Popular baby names in Maryland, 1954

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1954 were Deborah for girls (1,238 babies) and Michael for boys (1,522). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 58,294 babies born in Maryland in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1954

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

Girls

Roslyn: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Vanessa: 126 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernadette: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosalind: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 211 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laverne: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Claudette: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Iris: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cecelia: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeannette: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Irvin: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Andre: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tyrone: 72 babies, 4× the national rate
Reginald: 81 babies, 3× the national rate
Maurice: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roland: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vernon: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernard: 94 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stuart: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Deborah	1,238	–	3
2	Mary	1,206	–	1
3	Linda	955	–	2
4	Patricia	912	–	4
5	Barbara	686	↑1	7
6	Susan	685	↓1	5
7	Sharon	576	–	16
8	Debra	555	↑3	6
9	Karen	538	↓1	8
10	Donna	494	–	11
11	Nancy	453	↓2	9
12	Cynthia	435	↑2	10
13	Pamela	411	↓1	12
14	Sandra	392	↓1	13
15	Carol	376	–	15
16	Brenda	341	–	18
17	Denise	341	↑3	24
18	Kathleen	328	↓1	14
19	Diane	314	↓1	17
20	Margaret	285	↓1	21
21	Janet	265	↑2	19
22	Joyce	260	↓1	28
23	Elizabeth	244	↓1	20
24	Robin	239	↑15	41
25	Beverly	224	↑6	31
26	Catherine	224	–	32
27	Gail	224	↑1	37
28	Carolyn	213	↓1	27
29	Darlene	211	↑1	76
30	Bonnie	192	↓5	52
31	Teresa	187	↑13	34
32	Wanda	173	↑8	58
33	Kathy	171	↑14	23
34	Judith	169	↑3	30
35	Jacqueline	167	–	68
36	Joan	167	↓7	40
37	Shirley	167	↓13	33
38	Jo	166	↑7	53
39	Sheila	165	↑3	60
40	Janice	160	↓7	25
41	Dorothy	151	–	55
42	Theresa	150	↓4	47
43	Cheryl	149	↓11	22
44	Betty	146	↓10	36
45	Ruth	144	↑5	66
46	Paula	138	new	38
47	Phyllis	138	new	75
48	Gloria	134	↓5	42
49	Rose	130	new	54
50	Vanessa	126	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	1,522	↑3	1
2	John	1,511	↓1	4
3	Robert	1,511	↓1	2
4	James	1,379	↓1	3
5	William	1,300	–	6
6	David	1,197	–	5
7	Charles	917	–	10
8	Richard	898	–	7
9	Thomas	726	–	8
10	Joseph	683	–	13
11	Gary	579	–	9
12	Donald	517	–	14
13	Mark	516	↑4	12
14	Steven	477	↓1	11
15	Ronald	475	↓1	15
16	George	412	–	24
17	Paul	403	↑1	16
18	Stephen	403	↑1	20
19	Kenneth	401	↑1	17
20	Edward	378	↓5	22
21	Larry	353	↑1	19
22	Daniel	307	↑2	18
23	Dennis	299	↓2	21
24	Gregory	274	↓1	25
25	Jeffrey	273	↑1	23
26	Wayne	232	↑1	41
27	Anthony	228	↑4	32
28	Douglas	226	↑1	29
29	Timothy	223	↓4	26
30	Bruce	222	↓2	30
31	Kevin	213	↑2	28
32	Raymond	199	↓2	35
33	Terry	177	↑16	27
34	Walter	170	↑2	49
35	Frank	167	↓1	36
36	Patrick	160	↑2	38
37	Lawrence	158	↓5	39
38	Keith	135	↓1	45
39	Howard	134	new	80
40	Roger	131	↓5	34
41	Carl	128	↓1	47
42	Alan	127	↓3	43
43	Brian	121	new	48
44	Barry	119	new	68
45	Jerry	119	↑3	31
46	Glenn	118	↓5	63
47	Samuel	112	new	71
48	Russell	109	new	69
49	Scott	106	new	40
50	Arthur	105	↓6	52

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