State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,226 Maryland births in 1951 across 763 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maryland more than they say America.

#85Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#78Reginald#174 nationally
#96Roland#184 nationally
#69Vernon#131 nationally
#76Regina#137 nationally
#98Angela#150 nationally
#37Melvin#88 nationally
#79Stephanie#129 nationally
#61Bernard#107 nationally
#40Francis#85 nationally
#36Darlene#79 nationally
#34Howard#74 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,136US #1
#2Mary1,063US #2
#3Patricia1,028US #3
#4Deborah886US #4
#5Barbara721US #5
#6Susan586US #6
#7Sharon568US #13
#8Nancy468US #7
#9Donna382US #12
#10Sandra382US #9
#11Carol370US #11
#12Kathleen350US #10
#13Margaret349US #17
#14Karen346US #8
#15Diane325US #15
#16Brenda315US #14
#17Joyce258US #28
#18Elizabeth238US #23
#19Carolyn235US #22
#20Shirley224US #27
#21Cynthia220US #20
#22Bonnie215US #37
#23Christine215US #24
#24Pamela212US #16
#25Janet210US #19
#26Janice209US #21
#27Beverly202US #33
#28Joan193US #39
#29Judith191US #25
#30Catherine184US #34
#31Gail172US #36
#32Denise170US #48
#33Betty166US #29
#34Dorothy160US #42
#35Debra156US #18
#36Darlene155US #79
#37Jacqueline155US #56
#38Gloria148US #31
#39Sheila139US #69
#40Frances138US #59
#41Ann133US #46
#42Cheryl133US #30
#43Peggy131US #40
#44Ruth128US #53
#45Jane127US #43
#46Helen126US #54
#47Phyllis125US #57
#48Jean120US #49
#49Judy119US #26
#50Ellen116US #68
#51Diana115US #50
#52Wanda115US #52
#53Theresa113US #64
#54Paula112US #51
#55Jo108US #67
#56Katherine108US #55
#57Martha108US #38
#58Kathryn104US #45
#59Rebecca104US #32
#60Anne99US #82
#61Virginia99US #47
#62Alice96US #62
#63Charlotte96US #84
#64Kathy95US #35
#65Rose95US #65
#66Doris93US #80
#67Joann93US #104
#68Teresa93US #63
#69Laura89US #60
#70Elaine88US #66
#71Joanne86US #73
#72Rita85US #61
#73Constance81US #86
#74Victoria81US #81
#75Lynn79US #72
#76Regina78US #137
#77Charlene77US #103
#78Valerie77US #100
#79Stephanie76US #129
#80Marie75US #78
#81Vicki75US #58
#82Gwendolyn74US #112
#83Yvonne74US #101
#84Anna72US #94
#85Sherry72US #70
#86Marilyn71US #41
#87Lois70US #85
#88Sarah70US #91
#89Connie69US #44
#90Robin69US #122
#91Marsha65US #76
#92Evelyn63US #88
#93Sally63US #77
#94Rosemary59US #109
#95Lorraine58US #102
#96Suzanne58US #83
#97Marcia57US #74
#98Angela56US #150
#99Maria56US #75
#100Michele56US #125

Boys

#1Robert1,407US #2
#2John1,383US #3
#3James1,334US #1
#4William1,281US #6
#5Michael1,066US #4
#6David854US #5
#7Charles841US #9
#8Richard806US #7
#9Thomas769US #8
#10Joseph584US #14
#11Gary503US #10
#12George478US #22
#13Ronald476US #12
#14Donald419US #15
#15Stephen379US #19
#16Edward377US #23
#17Larry371US #11
#18Kenneth364US #16
#19Paul346US #18
#20Steven324US #13
#21Dennis302US #17
#22Bruce256US #26
#23Daniel254US #21
#24Gregory239US #25
#25Mark238US #20
#26Wayne217US #37
#27Douglas207US #27
#28Frank194US #31
#29Raymond192US #32
#30Lawrence175US #33
#31Timothy170US #28
#32Walter169US #42
#33Harry165US #70
#34Howard150US #74
#35Anthony145US #34
#36Jeffrey142US #35
#37Melvin131US #88
#38Frederick128US #78
#39Jerry127US #24
#40Francis126US #85
#41Albert124US #60
#42Henry123US #47
#43Patrick123US #39
#44Philip120US #55
#45Stanley119US #54
#46Roger118US #29
#47Arthur117US #44
#48Ralph117US #51
#49Louis111US #76
#50Terry111US #30
#51Eugene107US #65
#52Gerald106US #36
#53Carl104US #43
#54Harold104US #46
#55Samuel104US #67
#56Christopher101US #61
#57Alan100US #40
#58Earl92US #95
#59Martin91US #81
#60Barry90US #71
#61Bernard89US #107
#62Glenn89US #58
#63Jerome87US #103
#64Leonard87US #80
#65Dale85US #49
#66Andrew83US #69
#67Allen82US #72
#68Peter81US #38
#69Vernon80US #131
#70Craig77US #63
#71Ernest75US #83
#72Jack73US #48
#73Russell73US #73
#74Norman71US #90
#75Roy69US #52
#76Leroy68US #111
#77Keith67US #59
#78Reginald65US #174
#79Eric64US #93
#80Herbert64US #112
#81Kevin63US #53
#82Clarence61US #98
#83Rodney60US #84
#84Theodore60US #99
#85Tyrone59
#86Brian57US #75
#87Edwin57US #119
#88Phillip57US #79
#89Alfred55US #100
#90Alvin55US #121
#91Marvin55US #96
#92Warren54US #118
#93Leon53US #122
#94Calvin50US #106
#95Jay50US #116
#96Roland49US #184
#97Victor46US #110
#98Benjamin45US #123
#99Lee45US #92
#100Leslie45US #124

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑44Debra#35
↑37Denise#32
↑33Kathy#64
↑30Peggy#43
↑23Laura#69
↑21Christopher#56
↑21Keith#77
↑20Regina#76

Falling

↓30Yvonne#83
↓30Suzanne#96
↓21Warren#92
↓20Sarah#88
↓20Glenn#62
↓19Virginia#61
↓19Carl#53
↓19Brian#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.