State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,693 Maryland births in 1952 across 810 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#80Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#93Maurice#191 nationally
#87Reginald#176 nationally
#100Milton#169 nationally
#95Franklin#159 nationally
#76Regina#139 nationally
#97Delores#152 nationally
#91Jonathan#139 nationally
#32Darlene#77 nationally
#46Melvin#91 nationally
#72Warren#117 nationally
#90Angela#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,088US #2
#2Deborah1,075US #4
#3Linda1,069US #1
#4Patricia982US #3
#5Barbara715US #6
#6Susan653US #5
#7Sharon589US #14
#8Nancy488US #7
#9Karen412US #8
#10Donna403US #13
#11Sandra398US #10
#12Brenda368US #15
#13Carol357US #12
#14Kathleen346US #11
#15Margaret324US #21
#16Diane305US #16
#17Cynthia279US #18
#18Denise278US #33
#19Debra271US #9
#20Pamela271US #17
#21Joyce270US #27
#22Elizabeth267US #22
#23Carolyn245US #24
#24Janet245US #19
#25Christine235US #20
#26Shirley203US #28
#27Joan201US #37
#28Judith199US #25
#29Catherine191US #34
#30Bonnie188US #41
#31Beverly183US #35
#32Darlene181US #77
#33Gail181US #39
#34Jacqueline176US #58
#35Betty166US #32
#36Gloria163US #36
#37Cheryl153US #31
#38Jane145US #42
#39Dorothy141US #46
#40Theresa138US #60
#41Wanda138US #54
#42Janice137US #23
#43Katherine136US #59
#44Ruth136US #57
#45Sheila135US #64
#46Paula131US #47
#47Kathy128US #29
#48Helen122US #63
#49Peggy120US #43
#50Virginia119US #49
#51Frances117US #67
#52Martha116US #40
#53Ann115US #45
#54Victoria113US #74
#55Rebecca112US #30
#56Judy111US #26
#57Phyllis111US #65
#58Diana109US #51
#59Ellen108US #70
#60Teresa108US #52
#61Anne105US #79
#62Jean104US #50
#63Rose102US #62
#64Robin99US #102
#65Doris94US #83
#66Joanne93US #78
#67Kathryn91US #48
#68Jo90US #55
#69Valerie88US #87
#70Lynn85US #71
#71Rita83US #66
#72Constance81US #92
#73Yvonne81US #103
#74Elaine80US #73
#75Laura80US #53
#76Regina80US #139
#77Alice79US #69
#78Marilyn79US #38
#79Vicki79US #61
#80Cathy77US #56
#81Stephanie77US #123
#82Charlene76US #106
#83Leslie75US #104
#84Marie71US #82
#85Lois70US #86
#86Anita69US #91
#87Charlotte69US #89
#88Connie68US #44
#89Joann68US #116
#90Angela67US #134
#91Anna67US #101
#92Suzanne67US #84
#93Gwendolyn66US #114
#94Geraldine65US #119
#95Sherry65US #68
#96Marsha63US #75
#97Delores60US #152
#98Sarah60US #93
#99Terry60US #120
#100Wendy57US #105

Boys

#1Robert1,462US #2
#2John1,443US #3
#3James1,345US #1
#4William1,311US #6
#5Michael1,250US #4
#6David951US #5
#7Richard903US #7
#8Charles893US #9
#9Thomas747US #8
#10Joseph592US #12
#11Gary563US #10
#12Ronald479US #15
#13George441US #22
#14Donald438US #13
#15Stephen405US #21
#16Steven390US #11
#17Paul372US #19
#18Larry364US #14
#19Kenneth362US #16
#20Edward346US #23
#21Mark327US #17
#22Dennis304US #18
#23Daniel270US #20
#24Gregory253US #24
#25Bruce232US #25
#26Wayne224US #38
#27Raymond207US #33
#28Douglas203US #28
#29Lawrence200US #35
#30Timothy191US #27
#31Anthony180US #34
#32Jeffrey168US #31
#33Walter163US #44
#34Harry155US #75
#35Frank145US #32
#36Roger138US #30
#37Frederick134US #76
#38Howard134US #73
#39Patrick125US #37
#40Samuel123US #67
#41Terry117US #29
#42Glenn115US #61
#43Jerry114US #26
#44Carl111US #45
#45Ralph109US #56
#46Melvin106US #91
#47Henry105US #50
#48Francis104US #89
#49Louis103US #79
#50Gerald102US #39
#51Harold100US #51
#52Kevin100US #43
#53Arthur99US #47
#54Brian99US #64
#55Earl98US #98
#56Peter98US #36
#57Allen97US #78
#58Alan96US #42
#59Albert96US #66
#60Barry96US #69
#61Keith95US #49
#62Christopher94US #57
#63Philip94US #60
#64Stanley94US #58
#65Eric88US #88
#66Leonard88US #83
#67Eugene85US #71
#68Russell85US #70
#69Bernard83US #111
#70Andrew81US #68
#71Norman79US #96
#72Warren77US #117
#73Craig76US #59
#74Rodney76US #84
#75Martin75US #80
#76Roy73US #55
#77Dale72US #46
#78Calvin69US #108
#79Jack68US #52
#80Tyrone68
#81Ernest67US #87
#82Jerome67US #105
#83Scott67US #54
#84Theodore67US #100
#85Phillip65US #74
#86Leroy61US #116
#87Reginald60US #176
#88Dwight57US #123
#89Randy57US #41
#90Marvin56US #95
#91Jonathan55US #139
#92Jay54US #106
#93Maurice52US #191
#94Vincent52US #101
#95Franklin49US #159
#96Clarence48US #102
#97Benjamin47US #122
#98Gordon46US #110
#99Herbert45US #115
#100Milton45US #169

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑32Brian#54
↑29Kevin#52
↑26Robin#64
↑20Victoria#54
↑20Glenn#42
↑20Warren#72
↑17Kathy#47
↑16Debra#19

Falling

↓24Charlotte#87
↓22Joann#89
↓19Philip#63
↓19Stanley#64
↓19Jerome#82
↓19Herbert#99
↓18Albert#59
↓16Janice#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.