State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,257 Maryland births in 1953 across 834 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#84Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#51Vanessa#164 nationally
#87Reginald#165 nationally
#74Stephanie#123 nationally
#72Bernard#119 nationally
#30Darlene#75 nationally
#96Vernon#141 nationally
#82Leroy#126 nationally
#47Francis#90 nationally
#70Charlene#113 nationally
#89Regina#132 nationally
#42Harry#83 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,137US #3
#2Mary1,128US #1
#3Linda976US #2
#4Patricia940US #4
#5Susan692US #5
#6Barbara669US #6
#7Sharon528US #15
#8Karen511US #9
#9Nancy461US #8
#10Donna430US #13
#11Debra425US #7
#12Pamela384US #10
#13Sandra375US #11
#14Cynthia370US #12
#15Carol331US #16
#16Brenda329US #18
#17Kathleen327US #14
#18Diane325US #17
#19Margaret323US #20
#20Denise269US #31
#21Joyce258US #26
#22Elizabeth257US #21
#23Janet256US #19
#24Shirley214US #29
#25Bonnie206US #45
#26Catherine205US #35
#27Carolyn200US #25
#28Gail196US #39
#29Joan191US #37
#30Darlene187US #75
#31Beverly182US #34
#32Cheryl177US #28
#33Janice176US #22
#34Betty174US #33
#35Jacqueline173US #58
#36Christine165US #32
#37Judith164US #30
#38Theresa158US #50
#39Robin154US #66
#40Wanda153US #57
#41Dorothy152US #49
#42Sheila151US #60
#43Gloria150US #38
#44Teresa148US #42
#45Jo135US #54
#46Helen132US #65
#47Kathy128US #23
#48Ann123US #46
#49Judy123US #27
#50Ruth122US #62
#51Vanessa122US #164
#52Rebecca120US #24
#53Diana119US #55
#54Joanne119US #71
#55Peggy119US #44
#56Phyllis115US #69
#57Jane114US #43
#58Jean114US #52
#59Frances110US #72
#60Rose110US #59
#61Paula107US #40
#62Virginia106US #53
#63Marilyn103US #36
#64Valerie99US #88
#65Katherine98US #63
#66Victoria98US #82
#67Laura97US #51
#68Martha96US #41
#69Ellen94US #76
#70Charlene89US #113
#71Leslie88US #96
#72Sherry88US #70
#73Cathy87US #56
#74Stephanie86US #123
#75Lynn85US #67
#76Anne84US #80
#77Kathryn83US #48
#78Suzanne82US #78
#79Rita81US #64
#80Alice80US #73
#81Doris80US #87
#82Anita77US #89
#83Lois76US #91
#84Yvonne75US #104
#85Elaine74US #77
#86Sally74US #81
#87Constance71US #95
#88Michele71US #102
#89Regina71US #132
#90Charlotte70US #100
#91Joann70US #121
#92Evelyn68US #94
#93Gwendolyn68US #112
#94Angela67US #120
#95Michelle67US #107
#96Marsha65US #83
#97Anna64US #98
#98Jeanne61US #97
#99Connie60US #47
#100Sarah60US #93

Boys

#1John1,402US #4
#2Robert1,395US #1
#3James1,380US #2
#4Michael1,379US #3
#5William1,290US #6
#6David1,126US #5
#7Charles869US #9
#8Richard846US #7
#9Thomas737US #8
#10Joseph606US #13
#11Gary532US #10
#12Donald474US #14
#13Steven461US #11
#14Ronald453US #15
#15Edward413US #23
#16George408US #22
#17Mark407US #12
#18Paul386US #16
#19Stephen380US #21
#20Kenneth371US #17
#21Dennis328US #19
#22Larry314US #18
#23Gregory280US #24
#24Daniel261US #20
#25Timothy241US #26
#26Jeffrey238US #25
#27Wayne221US #40
#28Bruce215US #28
#29Douglas208US #27
#30Raymond192US #34
#31Anthony186US #32
#32Lawrence176US #37
#33Kevin152US #36
#34Frank151US #33
#35Roger151US #31
#36Walter151US #45
#37Keith133US #47
#38Patrick129US #39
#39Alan122US #43
#40Carl122US #44
#41Glenn122US #67
#42Harry121US #83
#43Philip118US #61
#44Arthur117US #50
#45Eugene117US #75
#46Ralph115US #59
#47Francis112US #90
#48Jerry112US #29
#49Terry111US #30
#50Rodney110US #58
#51Stanley109US #62
#52Frederick108US #80
#53Samuel108US #70
#54Gerald107US #42
#55Howard107US #77
#56Barry103US #73
#57Christopher103US #63
#58Henry103US #54
#59Louis102US #78
#60Albert96US #69
#61Andrew96US #68
#62Melvin96US #91
#63Earl95US #96
#64Harold95US #56
#65Russell95US #71
#66Peter91US #38
#67Roy91US #55
#68Leonard88US #85
#69Phillip88US #76
#70Brian86US #53
#71Martin85US #82
#72Bernard84US #119
#73Dale81US #48
#74Marvin79US #94
#75Jack76US #57
#76Clarence75US #108
#77Ernest75US #87
#78Scott74US #46
#79Norman73US #98
#80Allen72US #81
#81Eric71US #89
#82Leroy71US #126
#83Jerome70US #107
#84Tyrone70
#85Warren70US #124
#86Craig65US #60
#87Reginald63US #165
#88Jay62US #99
#89Vincent58US #100
#90Calvin55US #111
#91Gordon54US #116
#92Herbert54US #125
#93Ricky54US #51
#94Benjamin52US #128
#95Randy52US #35
#96Vernon51US #141
#97Theodore50US #112
#98Alfred49US #104
#99Ronnie49US #79
#100Willie48US #49

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑25Robin#39
↑24Keith#37
↑24Rodney#50
↑23Jo#45
↑23Sherry#72
↑22Eugene#45
↑20Philip#43
↑20Clarence#76

Falling

↓23Allen#80
↓22Katherine#65
↓19Jane#57
↓17Howard#55
↓16Martha#68
↓16Doris#81
↓16Melvin#62
↓16Brian#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.