State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,452 Maryland births in 1969 across 972 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#82Harry#171 nationally
#84Earl#172 nationally
#93Maurice#178 nationally
#78Melvin#162 nationally
#67Andre#149 nationally
#85Jerome#166 nationally
#96Darryl#174 nationally
#65Tyrone#137 nationally
#66Antonio#124 nationally
#72Louis#121 nationally
#95Dwayne#144 nationally
#68Frederick#116 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa863US #1
#2Kimberly754US #4
#3Jennifer617US #3
#4Michelle578US #2
#5Karen400US #13
#6Melissa397US #5
#7Mary383US #8
#8Laura346US #10
#9Amy345US #6
#10Kelly340US #15
#11Dawn335US #21
#12Tammy323US #9
#13Angela303US #7
#14Susan296US #11
#15Christine290US #14
#16Patricia280US #18
#17Tina268US #22
#18Elizabeth260US #16
#19Donna259US #26
#20Tracy257US #17
#21Julie252US #12
#22Michele250US #30
#23Deborah245US #27
#24Pamela240US #24
#25Cynthia221US #23
#26Stephanie219US #19
#27Wendy201US #29
#28Sandra197US #25
#29Sharon197US #36
#30Denise192US #35
#31Robin185US #46
#32Lori184US #20
#33Nicole182US #47
#34Rebecca180US #28
#35Heather169US #34
#36Linda166US #33
#37Cheryl162US #41
#38Christina162US #37
#39Teresa158US #32
#40Tracey157US #65
#41Theresa156US #49
#42Barbara147US #39
#43Stacey145US #52
#44Kathleen135US #42
#45Shannon130US #31
#46Carol129US #56
#47Catherine126US #58
#48Rhonda126US #44
#49Sherry126US #55
#50Brenda122US #38
#51Tonya119US #54
#52Stacy117US #53
#53Leslie115US #64
#54Debra111US #43
#55Andrea110US #48
#56Victoria110US #83
#57Dana107US #60
#58Diane107US #61
#59Jacqueline107US #62
#60Ann104US #57
#61Katherine104US #70
#62Paula104US #50
#63Nancy98US #45
#64Suzanne97US #75
#65Margaret96US #73
#66Monica96US #59
#67Renee94US #67
#68Carolyn92US #71
#69Rachel92US #69
#70Janet89US #84
#71Jill89US #51
#72Terri89US #93
#73Beth88US #82
#74Kim88US #66
#75Tanya83US #91
#76Maria82US #40
#77Valerie82US #85
#78Anne76US #101
#79Kristin76US #76
#80Tara75US #107
#81Kathy73US #77
#82Crystal71US #118
#83Sarah71US #72
#84April69US #97
#85Laurie67US #79
#86Danielle66US #111
#87Regina66US #86
#88Diana65US #81
#89Melanie65US #92
#90Tamara65US #78
#91Kathryn64US #104
#92Sherri63US #106
#93Holly62US #87
#94Kellie61US #130
#95Sheila61US #68
#96Bonnie60US #128
#97Julia60US #100
#98Erin59US #114
#99Melinda59US #89
#100Anita57US #120

Boys

#1Michael1,580US #1
#2David1,207US #2
#3John1,138US #4
#4Robert1,096US #5
#5James1,085US #3
#6William845US #6
#7Christopher656US #7
#8Richard627US #10
#9Brian611US #9
#10Charles570US #19
#11Thomas552US #13
#12Joseph542US #15
#13Mark541US #8
#14Jeffrey532US #11
#15Kevin506US #16
#16Steven472US #14
#17Timothy420US #17
#18Eric390US #21
#19Daniel388US #18
#20Scott366US #12
#21Anthony357US #20
#22Kenneth355US #23
#23Paul330US #22
#24Matthew320US #24
#25Stephen300US #27
#26Gregory285US #26
#27Edward283US #32
#28Ronald280US #29
#29Donald270US #30
#30George231US #38
#31Patrick213US #31
#32Gary204US #35
#33Andrew200US #33
#34Jason185US #25
#35Keith184US #36
#36Craig183US #39
#37Sean183US #37
#38Douglas182US #34
#39Todd179US #28
#40Bryan140US #51
#41Larry137US #40
#42Troy137US #42
#43Shawn133US #41
#44Jonathan130US #46
#45Rodney130US #49
#46Raymond129US #50
#47Wayne123US #75
#48Frank116US #47
#49Dennis109US #44
#50Peter106US #43
#51Corey99US #58
#52Aaron93US #61
#53Bruce92US #72
#54Samuel91US #64
#55Walter87US #84
#56Carl86US #62
#57Lawrence86US #71
#58Russell79US #57
#59Jerry74US #45
#60Marc73US #63
#61Bradley72US #53
#62Derrick69US #107
#63Jeffery69US #48
#64Terry68US #52
#65Tyrone68US #137
#66Antonio67US #124
#67Andre66US #149
#68Frederick66US #116
#69Roger66US #59
#70Glenn64US #88
#71Tony64US #54
#72Louis63US #121
#73Philip63US #86
#74Randy63US #55
#75Albert62US #108
#76Phillip61US #74
#77Vincent61US #70
#78Melvin60US #162
#79Allen59US #111
#80Dale59US #96
#81Darrell59US #93
#82Harry59US #171
#83Alan57US #76
#84Earl55US #172
#85Jerome55US #166
#86Reginald55US #125
#87Ernest54US #130
#88Gerald54US #65
#89Jay54US #95
#90Martin54US #78
#91Henry53US #100
#92Marvin53US #139
#93Maurice53US #178
#94Darren52US #60
#95Dwayne52US #144
#96Darryl51US #174
#97Harold51US #117
#98Howard51US #142
#99Benjamin50US #91
#100Jack50US #122

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑50Shannon#45
↑37Heather#35
↑31Derrick#62
↑22Jason#34
↑22Aaron#52
↑21Stacy#52
↑18Dana#57
↑17Kathy#81

Falling

↓34Harold#97
↓32Sheila#95
↓26Darren#94
↓26Benjamin#99
↓22Howard#98
↓20Crystal#82
↓20Diana#88
↓20Martin#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.