State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,989 Maryland births in 1964 across 1,002 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#84Deneenoutside the national top 200
#69Andre#164 nationally
#98Tyrone#177 nationally
#70Harry#136 nationally
#100Bernard#165 nationally
#97Francis#159 nationally
#99Warren#160 nationally
#75Melvin#134 nationally
#87Charlene#144 nationally
#86Terry#139 nationally
#64Howard#116 nationally
#71Dwayne#120 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa979US #1
#2Mary728US #2
#3Karen672US #4
#4Kimberly551US #6
#5Susan540US #3
#6Donna531US #7
#7Patricia513US #5
#8Deborah438US #12
#9Linda423US #8
#10Robin397US #27
#11Sharon396US #20
#12Dawn384US #33
#13Pamela370US #11
#14Sandra369US #13
#15Laura359US #14
#16Cynthia345US #9
#17Barbara340US #19
#18Tammy336US #10
#19Brenda322US #18
#20Denise305US #25
#21Teresa290US #21
#22Angela272US #22
#23Elizabeth271US #16
#24Cheryl269US #29
#25Michelle256US #23
#26Theresa252US #38
#27Jacqueline250US #37
#28Tina242US #34
#29Kathleen233US #30
#30Michele232US #58
#31Nancy232US #26
#32Christine226US #28
#33Kelly226US #35
#34Carol217US #36
#35Lori207US #15
#36Jennifer198US #31
#37Diane197US #32
#38Debra187US #24
#39Julie181US #17
#40Kim179US #42
#41Paula178US #45
#42Stephanie177US #57
#43Margaret172US #49
#44Catherine169US #54
#45Tracy165US #40
#46Wanda165US #81
#47Wendy157US #55
#48Kathy155US #39
#49Amy154US #44
#50Sherry153US #50
#51Janet151US #48
#52Valerie149US #66
#53Carolyn146US #56
#54Sheila146US #51
#55Cindy139US #47
#56Terri134US #62
#57Bonnie132US #89
#58Diana132US #63
#59Debbie124US #52
#60Joyce123US #87
#61Melissa123US #53
#62Darlene121US #80
#63Laurie119US #59
#64Suzanne119US #67
#65Rebecca118US #46
#66Tracey118US #111
#67Renee117US #71
#68Rhonda114US #43
#69Maria113US #41
#70Anne112US #76
#71Ann109US #60
#72Leslie109US #73
#73Janice107US #69
#74Katherine105US #82
#75Monica105US #90
#76Cathy104US #75
#77Annette102US #68
#78Dana101US #70
#79Anita99US #85
#80Beth97US #65
#81Christina96US #88
#82Virginia96US #109
#83Connie95US #64
#84Deneen93
#85Joan93US #99
#86Terry91US #139
#87Charlene88US #144
#88Lynn88US #72
#89Andrea87US #77
#90Gail87US #125
#91Shirley87US #103
#92Crystal85US #136
#93Judith85US #98
#94Judy85US #74
#95Regina85US #83
#96Beverly84US #91
#97Victoria84US #129
#98Gina78US #79
#99Jane78US #93
#100Ruth78US #114

Boys

#1John1,668US #2
#2Michael1,537US #1
#3James1,419US #4
#4Robert1,361US #5
#5David1,344US #3
#6William1,120US #7
#7Mark773US #6
#8Richard761US #8
#9Joseph706US #11
#10Charles693US #17
#11Thomas639US #9
#12Kevin604US #13
#13Brian540US #20
#14Jeffrey539US #10
#15Timothy522US #15
#16Steven516US #12
#17Kenneth470US #18
#18Paul439US #16
#19Donald402US #25
#20Anthony396US #21
#21Scott385US #14
#22Ronald379US #24
#23Gregory337US #22
#24Daniel329US #19
#25George325US #33
#26Christopher323US #23
#27Edward318US #27
#28Stephen314US #29
#29Gary298US #26
#30Patrick275US #30
#31Douglas273US #31
#32Eric269US #32
#33Keith256US #34
#34Andrew205US #37
#35Wayne179US #61
#36Raymond175US #44
#37Craig166US #48
#38Todd162US #28
#39Frank155US #41
#40Larry150US #36
#41Bruce141US #46
#42Matthew140US #43
#43Bryan137US #70
#44Terry133US #35
#45Carl131US #55
#46Walter128US #80
#47Dennis122US #42
#48Lawrence121US #68
#49Darryl117US #87
#50Glenn117US #81
#51Troy114US #57
#52Philip109US #76
#53Rodney109US #59
#54Russell107US #58
#55Samuel107US #86
#56Randy105US #38
#57Jerry103US #40
#58Peter102US #39
#59Alan98US #53
#60Barry97US #69
#61Jonathan96US #83
#62Roger94US #49
#63Tony93US #50
#64Howard92US #116
#65Martin91US #63
#66Phillip90US #67
#67Curtis89US #75
#68Vincent89US #64
#69Andre87US #164
#70Harry86US #136
#71Dwayne83US #120
#72Marvin83US #119
#73Allen81US #93
#74Steve78US #51
#75Melvin77US #134
#76Dale76US #72
#77Mike76US #47
#78Eugene74US #114
#79Frederick74US #105
#80Jeffery74US #45
#81Arthur73US #91
#82Harold73US #98
#83Leonard73US #115
#84Sean70US #118
#85Gerald69US #60
#86Henry69US #92
#87Louis69US #102
#88Dean67US #85
#89Reginald67US #128
#90Albert65US #100
#91Jeff65US #52
#92Shawn64US #88
#93Ralph63US #103
#94Randall62US #66
#95Aaron60US #138
#96Ernest60US #124
#97Francis60US #159
#98Tyrone60US #177
#99Warren60US #160
#100Bernard58US #165

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑25Melissa#61
↑25Anne#70
↑25Melvin#75
↑21Dawn#12
↑21Tracey#66
↑20Andre#69
↑17Tracy#45
↑17Amy#49

Falling

↓25Terry#86
↓19Beverly#96
↓17Mike#77
↓17Francis#97
↓16Gail#90
↓16Regina#95
↓16Roger#62
↓14Joan#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.