State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,293 Maryland births in 1954 across 838 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
#98Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#50Vanessa#142 nationally
#73Reginald#158 nationally
#61Bernard#123 nationally
#82Vernon#144 nationally
#62Jerome#114 nationally
#68Angela#118 nationally
#73Stephanie#123 nationally
#79Joann#129 nationally
#77Warren#126 nationally
#89Regina#137 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,238US #3
#2Mary1,206US #1
#3Linda955US #2
#4Patricia912US #4
#5Barbara686US #7
#6Susan685US #5
#7Sharon576US #16
#8Debra555US #6
#9Karen538US #8
#10Donna494US #11
#11Nancy453US #9
#12Cynthia435US #10
#13Pamela411US #12
#14Sandra392US #13
#15Carol376US #15
#16Brenda341US #18
#17Denise341US #24
#18Kathleen328US #14
#19Diane314US #17
#20Margaret285US #21
#21Janet265US #19
#22Joyce260US #28
#23Elizabeth244US #20
#24Robin239US #41
#25Beverly224US #31
#26Catherine224US #32
#27Gail224US #37
#28Carolyn213US #27
#29Darlene211US #76
#30Bonnie192US #52
#31Teresa187US #34
#32Wanda173US #58
#33Kathy171US #23
#34Judith169US #30
#35Jacqueline167US #68
#36Joan167US #40
#37Shirley167US #33
#38Jo166US #53
#39Sheila165US #60
#40Janice160US #25
#41Dorothy151US #55
#42Theresa150US #47
#43Cheryl149US #22
#44Betty146US #36
#45Ruth144US #66
#46Paula138US #38
#47Phyllis138US #75
#48Gloria134US #42
#49Rose130US #54
#50Vanessa126US #142
#51Katherine125US #64
#52Rebecca125US #26
#53Ann122US #44
#54Frances122US #83
#55Christine119US #43
#56Diana118US #57
#57Ellen117US #77
#58Judy116US #29
#59Lynn111US #63
#60Jean109US #56
#61Jane108US #49
#62Laura106US #45
#63Martha106US #46
#64Peggy105US #48
#65Kathryn102US #51
#66Joanne100US #78
#67Sherry100US #62
#68Angela98US #118
#69Anne98US #80
#70Helen98US #72
#71Doris97US #93
#72Marilyn97US #35
#73Stephanie97US #123
#74Terry97US #88
#75Virginia97US #61
#76Valerie96US #87
#77Victoria95US #85
#78Alice94US #81
#79Joann91US #129
#80Lisa91US #73
#81Michele88US #89
#82Leslie87US #99
#83Vicki86US #50
#84Marian85US #104
#85Cathy83US #59
#86Connie80US #39
#87Marie80US #79
#88Lois79US #110
#89Regina76US #137
#90Constance73US #111
#91Yvonne73US #117
#92Suzanne72US #82
#93Wendy72US #95
#94Michelle71US #94
#95Rita71US #67
#96Marcia70US #90
#97Anna69US #105
#98Evelyn68US #109
#99Marsha68US #86
#100Elaine67US #74

Boys

#1Michael1,522US #1
#2John1,512US #4
#3Robert1,511US #2
#4James1,379US #3
#5William1,300US #6
#6David1,197US #5
#7Charles918US #10
#8Richard898US #7
#9Thomas726US #8
#10Joseph683US #13
#11Gary579US #9
#12Donald517US #14
#13Mark516US #12
#14Steven477US #11
#15Ronald475US #15
#16George412US #24
#17Paul403US #16
#18Stephen403US #20
#19Kenneth401US #17
#20Edward378US #22
#21Larry353US #19
#22Daniel307US #18
#23Dennis299US #21
#24Gregory274US #25
#25Jeffrey273US #23
#26Wayne232US #41
#27Anthony228US #32
#28Douglas226US #29
#29Timothy223US #26
#30Bruce222US #30
#31Kevin213US #28
#32Raymond199US #35
#33Terry177US #27
#34Walter170US #49
#35Frank167US #36
#36Patrick160US #38
#37Lawrence158US #39
#38Keith135US #45
#39Howard134US #80
#40Roger131US #34
#41Carl128US #47
#42Alan127US #43
#43Brian121US #48
#44Barry119US #68
#45Jerry119US #31
#46Glenn118US #63
#47Samuel112US #71
#48Russell109US #69
#49Scott106US #40
#50Arthur105US #52
#51Craig105US #51
#52Eugene105US #77
#53Gerald104US #44
#54Stanley104US #58
#55Christopher102US #64
#56Harry101US #86
#57Rodney101US #66
#58Albert99US #73
#59Francis96US #94
#60Melvin95US #92
#61Bernard94US #123
#62Jerome94US #114
#63Leonard94US #85
#64Philip94US #62
#65Ralph94US #61
#66Peter91US #37
#67Frederick90US #83
#68Earl89US #98
#69Martin88US #79
#70Louis86US #81
#71Ricky86US #46
#72Andrew81US #70
#73Reginald81US #158
#74Henry80US #59
#75Ernest77US #87
#76Randy77US #33
#77Warren77US #126
#78Dale75US #50
#79Clarence73US #108
#80Norman73US #99
#81Roy73US #56
#82Vernon73US #144
#83Eric72US #89
#84Harold72US #60
#85Tyrone72
#86Marvin71US #97
#87Leroy69US #125
#88Phillip69US #75
#89Allen67US #82
#90Calvin66US #117
#91Jack65US #57
#92Theodore63US #115
#93Vincent63US #104
#94Curtis56US #84
#95Garry56US #138
#96Jonathan55US #121
#97Steve55US #76
#98Maurice53
#99Herbert52US #128
#100Alvin51US #135

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑35Craig#51
↑29Scott#49
↑27Brian#43
↑26Angela#68
↑22Ricky#71
↑21Jerome#62
↑19Randy#76
↑17Russell#48

Falling

↓24Helen#70
↓21Philip#64
↓20Harold#84
↓19Christine#55
↓19Ralph#65
↓19Phillip#88
↓16Rita#95
↓16Henry#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.