Popular baby names in Maryland, 1961

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1961 were Mary for girls (848 babies) and Michael for boys (1,589). Social Security records list 63,149 babies born in Maryland in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1961

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, 6× the national rate
Letitia: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lenora: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maxine: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terry: 149 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Paulette: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Daphne: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Andre: 87 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darnell: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maurice: 71 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bryant: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Randolph: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathaniel: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vernon: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tyrone: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alonzo: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	848	–	1
2	Karen	717	↑1	5
3	Donna	657	↓1	7
4	Lisa	624	↑6	2
5	Linda	616	↓1	4
6	Susan	615	↑1	3
7	Patricia	537	↓2	6
8	Sharon	528	↑1	17
9	Brenda	506	↑3	11
10	Barbara	497	↓2	12
11	Deborah	495	↓5	10
12	Sandra	423	↑2	9
13	Kimberly	402	–	22
14	Robin	402	↑1	27
15	Pamela	369	↑4	15
16	Cheryl	365	–	20
17	Cynthia	364	↓6	8
18	Teresa	354	↓1	18
19	Elizabeth	315	↑2	19
20	Denise	299	↓2	30
21	Carol	296	↑1	24
22	Nancy	283	↑1	16
23	Kathleen	268	↑6	29
24	Kathy	267	↑3	25
25	Diane	263	–	26
26	Debra	252	↓6	13
27	Laura	244	↑1	21
28	Theresa	236	↓2	35
29	Jacqueline	224	new	37
30	Janet	219	↑1	32
31	Michelle	219	↑12	34
32	Angela	212	↑8	38
33	Debbie	212	↓9	31
34	Dawn	211	↑7	49
35	Lori	209	new	14
36	Margaret	209	↓6	40
37	Tammy	206	↓3	28
38	Michele	200	↑7	63
39	Kim	190	↓7	36
40	Darlene	186	↑4	80
41	Wanda	186	↓6	70
42	Tina	180	↓4	41
43	Cindy	179	↓10	33
44	Carolyn	174	↓2	42
45	Bonnie	171	↑1	75
46	Valerie	171	↓7	67
47	Joyce	162	↓10	62
48	Terri	161	↑2	51
49	Catherine	158	↓13	48
50	Julie	150	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	1,589	–	1
2	John	1,584	↑1	3
3	David	1,438	↓1	2
4	James	1,310	↑1	4
5	Robert	1,308	↓1	5
6	William	1,111	–	7
7	Mark	929	–	6
8	Charles	729	–	13
9	Richard	710	↑1	8
10	Joseph	649	↑1	12
11	Thomas	610	↓2	9
12	Kevin	558	↑1	14
13	Jeffrey	533	↑4	11
14	Steven	481	↓2	10
15	Kenneth	467	–	16
16	Timothy	444	↓2	15
17	Donald	430	↓1	22
18	Brian	420	–	20
19	Anthony	402	↑1	25
20	Paul	401	↓1	18
21	Gary	398	↑3	21
22	Ronald	355	↓1	24
23	George	347	↑3	31
24	Daniel	339	↓2	17
25	Gregory	337	↓2	23
26	Edward	316	↓1	29
27	Christopher	293	↑1	26
28	Stephen	292	↓1	27
29	Douglas	244	↑3	28
30	Eric	237	↑4	38
31	Keith	237	↓2	35
32	Scott	227	↓2	19
33	Larry	216	↑3	30
34	Wayne	210	↓1	61
35	Bruce	194	↑4	40
36	Frank	181	↑5	41
37	Raymond	176	↓2	48
38	Patrick	168	↑2	39
39	Dennis	164	↓8	34
40	Craig	158	↓3	43
41	Barry	146	new	66
42	Terry	140	↓4	32
43	Andrew	134	↓1	52
44	Glenn	133	new	64
45	Walter	133	↑1	74
46	Dale	132	↓2	58
47	Carl	129	↓4	56
48	Alan	126	–	51
49	Lawrence	126	↓4	67
50	Rodney	123	new	72

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