State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,225 Maryland births in 1955 across 874 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#91Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#56Vanessa#140 nationally
#49Bernard#127 nationally
#78Reginald#144 nationally
#98Franklin#163 nationally
#75Charlene#130 nationally
#84Joann#136 nationally
#29Darlene#76 nationally
#84Warren#130 nationally
#55Melvin#95 nationally
#66Earl#106 nationally
#45Howard#83 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,334US #2
#2Mary1,103US #1
#3Patricia847US #6
#4Linda816US #3
#5Susan693US #5
#6Barbara672US #7
#7Sharon592US #16
#8Debra590US #4
#9Karen579US #8
#10Donna543US #10
#11Nancy436US #9
#12Cynthia434US #11
#13Diane397US #14
#14Sandra396US #13
#15Pamela394US #12
#16Carol379US #15
#17Denise344US #23
#18Brenda322US #18
#19Margaret319US #24
#20Kathleen315US #17
#21Robin313US #33
#22Elizabeth281US #21
#23Janet266US #20
#24Cheryl262US #19
#25Bonnie252US #45
#26Joyce239US #29
#27Catherine222US #28
#28Judith202US #31
#29Darlene194US #76
#30Carolyn184US #30
#31Janice183US #25
#32Theresa183US #38
#33Teresa182US #26
#34Kathy181US #22
#35Beverly172US #34
#36Joan170US #46
#37Gail169US #42
#38Shirley161US #37
#39Rose160US #54
#40Jacqueline159US #73
#41Wanda150US #61
#42Gloria149US #47
#43Sheila144US #57
#44Betty138US #36
#45Paula138US #39
#46Dorothy136US #64
#47Katherine133US #65
#48Lisa130US #48
#49Jane127US #50
#50Ann126US #43
#51Christine126US #40
#52Jo126US #58
#53Connie124US #35
#54Rebecca123US #27
#55Lynn121US #62
#56Vanessa120US #140
#57Ruth117US #70
#58Terry117US #83
#59Phyllis116US #74
#60Sherry114US #56
#61Laura113US #41
#62Diana112US #55
#63Victoria111US #82
#64Valerie109US #80
#65Ellen107US #81
#66Anne106US #84
#67Judy106US #32
#68Leslie106US #99
#69Jean104US #60
#70Peggy102US #51
#71Michele100US #93
#72Cathy95US #44
#73Vicki94US #52
#74Virginia93US #66
#75Charlene91US #130
#76Frances91US #96
#77Rita91US #72
#78Elaine87US #77
#79Kathryn87US #59
#80Joanne85US #88
#81Alice83US #87
#82Debbie83US #63
#83Helen83US #78
#84Joann83US #136
#85Stephanie83US #114
#86Dawn82US #103
#87Suzanne82US #86
#88Wendy82US #90
#89Michelle80US #97
#90Doris78US #101
#91Martha78US #53
#92Regina77US #127
#93Angela76US #109
#94Marie76US #92
#95Yvonne75US #119
#96Anna74US #105
#97Kim74US #75
#98Constance73US #118
#99Rhonda70US #71
#100Gwendolyn66US #122

Boys

#1Michael1,476US #1
#2John1,464US #5
#3Robert1,464US #4
#4James1,421US #3
#5David1,333US #2
#6William1,244US #6
#7Charles883US #11
#8Richard831US #7
#9Thomas758US #8
#10Joseph669US #13
#11Mark567US #9
#12Gary524US #12
#13Donald492US #14
#14Ronald465US #18
#15Steven463US #10
#16George451US #26
#17Paul419US #16
#18Kenneth381US #15
#19Stephen375US #21
#20Edward362US #25
#21Jeffrey354US #20
#22Larry335US #19
#23Gregory329US #24
#24Daniel308US #17
#25Timothy263US #22
#26Wayne262US #44
#27Kevin252US #27
#28Dennis250US #23
#29Anthony241US #31
#30Raymond225US #36
#31Douglas206US #29
#32Bruce189US #32
#33Brian188US #40
#34Keith174US #39
#35Terry162US #28
#36Patrick159US #41
#37Frank157US #34
#38Lawrence151US #42
#39Christopher147US #49
#40Roger134US #37
#41Barry132US #70
#42Walter132US #51
#43Glenn129US #59
#44Carl128US #47
#45Howard126US #83
#46Jerry122US #33
#47Randy118US #30
#48Rodney116US #65
#49Bernard115US #127
#50Louis112US #82
#51Harry111US #89
#52Philip111US #62
#53Samuel111US #71
#54Arthur110US #56
#55Melvin109US #95
#56Andrew107US #66
#57Ralph107US #67
#58Craig106US #50
#59Henry106US #61
#60Gerald104US #48
#61Russell104US #57
#62Alan103US #43
#63Eugene99US #81
#64Stanley97US #64
#65Roy96US #58
#66Earl93US #106
#67Peter91US #35
#68Scott91US #38
#69Eric88US #85
#70Allen85US #84
#71Francis85US #100
#72Frederick85US #86
#73Albert83US #76
#74Harold83US #63
#75Marvin83US #94
#76Dale82US #52
#77Leonard82US #88
#78Reginald79US #144
#79Norman77US #102
#80Martin76US #77
#81Clarence75US #117
#82Ernest73US #90
#83Jerome73US #112
#84Warren73US #130
#85Ricky70US #46
#86Jack69US #60
#87Phillip67US #74
#88Theodore67US #120
#89Calvin65US #110
#90Curtis64US #79
#91Tyrone64
#92Danny62US #45
#93Jeffery61US #73
#94Herbert59US #129
#95Benjamin58US #132
#96Vincent57US #99
#97Leroy55US #133
#98Franklin53US #163
#99Randall53US #53
#100Steve52US #72

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑33Connie#53
↑32Lisa#48
↑29Randy#47
↑22Elaine#78
↑20Louis#50
↑19Cheryl#24
↑19Allen#70
↑18Rita#77

Falling

↓28Martha#91
↓25Angela#93
↓22Frances#76
↓21Jerome#83
↓20Alan#62
↓19Doris#90
↓19Scott#68
↓15Albert#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.