Popular baby names in Maryland, 1962

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1962 were Mary for girls (814 babies) and John for boys (1,548). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,959 babies born in Maryland in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1962

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: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lolita: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gale: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dorothea: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wanda: 227 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Paulette: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terry: 131 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tanya: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rosalind: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Blair: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lamont: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wilbert: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maurice: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
Preston: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tyrone: 67 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Warren: 84 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Andre: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bryant: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	814	–	2
2	Karen	694	–	4
3	Lisa	650	↑1	1
4	Donna	592	↓1	7
5	Susan	562	↑1	3
6	Linda	525	↓1	5
7	Patricia	512	–	6
8	Deborah	503	↑3	9
9	Sharon	497	↓1	17
10	Kimberly	436	↑3	16
11	Cynthia	432	↑6	8
12	Barbara	415	↓2	14
13	Brenda	409	↓4	12
14	Robin	405	–	25
15	Pamela	373	–	13
16	Sandra	363	↓4	10
17	Cheryl	360	↓1	24
18	Teresa	296	–	18
19	Carol	287	↑2	28
20	Denise	272	–	30
21	Tammy	269	↑16	23
22	Elizabeth	265	↓3	20
23	Tina	261	↑19	33
24	Laura	257	↑3	21
25	Kathleen	251	↓2	29
26	Kathy	244	↓2	27
27	Debra	242	↓1	15
28	Nancy	231	↓6	19
29	Michelle	229	↑2	31
30	Wanda	227	↑11	77
31	Lori	225	↑4	11
32	Theresa	224	↓4	40
33	Jacqueline	216	↓4	44
34	Angela	213	↓2	36
35	Michele	207	↑3	59
36	Dawn	206	↓2	50
37	Kim	200	↑2	37
38	Diane	196	↓13	26
39	Debbie	193	↓6	32
40	Janet	188	↓10	35
41	Margaret	181	↓5	43
42	Jennifer	174	new	41
43	Cindy	168	–	34
44	Valerie	162	↑2	67
45	Kelly	160	new	38
46	Sheila	159	new	52
47	Carolyn	157	↓3	46
48	Christine	155	new	39
49	Darlene	151	↓9	88
50	Joyce	150	↓3	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	John	1,548	↑1	3
2	Michael	1,541	↓1	1
3	James	1,393	↑1	4
4	Robert	1,346	↑1	5
5	David	1,341	↓2	2
6	William	1,032	–	7
7	Mark	889	–	6
8	Charles	684	–	15
9	Richard	666	–	8
10	Thomas	660	↑1	9
11	Joseph	632	↓1	13
12	Jeffrey	578	↑1	10
13	Kevin	552	↓1	14
14	Steven	470	–	12
15	Timothy	456	↑1	16
16	Kenneth	410	↓1	18
17	Brian	399	↑1	20
18	Paul	388	↑2	19
19	Anthony	386	–	24
20	Donald	379	↓3	23
21	Ronald	371	↑1	25
22	Scott	339	↑10	11
23	Gregory	332	↑2	21
24	Gary	325	↓3	22
25	Stephen	317	↑3	28
26	Edward	305	–	29
27	Daniel	301	↓3	17
28	George	289	↓5	32
29	Douglas	268	–	27
30	Christopher	265	↓3	26
31	Eric	245	↓1	33
32	Keith	211	↓1	36
33	Raymond	183	↑4	48
34	Wayne	174	–	63
35	Patrick	163	↑3	40
36	Larry	162	↓3	31
37	Bruce	161	↓2	41
38	Dennis	157	↑1	37
39	Glenn	156	↑5	55
40	Frank	147	↓4	42
41	Barry	135	–	61
42	Terry	125	–	34
43	Lawrence	124	↑6	70
44	Andrew	122	↓1	49
45	Craig	120	↓5	51
46	Jerry	117	new	38
47	Troy	115	new	67
48	Vincent	115	new	66
49	Jeffery	113	new	45
50	Roger	113	new	47

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