State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,189 Maryland births in 1957 across 926 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#91Andreoutside the national top 200
#87Tyrone#195 nationally
#99Maurice#196 nationally
#70Reginald#142 nationally
#62Francis#128 nationally
#97Vanessa#159 nationally
#61Earl#122 nationally
#96Leroy#148 nationally
#41Terry#92 nationally
#49Harry#100 nationally
#84Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#42Angela#89 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,015US #6
#2Mary1,014US #1
#3Patricia791US #8
#4Karen739US #5
#5Susan701US #2
#6Linda694US #3
#7Sharon650US #14
#8Cynthia631US #7
#9Barbara578US #9
#10Donna535US #10
#11Debra506US #4
#12Brenda486US #13
#13Cheryl422US #16
#14Nancy415US #11
#15Pamela390US #12
#16Sandra369US #15
#17Robin365US #30
#18Denise359US #25
#19Carol333US #18
#20Diane325US #17
#21Kathleen313US #21
#22Kathy281US #20
#23Margaret280US #29
#24Darlene275US #57
#25Teresa275US #24
#26Theresa254US #36
#27Elizabeth253US #22
#28Cindy252US #19
#29Joyce237US #40
#30Catherine225US #37
#31Janet221US #23
#32Lisa216US #26
#33Janice202US #32
#34Wanda195US #59
#35Debbie190US #27
#36Carolyn182US #33
#37Sheila176US #58
#38Bonnie173US #64
#39Shirley165US #46
#40Gail164US #54
#41Terry156US #92
#42Angela151US #89
#43Laura148US #31
#44Beverly147US #48
#45Judith147US #53
#46Kim145US #35
#47Joan141US #60
#48Rebecca140US #34
#49Katherine135US #72
#50Rose134US #69
#51Valerie133US #76
#52Cathy132US #39
#53Diana132US #43
#54Kimberly131US #42
#55Paula131US #49
#56Betty130US #50
#57Dorothy130US #74
#58Victoria128US #88
#59Ann126US #44
#60Phyllis124US #90
#61Michele123US #99
#62Jacqueline120US #91
#63Christine119US #41
#64Virginia118US #75
#65Lynn115US #61
#66Jane114US #56
#67Helen113US #95
#68Jean110US #67
#69Leslie109US #77
#70Rhonda109US #52
#71Tina109US #80
#72Ruth108US #84
#73Dawn106US #93
#74Jo105US #83
#75Judy105US #38
#76Sherry103US #55
#77Anita101US #81
#78Ellen101US #85
#79Anne97US #86
#80Michelle97US #79
#81Terri97US #68
#82Annette96US #97
#83Gloria95US #66
#84Gwendolyn94US #132
#85Stephanie94US #110
#86Vicki93US #51
#87Julie92US #28
#88Peggy90US #62
#89Alice89US #106
#90Joanne89US #94
#91Kathryn89US #65
#92Renee89US #111
#93Frances85US #113
#94Martha81US #63
#95Connie80US #47
#96Joann80US #137
#97Vanessa80US #159
#98Yvonne79US #124
#99Marie77US #98
#100Wendy77US #101

Boys

#1Michael1,793US #1
#2John1,501US #5
#3Robert1,478US #4
#4James1,423US #2
#5William1,274US #6
#6David1,257US #3
#7Charles825US #11
#8Richard800US #8
#9Mark774US #7
#10Thomas770US #9
#11Joseph644US #12
#12Donald540US #15
#13Steven513US #10
#14Ronald489US #17
#15Gary450US #13
#16Kenneth450US #14
#17Kevin419US #20
#18Paul417US #18
#19George411US #29
#20Jeffrey387US #21
#21Timothy362US #19
#22Stephen355US #24
#23Edward334US #25
#24Gregory328US #23
#25Daniel324US #16
#26Brian320US #26
#27Anthony317US #27
#28Larry296US #22
#29Douglas253US #30
#30Bruce248US #34
#31Dennis240US #28
#32Keith237US #36
#33Wayne236US #47
#34Raymond206US #39
#35Lawrence185US #46
#36Terry170US #33
#37Frank165US #38
#38Jerry151US #35
#39Scott150US #32
#40Christopher147US #43
#41Carl143US #49
#42Patrick141US #41
#43Walter141US #58
#44Eric137US #60
#45Howard126US #89
#46Glenn125US #62
#47Peter117US #37
#48Dale116US #50
#49Harry115US #100
#50Randy115US #31
#51Rodney115US #70
#52Alan112US #48
#53Philip110US #68
#54Martin108US #69
#55Samuel107US #82
#56Barry106US #72
#57Ralph106US #76
#58Roger105US #42
#59Russell104US #54
#60Eugene103US #92
#61Earl102US #122
#62Francis102US #128
#63Henry100US #75
#64Craig98US #55
#65Ricky95US #40
#66Andrew94US #56
#67Louis94US #86
#68Stanley93US #81
#69Albert92US #84
#70Reginald92US #142
#71Roy92US #65
#72Frederick89US #99
#73Gerald89US #51
#74Melvin89US #113
#75Allen88US #91
#76Arthur88US #66
#77Norman87US #118
#78Matthew86US #83
#79Vincent86US #97
#80Harold85US #74
#81Steve84US #44
#82Leonard83US #94
#83Phillip83US #79
#84Jay79US #88
#85Marvin79US #112
#86Jerome78US #126
#87Tyrone76US #195
#88Bryan75US #115
#89Jeffery74US #52
#90Jack73US #67
#91Andre72
#92Tony72US #71
#93Bernard70US #137
#94Curtis70US #80
#95Calvin68US #114
#96Leroy67US #148
#97Ronnie67US #73
#98Danny66US #45
#99Maurice65US #196
#100Benjamin62US #138

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑33Peter#47
↑32Cindy#28
↑29Dale#48
↑24Jerry#38
↑22Angela#42
↑22Rebecca#48
↑21Matthew#78
↑19Tina#71

Falling

↓25Kathryn#91
↓24Ruth#72
↓22Jo#74
↓20Bernard#93
↓19Tyrone#87
↓18Jacqueline#62
↓18Martha#94
↓16Ann#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.