State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,170 Maryland births in 1972 across 928 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#79Lamontoutside the national top 200
#94Harry#183 nationally
#85Melvin#171 nationally
#83Dwayne#162 nationally
#58Jermaine#135 nationally
#60Damon#137 nationally
#73Eugene#145 nationally
#88Duane#158 nationally
#96Marvin#163 nationally
#62Andre#128 nationally
#92Tyrone#144 nationally
#52Wayne#103 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,047US #1
#2Kimberly470US #4
#3Lisa462US #3
#4Michelle447US #2
#5Amy397US #5
#6Melissa359US #7
#7Nicole321US #10
#8Angela314US #6
#9Tammy307US #11
#10Dawn296US #20
#11Heather269US #9
#12Mary267US #13
#13Karen255US #21
#14Stephanie244US #8
#15Kelly225US #23
#16Christina217US #26
#17Christine215US #16
#18Laura213US #17
#19Tina210US #18
#20Elizabeth200US #15
#21Julie194US #12
#22Michele187US #36
#23Rebecca184US #14
#24Patricia167US #27
#25Susan166US #24
#26Tracy163US #19
#27Stacey158US #41
#28Shannon143US #22
#29Cynthia137US #25
#30Andrea133US #30
#31Sandra133US #31
#32Wendy128US #29
#33Tonya123US #37
#34Donna122US #45
#35Tanya121US #54
#36Dana118US #52
#37Deborah117US #43
#38Robin116US #55
#39Teresa113US #39
#40Melanie112US #42
#41Kathleen111US #57
#42Pamela110US #34
#43Denise108US #35
#44Lori107US #28
#45Sharon107US #50
#46Sherry104US #70
#47Catherine103US #65
#48Stacy103US #33
#49April101US #48
#50Crystal99US #59
#51Barbara93US #58
#52Brenda90US #44
#53Katherine90US #69
#54Linda89US #51
#55Cheryl87US #56
#56Renee85US #77
#57Tara85US #38
#58Rhonda83US #60
#59Theresa83US #68
#60Monica82US #47
#61Danielle81US #73
#62Jessica81US #46
#63Rachel80US #40
#64Tracey79US #88
#65Sarah78US #49
#66Katina75US #117
#67Jacqueline73US #79
#68Kristin72US #67
#69Margaret71US #95
#70Leslie70US #75
#71Carrie69US #53
#72Maria68US #32
#73Tiffany68US #61
#74Paula67US #72
#75Nancy66US #63
#76Ann62US #91
#77Erica62US #87
#78Yolanda62US #89
#79Debra61US #66
#80Diane59US #105
#81Holly59US #71
#82Carolyn58US #110
#83Kathryn58US #103
#84Carol56US #109
#85Suzanne56US #92
#86Jill55US #62
#87Christy54US #74
#88Melinda54US #81
#89Beth53US #113
#90Valerie53US #100
#91Gina52US #78
#92Laurie52US #98
#93Emily51US #131
#94Kathy51US #108
#95Regina51US #104
#96Julia49US #132
#97Kristen49US #85
#98Sheila49US #90
#99Allison48US #115
#100Erin48US #93

Boys

#1Michael1,226US #1
#2James883US #3
#3David851US #4
#4Christopher821US #2
#5John817US #5
#6Robert802US #6
#7Brian711US #8
#8William693US #9
#9Jason427US #7
#10Kevin416US #13
#11Joseph412US #12
#12Thomas396US #20
#13Charles392US #23
#14Richard376US #14
#15Eric375US #16
#16Jeffrey365US #17
#17Matthew363US #10
#18Mark353US #18
#19Scott338US #11
#20Steven302US #19
#21Daniel300US #15
#22Timothy264US #21
#23Anthony258US #22
#24Gregory238US #26
#25Kenneth233US #27
#26Shawn226US #28
#27Sean225US #33
#28Ronald215US #32
#29Paul208US #24
#30Andrew202US #30
#31Donald199US #36
#32Stephen197US #29
#33George188US #44
#34Keith187US #38
#35Edward184US #34
#36Gary162US #41
#37Douglas148US #43
#38Patrick143US #35
#39Todd140US #31
#40Jonathan129US #37
#41Bryan122US #45
#42Craig119US #46
#43Troy115US #49
#44Ryan111US #39
#45Adam106US #51
#46Larry105US #47
#47Dennis104US #52
#48Chad99US #25
#49Aaron96US #40
#50Raymond96US #54
#51Jeremy85US #42
#52Wayne82US #103
#53Frank78US #56
#54Peter78US #48
#55Joshua77US #59
#56Samuel72US #66
#57Carl71US #85
#58Jermaine71US #135
#59Lawrence70US #101
#60Damon69US #137
#61Russell68US #69
#62Andre66US #128
#63Antonio65US #93
#64Erik64US #86
#65Rodney64US #65
#66Marc60US #83
#67Shane60US #55
#68Derek59US #67
#69Jerry58US #53
#70Benjamin57US #64
#71Terry56US #62
#72Christian54US #96
#73Eugene54US #145
#74Frederick53US #116
#75Gerald53US #102
#76Brandon52US #63
#77Walter52US #98
#78Derrick51US #91
#79Lamont51
#80Louis51US #130
#81Bruce50US #121
#82Darren49US #106
#83Dwayne49US #162
#84Justin48US #60
#85Melvin48US #171
#86Albert47US #112
#87Bradley47US #61
#88Duane47US #158
#89Marcus47US #71
#90Randy47US #70
#91Roger47US #76
#92Tyrone46US #144
#93Alan45US #110
#94Harry45US #183
#95Philip45US #104
#96Marvin44US #163
#97Phillip43US #75
#98Reginald43US #141
#99Glenn42US #134
#100Tony42US #68

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑38Joshua#55
↑32Jessica#62
↑31Shane#67
↑24Melanie#40
↑20Tanya#35
↑19Andrea#30
↑18Eugene#73
↑17Dana#36

Falling

↓30Philip#95
↓29Erin#100
↓27Tracey#64
↓27Phillip#97
↓25Kathy#94
↓25Marcus#89
↓25Harry#94
↓24Walter#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.