded: 1898
All-time count: 9
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Maine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Maise Maiar Mailea Maivy Maizi Maizah Maita Maike Maide Maiti Maina Maica Maiha Maian Maiia Mailene Maiyer Mailia Maiken Kleine Maisel Maive Maidee Maijah

Sibling names for Maine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Hulda Bess Meta Lulu Golda Lauretta Era Leatha

For a brother

Dewey Will Grover Gustave Garfield Waldo Orrin Winfield

Explore around Maine

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