State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,937 Maryland births in 1971 across 976 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#69Harry#175 nationally
#84Earl#178 nationally
#76Dwayne#157 nationally
#79Marvin#152 nationally
#77Tyrone#142 nationally
#95Howard#156 nationally
#88Leonard#146 nationally
#73Andre#129 nationally
#91Eugene#145 nationally
#62Frederick#109 nationally
#75Allen#120 nationally
#66Antonio#110 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer919US #1
#2Kimberly660US #4
#3Lisa615US #3
#4Michelle524US #2
#5Dawn427US #14
#6Amy374US #5
#7Melissa369US #7
#8Angela357US #6
#9Karen353US #15
#10Tammy352US #8
#11Mary317US #9
#12Laura261US #16
#13Heather256US #12
#14Tina253US #20
#15Kelly252US #22
#16Christine246US #18
#17Stephanie246US #11
#18Tracy242US #13
#19Susan228US #17
#20Christina214US #30
#21Nicole212US #27
#22Michele211US #39
#23Julie193US #10
#24Elizabeth191US #19
#25Cynthia189US #24
#26Patricia188US #26
#27Deborah186US #33
#28Rebecca185US #23
#29Stacey178US #41
#30Donna171US #38
#31Denise169US #36
#32Stacy168US #32
#33Wendy166US #29
#34Shannon165US #21
#35Pamela161US #28
#36Teresa150US #34
#37Tracey141US #74
#38Barbara137US #47
#39Lori136US #25
#40Sandra136US #31
#41Robin135US #51
#42Sharon133US #40
#43Linda127US #42
#44Theresa127US #61
#45Katherine124US #67
#46April123US #56
#47Kathleen123US #53
#48Tonya123US #45
#49Andrea121US #35
#50Cheryl117US #50
#51Sherry117US #60
#52Catherine113US #65
#53Dana113US #44
#54Crystal108US #79
#55Tanya103US #72
#56Tiffany101US #62
#57Tara100US #49
#58Brenda99US #43
#59Monica98US #48
#60Rhonda94US #46
#61Leslie93US #68
#62Jacqueline92US #75
#63Sarah91US #58
#64Melanie89US #66
#65Ann87US #78
#66Renee85US #73
#67Holly84US #76
#68Margaret84US #86
#69Kathy83US #91
#70Paula82US #63
#71Erin78US #93
#72Carol76US #92
#73Danielle76US #99
#74Rachel76US #54
#75Kristin75US #71
#76Debra73US #57
#77Victoria73US #97
#78Erica72US #108
#79Melinda71US #85
#80Diana70US #82
#81Carrie68US #55
#82Nancy66US #52
#83Amanda65US #84
#84Carolyn65US #104
#85Maria65US #37
#86Jill64US #59
#87Suzanne64US #88
#88Terri64US #115
#89Valerie63US #102
#90Anne62US #122
#91Sheila62US #81
#92Carla60US #107
#93Cindy60US #70
#94Jessica60US #64
#95Kathryn59US #111
#96Stacie59US #131
#97Anita57US #127
#98Kristen57US #87
#99Kim56US #101
#100Beth55US #100

Boys

#1Michael1,328US #1
#2Robert1,004US #5
#3John990US #4
#4David909US #3
#5James906US #2
#6Christopher772US #6
#7William771US #7
#8Brian610US #9
#9Charles502US #22
#10Joseph492US #15
#11Kevin490US #14
#12Richard456US #11
#13Thomas456US #17
#14Eric434US #18
#15Scott428US #10
#16Jeffrey419US #12
#17Matthew413US #19
#18Mark398US #13
#19Steven396US #16
#20Daniel367US #20
#21Jason347US #8
#22Paul320US #24
#23Timothy316US #21
#24Anthony312US #23
#25Gregory306US #26
#26Kenneth275US #25
#27Ronald248US #31
#28Sean243US #36
#29Stephen242US #27
#30Shawn238US #28
#31Edward228US #32
#32Donald222US #34
#33Keith214US #37
#34Andrew211US #33
#35George206US #42
#36Patrick176US #35
#37Douglas157US #39
#38Todd157US #30
#39Gary142US #38
#40Aaron141US #41
#41Craig141US #43
#42Troy136US #46
#43Larry134US #44
#44Jonathan130US #40
#45Bryan122US #48
#46Dennis116US #49
#47Raymond115US #52
#48Adam108US #57
#49Wayne103US #92
#50Ryan88US #51
#51Frank87US #54
#52Rodney87US #59
#53Walter87US #91
#54Jeremy86US #45
#55Chad85US #29
#56Lawrence82US #85
#57Benjamin78US #69
#58Jerry78US #50
#59Terry77US #56
#60Peter76US #47
#61Carl71US #72
#62Frederick70US #109
#63Derrick69US #84
#64Marcus69US #65
#65Philip69US #94
#66Antonio68US #110
#67Samuel68US #66
#68Derek67US #63
#69Harry67US #175
#70Phillip62US #76
#71Russell62US #64
#72Vincent62US #87
#73Andre61US #129
#74Erik60US #97
#75Allen58US #120
#76Dwayne58US #157
#77Tyrone58US #142
#78Marc57US #70
#79Marvin57US #152
#80Bradley56US #58
#81Corey56US #77
#82Tony56US #62
#83Bruce54US #108
#84Earl52US #178
#85Roger51US #71
#86Curtis50US #89
#87Harold49US #130
#88Leonard49US #146
#89Roy49US #111
#90Barry48US #133
#91Eugene48US #145
#92Jeffery48US #53
#93Joshua48US #80
#94Louis48US #126
#95Howard47US #156
#96Martin47US #105
#97Reginald47US #141
#98Shane47US #60
#99Albert46US #119
#100Arthur46US #117

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑42April#46
↑39Jeremy#54
↑34Melanie#64
↑26Adam#48
↑26Harry#69
↑25Kathy#69
↑19Erica#78
↑15Stacy#32

Falling

↓26Jill#86
↓26Roger#85
↓24Beth#100
↓19Howard#95
↓18Debra#76
↓18Carolyn#84
↓18Anne#90
↓18Russell#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.