State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,675 Maryland births in 1976 across 916 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#81Antoineoutside the national top 200
#85Keishaoutside the national top 200
#91Harryoutside the national top 200
#99Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#99Melvin#190 nationally
#78Jermaine#164 nationally
#98Dwayne#175 nationally
#72Tyrone#146 nationally
#58Wayne#131 nationally
#67Tracey#140 nationally
#64Andre#125 nationally
#70Lauren#125 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer893US #1
#2Amy423US #2
#3Melissa365US #3
#4Heather345US #4
#5Kimberly305US #7
#6Michelle302US #6
#7Angela295US #5
#8Nicole270US #13
#9Christina267US #14
#10Shannon257US #17
#11Lisa256US #9
#12Jessica254US #8
#13Kelly213US #19
#14Amanda208US #10
#15Rebecca204US #12
#16Elizabeth195US #16
#17Stephanie195US #11
#18Karen187US #31
#19Laura186US #20
#20Mary180US #22
#21Dawn160US #35
#22Erin157US #24
#23Jamie148US #18
#24Danielle146US #33
#25Julie145US #21
#26Christine143US #26
#27Sarah142US #15
#28Jaime132US #29
#29Carrie126US #28
#30Rachel126US #23
#31Tiffany124US #32
#32April114US #30
#33Crystal111US #36
#34Stacey109US #51
#35Tammy109US #41
#36Wendy104US #39
#37Michele103US #63
#38Tracy101US #37
#39Stacy100US #38
#40Tina97US #48
#41Susan95US #40
#42Katherine93US #57
#43Patricia90US #43
#44Sara84US #27
#45Holly82US #56
#46Tanya81US #61
#47Dana80US #64
#48Melanie80US #53
#49Cynthia79US #44
#50Tara79US #42
#51Andrea78US #25
#52Erica77US #54
#53Megan75US #62
#54Catherine73US #72
#55Emily72US #50
#56Theresa72US #89
#57Kristen69US #73
#58Kathleen67US #82
#59Kristin66US #74
#60Sandra64US #59
#61Tonya64US #58
#62Renee63US #86
#63Lori62US #47
#64Jacqueline60US #99
#65Kathryn60US #88
#66Robin60US #75
#67Tracey59US #140
#68Monica58US #45
#69Courtney57US #76
#70Lauren57US #125
#71Sharon56US #81
#72Christy54US #60
#73Deborah53US #96
#74Maria53US #34
#75Denise52US #69
#76Brandy51US #55
#77Cheryl51US #105
#78Anne50US #124
#79Jill50US #52
#80Leslie50US #65
#81Teresa50US #66
#82Amber49US #49
#83Kristina46US #97
#84Valerie46US #83
#85Keisha45
#86Margaret44US #103
#87Alicia43US #71
#88Allison42US #67
#89Donna42US #93
#90Laurie42US #137
#91Tamara42US #91
#92Brandi41US #79
#93Pamela41US #84
#94Barbara40US #98
#95Heidi40US #70
#96Natalie39US #80
#97Samantha39US #85
#98Sherry39US #111
#99Lakisha37
#100Melinda37US #95

Boys

#1Michael1,066US #1
#2Christopher712US #3
#3James693US #5
#4Jason678US #2
#5David657US #4
#6John618US #6
#7Robert588US #7
#8William507US #11
#9Brian485US #8
#10Matthew438US #9
#11Joseph394US #12
#12Daniel332US #10
#13Charles308US #26
#14Eric305US #13
#15Kevin292US #15
#16Thomas274US #23
#17Timothy270US #21
#18Steven267US #20
#19Richard260US #19
#20Mark254US #25
#21Jeffrey229US #17
#22Andrew209US #27
#23Anthony207US #22
#24Shawn196US #34
#25Scott192US #24
#26Stephen192US #37
#27Paul183US #28
#28Jeremy180US #14
#29Gregory178US #35
#30Ryan171US #16
#31Joshua168US #18
#32Kenneth163US #38
#33Sean162US #42
#34Jonathan159US #31
#35Keith155US #48
#36Ronald153US #49
#37Donald137US #47
#38Justin130US #33
#39Edward127US #45
#40Benjamin121US #32
#41Bryan115US #43
#42Aaron114US #30
#43Adam113US #36
#44George111US #53
#45Gary103US #52
#46Patrick97US #41
#47Larry94US #60
#48Todd93US #50
#49Chad91US #29
#50Brandon81US #40
#51Craig80US #61
#52Raymond79US #65
#53Damon77US #104
#54Corey76US #64
#55Douglas75US #56
#56Bradley73US #51
#57Dennis73US #66
#58Wayne71US #131
#59Troy69US #73
#60Samuel66US #59
#61Nathan65US #39
#62Peter61US #54
#63Shane61US #57
#64Andre59US #125
#65Antonio57US #71
#66Jesse56US #55
#67Frank55US #68
#68Lawrence55US #113
#69Alexander52US #107
#70Derrick51US #91
#71Marcus51US #74
#72Tyrone51US #146
#73Nicholas50US #77
#74Russell50US #87
#75Travis50US #46
#76Phillip49US #69
#77Rodney49US #88
#78Jermaine47US #164
#79Micheal44US #116
#80Randy44US #79
#81Antoine43
#82Jerry43US #67
#83Carl42US #95
#84Erik42US #94
#85Terry42US #75
#86Derek41US #84
#87Jamie40US #62
#88Vincent40US #106
#89Curtis39US #105
#90Frederick39US #145
#91Harry39
#92Albert38US #136
#93Jacob38US #63
#94Roger38US #103
#95Walter38US #127
#96Allen37US #134
#97Christian37US #112
#98Dwayne37US #175
#99Melvin37US #190
#100Philip37US #89

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑68Jamie#23
↑30Renee#62
↑24Corey#54
↑19Courtney#69
↑18Amber#82
↑16Erica#52
↑15Sarah#27
↑15Holly#45

Falling

↓35Philip#100
↓33Sherry#98
↓32Walter#95
↓24Margaret#86
↓23Jill#79
↓22Deborah#73
↓21Pamela#93
↓20Robin#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.