State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,935 Maryland births in 1960 across 955 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#93Andreoutside the national top 200
#84Tyrone#191 nationally
#67Bernard#152 nationally
#94Vanessa#155 nationally
#64Harry#124 nationally
#86Reginald#144 nationally
#66Dwayne#123 nationally
#89Francis#145 nationally
#49Terry#101 nationally
#74Melvin#125 nationally
#65Victoria#114 nationally
#99Charlene#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary920US #1
#2Donna742US #5
#3Karen731US #4
#4Linda651US #3
#5Patricia644US #7
#6Deborah616US #10
#7Susan607US #2
#8Barbara508US #12
#9Sharon501US #16
#10Lisa499US #6
#11Cynthia463US #9
#12Brenda447US #13
#13Kimberly415US #26
#14Sandra391US #11
#15Robin370US #33
#16Cheryl366US #17
#17Teresa343US #19
#18Denise330US #29
#19Pamela327US #14
#20Debra299US #8
#21Elizabeth296US #18
#22Carol294US #23
#23Nancy278US #15
#24Debbie269US #24
#25Diane268US #22
#26Theresa267US #35
#27Kathy262US #21
#28Laura262US #25
#29Kathleen251US #27
#30Margaret235US #36
#31Janet233US #32
#32Kim215US #34
#33Cindy212US #30
#34Tammy203US #31
#35Wanda203US #66
#36Catherine202US #42
#37Joyce198US #58
#38Tina185US #45
#39Valerie183US #65
#40Angela181US #50
#41Dawn178US #57
#42Carolyn172US #43
#43Michelle171US #39
#44Darlene169US #75
#45Michele167US #89
#46Bonnie163US #71
#47Diana157US #53
#48Beverly155US #60
#49Terry139US #101
#50Terri138US #49
#51Christine136US #40
#52Lori136US #20
#53Sheila136US #56
#54Cathy135US #46
#55Stephanie125US #91
#56Wendy125US #63
#57Laurie123US #37
#58Annette122US #62
#59Jacqueline121US #85
#60Janice120US #41
#61Jennifer120US #61
#62Judy120US #48
#63Julie119US #28
#64Katherine118US #81
#65Victoria118US #114
#66Connie115US #47
#67Gail115US #90
#68Leslie114US #92
#69Ann112US #51
#70Sherry112US #54
#71Ellen111US #94
#72Jane111US #67
#73Paula111US #55
#74Rebecca111US #38
#75Kelly108US #52
#76Shirley108US #70
#77Phyllis106US #108
#78Ruth106US #97
#79Renee105US #93
#80Judith102US #74
#81Dorothy101US #95
#82Joan99US #80
#83Betty97US #68
#84Joanne96US #99
#85Anne95US #88
#86Lynn91US #64
#87Amy90US #77
#88Rhonda87US #44
#89Anita86US #87
#90Peggy86US #69
#91Regina85US #105
#92Kathryn84US #82
#93Jean83US #86
#94Vanessa83US #155
#95Beth82US #72
#96Suzanne82US #78
#97Vicki82US #73
#98Anna81US #104
#99Charlene80US #148
#100Rose78US #98

Boys

#1Michael1,590US #2
#2David1,448US #1
#3John1,372US #4
#4Robert1,333US #5
#5James1,266US #3
#6William1,095US #7
#7Mark967US #6
#8Charles794US #13
#9Thomas736US #9
#10Richard712US #8
#11Joseph640US #12
#12Steven556US #10
#13Kevin535US #15
#14Timothy508US #11
#15Kenneth459US #16
#16Donald457US #19
#17Jeffrey453US #14
#18Brian396US #20
#19Paul396US #18
#20Anthony385US #25
#21Ronald368US #21
#22Daniel351US #17
#23Gregory338US #24
#24Edward335US #26
#25Gary335US #22
#26George320US #33
#27Stephen320US #27
#28Christopher276US #29
#29Keith246US #35
#30Scott221US #23
#31Dennis213US #31
#32Douglas211US #30
#33Wayne209US #58
#34Eric205US #44
#35Raymond197US #46
#36Larry194US #28
#37Craig170US #41
#38Terry170US #34
#39Bruce166US #39
#40Patrick166US #45
#41Frank159US #40
#42Andrew149US #51
#43Carl143US #53
#44Dale134US #54
#45Lawrence129US #64
#46Walter126US #70
#47Matthew122US #61
#48Alan120US #50
#49Jerry118US #37
#50Mike118US #36
#51Russell118US #56
#52Randy117US #32
#53Steve117US #43
#54Barry116US #72
#55Ricky114US #38
#56Rodney114US #68
#57Glenn111US #74
#58Darryl110US #96
#59Peter108US #42
#60Phillip108US #66
#61Philip107US #76
#62Samuel107US #91
#63Ralph106US #89
#64Harry102US #124
#65Roger102US #47
#66Dwayne98US #123
#67Bernard96US #152
#68Albert95US #93
#69Gerald94US #62
#70Jeffery93US #55
#71Howard92US #108
#72Curtis91US #79
#73Marvin90US #119
#74Melvin90US #125
#75Eugene88US #109
#76Frederick87US #114
#77Bryan86US #88
#78Tony86US #52
#79Louis85US #106
#80Roy84US #80
#81Vincent82US #98
#82Henry81US #84
#83Martin81US #77
#84Tyrone81US #191
#85Ronnie80US #87
#86Reginald78US #144
#87Danny77US #48
#88Allen75US #99
#89Francis75US #145
#90Harold75US #92
#91Earl72US #139
#92Randall72US #59
#93Andre71
#94Jerome71US #133
#95Stanley69US #100
#96Jeff68US #49
#97Norman68US #132
#98Leonard67US #113
#99Arthur66US #82
#100Jay66US #78

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑44Wendy#56
↑34Phillip#60
↑28Bernard#67
↑26Stephanie#55
↑24Jane#72
↑22Annette#58
↑21Connie#66
↑20Laurie#57

Falling

↓30Shirley#76
↓29Arthur#99
↓23Jay#100
↓18Judith#80
↓18Howard#71
↓18Louis#79
↓17Joanne#84
↓16Gail#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.