State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,368 Maryland births in 1974 across 910 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#81Howard#186 nationally
#71Maurice#173 nationally
#95Dwayne#188 nationally
#78Jerome#169 nationally
#85Eugene#154 nationally
#86Jermaine#151 nationally
#69Andre#132 nationally
#63Wayne#120 nationally
#56Damon#110 nationally
#59Tracey#108 nationally
#90Tyrone#139 nationally
#83Katrina#126 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,007US #1
#2Amy451US #2
#3Michelle411US #3
#4Kimberly400US #6
#5Heather351US #4
#6Melissa337US #7
#7Lisa317US #8
#8Angela310US #5
#9Nicole262US #11
#10Dawn238US #22
#11Rebecca233US #10
#12Kelly223US #15
#13Mary218US #13
#14Christina212US #16
#15Stephanie210US #9
#16Christine209US #19
#17Karen184US #26
#18Elizabeth182US #12
#19Laura169US #21
#20Jessica159US #17
#21Shannon148US #18
#22Danielle146US #40
#23Tina146US #25
#24Kristen133US #45
#25Tracy133US #23
#26April132US #28
#27Susan132US #27
#28Tammy130US #24
#29Wendy129US #32
#30Patricia125US #29
#31Stacey120US #48
#32Julie118US #14
#33Cynthia117US #33
#34Sarah115US #20
#35Crystal113US #49
#36Michele108US #50
#37Stacy103US #38
#38Carrie98US #42
#39Kathleen95US #76
#40Tanya94US #46
#41Melanie92US #51
#42Rachel92US #36
#43Tiffany92US #41
#44Sandra91US #44
#45Dana90US #55
#46Lori90US #30
#47Denise89US #53
#48Tonya89US #37
#49Erin88US #47
#50Andrea87US #35
#51Donna86US #67
#52Teresa86US #52
#53Tara83US #39
#54Pamela81US #54
#55Robin81US #63
#56Amanda78US #34
#57Katherine78US #62
#58Theresa77US #79
#59Tracey77US #108
#60Catherine76US #73
#61Deborah76US #68
#62Margaret74US #95
#63Holly73US #56
#64Sharon73US #70
#65Sherry73US #89
#66Melinda72US #81
#67Maria67US #31
#68Kristin66US #72
#69Renee66US #85
#70Jill65US #58
#71Tamara64US #64
#72Erica62US #74
#73Monica62US #43
#74Nancy61US #78
#75Emily60US #69
#76Megan60US #105
#77Jacqueline59US #83
#78Linda58US #75
#79Barbara57US #77
#80Brenda57US #59
#81Leslie57US #65
#82Sara55US #61
#83Katrina54US #126
#84Cheryl53US #88
#85Beth51US #117
#86Kathryn51US #98
#87Diana50US #87
#88Paula50US #96
#89Valerie50US #93
#90Allison48US #99
#91Joy48US #109
#92Christy47US #57
#93Kristina47US #101
#94Anna46US #82
#95Carolyn46US #118
#96Heidi46US #60
#97Laurie45US #116
#98Regina45US #113
#99Rhonda44US #86
#100Colleen43US #123

Boys

#1Michael1,060US #1
#2James754US #5
#3David727US #4
#4John702US #6
#5Christopher699US #3
#6Robert667US #7
#7Jason631US #2
#8William584US #10
#9Brian565US #8
#10Matthew398US #9
#11Joseph374US #12
#12Charles360US #23
#13Kevin348US #14
#14Richard332US #17
#15Eric331US #13
#16Daniel317US #11
#17Thomas316US #20
#18Steven291US #19
#19Jeffrey272US #15
#20Mark269US #16
#21Scott258US #18
#22Anthony252US #21
#23Timothy234US #22
#24Andrew200US #28
#25Shawn192US #30
#26Gregory191US #31
#27Ronald185US #42
#28Kenneth183US #34
#29Paul180US #27
#30Sean167US #37
#31Stephen155US #35
#32Donald149US #41
#33Ryan144US #25
#34Jonathan141US #33
#35Edward137US #40
#36Aaron136US #32
#37Keith136US #44
#38Joshua114US #29
#39Todd112US #39
#40Adam111US #36
#41Craig109US #57
#42Bryan107US #45
#43George107US #49
#44Patrick107US #38
#45Gary104US #48
#46Jeremy103US #24
#47Chad95US #26
#48Larry95US #55
#49Raymond92US #62
#50Benjamin87US #46
#51Troy85US #63
#52Dennis83US #59
#53Douglas83US #53
#54Peter78US #50
#55Shane77US #56
#56Damon75US #110
#57Frank72US #65
#58Justin71US #43
#59Samuel69US #60
#60Philip65US #86
#61Lawrence62US #100
#62Nathan60US #52
#63Wayne60US #120
#64Jerry59US #61
#65Antonio58US #82
#66Derrick58US #87
#67Brandon57US #51
#68Bradley56US #58
#69Andre55US #132
#70Phillip52US #70
#71Maurice51US #173
#72Walter51US #104
#73Corey50US #77
#74Erik50US #90
#75Rodney50US #72
#76Derek47US #74
#77Carl46US #89
#78Jerome46US #169
#79Russell45US #84
#80Curtis44US #98
#81Howard44US #186
#82Marc44US #85
#83Marcus44US #73
#84Vincent44US #107
#85Eugene43US #154
#86Jermaine43US #151
#87Jesse43US #67
#88Nicholas43US #80
#89Terry42US #69
#90Tyrone42US #139
#91Alexander41US #112
#92Frederick40US #135
#93Micheal40US #102
#94Randy40US #79
#95Dwayne39US #188
#96Tony39US #81
#97Albert38US #130
#98Jeffery38US #66
#99Henry37US #115
#100Martin37US #109

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑33Sarah#34
↑31Amanda#56
↑30Kristen#24
↑26Erica#72
↑25Peter#54
↑25Maurice#71
↑24Antonio#65
↑23Crystal#35

Falling

↓33Rhonda#99
↓26Dwayne#95
↓25Henry#99
↓24Deborah#61
↓20Catherine#60
↓20Cheryl#84
↓20Rodney#75
↓20Jermaine#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.