State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,949 Maryland births in 1962 across 956 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#90Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#93Tyrone#185 nationally
#99Andre#187 nationally
#75Warren#151 nationally
#80Francis#148 nationally
#96Bernard#161 nationally
#72Harry#134 nationally
#64Dwayne#119 nationally
#58Terry#112 nationally
#69Victoria#121 nationally
#63Howard#114 nationally
#87Melvin#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary815US #2
#2Karen694US #4
#3Lisa650US #1
#4Donna592US #7
#5Susan562US #3
#6Linda525US #5
#7Patricia512US #6
#8Deborah503US #9
#9Sharon497US #17
#10Kimberly436US #16
#11Cynthia432US #8
#12Barbara415US #14
#13Brenda409US #12
#14Robin405US #25
#15Pamela373US #13
#16Sandra363US #10
#17Cheryl360US #24
#18Teresa296US #18
#19Carol285US #28
#20Denise272US #30
#21Tammy269US #23
#22Elizabeth265US #20
#23Tina261US #33
#24Laura257US #21
#25Kathleen251US #29
#26Kathy244US #27
#27Debra242US #15
#28Nancy231US #19
#29Michelle229US #31
#30Wanda227US #77
#31Theresa226US #40
#32Lori225US #11
#33Jacqueline216US #44
#34Angela213US #36
#35Michele207US #59
#36Dawn206US #50
#37Kim200US #37
#38Diane196US #26
#39Debbie193US #32
#40Janet188US #35
#41Margaret181US #43
#42Jennifer174US #41
#43Cindy169US #34
#44Valerie162US #67
#45Kelly160US #38
#46Sheila159US #52
#47Carolyn157US #46
#48Christine155US #39
#49Darlene151US #88
#50Joyce150US #74
#51Bonnie149US #79
#52Catherine139US #53
#53Terri139US #54
#54Julie138US #22
#55Stephanie134US #70
#56Wendy133US #64
#57Cathy131US #62
#58Terry131US #112
#59Diana127US #57
#60Sherry127US #48
#61Rhonda125US #45
#62Leslie122US #80
#63Laurie121US #42
#64Ann119US #56
#65Beverly113US #69
#66Renee110US #76
#67Shirley107US #96
#68Janice106US #58
#69Victoria105US #121
#70Rebecca101US #47
#71Amy99US #61
#72Anita98US #81
#73Anne96US #83
#74Connie96US #51
#75Suzanne96US #65
#76Betty95US #97
#77Paula95US #60
#78Maria94US #49
#79Katherine93US #84
#80Judith92US #86
#81Lynn91US #71
#82Judy90US #63
#83Virginia90US #105
#84Dorothy88US #111
#85Jane88US #73
#86Beth87US #66
#87Melissa87US #68
#88Helen86US #128
#89Christina84US #124
#90Jean84US #95
#91Regina84US #91
#92Annette82US #75
#93Gail82US #103
#94Ellen81US #109
#95Joan80US #94
#96Sherri80US #82
#97Tracy79US #55
#98Gloria76US #90
#99Joann76US #137
#100Monica76US #115

Boys

#1John1,548US #3
#2Michael1,540US #1
#3James1,392US #4
#4Robert1,347US #5
#5David1,341US #2
#6William1,032US #7
#7Mark889US #6
#8Charles683US #15
#9Richard665US #8
#10Thomas660US #9
#11Joseph632US #13
#12Jeffrey578US #10
#13Kevin550US #14
#14Steven469US #12
#15Timothy456US #16
#16Kenneth410US #18
#17Brian399US #20
#18Paul389US #19
#19Anthony386US #24
#20Donald379US #23
#21Ronald371US #25
#22Scott339US #11
#23Gregory332US #21
#24Gary325US #22
#25Stephen317US #28
#26Edward305US #29
#27Daniel301US #17
#28George289US #32
#29Douglas268US #27
#30Christopher265US #26
#31Eric245US #33
#32Keith211US #36
#33Raymond183US #48
#34Wayne174US #63
#35Patrick163US #40
#36Bruce161US #41
#37Larry161US #31
#38Dennis157US #37
#39Glenn156US #55
#40Frank147US #42
#41Barry135US #61
#42Terry125US #34
#43Lawrence124US #70
#44Andrew122US #49
#45Craig120US #51
#46Jerry117US #38
#47Troy115US #67
#48Vincent115US #66
#49Jeffery113US #45
#50Roger113US #47
#51Alan112US #53
#52Darryl112US #83
#53Matthew112US #56
#54Philip112US #81
#55Carl108US #58
#56Randy108US #35
#57Russell108US #57
#58Bryan105US #82
#59Todd104US #30
#60Walter101US #79
#61Rodney99US #76
#62Tony99US #52
#63Howard98US #114
#64Dwayne97US #119
#65Ricky96US #50
#66Gerald94US #65
#67Samuel93US #88
#68Steve93US #46
#69Dale92US #62
#70Martin91US #74
#71Phillip90US #68
#72Harry89US #134
#73Mike89US #39
#74Marvin85US #118
#75Warren84US #151
#76Albert82US #101
#77Frederick82US #116
#78Danny77US #54
#79Jay77US #80
#80Francis75US #148
#81Jeff75US #44
#82Curtis74US #73
#83Eugene74US #112
#84Peter74US #43
#85Allen73US #93
#86Henry73US #92
#87Melvin73US #137
#88Ralph73US #97
#89Jonathan72US #94
#90Maurice68
#91Stanley68US #106
#92Jerome67US #131
#93Tyrone67US #185
#94Darrell66US #102
#95Leonard66US #117
#96Bernard65US #161
#97Arthur64US #91
#98Louis64US #107
#99Andre62US #187
#100Benjamin62US #140

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑34Vincent#48
↑29Todd#59
↑27Renee#66
↑26Kelly#45
↑24Marvin#74
↑19Tina#23
↑17Jennifer#42
↑16Tammy#21

Falling

↓28Louis#98
↓25Andre#99
↓23Gail#93
↓23Dale#69
↓22Judy#82
↓20Ellen#94
↓18Dorothy#84
↓18Martin#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.