Popular baby names in Maryland, 1956

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1956 were Deborah for girls (1,154 babies) and Michael for boys (1,647). Deborah ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,036 babies born in Maryland in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1956

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

Girls

Earlene: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laverne: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roslyn: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cecelia: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yvette: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 250 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonita: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jocelyn: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Agnes: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vanessa: 89 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 63 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyrone: 96 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carroll: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Irvin: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clifton: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maurice: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sylvester: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernard: 85 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Warren: 81 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Deborah	1,154	–	4
2	Mary	1,108	–	1
3	Linda	773	↑1	3
4	Patricia	768	↓1	6
5	Karen	763	↑4	7
6	Susan	750	↓1	5
7	Sharon	712	–	13
8	Barbara	605	↓2	9
9	Donna	594	↑1	10
10	Debra	530	↓2	2
11	Cynthia	480	↑1	8
12	Pamela	406	↑3	12
13	Sandra	390	↑1	14
14	Carol	382	↑2	16
15	Diane	359	↓2	15
16	Nancy	357	↓5	11
17	Kathleen	350	↑3	17
18	Robin	338	↑3	29
19	Cheryl	335	↑5	18
20	Brenda	334	↓2	19
21	Denise	330	↓4	23
22	Margaret	262	↓3	25
23	Elizabeth	257	↓1	22
24	Darlene	250	↑5	71
25	Janet	232	↓2	21
26	Teresa	230	↑7	24
27	Bonnie	229	↓2	51
28	Joyce	229	↓2	30
29	Catherine	225	↓2	28
30	Theresa	214	↑2	32
31	Kathy	212	↑3	20
32	Wanda	205	↑9	61
33	Carolyn	201	↓3	33
34	Janice	199	↓3	26
35	Gail	175	↑2	49
36	Lisa	173	↑12	31
37	Beverly	170	↓2	40
38	Sheila	170	↑5	55
39	Shirley	169	↓1	41
40	Joan	167	↓4	52
41	Betty	162	↑3	44
42	Judith	145	↓14	45
43	Ann	139	↑7	46
44	Jacqueline	139	↓4	78
45	Katherine	139	↑2	67
46	Dorothy	135	–	72
47	Christine	134	new	42
48	Ruth	134	new	77
49	Cathy	132	new	36
50	Debbie	131	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	1,647	–	1
2	John	1,553	–	5
3	Robert	1,471	–	3
4	James	1,453	–	2
5	William	1,296	↑1	6
6	David	1,274	↓1	4
7	Richard	839	↑1	7
8	Charles	806	↓1	11
9	Thomas	732	–	9
10	Mark	684	↑1	8
11	Joseph	671	↓1	12
12	Steven	516	↑3	10
13	Gary	502	↓1	13
14	Donald	486	↓1	14
15	Ronald	437	↓1	15
16	George	428	–	27
17	Kenneth	412	↑1	16
18	Paul	409	↓1	17
19	Jeffrey	395	↑2	20
20	Kevin	394	↑7	22
21	Stephen	387	↓2	23
22	Edward	361	↓2	25
23	Gregory	357	–	24
24	Anthony	313	↑5	30
25	Daniel	310	↓1	18
26	Timothy	307	↓1	19
27	Larry	276	↓5	21
28	Brian	260	↑5	32
29	Dennis	248	↓1	26
30	Wayne	232	↓4	45
31	Douglas	227	–	29
32	Keith	217	↑2	36
33	Bruce	207	↓1	33
34	Lawrence	207	↑4	42
35	Raymond	204	↓5	39
36	Terry	168	↓1	31
37	Frank	158	–	38
38	Patrick	148	↓2	40
39	Randy	133	↑8	28
40	Carl	132	↑4	48
41	Walter	132	↑1	53
42	Philip	128	new	64
43	Barry	126	↓2	69
44	Scott	125	new	34
45	Glenn	123	↓2	61
46	Russell	122	new	52
47	Rodney	120	↑1	65
48	Christopher	119	↓9	47
49	Howard	119	↓4	84
50	Martin	110	new	73

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