Popular baby names in Maryland, 1958

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,012 babies) and Michael for boys (1,739). Social Security records list 62,130 babies born in Maryland in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1958

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

Girls

Jocelyn: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosalind: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Valarie: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roslyn: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bonita: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francine: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darlene: 301 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vanessa: 97 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Yvette: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Irvin: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Andre: 79 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tyrone: 93 babies, 4× the national rate
Darnell: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Maurice: 61 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alonzo: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harry: 129 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernard: 86 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,012	↑1	1
2	Deborah	821	↓1	7
3	Karen	743	↑1	4
4	Patricia	735	↓1	5
5	Susan	730	–	2
6	Linda	687	–	3
7	Barbara	587	↑2	9
8	Sharon	574	↓1	17
9	Donna	516	↑1	10
10	Cynthia	498	↓2	8
11	Cheryl	474	↑2	13
12	Debra	441	↓1	6
13	Brenda	407	↓1	16
14	Pamela	374	↑1	11
15	Carol	361	↑4	20
16	Nancy	353	↓2	12
17	Kathy	347	↑5	14
18	Sandra	346	↓2	15
19	Denise	337	↓1	27
20	Robin	334	↓3	32
21	Diane	327	↓1	18
22	Darlene	301	↑2	49
23	Kathleen	299	↓2	21
24	Theresa	291	↑2	33
25	Lisa	271	↑7	19
26	Margaret	260	↓3	31
27	Debbie	251	↑8	24
28	Elizabeth	248	↓1	22
29	Teresa	239	↓4	26
30	Janet	234	↑1	28
31	Catherine	213	↓1	38
32	Carolyn	204	↑4	37
33	Joyce	198	↓4	46
34	Valerie	195	new	64
35	Cindy	190	↓7	25
36	Bonnie	189	↑2	63
37	Laura	179	↑6	29
38	Wanda	177	↓4	66
39	Terry	172	↑2	89
40	Kimberly	170	new	39
41	Shirley	164	↓2	52
42	Dawn	160	new	84
43	Julie	160	new	23
44	Diana	159	new	45
45	Terri	158	new	51
46	Kim	154	–	40
47	Janice	150	↓14	35
48	Betty	142	new	54
49	Sheila	142	↓12	59
50	Gail	141	↓10	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	1,739	–	1
2	John	1,434	–	5
3	Robert	1,397	–	4
4	James	1,345	–	3
5	David	1,340	↑1	2
6	William	1,152	↓1	6
7	Richard	847	↑1	8
8	Charles	811	↓1	11
9	Mark	792	–	7
10	Joseph	753	↑1	12
11	Thomas	691	↓1	9
12	Steven	472	↑1	10
13	Donald	462	↓1	18
14	Timothy	457	↑7	13
15	Kenneth	448	↑1	14
16	Kevin	431	↑1	20
17	Ronald	426	↓3	19
18	Jeffrey	406	↑2	21
19	Gary	393	↓4	17
20	George	365	↓1	31
21	Paul	358	↓3	15
22	Anthony	349	↑5	27
23	Stephen	349	↓1	26
24	Edward	345	↓1	28
25	Gregory	331	↓1	23
26	Brian	308	–	24
27	Daniel	285	↓2	16
28	Larry	273	–	22
29	Wayne	248	↑4	48
30	Keith	231	↑2	37
31	Bruce	222	↓1	36
32	Christopher	208	↑8	39
33	Douglas	208	↓4	30
34	Raymond	199	–	43
35	Dennis	187	↓4	29
36	Frank	175	↑1	38
37	Ricky	171	new	34
38	Scott	170	↑1	25
39	Lawrence	169	↓4	52
40	Eric	164	↑4	50
41	Patrick	164	↑2	42
42	Walter	152	–	63
43	Carl	150	↓2	51
44	Terry	148	↓8	33
45	Harry	129	↑4	>100
46	Dale	127	↑2	46
47	Randy	121	↑3	32
48	Rodney	121	new	65
49	Martin	118	new	71
50	Jerry	114	↓12	35

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