State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,345 Maryland births in 1959 across 961 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#96Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#69Tyrone#171 nationally
#56Harry#120 nationally
#75Earl#135 nationally
#79Francis#136 nationally
#82Vanessa#139 nationally
#95Bernard#152 nationally
#88Reginald#144 nationally
#40Terry#95 nationally
#53Howard#104 nationally
#74Melvin#122 nationally
#71Frederick#114 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,003US #1
#2Donna822US #5
#3Karen782US #4
#4Deborah747US #9
#5Patricia670US #6
#6Linda662US #3
#7Susan644US #2
#8Cynthia541US #8
#9Sharon534US #17
#10Barbara485US #11
#11Cheryl436US #18
#12Pamela415US #12
#13Brenda411US #16
#14Debra400US #7
#15Sandra392US #13
#16Robin390US #32
#17Nancy350US #14
#18Lisa327US #10
#19Denise302US #29
#20Teresa298US #24
#21Kathy297US #15
#22Debbie293US #20
#23Carol292US #22
#24Kathleen284US #23
#25Diane277US #19
#26Kimberly271US #33
#27Elizabeth268US #21
#28Theresa251US #34
#29Margaret242US #36
#30Janet234US #28
#31Laura218US #30
#32Darlene212US #66
#33Cindy209US #25
#34Joyce200US #50
#35Catherine199US #40
#36Wanda194US #65
#37Valerie193US #60
#38Dawn187US #54
#39Kim182US #35
#40Terry178US #95
#41Tammy176US #31
#42Carolyn175US #42
#43Angela169US #68
#44Bonnie166US #71
#45Cathy164US #39
#46Shirley160US #61
#47Michelle158US #47
#48Michele156US #89
#49Janice155US #37
#50Christine154US #43
#51Gail154US #75
#52Beverly146US #55
#53Diana146US #49
#54Terri143US #46
#55Sheila138US #52
#56Katherine136US #79
#57Tina136US #53
#58Judy134US #41
#59Julie133US #26
#60Ann125US #44
#61Rebecca123US #38
#62Judith122US #70
#63Leslie121US #84
#64Paula117US #51
#65Lori115US #27
#66Dorothy114US #94
#67Joanne110US #92
#68Betty106US #59
#69Jacqueline106US #111
#70Lynn106US #63
#71Phyllis104US #103
#72Sherry103US #58
#73Jennifer102US #78
#74Rhonda102US #45
#75Anne101US #82
#76Gloria101US #81
#77Laurie100US #56
#78Virginia100US #93
#79Victoria98US #113
#80Annette97US #64
#81Stephanie97US #101
#82Vanessa97US #139
#83Renee96US #100
#84Ruth96US #97
#85Anita94US #87
#86Kathryn94US #69
#87Connie93US #48
#88Rose93US #88
#89Peggy91US #57
#90Regina89US #117
#91Helen88US #108
#92Jean87US #77
#93Martha87US #72
#94Joan86US #76
#95Yvonne85US #132
#96Jane84US #67
#97Jo83US #115
#98Joann83US #130
#99Anna80US #99
#100Wendy78US #83

Boys

#1Michael1,640US #1
#2James1,432US #3
#3John1,398US #4
#4David1,373US #2
#5Robert1,325US #5
#6William1,221US #7
#7Mark944US #6
#8Richard800US #8
#9Charles791US #11
#10Thomas703US #9
#11Joseph646US #13
#12Kevin461US #14
#13Steven454US #10
#14Timothy450US #12
#15Donald446US #19
#16Kenneth445US #15
#17Jeffrey400US #16
#18Paul399US #17
#19Gary389US #20
#20Ronald383US #21
#21Anthony379US #26
#22George353US #32
#23Brian347US #22
#24Stephen322US #28
#25Daniel321US #18
#26Edward315US #27
#27Gregory315US #23
#28Larry293US #25
#29Keith254US #39
#30Wayne237US #51
#31Dennis235US #29
#32Douglas231US #30
#33Raymond216US #45
#34Bruce208US #38
#35Christopher200US #35
#36Eric188US #46
#37Frank183US #42
#38Scott182US #24
#39Craig165US #44
#40Terry165US #33
#41Patrick152US #43
#42Ricky151US #34
#43Walter148US #66
#44Jerry143US #36
#45Dale133US #49
#46Russell128US #56
#47Lawrence126US #62
#48Carl121US #54
#49Randy116US #31
#50Andrew115US #58
#51Glenn115US #80
#52Barry114US #73
#53Howard113US #104
#54Alan112US #50
#55Mike111US #37
#56Harry109US #120
#57Peter109US #40
#58Philip107US #68
#59Steve104US #41
#60Matthew102US #63
#61Louis101US #100
#62Roger98US #47
#63Bryan97US #94
#64Curtis97US #75
#65Gerald95US #61
#66Rodney95US #67
#67Martin94US #79
#68Jeffery93US #55
#69Tyrone92US #171
#70Arthur91US #76
#71Frederick90US #114
#72Tony89US #53
#73Albert87US #92
#74Melvin87US #122
#75Earl84US #135
#76Harold84US #87
#77Jay84US #88
#78Roy83US #81
#79Francis82US #136
#80Stanley81US #98
#81Ralph79US #84
#82Samuel78US #86
#83Danny75US #48
#84Allen73US #97
#85Ronnie73US #77
#86Leonard72US #109
#87Henry71US #83
#88Reginald71US #144
#89Chris70US #72
#90Jack70US #85
#91Jerome70US #133
#92Micheal70US #96
#93Eugene69US #106
#94Phillip69US #74
#95Bernard68US #152
#96Maurice68
#97Ernest67US #118
#98Norman67US #131
#99Vincent66US #102
#100Jeff65US #52

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑31Tammy#41
↑31Lori#65
↑30Bryan#63
↑24Matthew#60
↑24Jeffery#68
↑24Earl#75
↑23Tina#57
↑20Angela#43

Falling

↓36Joan#94
↓28Peggy#89
↓28Jane#96
↓25Bernard#95
↓24Jo#97
↓22Jerome#91
↓22Eugene#93
↓20Betty#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.