State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,160 Maryland births in 1961 across 980 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#74Andre#197 nationally
#92Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#68Harry#131 nationally
#89Charlene#150 nationally
#94Veronica#154 nationally
#51Terry#108 nationally
#71Melvin#128 nationally
#91Francis#148 nationally
#57Dwayne#111 nationally
#61Howard#109 nationally
#93Earl#139 nationally
#40Darlene#80 nationally

Girls

#1Mary849US #1
#2Karen717US #5
#3Donna656US #7
#4Lisa624US #2
#5Linda616US #4
#6Susan615US #3
#7Patricia537US #6
#8Sharon528US #17
#9Brenda506US #11
#10Barbara497US #12
#11Deborah495US #10
#12Sandra423US #9
#13Robin403US #27
#14Kimberly402US #22
#15Pamela369US #15
#16Cheryl365US #20
#17Cynthia363US #8
#18Teresa354US #18
#19Elizabeth315US #19
#20Denise301US #30
#21Carol298US #24
#22Nancy283US #16
#23Kathleen268US #29
#24Kathy267US #25
#25Diane263US #26
#26Debra252US #13
#27Laura244US #21
#28Theresa236US #35
#29Jacqueline224US #37
#30Janet220US #32
#31Michelle219US #34
#32Angela212US #38
#33Debbie212US #31
#34Dawn211US #49
#35Lori209US #14
#36Margaret209US #40
#37Tammy206US #28
#38Michele200US #63
#39Kim190US #36
#40Darlene186US #80
#41Wanda186US #70
#42Tina180US #41
#43Cindy179US #33
#44Carolyn174US #42
#45Bonnie171US #75
#46Valerie171US #67
#47Joyce162US #62
#48Terri161US #51
#49Catherine158US #48
#50Julie150US #23
#51Terry149US #108
#52Christine146US #39
#53Sheila143US #59
#54Wendy138US #61
#55Beverly137US #66
#56Cathy137US #55
#57Laurie135US #43
#58Stephanie135US #78
#59Jennifer132US #47
#60Judy128US #58
#61Janice124US #52
#62Rhonda123US #46
#63Katherine122US #86
#64Diana120US #56
#65Paula120US #60
#66Dorothy114US #99
#67Ann112US #54
#68Sherry112US #53
#69Anita111US #91
#70Gail110US #94
#71Kelly110US #45
#72Judith108US #83
#73Jean106US #92
#74Ellen103US #97
#75Shirley100US #85
#76Jane99US #72
#77Leslie99US #84
#78Betty98US #87
#79Rebecca97US #44
#80Joan96US #89
#81Peggy94US #88
#82Amy93US #69
#83Victoria93US #114
#84Regina91US #98
#85Anne90US #90
#86Beth90US #65
#87Connie90US #50
#88Ruth90US #96
#89Charlene89US #150
#90Phyllis89US #120
#91Suzanne89US #68
#92Vicki89US #76
#93Renee86US #79
#94Veronica85US #154
#95Gloria81US #82
#96Carla80US #77
#97Helen80US #119
#98Julia79US #116
#99Marie78US #109
#100Annette77US #73

Boys

#1Michael1,587US #1
#2John1,585US #3
#3David1,438US #2
#4James1,312US #4
#5Robert1,310US #5
#6William1,111US #7
#7Mark929US #6
#8Charles729US #13
#9Richard710US #8
#10Joseph649US #12
#11Thomas609US #9
#12Kevin559US #14
#13Jeffrey533US #11
#14Steven481US #10
#15Kenneth467US #16
#16Timothy444US #15
#17Donald431US #22
#18Brian420US #20
#19Anthony402US #25
#20Paul401US #18
#21Gary398US #21
#22Ronald356US #24
#23George348US #31
#24Daniel339US #17
#25Gregory337US #23
#26Edward316US #29
#27Christopher293US #26
#28Stephen292US #27
#29Douglas244US #28
#30Eric237US #38
#31Keith237US #35
#32Scott227US #19
#33Larry217US #30
#34Wayne210US #61
#35Bruce194US #40
#36Frank181US #41
#37Raymond176US #48
#38Patrick168US #39
#39Dennis164US #34
#40Craig158US #43
#41Barry146US #66
#42Terry140US #32
#43Andrew134US #52
#44Glenn133US #64
#45Walter133US #74
#46Dale132US #58
#47Carl128US #56
#48Alan126US #51
#49Lawrence126US #67
#50Rodney124US #72
#51Ricky120US #44
#52Martin114US #73
#53Jerry112US #37
#54Randy112US #33
#55Darryl110US #80
#56Bryan109US #82
#57Dwayne106US #111
#58Roger106US #47
#59Matthew105US #59
#60Russell103US #55
#61Howard102US #109
#62Mike102US #36
#63Samuel101US #89
#64Jeffery100US #50
#65Philip99US #79
#66Tony98US #53
#67Steve96US #45
#68Harry95US #131
#69Peter95US #42
#70Louis94US #105
#71Melvin93US #128
#72Allen89US #96
#73Jonathan89US #112
#74Andre87US #197
#75Phillip87US #69
#76Gerald85US #62
#77Eugene84US #113
#78Ralph84US #95
#79Frederick82US #117
#80Jay82US #81
#81Curtis81US #75
#82Vincent81US #98
#83Jeff77US #49
#84Ronnie77US #91
#85Albert76US #97
#86Harold76US #94
#87Stanley76US #106
#88Todd76US #46
#89Arthur75US #85
#90Henry74US #92
#91Francis73US #148
#92Maurice71
#93Earl70US #139
#94Danny69US #54
#95Leonard69US #114
#96Randall68US #63
#97Roy68US #83
#98Marvin67US #120
#99Chris66US #57
#100Dean66US #84

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑31Martin#52
↑30Jacqueline#29
↑26Rhonda#62
↑21Bryan#56
↑20Anita#69
↑20Jean#73
↑20Jay#80
↑19Andre#74

Falling

↓42Annette#100
↓25Marvin#98
↓21Connie#87
↓18Victoria#83
↓17Diana#64
↓17Albert#85
↓17Roy#97
↓15Phillip#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.