Popular baby names in Maryland, 1957

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1957 were Deborah for girls (1,015 babies) and Michael for boys (1,793). Deborah ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 63,181 babies born in Maryland in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1957

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

Girls

Krista: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Laverne: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Valarie: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ernestine: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yvette: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Agnes: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joanna: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosalind: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darlene: 275 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 38 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Linwood: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Irvin: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lamont: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Andre: 72 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 76 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maurice: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elmer: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Reginald: 92 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Milton: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Deborah	1,015	–	6
2	Mary	1,014	–	1
3	Patricia	791	↑1	8
4	Karen	739	↑1	5
5	Susan	701	↑1	2
6	Linda	694	↓3	3
7	Sharon	650	–	14
8	Cynthia	631	↑3	7
9	Barbara	578	↓1	9
10	Donna	535	↓1	10
11	Debra	506	↓1	4
12	Brenda	486	↑8	13
13	Cheryl	422	↑6	16
14	Nancy	415	↑2	11
15	Pamela	390	↓3	12
16	Sandra	368	↓3	15
17	Robin	365	↑1	30
18	Denise	359	↑3	25
19	Carol	333	↓5	18
20	Diane	325	↓5	17
21	Kathleen	313	↓4	21
22	Kathy	281	↑9	20
23	Margaret	280	↓1	29
24	Darlene	275	–	57
25	Teresa	275	↑1	24
26	Theresa	254	↑4	36
27	Elizabeth	253	↓4	22
28	Cindy	252	new	19
29	Joyce	237	↓1	40
30	Catherine	225	↓1	37
31	Janet	221	↓6	23
32	Lisa	216	↑4	26
33	Janice	202	↑1	32
34	Wanda	195	↓2	59
35	Debbie	190	↑15	27
36	Carolyn	182	↓3	33
37	Sheila	176	↑1	58
38	Bonnie	173	↓11	64
39	Shirley	165	–	46
40	Gail	164	↓5	54
41	Terry	156	new	92
42	Angela	151	new	89
43	Laura	148	new	31
44	Beverly	147	↓7	48
45	Judith	147	↓3	53
46	Kim	145	new	35
47	Joan	141	↓7	60
48	Rebecca	140	new	34
49	Katherine	135	↓4	72
50	Rose	134	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	1,793	–	1
2	John	1,501	–	5
3	Robert	1,477	–	4
4	James	1,421	–	2
5	William	1,274	–	6
6	David	1,257	–	3
7	Charles	826	↑1	11
8	Richard	800	↓1	8
9	Mark	774	↑1	7
10	Thomas	770	↓1	9
11	Joseph	644	–	12
12	Donald	540	↑2	15
13	Steven	513	↓1	10
14	Ronald	489	↑1	17
15	Gary	450	↓2	13
16	Kenneth	450	↑1	14
17	Kevin	419	↑3	20
18	Paul	417	–	18
19	George	411	↓3	29
20	Jeffrey	387	↓1	21
21	Timothy	362	↑5	19
22	Stephen	355	↓1	24
23	Edward	334	↓1	25
24	Gregory	328	↓1	23
25	Daniel	324	–	16
26	Brian	320	↑2	26
27	Anthony	316	↓3	27
28	Larry	296	↓1	22
29	Douglas	253	↑2	30
30	Bruce	248	↑3	34
31	Dennis	240	↓2	28
32	Keith	237	–	36
33	Wayne	236	↓3	47
34	Raymond	205	↑1	39
35	Lawrence	185	↓1	46
36	Terry	170	–	33
37	Frank	165	–	38
38	Jerry	151	new	35
39	Scott	150	↑5	32
40	Christopher	147	↑8	43
41	Carl	143	↓1	49
42	Walter	141	↓1	58
43	Patrick	140	↓5	41
44	Eric	137	new	60
45	Howard	126	↑4	89
46	Glenn	125	↓1	62
47	Peter	117	new	37
48	Dale	116	new	50
49	Harry	115	new	100
50	Randy	115	↓11	31

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