State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,018 Maryland births in 1968 across 950 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#84Earl#164 nationally
#66Andre#145 nationally
#77Melvin#150 nationally
#85Harry#153 nationally
#98Jerome#161 nationally
#78Dwayne#137 nationally
#76Howard#133 nationally
#62Crystal#118 nationally
#60Frederick#113 nationally
#94Duane#146 nationally
#83Antonio#134 nationally
#63Harold#108 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa947US #1
#2Kimberly715US #3
#3Michelle590US #2
#4Jennifer488US #4
#5Karen487US #9
#6Mary439US #6
#7Melissa414US #5
#8Laura399US #11
#9Dawn382US #21
#10Tammy353US #8
#11Kelly351US #12
#12Susan324US #10
#13Angela306US #7
#14Tina300US #18
#15Christine294US #14
#16Michele294US #29
#17Patricia292US #15
#18Donna282US #24
#19Deborah279US #27
#20Pamela263US #20
#21Elizabeth254US #17
#22Amy239US #13
#23Sandra235US #26
#24Cynthia227US #19
#25Sharon227US #32
#26Stephanie217US #23
#27Denise215US #35
#28Tracy213US #25
#29Wendy210US #31
#30Barbara204US #36
#31Linda202US #28
#32Robin201US #43
#33Teresa193US #30
#34Julie189US #16
#35Theresa181US #47
#36Stacey179US #55
#37Cheryl166US #37
#38Kathleen165US #40
#39Christina162US #44
#40Sherry150US #52
#41Rebecca149US #33
#42Brenda140US #34
#43Tracey140US #72
#44Lori134US #22
#45Debra129US #38
#46Diane129US #51
#47Jacqueline128US #50
#48Carol123US #49
#49Nancy123US #39
#50Margaret120US #63
#51Andrea118US #48
#52Rhonda116US #42
#53Leslie115US #66
#54Renee110US #65
#55Catherine109US #56
#56Jill109US #46
#57Paula103US #45
#58Tonya102US #60
#59Ann97US #54
#60Kim96US #57
#61Valerie95US #77
#62Crystal93US #118
#63Sheila93US #59
#64Katherine91US #75
#65Terri91US #83
#66Victoria91US #82
#67Carolyn90US #61
#68Diana90US #71
#69Maria89US #41
#70Tanya89US #106
#71Monica88US #68
#72Heather87US #62
#73Stacy87US #64
#74Janet85US #73
#75Dana83US #70
#76Suzanne83US #69
#77Wanda82US #115
#78Gina81US #58
#79April79US #96
#80Beth73US #74
#81Bonnie72US #116
#82Lynn71US #85
#83Sarah71US #78
#84Anne69US #88
#85Yolanda69US #93
#86Kristin67US #84
#87Joyce66US #128
#88Melanie66US #94
#89Melinda63US #90
#90Julia62US #113
#91Regina62US #81
#92Cindy61US #67
#93Colleen61US #101
#94Laurie61US #79
#95Shannon61US #53
#96Sherri61US #95
#97Holly60US #103
#98Kathy60US #76
#99Annette59US #102
#100Deanna57US #104

Boys

#1Michael1,463US #1
#2John1,225US #3
#3David1,129US #2
#4James1,108US #4
#5Robert1,101US #5
#6William865US #6
#7Richard650US #8
#8Mark587US #7
#9Charles564US #20
#10Christopher549US #9
#11Thomas543US #12
#12Joseph536US #16
#13Brian522US #10
#14Kevin508US #17
#15Jeffrey490US #11
#16Timothy457US #13
#17Steven445US #15
#18Paul369US #19
#19Eric354US #22
#20Scott339US #14
#21Kenneth335US #23
#22Anthony333US #21
#23Ronald333US #25
#24Daniel329US #18
#25Stephen307US #27
#26Gregory293US #26
#27Matthew283US #24
#28Edward254US #31
#29George247US #36
#30Donald246US #29
#31Keith241US #35
#32Gary217US #32
#33Andrew209US #34
#34Patrick208US #30
#35Sean192US #37
#36Todd173US #28
#37Douglas170US #33
#38Raymond147US #50
#39Craig142US #41
#40Rodney140US #42
#41Bryan132US #51
#42Dennis132US #45
#43Troy131US #40
#44Shawn125US #43
#45Wayne125US #63
#46Larry119US #38
#47Jonathan115US #53
#48Peter112US #39
#49Carl103US #59
#50Frank102US #49
#51Russell88US #56
#52Terry88US #48
#53Lawrence85US #67
#54Bruce84US #61
#55Glenn81US #92
#56Jason81US #47
#57Jerry80US #44
#58Roger79US #55
#59Philip74US #82
#60Frederick73US #113
#61Walter72US #83
#62Samuel71US #66
#63Harold70US #108
#64Tony70US #52
#65Jeffery68US #46
#66Andre67US #145
#67Vincent67US #73
#68Darren66US #60
#69Marc66US #84
#70Martin66US #68
#71Phillip66US #71
#72Allen65US #100
#73Benjamin65US #99
#74Aaron64US #87
#75Dale64US #91
#76Howard63US #133
#77Melvin63US #150
#78Dwayne62US #137
#79Gerald62US #62
#80Roy62US #94
#81Arthur59US #98
#82Barry59US #107
#83Antonio58US #134
#84Earl58US #164
#85Harry58US #153
#86Jon57US #65
#87Alan56US #74
#88Chris56US #64
#89Albert54US #103
#90Ernest54US #130
#91Jay53US #88
#92Curtis52US #75
#93Derrick52US #116
#94Duane52US #146
#95Darrell51US #86
#96Darrin50US #138
#97Dean50US #78
#98Jerome49US #161
#99Micheal49US #114
#100Henry48US #95

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑28Heather#72
↑27Jill#56
↑25Aaron#74
↑24Andre#66
↑23Crystal#62
↑22Martin#70
↑18Stacey#36
↑17Kelly#11

Falling

↓28Kathy#98
↓27Curtis#92
↓21Darrell#95
↓18Suzanne#76
↓17Anne#84
↓17Harry#85
↓16Joyce#87
↓16Alan#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.