State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,611 Maryland births in 1963 across 990 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#89Andre#173 nationally
#61Harry#137 nationally
#80Francis#153 nationally
#61Terry#123 nationally
#91Warren#152 nationally
#97Earl#154 nationally
#59Dwayne#115 nationally
#87Norman#138 nationally
#66Howard#114 nationally
#92Calvin#140 nationally
#96Veronica#139 nationally
#90Victoria#130 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa911US #1
#2Mary827US #2
#3Karen736US #4
#4Donna612US #6
#5Susan554US #3
#6Patricia522US #7
#7Kimberly484US #11
#8Deborah475US #13
#9Linda464US #5
#10Sharon399US #19
#11Barbara384US #17
#12Robin383US #25
#13Brenda375US #15
#14Cynthia362US #10
#15Sandra353US #9
#16Tammy353US #12
#17Pamela344US #14
#18Cheryl298US #24
#19Denise293US #27
#20Laura290US #16
#21Elizabeth282US #20
#22Teresa282US #18
#23Lori272US #8
#24Kathleen266US #28
#25Theresa250US #38
#26Angela237US #30
#27Carol234US #33
#28Tina234US #35
#29Debra226US #21
#30Nancy224US #23
#31Michelle219US #26
#32Michele213US #59
#33Dawn205US #52
#34Christine204US #29
#35Kathy202US #34
#36Diane201US #31
#37Kelly199US #32
#38Jacqueline194US #51
#39Jennifer184US #36
#40Margaret183US #46
#41Janet181US #40
#42Kim181US #39
#43Wanda170US #76
#44Sherry167US #49
#45Catherine164US #53
#46Debbie164US #41
#47Cindy163US #37
#48Stephanie160US #64
#49Paula159US #42
#50Valerie159US #69
#51Julie154US #22
#52Sheila151US #50
#53Darlene149US #85
#54Wendy146US #60
#55Laurie143US #47
#56Terri137US #58
#57Diana135US #62
#58Joyce135US #84
#59Rhonda129US #45
#60Bonnie125US #83
#61Terry122US #123
#62Tracy122US #48
#63Renee121US #74
#64Ann120US #57
#65Carolyn120US #56
#66Amy119US #54
#67Katherine118US #87
#68Rebecca115US #44
#69Maria112US #43
#70Annette111US #71
#71Joan109US #95
#72Beth108US #66
#73Leslie108US #72
#74Gail107US #105
#75Dana105US #88
#76Janice104US #63
#77Beverly103US #81
#78Suzanne101US #65
#79Regina98US #92
#80Connie97US #55
#81Anita96US #77
#82Cathy94US #67
#83Shirley93US #99
#84Jean90US #97
#85Christina88US #107
#86Melissa88US #61
#87Tracey88US #119
#88Lynn87US #73
#89Ruth87US #113
#90Victoria87US #130
#91Andrea86US #89
#92Jane84US #75
#93Virginia84US #103
#94Judy82US #70
#95Anne81US #80
#96Veronica81US #139
#97Vicki81US #100
#98Sherri80US #78
#99Carla78US #82
#100Anna77US #102

Boys

#1Michael1,642US #1
#2John1,590US #2
#3David1,391US #3
#4Robert1,354US #5
#5James1,325US #4
#6William1,076US #7
#7Mark798US #6
#8Richard716US #8
#9Charles710US #16
#10Kevin677US #11
#11Joseph650US #13
#12Thomas625US #9
#13Jeffrey578US #10
#14Steven517US #14
#15Kenneth466US #18
#16Timothy461US #15
#17Brian459US #20
#18Paul416US #17
#19Gregory389US #21
#20Donald367US #25
#21Ronald367US #23
#22Anthony366US #22
#23Daniel335US #19
#24Christopher331US #26
#25Gary326US #24
#26George316US #34
#27Scott316US #12
#28Stephen309US #29
#29Edward307US #27
#30Eric290US #31
#31Douglas264US #28
#32Keith234US #33
#33Patrick215US #35
#34Raymond177US #45
#35Wayne176US #63
#36Larry161US #36
#37Andrew159US #42
#38Bruce151US #43
#39Dennis146US #39
#40Terry142US #32
#41Carl139US #54
#42Craig139US #51
#43Frank136US #41
#44Glenn133US #64
#45Walter132US #77
#46Roger128US #53
#47Lawrence126US #68
#48Darryl124US #80
#49Todd121US #30
#50Matthew118US #50
#51Troy111US #66
#52Bryan110US #73
#53Martin108US #62
#54Barry107US #67
#55Jerry107US #38
#56Jonathan105US #88
#57Vincent105US #61
#58Tony100US #52
#59Dwayne99US #115
#60Mike99US #44
#61Harry98US #137
#62Russell98US #57
#63Alan97US #56
#64Rodney96US #76
#65Samuel96US #87
#66Howard94US #114
#67Jeffery94US #46
#68Dale93US #69
#69Philip92US #83
#70Randy92US #37
#71Peter88US #40
#72Phillip87US #70
#73Ricky87US #47
#74Louis85US #104
#75Henry82US #94
#76Gerald81US #60
#77Steve81US #49
#78Allen80US #90
#79Curtis80US #72
#80Francis80US #153
#81Albert78US #100
#82Marvin77US #120
#83Jeff73US #48
#84Eugene72US #112
#85Frederick72US #117
#86Jay71US #85
#87Norman71US #138
#88Roy70US #89
#89Andre69US #173
#90Shawn69US #108
#91Warren69US #152
#92Calvin68US #140
#93Arthur67US #91
#94Leonard67US #118
#95Stanley67US #105
#96Harold66US #96
#97Earl65US #154
#98Chris64US #59
#99Ernest64US #122
#100Melvin64US #133

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑35Tracy#62
↑33Jonathan#56
↑28Paula#49
↑24Joan#71
↑24Louis#74
↑22Annette#70
↑19Gail#74
↑17Martin#53

Falling

↓25Cathy#82
↓22Anne#95
↓21Victoria#90
↓18Carolyn#65
↓18Jeffery#67
↓16Shirley#83
↓16Warren#91
↓15Philip#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.