Popular baby names in Maryland, 1959

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,002 babies) and Michael for boys (1,639). Social Security records list 63,346 babies born in Maryland in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1959

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: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rosalind: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laverne: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Valarie: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terry: 178 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Yvette: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Faye: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vanessa: 97 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Francine: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Darnell: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyrone: 92 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maurice: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Andre: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roland: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elmer: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 109 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Edgar: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Earl: 85 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,002	–	1
2	Donna	822	↑7	5
3	Karen	782	–	4
4	Deborah	747	↓2	9
5	Patricia	670	↓1	6
6	Linda	662	–	3
7	Susan	644	↓2	2
8	Cynthia	541	↑2	8
9	Sharon	534	↓1	17
10	Barbara	485	↓3	11
11	Cheryl	436	–	18
12	Pamela	415	↑2	12
13	Brenda	411	–	16
14	Debra	400	↓2	7
15	Sandra	392	↑3	13
16	Robin	390	↑4	32
17	Nancy	350	↓1	14
18	Lisa	327	↑7	10
19	Denise	302	–	29
20	Teresa	298	↑9	24
21	Kathy	297	↓4	15
22	Debbie	293	↑5	20
23	Carol	292	↓8	22
24	Kathleen	284	↓1	23
25	Diane	277	↓4	19
26	Kimberly	271	↑14	33
27	Elizabeth	268	↑1	21
28	Theresa	251	↓4	34
29	Margaret	242	↓3	36
30	Janet	234	–	28
31	Laura	218	↑6	30
32	Darlene	212	↓10	66
33	Cindy	209	↑2	25
34	Joyce	200	↓1	50
35	Catherine	199	↓4	40
36	Wanda	194	↑2	65
37	Valerie	193	↓3	60
38	Dawn	187	↑4	54
39	Kim	182	↑7	35
40	Terry	178	↓1	95
41	Tammy	176	new	31
42	Carolyn	175	↓10	42
43	Angela	169	new	68
44	Bonnie	166	↓8	71
45	Cathy	164	new	39
46	Shirley	160	↓5	61
47	Michelle	158	new	47
48	Michele	156	new	89
49	Janice	155	↓2	37
50	Christine	154	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	1,639	–	1
2	James	1,433	↑2	3
3	John	1,398	↓1	4
4	David	1,373	↑1	2
5	Robert	1,325	↓2	5
6	William	1,221	–	7
7	Mark	944	↑2	6
8	Richard	800	↓1	8
9	Charles	791	↓1	11
10	Thomas	704	↑1	9
11	Joseph	646	↓1	13
12	Kevin	461	↑4	14
13	Steven	454	↓1	10
14	Timothy	450	–	12
15	Donald	446	↓2	19
16	Kenneth	445	↓1	15
17	Jeffrey	400	↑1	16
18	Paul	399	↑3	17
19	Gary	389	–	20
20	Ronald	383	↓3	21
21	Anthony	379	↑1	26
22	George	353	↓2	32
23	Brian	347	↑3	22
24	Stephen	322	↓1	28
25	Daniel	321	↑2	18
26	Edward	315	↓2	27
27	Gregory	315	↓2	23
28	Larry	293	–	25
29	Keith	254	↑1	39
30	Wayne	237	↓1	51
31	Dennis	235	↑4	29
32	Douglas	231	↑1	30
33	Raymond	216	↑1	45
34	Bruce	208	↓3	38
35	Christopher	200	↓3	35
36	Eric	188	↑4	46
37	Frank	183	↓1	42
38	Scott	182	–	24
39	Craig	166	new	44
40	Terry	165	↑4	33
41	Patrick	152	–	43
42	Ricky	150	↓5	34
43	Walter	148	↓1	66
44	Jerry	143	↑6	36
45	Dale	133	↑1	49
46	Russell	128	new	56
47	Lawrence	126	↓8	62
48	Carl	121	↓5	54
49	Randy	116	↓2	31
50	Andrew	115	new	58

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