Popular baby names in Maryland, 1960

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1960 were Mary for girls (921 babies) and Michael for boys (1,587). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,940 babies born in Maryland in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1960

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: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Valarie: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosalind: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laverne: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Adrienne: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Antoinette: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Yvette: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kimberley: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cherie: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Monique: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Irvin: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tyrone: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Andre: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maurice: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elmer: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alonzo: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernard: 96 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nathaniel: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 102 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Randolph: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	921	–	1
2	Donna	741	–	5
3	Karen	731	–	4
4	Linda	651	↑2	3
5	Patricia	644	–	7
6	Deborah	616	↓2	10
7	Susan	607	–	2
8	Barbara	508	↑2	12
9	Sharon	501	–	16
10	Lisa	499	↑8	6
11	Cynthia	462	↓3	9
12	Brenda	447	↑1	13
13	Kimberly	415	↑13	26
14	Sandra	391	↑1	11
15	Robin	370	↑1	33
16	Cheryl	366	↓5	17
17	Teresa	343	↑3	19
18	Denise	331	↑1	29
19	Pamela	327	↓7	14
20	Debra	299	↓6	8
21	Elizabeth	296	↑6	18
22	Carol	294	↑1	23
23	Nancy	278	↓6	15
24	Debbie	269	↓2	24
25	Diane	268	–	22
26	Theresa	268	↑2	35
27	Kathy	262	↓6	21
28	Laura	262	↑3	25
29	Kathleen	251	↓5	27
30	Margaret	235	↓1	36
31	Janet	234	↓1	32
32	Kim	215	↑7	34
33	Cindy	212	–	30
34	Tammy	203	↑7	31
35	Wanda	203	↑1	66
36	Catherine	202	↓1	42
37	Joyce	198	↓3	58
38	Tina	185	new	45
39	Valerie	183	↓2	65
40	Angela	181	↑3	50
41	Dawn	178	↓3	57
42	Carolyn	172	–	43
43	Michelle	171	↑4	39
44	Darlene	169	↓12	75
45	Michele	167	↑3	89
46	Bonnie	163	↓2	71
47	Diana	157	new	53
48	Beverly	155	new	60
49	Terry	139	↓9	>100
50	Terri	138	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	1,587	–	2
2	David	1,448	↑2	1
3	John	1,374	–	4
4	Robert	1,334	↑1	5
5	James	1,269	↓3	3
6	William	1,095	–	7
7	Mark	967	–	6
8	Charles	794	↑1	13
9	Thomas	735	↑1	9
10	Richard	712	↓2	8
11	Joseph	639	–	12
12	Steven	554	↑1	10
13	Kevin	535	↓1	15
14	Timothy	508	–	11
15	Kenneth	459	↑1	16
16	Donald	458	↓1	19
17	Jeffrey	453	–	14
18	Brian	396	↑5	20
19	Paul	396	↓1	18
20	Anthony	385	↑1	25
21	Ronald	369	↓1	21
22	Daniel	351	↑3	17
23	Gregory	338	↑4	24
24	Gary	336	↓5	22
25	Edward	335	↑1	26
26	George	321	↓4	33
27	Stephen	320	↓3	27
28	Christopher	276	↑7	29
29	Keith	246	–	35
30	Scott	221	↑8	23
31	Dennis	213	–	31
32	Douglas	211	–	30
33	Wayne	209	↓3	58
34	Eric	205	↑2	44
35	Raymond	197	↓2	46
36	Larry	194	↓8	28
37	Craig	170	↑2	41
38	Terry	170	↑2	34
39	Bruce	166	↓5	39
40	Patrick	166	↑1	45
41	Frank	159	↓4	40
42	Andrew	150	↑8	51
43	Carl	142	↑5	53
44	Dale	135	↑1	54
45	Lawrence	129	↑2	64
46	Walter	126	↓3	70
47	Matthew	122	new	61
48	Alan	120	new	50
49	Mike	119	new	36
50	Jerry	118	↓6	37

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