Popular baby names in Maryland, 1953

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1953 were Deborah for girls (1,137 babies) and John for boys (1,402). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,257 babies born in Maryland in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1953

Names given at least 15 times in Maryland that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Helena: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Roslyn: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Vanessa: 122 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dorothea: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Agnes: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Rosalind: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeannette: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Veronica: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darlene: 187 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Lamont: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Linwood: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carroll: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Irvin: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 70 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Andre: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Reginald: 63 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clifton: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maurice: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Deborah	1,137	↑1	3
2	Mary	1,128	↓1	1
3	Linda	976	–	2
4	Patricia	940	–	4
5	Susan	692	↑1	5
6	Barbara	669	↓1	6
7	Sharon	528	–	15
8	Karen	511	↑1	9
9	Nancy	461	↓1	8
10	Donna	430	–	13
11	Debra	425	↑8	7
12	Pamela	384	↑8	10
13	Sandra	375	↓2	11
14	Cynthia	370	↑3	12
15	Carol	331	↓2	16
16	Brenda	329	↓4	18
17	Kathleen	327	↓3	14
18	Diane	325	↓2	17
19	Margaret	323	↓4	20
20	Denise	269	↓2	31
21	Joyce	258	–	26
22	Elizabeth	257	–	21
23	Janet	256	↑1	19
24	Shirley	214	↑2	29
25	Bonnie	206	↑5	45
26	Catherine	205	↑3	35
27	Carolyn	200	↓4	25
28	Gail	196	↑5	39
29	Joan	191	↓2	37
30	Darlene	187	↑2	75
31	Beverly	182	–	34
32	Cheryl	177	↑5	28
33	Janice	176	↑9	22
34	Betty	174	↑1	33
35	Jacqueline	173	↓1	58
36	Christine	165	↓11	32
37	Judith	164	↓9	30
38	Theresa	158	↑2	50
39	Robin	154	new	66
40	Wanda	153	↑1	57
41	Dorothy	152	↓2	49
42	Sheila	151	↑3	60
43	Gloria	150	↓7	38
44	Teresa	148	new	42
45	Jo	135	new	54
46	Helen	132	↑2	65
47	Kathy	128	–	23
48	Ann	123	new	46
49	Judy	123	new	27
50	Ruth	122	↓6	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	John	1,402	↑1	4
2	Robert	1,395	↓1	1
3	James	1,380	–	2
4	Michael	1,379	↑1	3
5	William	1,290	↓1	6
6	David	1,126	–	5
7	Charles	869	↑1	9
8	Richard	846	↓1	7
9	Thomas	737	–	8
10	Joseph	606	–	13
11	Gary	532	–	10
12	Donald	474	↑2	14
13	Steven	461	↑3	11
14	Ronald	453	↓2	15
15	Edward	413	↑5	23
16	George	408	↓3	22
17	Mark	407	↑4	12
18	Paul	386	↓1	16
19	Stephen	380	↓4	21
20	Kenneth	371	↓1	17
21	Dennis	328	↑1	19
22	Larry	314	↓4	18
23	Gregory	280	↑1	24
24	Daniel	261	↓1	20
25	Timothy	241	↑5	26
26	Jeffrey	238	↑6	25
27	Wayne	221	↓1	40
28	Bruce	215	↓3	28
29	Douglas	208	↓1	27
30	Raymond	192	↓3	34
31	Anthony	186	–	32
32	Lawrence	176	↓3	37
33	Kevin	152	new	36
34	Frank	151	↑1	33
35	Roger	151	↑1	31
36	Walter	151	↓3	45
37	Keith	133	new	47
38	Patrick	129	↑1	39
39	Alan	122	new	43
40	Carl	122	↑4	44
41	Glenn	122	↑1	67
42	Harry	121	↓8	83
43	Philip	118	new	61
44	Arthur	117	new	50
45	Eugene	117	new	75
46	Ralph	115	↓1	59
47	Francis	112	↑1	90
48	Jerry	112	↓5	29
49	Terry	111	↓8	30
50	Rodney	110	new	58

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