State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,169 Maryland births in 1965 across 964 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#85Maurice#181 nationally
#83Bernard#170 nationally
#94Terry#174 nationally
#70Harry#146 nationally
#90Francis#164 nationally
#99Tyrone#172 nationally
#84Earl#156 nationally
#58Howard#122 nationally
#82Crystal#146 nationally
#88Kirk#152 nationally
#80Melvin#138 nationally
#99Yvette#154 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,176US #1
#2Karen808US #3
#3Mary714US #2
#4Kimberly677US #4
#5Donna488US #7
#6Patricia462US #6
#7Susan457US #5
#8Dawn388US #26
#9Sharon381US #22
#10Deborah364US #13
#11Linda357US #8
#12Pamela354US #12
#13Cynthia346US #9
#14Barbara332US #25
#15Tammy320US #11
#16Robin306US #33
#17Laura295US #17
#18Michele292US #48
#19Elizabeth291US #16
#20Angela286US #10
#21Sandra285US #15
#22Denise281US #28
#23Brenda274US #23
#24Michelle270US #18
#25Tina253US #29
#26Cheryl247US #31
#27Kelly246US #30
#28Teresa243US #24
#29Jennifer233US #20
#30Christine232US #21
#31Kathleen216US #34
#32Carol214US #42
#33Jacqueline214US #47
#34Theresa207US #45
#35Stephanie202US #44
#36Tracy202US #36
#37Lori199US #19
#38Kim198US #43
#39Wendy182US #39
#40Julie179US #14
#41Amy174US #35
#42Melissa174US #38
#43Debra172US #27
#44Diane172US #40
#45Margaret172US #52
#46Catherine164US #57
#47Nancy156US #32
#48Rebecca151US #41
#49Wanda150US #81
#50Rhonda137US #37
#51Janet129US #55
#52Valerie129US #67
#53Sheila127US #50
#54Kathy126US #54
#55Sherry120US #56
#56Carolyn118US #58
#57Cindy116US #53
#58Tracey114US #85
#59Christina113US #74
#60Paula113US #49
#61Renee113US #68
#62Laurie111US #60
#63Katherine109US #79
#64Stacey109US #84
#65Andrea107US #63
#66Darlene107US #83
#67Diana107US #64
#68Bonnie106US #89
#69Dana104US #78
#70Joyce101US #90
#71Ann100US #59
#72Terri99US #69
#73Victoria97US #108
#74Beth96US #66
#75Maria94US #46
#76Leslie91US #75
#77Regina90US #82
#78Beverly89US #101
#79Monica88US #72
#80Suzanne88US #65
#81Anne85US #77
#82Crystal84US #146
#83Debbie84US #62
#84Carla83US #76
#85Vicki83US #114
#86Colleen78US #93
#87Annette77US #71
#88Shirley77US #111
#89Janice75US #73
#90Sherri75US #91
#91Jill73US #51
#92Judith73US #102
#93Kathryn73US #87
#94Terry71US #174
#95Cathy69US #88
#96Joanne68US #121
#97Betty67US #103
#98Ruth67US #118
#99Yvette67US #154
#100Connie66US #61

Boys

#1Michael1,562US #1
#2John1,433US #2
#3David1,267US #3
#4James1,251US #4
#5Robert1,243US #5
#6William994US #6
#7Richard752US #8
#8Mark684US #7
#9Kevin643US #13
#10Joseph634US #11
#11Charles613US #20
#12Jeffrey565US #10
#13Thomas557US #9
#14Brian515US #19
#15Steven482US #14
#16Timothy478US #12
#17Kenneth463US #21
#18Anthony447US #22
#19Christopher423US #18
#20Paul411US #16
#21Daniel376US #17
#22Ronald344US #24
#23Donald336US #26
#24Eric330US #25
#25Edward323US #29
#26Gregory323US #23
#27Stephen306US #28
#28Scott303US #15
#29Gary284US #27
#30George280US #34
#31Keith231US #35
#32Rodney219US #33
#33Douglas212US #32
#34Patrick212US #31
#35Raymond182US #45
#36Matthew173US #36
#37Andrew162US #37
#38Wayne160US #65
#39Larry145US #38
#40Darryl135US #68
#41Craig131US #46
#42Todd125US #30
#43Dennis123US #44
#44Bruce122US #50
#45Bryan121US #63
#46Frank121US #43
#47Sean117US #79
#48Jerry110US #41
#49Lawrence104US #66
#50Troy101US #53
#51Darren100US #52
#52Carl99US #54
#53Peter99US #39
#54Randy98US #42
#55Vincent97US #61
#56Walter97US #82
#57Terry96US #40
#58Howard91US #122
#59Jonathan91US #74
#60Curtis89US #75
#61Alan88US #59
#62Russell87US #58
#63Tony85US #48
#64Shawn83US #69
#65Phillip82US #70
#66Frederick81US #106
#67Martin81US #67
#68Philip81US #87
#69Samuel80US #84
#70Harry79US #146
#71Gerald78US #64
#72Glenn76US #85
#73Jeffery75US #47
#74Roger74US #49
#75Marvin72US #109
#76Dale71US #83
#77Dwayne70US #126
#78Eugene70US #120
#79Darrin68US #102
#80Melvin67US #138
#81Norman67US #134
#82Louis65US #101
#83Bernard64US #170
#84Earl64US #156
#85Maurice64US #181
#86Arthur63US #96
#87Ernest63US #124
#88Kirk63US #152
#89Barry62US #86
#90Francis62US #164
#91Steve62US #55
#92Jerome61US #142
#93Albert60US #100
#94Darrell60US #91
#95Henry60US #94
#96Chris59US #60
#97Mike59US #51
#98Reginald59US #128
#99Tyrone59US #172
#100Victor59US #98

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑37Sean#47
↑28Shawn#64
↑24Andrea#65
↑24Victoria#73
↑22Christina#59
↑21Rodney#32
↑19Melissa#42
↑18Rhonda#50

Falling

↓29Barry#89
↓24Debbie#83
↓22Glenn#72
↓20Mike#97
↓19Paula#60
↓19Cathy#95
↓17Connie#100
↓17Steve#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.