State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,036 Maryland births in 1956 across 898 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#68Tyrone#197 nationally
#91Andreoutside the national top 200
#76Warren#141 nationally
#84Vanessa#145 nationally
#84Reginald#144 nationally
#73Bernard#129 nationally
#57Earl#110 nationally
#61Francis#111 nationally
#24Darlene#71 nationally
#85Charlene#132 nationally
#93Leroy#140 nationally
#94Joann#139 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,154US #4
#2Mary1,108US #1
#3Linda773US #3
#4Patricia768US #6
#5Karen763US #7
#6Susan750US #5
#7Sharon712US #13
#8Barbara605US #9
#9Donna594US #10
#10Debra530US #2
#11Cynthia480US #8
#12Pamela406US #12
#13Sandra390US #14
#14Carol382US #16
#15Diane359US #15
#16Nancy357US #11
#17Kathleen350US #17
#18Robin338US #29
#19Cheryl335US #18
#20Brenda334US #19
#21Denise330US #23
#22Margaret262US #25
#23Elizabeth257US #22
#24Darlene250US #71
#25Janet232US #21
#26Teresa230US #24
#27Bonnie229US #51
#28Joyce229US #30
#29Catherine225US #28
#30Theresa214US #32
#31Kathy212US #20
#32Wanda205US #61
#33Carolyn201US #33
#34Janice199US #26
#35Gail175US #49
#36Lisa173US #31
#37Beverly170US #40
#38Sheila170US #55
#39Shirley169US #41
#40Joan167US #52
#41Betty162US #44
#42Judith145US #45
#43Ann139US #46
#44Jacqueline139US #78
#45Katherine139US #67
#46Dorothy135US #72
#47Christine134US #42
#48Ruth134US #77
#49Cathy132US #36
#50Debbie131US #39
#51Kim127US #38
#52Jo126US #69
#53Laura124US #34
#54Jean123US #65
#55Valerie123US #80
#56Jane122US #50
#57Rose122US #64
#58Terry121US #91
#59Victoria120US #85
#60Cindy117US #37
#61Judy117US #35
#62Paula117US #47
#63Diana116US #56
#64Angela110US #93
#65Phyllis110US #82
#66Kathryn109US #60
#67Lynn109US #58
#68Dawn108US #92
#69Michele108US #100
#70Rebecca107US #27
#71Helen105US #90
#72Virginia102US #75
#73Anne101US #86
#74Gloria100US #53
#75Ellen98US #84
#76Martha96US #59
#77Rhonda95US #62
#78Stephanie95US #111
#79Leslie92US #104
#80Frances91US #107
#81Joanne91US #99
#82Sherry90US #54
#83Peggy89US #63
#84Vanessa89US #145
#85Charlene85US #132
#86Michelle84US #88
#87Wendy84US #95
#88Gwendolyn83US #128
#89Terri82US #81
#90Tina82US #87
#91Vicki82US #57
#92Connie80US #43
#93Jennifer80US #97
#94Joann80US #139
#95Anita78US #83
#96Elaine78US #89
#97Regina75US #125
#98Alice74US #98
#99Doris74US #109
#100Yvonne74US #121

Boys

#1Michael1,647US #1
#2John1,553US #5
#3Robert1,471US #3
#4James1,453US #2
#5William1,297US #6
#6David1,274US #4
#7Richard838US #7
#8Charles805US #11
#9Thomas733US #9
#10Mark684US #8
#11Joseph671US #12
#12Steven516US #10
#13Gary502US #13
#14Donald486US #14
#15Ronald437US #15
#16George428US #27
#17Kenneth412US #16
#18Paul409US #17
#19Jeffrey395US #20
#20Kevin394US #22
#21Stephen387US #23
#22Edward361US #25
#23Gregory357US #24
#24Anthony313US #30
#25Daniel310US #18
#26Timothy307US #19
#27Larry276US #21
#28Brian260US #32
#29Dennis248US #26
#30Wayne232US #45
#31Douglas227US #29
#32Keith217US #36
#33Bruce207US #33
#34Lawrence207US #42
#35Raymond204US #39
#36Terry168US #31
#37Frank158US #38
#38Patrick149US #40
#39Randy133US #28
#40Carl132US #48
#41Walter132US #53
#42Philip128US #64
#43Barry126US #69
#44Scott125US #34
#45Glenn123US #61
#46Russell122US #52
#47Rodney120US #65
#48Christopher119US #47
#49Howard119US #84
#50Martin110US #73
#51Henry109US #71
#52Stanley109US #70
#53Eric108US #79
#54Harry108US #95
#55Craig107US #51
#56Samuel105US #74
#57Earl104US #110
#58Gerald104US #49
#59Roger104US #41
#60Andrew102US #56
#61Francis102US #111
#62Jerry102US #35
#63Albert101US #81
#64Ralph101US #67
#65Alan100US #44
#66Melvin98US #101
#67Leonard96US #89
#68Tyrone96US #197
#69Louis94US #82
#70Frederick93US #91
#71Eugene89US #86
#72Arthur88US #60
#73Bernard85US #129
#74Jay84US #92
#75Roy83US #62
#76Warren81US #141
#77Dale80US #50
#78Allen78US #87
#79Ricky77US #43
#80Peter76US #37
#81Harold75US #72
#82Phillip74US #76
#83Clarence73US #120
#84Reginald72US #144
#85Jeffery71US #57
#86Jerome70US #117
#87Calvin69US #109
#88Ernest69US #94
#89Jack67US #66
#90Curtis66US #80
#91Andre63
#92Norman63US #107
#93Leroy62US #140
#94Marvin62US #105
#95Alfred61US #121
#96Jonathan60US #114
#97Steve60US #59
#98Bryan59US #132
#99Matthew59US #90
#100Victor58US #96

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑46Kim#51
↑32Debbie#50
↑30Martin#50
↑29Angela#64
↑24Scott#44
↑23Cathy#49
↑23Tyrone#68
↑22Rhonda#77

Falling

↓39Connie#92
↓32Gloria#74
↓28Vanessa#84
↓24Bernard#73
↓22Sherry#82
↓19Roger#59
↓19Louis#69
↓19Marvin#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.