Popular baby names in Maryland, 1964

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1964 were Lisa for girls (979 babies) and John for boys (1,668). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,984 babies born in Maryland in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1964

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

Girls

Towanda: 24 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Roslyn: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deneen: 93 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laverne: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ernestine: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Whitney: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zina: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rosalind: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Adrienne: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Irvin: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lamont: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Andre: 87 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Randolph: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ira: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carlton: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tyrone: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	979	–	1
2	Mary	729	–	2
3	Karen	672	–	4
4	Kimberly	550	↑3	6
5	Susan	540	–	3
6	Donna	532	↓2	7
7	Patricia	513	↓1	5
8	Deborah	438	–	12
9	Linda	423	–	8
10	Robin	397	↑2	27
11	Sharon	396	↓1	20
12	Dawn	384	↑21	33
13	Pamela	370	↑4	11
14	Sandra	369	↑1	13
15	Laura	359	↑5	14
16	Cynthia	345	↓2	9
17	Barbara	340	↓6	19
18	Tammy	336	↓2	10
19	Brenda	322	↓6	18
20	Denise	305	↓1	25
21	Teresa	290	↑1	21
22	Angela	272	↑4	22
23	Elizabeth	271	↓2	16
24	Cheryl	269	↓6	29
25	Michelle	256	↑6	23
26	Theresa	252	↓1	38
27	Jacqueline	250	↑11	37
28	Tina	242	–	34
29	Kathleen	233	↓5	30
30	Michele	232	↑2	58
31	Nancy	232	↓1	26
32	Christine	226	↑2	28
33	Kelly	226	↑4	35
34	Carol	217	↓7	36
35	Lori	207	↓12	15
36	Jennifer	198	↑3	31
37	Diane	197	↓1	32
38	Debra	187	↓9	24
39	Julie	181	new	17
40	Kim	179	↑2	42
41	Paula	178	↑8	45
42	Stephanie	177	↑6	57
43	Margaret	172	↓3	49
44	Catherine	169	↑1	54
45	Tracy	165	new	40
46	Wanda	165	↓3	81
47	Wendy	157	new	55
48	Kathy	155	↓13	39
49	Amy	154	new	44
50	Sherry	153	↓6	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	1,668	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,537	↓1	1
3	James	1,419	↑2	4
4	Robert	1,360	–	5
5	David	1,344	↓2	3
6	William	1,120	–	7
7	Mark	773	–	6
8	Richard	761	–	8
9	Joseph	707	↑2	11
10	Charles	693	↓1	17
11	Thomas	640	↑1	9
12	Kevin	604	↓2	13
13	Brian	540	↑4	20
14	Jeffrey	539	↓1	10
15	Timothy	522	↑1	15
16	Steven	516	↓2	12
17	Kenneth	470	↓2	18
18	Paul	439	–	16
19	Donald	402	↑1	25
20	Anthony	397	↑2	21
21	Scott	385	↑6	14
22	Ronald	378	↓1	24
23	Gregory	337	↓4	22
24	Daniel	329	↓1	19
25	George	325	↑1	33
26	Christopher	323	↓2	23
27	Edward	318	↑2	27
28	Stephen	313	–	29
29	Gary	298	↓4	26
30	Patrick	275	↑3	30
31	Douglas	273	–	31
32	Eric	269	↓2	32
33	Keith	256	↓1	34
34	Andrew	205	↑3	37
35	Wayne	179	–	61
36	Raymond	175	↓2	44
37	Craig	166	↑5	48
38	Todd	162	↑11	28
39	Frank	155	↑4	41
40	Larry	150	↓4	36
41	Bruce	141	↓3	46
42	Matthew	140	↑8	43
43	Bryan	137	new	70
44	Terry	133	↓4	35
45	Carl	131	↓4	55
46	Walter	127	↓1	80
47	Dennis	122	↓8	42
48	Lawrence	121	↓1	68
49	Darryl	117	↓1	87
50	Glenn	117	↓6	81

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