State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,613 Maryland births in 1978 across 932 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#80Antoineoutside the national top 200
#78Dwayne#192 nationally
#92Donteoutside the national top 200
#100Keishaoutside the national top 200
#94Jermaine#188 nationally
#79Tyrone#168 nationally
#83Maurice#157 nationally
#79Sherry#151 nationally
#72Wayne#138 nationally
#64Andre#129 nationally
#87Bruce#151 nationally
#99Damien#161 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer908US #1
#2Jessica392US #3
#3Melissa383US #2
#4Christina338US #15
#5Amy326US #4
#6Heather326US #5
#7Nicole325US #10
#8Kelly299US #12
#9Kimberly285US #13
#10Angela284US #7
#11Michelle273US #9
#12Lisa268US #11
#13Amanda236US #6
#14Elizabeth229US #14
#15Rebecca227US #17
#16Sarah225US #8
#17Stephanie223US #16
#18Crystal198US #18
#19Shannon183US #22
#20Danielle179US #31
#21Erin171US #21
#22Laura170US #19
#23Christine165US #29
#24Julie160US #26
#25April151US #27
#26Mary151US #24
#27Carrie137US #35
#28Karen137US #39
#29Tiffany132US #32
#30Jamie131US #20
#31Rachel124US #25
#32Stacey120US #53
#33Dawn115US #52
#34Erica115US #34
#35Andrea108US #23
#36Katherine105US #38
#37Tina103US #45
#38Megan101US #41
#39Emily100US #33
#40Brandy99US #37
#41Lauren99US #80
#42Sara97US #28
#43Michele93US #86
#44Stacy90US #44
#45Susan88US #49
#46Tara88US #40
#47Kristy87US #51
#48Melanie85US #54
#49Tracy82US #47
#50Patricia79US #48
#51Kathleen77US #79
#52Kristen77US #62
#53Wendy77US #56
#54Tammy76US #67
#55Teresa76US #88
#56Kathryn74US #57
#57Jaime73US #70
#58Holly70US #55
#59Catherine68US #72
#60Dana68US #71
#61Kristin67US #78
#62Amber63US #30
#63Cheryl63US #94
#64Cynthia63US #50
#65Allison61US #75
#66Monica61US #42
#67Kristina57US #64
#68Robin57US #89
#69Courtney56US #68
#70Brandi55US #61
#71Jill55US #46
#72Sabrina55US #91
#73Alison54US #123
#74Colleen51US #133
#75Katie51US #90
#76Lori51US #60
#77Theresa51US #101
#78Tonya51US #77
#79Sherry50US #151
#80Alicia49US #58
#81Deborah48US #118
#82Beth47US #107
#83Denise47US #85
#84Maria47US #36
#85Donna46US #120
#86Jacqueline46US #81
#87Natasha46US #114
#88Tamara46US #105
#89Christy45US #59
#90Suzanne45US #117
#91Angel44US #141
#92Margaret44US #110
#93Samantha44US #74
#94Sandra44US #69
#95Sharon44US #106
#96Natalie43US #66
#97Pamela43US #109
#98Leslie42US #63
#99Barbara41US #113
#100Keisha41

Boys

#1Michael1,109US #1
#2Jason734US #2
#3Christopher703US #3
#4James691US #5
#5David635US #4
#6John601US #7
#7Robert595US #8
#8William514US #13
#9Brian493US #9
#10Matthew455US #6
#11Joseph410US #10
#12Daniel400US #11
#13Kevin394US #15
#14Charles318US #27
#15Timothy312US #17
#16Eric306US #16
#17Thomas303US #23
#18Richard290US #21
#19Ryan275US #14
#20Steven266US #24
#21Joshua255US #12
#22Mark250US #26
#23Andrew246US #22
#24Anthony230US #20
#25Jeffrey211US #19
#26Nicholas204US #25
#27Scott185US #30
#28Stephen183US #37
#29Paul178US #33
#30Shawn175US #39
#31Jonathan174US #31
#32Adam170US #29
#33Gregory164US #38
#34Jeremy158US #18
#35Justin153US #28
#36Sean147US #45
#37Kenneth141US #41
#38Aaron139US #32
#39Benjamin138US #34
#40George133US #58
#41Donald132US #48
#42Patrick126US #42
#43Ronald123US #55
#44Edward118US #47
#45Keith114US #49
#46Brandon111US #40
#47Shaun111US #52
#48Bryan108US #43
#49Gary104US #60
#50Todd94US #56
#51Douglas93US #59
#52Larry89US #64
#53Raymond84US #69
#54Chad83US #35
#55Antonio81US #79
#56Nathan79US #36
#57Corey73US #61
#58Derrick72US #76
#59Dennis71US #71
#60Peter71US #54
#61Samuel71US #57
#62Craig69US #66
#63Phillip66US #67
#64Andre64US #129
#65Bradley62US #53
#66Marcus61US #70
#67Troy60US #88
#68Derek59US #75
#69Nathaniel58US #94
#70Jesse57US #51
#71Philip55US #84
#72Wayne55US #138
#73Russell54US #93
#74Lawrence52US #113
#75Shane52US #65
#76Jacob51US #50
#77Alexander50US #98
#78Dwayne49US #192
#79Tyrone49US #168
#80Antoine48
#81Cory48US #73
#82Damon48US #132
#83Maurice47US #157
#84Randy46US #86
#85Tony45US #97
#86Frank44US #77
#87Bruce43US #151
#88Zachary43US #89
#89Erik42US #85
#90Jamie42US #95
#91Jerry42US #82
#92Donte41
#93Carl40US #100
#94Jermaine40US #188
#95Marc40US #107
#96Rodney40US #102
#97Walter40US #131
#98Wesley40US #83
#99Damien39US #161
#100Brett38US #112

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑37Amber#62
↑35Teresa#55
↑29Marcus#66
↑27Nicholas#26
↑26Brandy#40
↑23Alison#73
↑22Derek#68
↑21Monica#66

Falling

↓26Sandra#94
↓25Wesley#98
↓24Carl#93
↓21Jaime#57
↓20Damon#82
↓19Lori#76
↓18Sabrina#72
↓18Walter#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.