Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1986
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 282 |
| 2 | Michael | 279 |
| 3 | Christopher | 265 |
| 4 | Joshua | 248 |
| 5 | Ryan | 220 |
| 6 | Andrew | 192 |
| 7 | Nicholas | 189 |
| 8 | Benjamin | 155 |
| 9 | Joseph | 150 |
| 10 | Daniel | 146 |
| 11 | James | 145 |
| 12 | David | 140 |
| 13 | Justin | 139 |
| 14 | Adam | 129 |
| 14 | Jason | 129 |
| 16 | John | 121 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 116 |
| 18 | Brandon | 109 |
| 19 | Kyle | 101 |
| 19 | Robert | 101 |
| 21 | Kevin | 96 |
| 22 | Brian | 94 |
| 23 | Tyler | 92 |
| 24 | Nathan | 91 |
| 25 | Eric | 90 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Timothy | 90 |
| 27 | Anthony | 89 |
| 28 | Thomas | 88 |
| 28 | William | 88 |
| 30 | Dustin | 85 |
| 30 | Jacob | 85 |
| 32 | Zachary | 78 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 77 |
| 34 | Jeffrey | 74 |
| 35 | Corey | 67 |
| 35 | Richard | 67 |
| 37 | Stephen | 64 |
| 38 | Aaron | 63 |
| 39 | Derek | 62 |
| 40 | Scott | 59 |
| 41 | Samuel | 56 |
| 42 | Shane | 55 |
| 43 | Jesse | 53 |
| 43 | Patrick | 53 |
| 43 | Shawn | 53 |
| 46 | Alexander | 50 |
| 46 | Steven | 50 |
| 48 | Mark | 48 |
| 48 | Sean | 48 |
| 50 | Paul | 45 |
| 51 | Travis | 44 |
| 52 | Gregory | 42 |
| 52 | Peter | 42 |
| 54 | Chad | 40 |
| 55 | Seth | 39 |
| 56 | Craig | 36 |
| 57 | Charles | 35 |
| 58 | Ian | 33 |
| 58 | Jared | 33 |
| 60 | Nathaniel | 32 |
| 61 | Cory | 31 |
| 62 | Bryan | 30 |
| 63 | Jordan | 28 |
| 64 | Casey | 25 |
| 64 | Keith | 25 |
| 64 | Kenneth | 25 |
| 67 | Bradley | 24 |
| 67 | Lucas | 24 |
| 67 | Trevor | 24 |
| 70 | Donald | 23 |
| 71 | Erik | 22 |
| 72 | Douglas | 21 |
| 72 | Joel | 21 |
| 74 | George | 20 |
| 75 | Alex | 19 |
| 75 | Edward | 19 |
| 75 | Randy | 19 |
| 78 | Caleb | 18 |
| 78 | Mathew | 18 |
| 80 | Evan | 17 |
| 80 | Gary | 17 |
| 80 | Isaac | 17 |
| 80 | Troy | 17 |
| 84 | Ethan | 16 |
| 84 | Philip | 16 |
| 84 | Todd | 16 |
| 87 | Brent | 15 |
| 87 | Dylan | 15 |
| 87 | Kristopher | 15 |
| 90 | Carl | 14 |
| 90 | Cody | 14 |
| 90 | Jeremiah | 14 |
| 93 | Brad | 13 |
| 93 | Dana | 13 |
| 93 | Devin | 13 |
| 93 | Garrett | 13 |
| 93 | Luke | 13 |
| 93 | Marc | 13 |
| 93 | Ronald | 13 |
| 93 | Ross | 13 |
| 93 | Wayne | 13 |