Popular baby names in Maryland, 1965

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,176 babies) and Michael for boys (1,562). Social Security records list 59,163 babies born in Maryland in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1965

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: 17 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Laverne: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Zina: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deneen: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ethel: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terry: 71 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rosalind: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michele: 292 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Crystal: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Quentin: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lamont: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Garrett: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maurice: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernard: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tyrone: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joshua: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 79 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Herbert: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,176	–	1
2	Karen	808	↑1	3
3	Mary	714	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	677	–	4
5	Donna	488	↑1	7
6	Patricia	462	↑1	6
7	Susan	457	↓2	5
8	Dawn	388	↑4	26
9	Sharon	381	↑2	22
10	Deborah	364	↓2	13
11	Linda	357	↓2	8
12	Pamela	354	↑1	12
13	Cynthia	346	↑3	9
14	Barbara	332	↑3	25
15	Tammy	320	↑3	11
16	Robin	306	↓6	33
17	Laura	295	↓2	17
18	Michele	292	↑12	48
19	Elizabeth	291	↑4	16
20	Angela	286	↑2	10
21	Sandra	285	↓7	15
22	Denise	281	↓2	28
23	Brenda	274	↓4	23
24	Michelle	270	↑1	18
25	Tina	253	↑3	29
26	Cheryl	247	↓2	31
27	Kelly	246	↑6	30
28	Teresa	243	↓7	24
29	Jennifer	233	↑7	20
30	Christine	232	↑2	21
31	Kathleen	216	↓2	34
32	Carol	214	↑2	42
33	Jacqueline	214	↓6	47
34	Theresa	207	↓8	45
35	Tracy	203	↑10	36
36	Stephanie	202	↑6	44
37	Lori	199	↓2	19
38	Kim	198	↑2	43
39	Wendy	182	↑8	39
40	Julie	179	↓1	14
41	Amy	174	↑8	35
42	Melissa	174	new	38
43	Debra	172	↓5	27
44	Diane	172	↓7	40
45	Margaret	172	↓2	52
46	Catherine	164	↓2	57
47	Nancy	156	↓16	32
48	Rebecca	151	new	41
49	Wanda	150	↓3	81
50	Rhonda	137	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,562	↑1	1
2	John	1,433	↓1	2
3	David	1,267	↑2	3
4	James	1,251	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,244	↓1	5
6	William	994	–	6
7	Richard	752	↑1	8
8	Mark	684	↓1	7
9	Kevin	643	↑3	13
10	Joseph	634	↓1	11
11	Charles	613	↓1	20
12	Jeffrey	565	↑2	10
13	Thomas	556	↓2	9
14	Brian	515	↓1	19
15	Steven	482	↑1	14
16	Timothy	478	↓1	12
17	Kenneth	463	–	21
18	Anthony	447	↑2	22
19	Christopher	423	↑7	18
20	Paul	411	↓2	16
21	Daniel	376	↑3	17
22	Ronald	345	–	24
23	Donald	336	↓4	26
24	Eric	330	↑8	25
25	Edward	323	↑2	29
26	Gregory	323	↓3	23
27	Stephen	306	↑1	28
28	Scott	303	↓7	15
29	Gary	284	–	27
30	George	280	↓5	34
31	Keith	231	↑2	35
32	Rodney	220	new	33
33	Douglas	212	↓2	32
34	Patrick	212	↓4	31
35	Raymond	182	↑1	45
36	Matthew	173	↑6	36
37	Andrew	162	↓3	37
38	Wayne	160	↓3	65
39	Larry	145	↑1	38
40	Darryl	135	↑9	68
41	Craig	131	↓4	46
42	Todd	125	↓4	30
43	Dennis	123	↑4	44
44	Bruce	122	↓3	50
45	Bryan	121	↓2	63
46	Frank	121	↓7	43
47	Sean	117	new	79
48	Jerry	110	new	41
49	Lawrence	104	↓1	66
50	Troy	101	new	53

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