State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,942 Maryland births in 1966 across 947 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#72Tyrone#168 nationally
#60Harry#144 nationally
#97Maurice#180 nationally
#82Jerome#147 nationally
#79Andre#143 nationally
#86Crystal#145 nationally
#88Yvette#143 nationally
#86Norman#137 nationally
#71Howard#120 nationally
#93Derek#141 nationally
#94Duane#140 nationally
#88Dwayne#133 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,104US #1
#2Kimberly731US #2
#3Karen598US #5
#4Mary539US #3
#5Michelle453US #4
#6Donna413US #12
#7Patricia408US #7
#8Susan396US #6
#9Deborah380US #14
#10Dawn368US #24
#11Tammy342US #8
#12Sandra332US #17
#13Jennifer324US #10
#14Angela320US #9
#15Sharon314US #28
#16Cynthia311US #11
#17Laura304US #19
#18Linda301US #18
#19Elizabeth298US #16
#20Pamela297US #15
#21Barbara291US #27
#22Tina278US #23
#23Michele274US #36
#24Melissa266US #22
#25Robin266US #42
#26Christine259US #20
#27Denise245US #32
#28Teresa245US #29
#29Kelly244US #26
#30Brenda237US #25
#31Theresa228US #46
#32Tracy223US #31
#33Amy220US #30
#34Cheryl220US #34
#35Kathleen213US #37
#36Lori199US #21
#37Julie194US #13
#38Stephanie190US #38
#39Wendy187US #41
#40Kim185US #43
#41Carol178US #48
#42Diane174US #45
#43Nancy166US #33
#44Jacqueline155US #47
#45Catherine151US #54
#46Rebecca149US #40
#47Sherry148US #53
#48Rhonda145US #39
#49Margaret142US #55
#50Andrea140US #52
#51Tracey139US #69
#52Debra137US #35
#53Christina133US #67
#54Sheila129US #51
#55Valerie124US #74
#56Wanda121US #84
#57Terri118US #72
#58Renee116US #66
#59Janet114US #57
#60Bonnie113US #90
#61Paula112US #50
#62Stacey108US #76
#63Anne107US #83
#64Carolyn107US #60
#65Jill105US #49
#66Leslie105US #71
#67Maria104US #44
#68Kathy103US #59
#69Katherine101US #78
#70Dana98US #68
#71Diana97US #64
#72Darlene93US #94
#73Joyce93US #100
#74Victoria93US #103
#75Monica92US #75
#76Ann86US #61
#77Laurie86US #63
#78Suzanne86US #62
#79Tonya84US #96
#80Julia83US #117
#81Cindy82US #56
#82Lynn81US #81
#83April78US #108
#84Carla78US #77
#85Gina78US #58
#86Crystal76US #145
#87Kathryn75US #86
#88Yvette73US #143
#89Connie72US #70
#90Janice69US #80
#91Anita67US #88
#92Sarah66US #85
#93Stacy66US #91
#94Beth65US #65
#95Yvonne65US #129
#96Jean63US #123
#97Judith62US #110
#98Regina62US #82
#99Joanne61US #132
#100Sherri60US #92

Boys

#1Michael1,526US #1
#2John1,310US #4
#3David1,237US #2
#4James1,232US #3
#5Robert1,114US #5
#6William953US #6
#7Richard689US #8
#8Charles607US #20
#9Jeffrey581US #9
#10Thomas574US #10
#11Joseph572US #15
#12Mark570US #7
#13Brian558US #14
#14Kevin540US #17
#15Timothy514US #11
#16Christopher479US #12
#17Steven460US #13
#18Paul393US #18
#19Kenneth390US #21
#20Anthony373US #22
#21Ronald356US #24
#22Daniel351US #19
#23Stephen330US #26
#24Edward325US #30
#25Scott320US #16
#26Donald315US #27
#27Gregory315US #23
#28Eric305US #25
#29George283US #37
#30Rodney273US #35
#31Gary261US #28
#32Keith252US #32
#33Andrew208US #36
#34Patrick201US #31
#35Douglas193US #33
#36Matthew168US #34
#37Raymond160US #47
#38Sean147US #50
#39Wayne139US #59
#40Bryan138US #52
#41Todd132US #29
#42Craig129US #46
#43Larry129US #38
#44Frank128US #43
#45Bruce123US #53
#46Terry118US #40
#47Carl116US #56
#48Lawrence110US #66
#49Troy109US #48
#50Darryl106US #88
#51Randy102US #45
#52Dennis100US #44
#53Peter99US #39
#54Russell97US #61
#55Roger94US #51
#56Shawn94US #54
#57Samuel93US #81
#58Tony89US #49
#59Walter89US #83
#60Harry88US #144
#61Gerald86US #60
#62Jerry85US #41
#63Jonathan85US #65
#64Allen84US #97
#65Philip83US #86
#66Vincent82US #58
#67Phillip79US #71
#68Alan77US #57
#69Darren77US #63
#70Glenn77US #90
#71Howard77US #120
#72Tyrone77US #168
#73Marvin75US #113
#74Curtis73US #75
#75Frederick73US #109
#76Darrin71US #119
#77Jeffery71US #42
#78Arthur70US #96
#79Andre69US #143
#80Dale69US #85
#81Barry67US #87
#82Jerome67US #147
#83Louis67US #104
#84Martin67US #78
#85Dean66US #84
#86Norman66US #137
#87Harold64US #99
#88Dwayne62US #133
#89Roy61US #94
#90Ralph60US #112
#91Henry59US #92
#92Albert58US #100
#93Derek58US #141
#94Duane58US #140
#95Eugene58US #116
#96Derrick56US #127
#97Maurice56US #180
#98Ernest55US #122
#99Jason55US #89
#100Steve55US #67

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑27Tyrone#72
↑26Jill#65
↑19Michelle#5
↑19Roger#55
↑18Melissa#24
↑18Anne#63
↑16Jennifer#13
↑15Andrea#50

Falling

↓24Cindy#81
↓21Regina#98
↓20Beth#94
↓18Darren#69
↓17Martin#84
↓17Eugene#95
↓15Laurie#77
↓14Kathy#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.