State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,123 Maryland births in 1958 across 937 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#80Andreoutside the national top 200
#66Tyrone#186 nationally
#70Bernard#143 nationally
#82Warren#149 nationally
#45Harry#111 nationally
#76Reginald#142 nationally
#86Vanessa#148 nationally
#69Jerome#129 nationally
#51Frederick#110 nationally
#100Herbert#157 nationally
#67Melvin#122 nationally
#39Terry#89 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,012US #1
#2Deborah821US #7
#3Karen744US #4
#4Patricia735US #5
#5Susan730US #2
#6Linda687US #3
#7Barbara587US #9
#8Sharon574US #17
#9Donna516US #10
#10Cynthia498US #8
#11Cheryl474US #13
#12Debra441US #6
#13Brenda407US #16
#14Pamela374US #11
#15Carol361US #20
#16Nancy353US #12
#17Kathy347US #14
#18Sandra346US #15
#19Denise337US #27
#20Robin334US #32
#21Diane327US #18
#22Darlene301US #49
#23Kathleen299US #21
#24Theresa291US #33
#25Lisa271US #19
#26Margaret260US #31
#27Debbie251US #24
#28Elizabeth248US #22
#29Teresa239US #26
#30Janet234US #28
#31Catherine213US #38
#32Carolyn204US #37
#33Joyce198US #46
#34Valerie195US #64
#35Cindy190US #25
#36Bonnie189US #63
#37Laura179US #29
#38Wanda177US #66
#39Terry172US #89
#40Kimberly170US #39
#41Shirley164US #52
#42Dawn160US #84
#43Julie160US #23
#44Diana159US #45
#45Terri158US #51
#46Kim154US #40
#47Janice150US #35
#48Betty142US #54
#49Sheila142US #59
#50Gail141US #72
#51Ann140US #47
#52Cathy140US #34
#53Michele137US #92
#54Beverly135US #55
#55Christine133US #43
#56Jacqueline133US #99
#57Michelle132US #56
#58Joan131US #68
#59Judy131US #36
#60Paula130US #53
#61Peggy125US #42
#62Rebecca123US #41
#63Angela119US #83
#64Rhonda118US #48
#65Judith116US #62
#66Leslie115US #79
#67Katherine112US #74
#68Jane111US #61
#69Virginia109US #85
#70Lynn108US #60
#71Stephanie107US #113
#72Tammy107US #44
#73Jo106US #91
#74Dorothy105US #86
#75Phyllis105US #94
#76Annette104US #76
#77Joanne104US #80
#78Ruth104US #90
#79Jean103US #73
#80Tina103US #71
#81Rose102US #78
#82Vicki101US #57
#83Victoria101US #109
#84Anita99US #82
#85Gloria99US #77
#86Vanessa97US #148
#87Joann95US #122
#88Ellen91US #93
#89Kathryn89US #58
#90Renee86US #105
#91Anne85US #87
#92Jennifer85US #81
#93Alice84US #115
#94Connie84US #50
#95Frances83US #118
#96Lori83US #30
#97Anna81US #103
#98Wendy81US #107
#99Helen78US #100
#100Charlene77US #138

Boys

#1Michael1,739US #1
#2John1,434US #5
#3Robert1,397US #4
#4James1,345US #3
#5David1,339US #2
#6William1,151US #6
#7Richard847US #8
#8Charles811US #11
#9Mark792US #7
#10Joseph753US #12
#11Thomas691US #9
#12Steven473US #10
#13Donald462US #18
#14Timothy457US #13
#15Kenneth448US #14
#16Kevin431US #20
#17Ronald426US #19
#18Jeffrey406US #21
#19Gary393US #17
#20George364US #31
#21Paul357US #15
#22Stephen349US #26
#23Anthony348US #27
#24Edward345US #28
#25Gregory331US #23
#26Brian308US #24
#27Daniel285US #16
#28Larry273US #22
#29Wayne248US #48
#30Keith231US #37
#31Bruce222US #36
#32Christopher208US #39
#33Douglas208US #30
#34Raymond198US #43
#35Dennis187US #29
#36Frank175US #38
#37Ricky171US #34
#38Scott170US #25
#39Lawrence169US #52
#40Eric164US #50
#41Patrick163US #42
#42Walter152US #63
#43Carl150US #51
#44Terry148US #33
#45Harry129US #111
#46Dale127US #46
#47Randy121US #32
#48Rodney121US #65
#49Martin119US #71
#50Jerry114US #35
#51Frederick110US #110
#52Russell110US #54
#53Alan109US #49
#54Craig106US #53
#55Steve106US #44
#56Andrew105US #55
#57Barry105US #79
#58Howard104US #95
#59Glenn102US #76
#60Peter102US #41
#61Philip102US #67
#62Jay96US #86
#63Samuel96US #85
#64Mike94US #40
#65Tony94US #57
#66Tyrone93US #186
#67Melvin92US #122
#68Henry87US #83
#69Jerome87US #129
#70Bernard86US #143
#71Eugene85US #103
#72Louis85US #94
#73Ralph85US #78
#74Stanley84US #88
#75Arthur83US #72
#76Reginald83US #142
#77Allen82US #92
#78Gerald82US #58
#79Jack80US #80
#80Andre79
#81Roger78US #47
#82Warren78US #149
#83Curtis76US #82
#84Matthew74US #60
#85Vincent74US #98
#86Jonathan73US #124
#87Leonard73US #102
#88Marvin73US #119
#89Albert71US #89
#90Ernest71US #113
#91Harold71US #84
#92Jeffery71US #59
#93Bryan69US #101
#94Roy69US #75
#95Clarence68US #138
#96Norman67US #125
#97Ronnie67US #66
#98Francis65US #135
#99Earl64US #130
#100Herbert64US #157

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑44Julie#43
↑36Terri#45
↑31Dawn#42
↑28Ricky#37
↑27Peggy#61
↑27Tony#65
↑26Steve#55
↑23Michelle#57

Falling

↓38Earl#99
↓36Francis#98
↓32Helen#99
↓31Rose#81
↓25Victoria#83
↓23Roger#81
↓23Roy#94
↓21Angela#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.