State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,328 Maryland births in 1970 across 970 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#78Maurice#165 nationally
#100Warren#182 nationally
#76Howard#156 nationally
#91Jerome#168 nationally
#65Dwayne#141 nationally
#95Harry#169 nationally
#64Tyrone#132 nationally
#98Duane#163 nationally
#70Andre#134 nationally
#83Leonard#144 nationally
#62Frederick#115 nationally
#89Reginald#142 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly743US #3
#2Jennifer724US #1
#3Lisa724US #2
#4Michelle499US #4
#5Melissa422US #7
#6Karen394US #12
#7Mary372US #9
#8Dawn361US #16
#9Tammy348US #8
#10Amy347US #5
#11Angela324US #6
#12Kelly308US #20
#13Laura300US #13
#14Tracy298US #10
#15Susan296US #15
#16Christine276US #14
#17Heather275US #19
#18Patricia263US #24
#19Michele262US #31
#20Pamela253US #26
#21Tina251US #21
#22Stephanie240US #17
#23Elizabeth237US #18
#24Nicole233US #30
#25Donna222US #32
#26Deborah208US #33
#27Cynthia206US #25
#28Julie205US #11
#29Christina204US #35
#30Lori200US #23
#31Stacey200US #48
#32Shannon180US #22
#33Wendy180US #28
#34Tracey177US #55
#35Rebecca169US #29
#36Sharon158US #37
#37Tonya156US #49
#38Sandra153US #27
#39Barbara151US #41
#40Linda150US #38
#41Denise146US #36
#42Teresa146US #34
#43Cheryl144US #44
#44Catherine140US #59
#45Robin140US #51
#46Sherry138US #60
#47Stacy137US #42
#48Theresa130US #53
#49Kathleen128US #45
#50Rhonda124US #46
#51Brenda121US #40
#52Andrea115US #43
#53Katherine114US #67
#54Tanya114US #76
#55Dana109US #54
#56Renee108US #68
#57Tara104US #69
#58Debra103US #47
#59Monica93US #56
#60Jill92US #52
#61Carol91US #71
#62Crystal91US #101
#63Jacqueline91US #66
#64Leslie91US #64
#65Ann89US #62
#66Carolyn87US #84
#67Nancy87US #50
#68Margaret85US #80
#69Sarah85US #65
#70Kristin84US #63
#71Suzanne83US #87
#72Anne82US #112
#73Diane81US #70
#74Laurie81US #88
#75Holly78US #74
#76Beth77US #92
#77Paula77US #57
#78Carrie76US #73
#79Victoria76US #85
#80Rachel75US #58
#81Sheila75US #75
#82Danielle74US #114
#83Erin73US #111
#84Gina73US #61
#85Maria70US #39
#86Valerie70US #97
#87Wanda69US #132
#88April68US #82
#89Kristen68US #83
#90Diana66US #89
#91Terri66US #113
#92Bonnie65US #130
#93Sherri64US #122
#94Kathy63US #77
#95Tamara61US #79
#96Cindy60US #72
#97Erica60US #129
#98Melanie60US #91
#99Regina59US #86
#100Traci59US #100

Boys

#1Michael1,493US #1
#2David1,111US #3
#3John1,105US #4
#4James1,080US #2
#5Robert1,059US #5
#6William921US #7
#7Christopher664US #6
#8Brian606US #8
#9Charles559US #21
#10Richard541US #10
#11Thomas528US #17
#12Kevin523US #14
#13Joseph511US #16
#14Jeffrey491US #11
#15Mark491US #9
#16Steven459US #15
#17Eric453US #18
#18Timothy415US #20
#19Scott380US #12
#20Paul367US #23
#21Matthew360US #24
#22Kenneth338US #25
#23Daniel336US #19
#24Anthony318US #22
#25Gregory298US #26
#26Ronald293US #29
#27Stephen280US #27
#28Jason274US #13
#29Edward233US #31
#30George232US #40
#31Donald220US #30
#32Sean218US #37
#33Keith206US #38
#34Shawn206US #34
#35Andrew199US #32
#36Craig198US #39
#37Patrick184US #33
#38Todd174US #28
#39Gary170US #35
#40Douglas169US #36
#41Troy167US #41
#42Raymond147US #49
#43Wayne133US #80
#44Jonathan132US #42
#45Larry128US #43
#46Frank123US #48
#47Bryan122US #53
#48Dennis118US #46
#49Rodney117US #55
#50Lawrence105US #83
#51Aaron103US #52
#52Peter91US #44
#53Russell90US #58
#54Carl86US #66
#55Walter82US #89
#56Samuel80US #62
#57Gerald79US #67
#58Jerry79US #45
#59Roger79US #61
#60Marc77US #60
#61Allen75US #113
#62Frederick71US #115
#63Philip71US #92
#64Tyrone71US #132
#65Dwayne69US #141
#66Vincent69US #79
#67Benjamin67US #81
#68Bruce65US #94
#69Terry65US #54
#70Andre64US #134
#71Derrick64US #96
#72Bradley63US #47
#73Corey63US #84
#74Adam61US #72
#75Alan61US #91
#76Howard61US #156
#77Antonio60US #121
#78Maurice60US #165
#79Marcus59US #71
#80Darren58US #75
#81Derek57US #77
#82Glenn54US #109
#83Leonard54US #144
#84Phillip54US #73
#85Tony54US #57
#86Christian53US #127
#87Martin53US #93
#88Randy53US #59
#89Reginald53US #142
#90Jay51US #97
#91Jerome51US #168
#92Darrell50US #102
#93Jeremy50US #70
#94Albert48US #107
#95Harry48US #169
#96Louis48US #124
#97Randall48US #100
#98Duane47US #163
#99Ernest47US #143
#100Warren47US #182

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑32Benjamin#67
↑31Gerald#57
↑30Dwayne#65
↑23Tara#57
↑22Howard#76
↑21Tanya#54
↑20Crystal#62
↑18Heather#17

Falling

↓24Louis#96
↓23Victoria#79
↓22Corey#73
↓19Terri#91
↓19Albert#94
↓15Carol#61
↓15Diane#73
↓15Paula#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.