Popular baby names in Maryland, 1955

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1955 were Deborah for girls (1,334 babies) and Michael for boys (1,476). Deborah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 59,227 babies born in Maryland in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1955

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, 4.1× the national rate
Laverne: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rosalind: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dinah: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vanessa: 120 babies, 3× the national rate
Agnes: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darlene: 194 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Robin: 313 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tanya: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carroll: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darnell: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Irvin: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernard: 115 babies, 3× the national rate
Maurice: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Reginald: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clifton: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ira: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Deborah	1,334	–	2
2	Mary	1,103	–	1
3	Patricia	847	↑1	6
4	Linda	816	↓1	3
5	Susan	693	↑1	5
6	Barbara	672	↓1	7
7	Sharon	592	–	16
8	Debra	590	–	4
9	Karen	579	–	8
10	Donna	543	–	10
11	Nancy	436	–	9
12	Cynthia	434	–	11
13	Diane	397	↑6	14
14	Sandra	396	–	13
15	Pamela	394	↓2	12
16	Carol	379	↓1	15
17	Denise	344	–	23
18	Brenda	322	↓2	18
19	Margaret	319	↑1	24
20	Kathleen	315	↓2	17
21	Robin	313	↑3	33
22	Elizabeth	281	↑1	21
23	Janet	266	↓2	20
24	Cheryl	262	↑19	19
25	Bonnie	252	↑5	45
26	Joyce	239	↓4	29
27	Catherine	222	↓1	28
28	Judith	203	↑6	31
29	Darlene	194	–	76
30	Carolyn	184	↓2	30
31	Janice	183	↑9	25
32	Theresa	183	↑10	38
33	Teresa	182	↓2	26
34	Kathy	181	↓1	22
35	Beverly	172	↓10	34
36	Joan	170	–	46
37	Gail	169	↓10	42
38	Shirley	161	↓1	37
39	Rose	160	↑10	54
40	Jacqueline	159	↓5	73
41	Wanda	150	↓9	61
42	Gloria	149	↑6	47
43	Sheila	144	↓4	57
44	Betty	138	–	36
45	Paula	138	↑1	39
46	Dorothy	136	↓5	64
47	Katherine	133	new	65
48	Lisa	130	new	48
49	Jane	127	new	50
50	Ann	126	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	1,476	–	1
2	John	1,464	–	5
3	Robert	1,464	–	4
4	James	1,421	–	3
5	David	1,333	↑1	2
6	William	1,244	↓1	6
7	Charles	883	–	11
8	Richard	831	–	7
9	Thomas	758	–	8
10	Joseph	669	–	13
11	Mark	567	↑2	9
12	Gary	524	↓1	12
13	Donald	492	↓1	14
14	Ronald	465	↑1	18
15	Steven	463	↓1	10
16	George	451	–	26
17	Paul	419	–	16
18	Kenneth	381	↑1	15
19	Stephen	375	↓1	21
20	Edward	362	–	25
21	Jeffrey	354	↑4	20
22	Larry	335	↓1	19
23	Gregory	329	↑1	24
24	Daniel	308	↓2	17
25	Timothy	263	↑4	22
26	Wayne	262	–	44
27	Kevin	253	↑4	27
28	Dennis	250	↓5	23
29	Anthony	241	↓2	31
30	Raymond	225	↑2	36
31	Douglas	206	↓3	29
32	Bruce	189	↓2	32
33	Brian	188	↑10	40
34	Keith	174	↑4	39
35	Terry	162	↓2	28
36	Patrick	159	–	41
37	Frank	157	↓2	34
38	Lawrence	150	↓1	42
39	Christopher	147	new	49
40	Roger	134	–	37
41	Barry	132	↑3	70
42	Walter	132	↓8	51
43	Glenn	129	↑3	59
44	Carl	128	↓3	47
45	Howard	126	↓6	83
46	Jerry	122	↓1	33
47	Randy	118	new	30
48	Rodney	116	new	65
49	Bernard	115	new	>100
50	Louis	112	new	82

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