State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,110 Maryland births in 1977 across 975 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#81Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#92Earloutside the national top 200
#72Aisha#175 nationally
#98Antoineoutside the national top 200
#78Jermaine#172 nationally
#89Eugene#170 nationally
#82Monique#161 nationally
#63Wayne#138 nationally
#88Dwayne#163 nationally
#74Bruce#148 nationally
#91Tyrone#155 nationally
#53Lauren#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer902US #1
#2Melissa401US #2
#3Jessica366US #4
#4Amy356US #3
#5Kelly337US #10
#6Kimberly326US #8
#7Heather324US #5
#8Christina303US #16
#9Angela277US #6
#10Shannon272US #19
#11Michelle269US #7
#12Lisa257US #12
#13Elizabeth242US #13
#14Nicole239US #15
#15Stephanie207US #14
#16Amanda201US #9
#17Rebecca191US #17
#18Erin178US #23
#19Mary176US #21
#20Sarah176US #11
#21Jamie170US #18
#22Laura170US #20
#23Karen163US #32
#24Christine154US #30
#25Danielle148US #31
#26Carrie147US #28
#27Julie146US #22
#28Crystal144US #25
#29Dawn141US #43
#30Rachel129US #26
#31April126US #29
#32Tiffany118US #34
#33Emily112US #37
#34Katherine106US #44
#35Andrea103US #24
#36Jaime103US #46
#37Stacey99US #56
#38Susan99US #45
#39Stacy96US #42
#40Tara93US #35
#41Patricia90US #47
#42Tammy90US #55
#43Holly88US #52
#44Sara88US #27
#45Erica87US #38
#46Wendy87US #49
#47Megan86US #54
#48Melanie86US #53
#49Tina86US #58
#50Kathleen84US #80
#51Dana74US #62
#52Michele73US #77
#53Lauren71US #114
#54Sabrina71US #63
#55Cynthia70US #48
#56Kathryn70US #70
#57Lori70US #57
#58Tracy68US #50
#59Catherine66US #75
#60Kristen66US #72
#61Tanya66US #67
#62Robin63US #84
#63Linda61US #99
#64Theresa61US #98
#65Allison60US #66
#66Brandy60US #51
#67Kristy59US #68
#68Sandra59US #61
#69Courtney58US #76
#70Jill57US #41
#71Kristin57US #82
#72Aisha56US #175
#73Maria54US #36
#74Alicia53US #60
#75Joy53US #136
#76Katrina53US #126
#77Renee52US #87
#78Tonya52US #64
#79Deborah51US #109
#80Kristina51US #83
#81Lakisha51
#82Monique51US #161
#83Leslie50US #65
#84Natasha49US #116
#85Christy48US #59
#86Jacqueline48US #92
#87Monica48US #39
#88Pamela48US #102
#89Samantha48US #85
#90Teresa48US #79
#91Carolyn47US #129
#92Angel46US #133
#93Beth46US #97
#94Denise46US #78
#95Natalie46US #69
#96Alison45US #122
#97Misty45US #40
#98Tamara45US #93
#99Amber44US #33
#100Laurie44US #153

Boys

#1Michael1,044US #1
#2Jason792US #2
#3Christopher679US #3
#4James676US #5
#5David654US #4
#6Robert619US #6
#7John591US #7
#8Brian545US #8
#9William524US #12
#10Joseph455US #10
#11Matthew448US #9
#12Kevin415US #13
#13Daniel387US #11
#14Charles336US #26
#15Eric334US #17
#16Richard299US #20
#17Timothy289US #18
#18Thomas273US #22
#19Steven259US #23
#20Jeffrey252US #19
#21Anthony232US #21
#22Mark228US #25
#23Andrew226US #24
#24Ryan220US #16
#25Gregory210US #35
#26Joshua209US #14
#27Scott208US #27
#28Kenneth183US #39
#29Jonathan182US #28
#30Jeremy181US #15
#31Stephen180US #38
#32Shawn178US #37
#33Paul175US #31
#34Benjamin158US #29
#35Sean154US #43
#36Keith151US #48
#37Ronald143US #53
#38Donald136US #46
#39Edward132US #47
#40Patrick128US #40
#41George127US #57
#42Aaron126US #32
#43Bryan126US #42
#44Justin122US #30
#45Gary119US #58
#46Adam117US #33
#47Corey101US #52
#48Todd97US #50
#49Douglas92US #59
#50Brandon91US #41
#51Peter91US #55
#52Chad90US #34
#53Nicholas89US #51
#54Nathan85US #36
#55Larry83US #62
#56Bradley76US #49
#57Raymond74US #65
#58Antonio73US #77
#59Philip69US #90
#60Troy69US #88
#61Craig68US #64
#62Damon67US #112
#63Wayne67US #138
#64Samuel64US #60
#65Shane63US #61
#66Dennis62US #68
#67Jesse62US #54
#68Derrick58US #80
#69Carl54US #99
#70Cory54US #67
#71Phillip54US #70
#72Frank53US #71
#73Wesley53US #66
#74Bruce52US #148
#75Randy52US #86
#76Jacob51US #56
#77Nathaniel51US #107
#78Jermaine50US #172
#79Walter50US #123
#80Alexander49US #96
#81Marc49US #101
#82Russell49US #89
#83Andre48US #134
#84Rodney48US #97
#85Travis48US #44
#86Lawrence47US #115
#87Tony46US #92
#88Dwayne43US #163
#89Eugene43US #170
#90Derek42US #84
#91Tyrone42US #155
#92Earl41
#93Frederick41US #152
#94Jerry41US #75
#95Marcus41US #72
#96Zachary41US #95
#97Allen40US #144
#98Antoine40
#99Terry40US #83
#100Ian39US #119

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑41Philip#59
↑23Allison#65
↑22Emily#33
↑20Nicholas#53
↑18Lakisha#81
↑17Lauren#53
↑17Jacob#76
↑16Andrea#35

Falling

↓24Marcus#95
↓22Jacqueline#86
↓20Tracy#58
↓19Monica#87
↓19Denise#94
↓19Andre#83
↓19Tyrone#91
↓18Lawrence#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.