Popular baby names in Maryland, 1966

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,104 babies) and Michael for boys (1,526). Social Security records list 56,939 babies born in Maryland in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1966

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: 27 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Tia: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ursula: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Daphne: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Constance: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lois: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ingrid: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Myra: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ida: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rosalind: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Donnell: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lamont: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tyrone: 77 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harry: 88 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurence: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maurice: 56 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carlton: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Franklin: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,104	–	1
2	Kimberly	732	↑2	2
3	Karen	598	↓1	5
4	Mary	539	↓1	3
5	Michelle	453	↑19	4
6	Donna	413	↓1	12
7	Patricia	408	↓1	7
8	Susan	396	↓1	6
9	Deborah	380	↑1	14
10	Dawn	368	↓2	24
11	Tammy	342	↑4	8
12	Sandra	332	↑9	17
13	Jennifer	324	↑16	10
14	Angela	320	↑6	9
15	Sharon	314	↓6	28
16	Cynthia	311	↓3	11
17	Laura	304	–	19
18	Linda	301	↓7	18
19	Elizabeth	298	–	16
20	Pamela	297	↓8	15
21	Barbara	291	↓7	27
22	Tina	278	↑3	23
23	Michele	274	↓5	36
24	Melissa	266	↑18	22
25	Robin	266	↓9	42
26	Christine	259	↑4	20
27	Denise	246	↓5	32
28	Teresa	245	–	29
29	Kelly	244	↓2	26
30	Brenda	237	↓7	25
31	Theresa	228	↑3	46
32	Tracy	223	↑3	31
33	Amy	220	↑8	30
34	Cheryl	220	↓8	34
35	Kathleen	213	↓4	37
36	Lori	199	↑1	21
37	Julie	194	↑3	13
38	Stephanie	190	↓2	38
39	Wendy	187	–	41
40	Kim	185	↓2	43
41	Carol	178	↓9	48
42	Diane	174	↑2	45
43	Nancy	166	↑4	33
44	Jacqueline	155	↓11	47
45	Catherine	151	↑1	54
46	Rebecca	149	↑2	40
47	Sherry	148	new	53
48	Rhonda	145	↑2	39
49	Margaret	142	↓4	55
50	Andrea	140	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,526	–	1
2	John	1,310	–	4
3	David	1,236	–	2
4	James	1,231	–	3
5	Robert	1,114	–	5
6	William	953	–	6
7	Richard	689	–	8
8	Charles	607	↑3	20
9	Jeffrey	580	↑3	9
10	Thomas	574	↑3	10
11	Joseph	572	↓1	15
12	Mark	570	↓4	7
13	Brian	558	↑1	14
14	Kevin	540	↓5	17
15	Timothy	514	↑1	11
16	Christopher	479	↑3	12
17	Steven	460	↓2	13
18	Paul	393	↑2	18
19	Kenneth	390	↓2	21
20	Anthony	373	↓2	22
21	Ronald	356	↑1	24
22	Daniel	351	↓1	19
23	Stephen	330	↑4	26
24	Edward	325	↑1	30
25	Scott	320	↑3	16
26	Donald	315	↓3	27
27	Gregory	315	↓1	23
28	Eric	305	↓4	25
29	George	283	↑1	37
30	Rodney	273	↑2	35
31	Gary	261	↓2	28
32	Keith	252	↓1	32
33	Andrew	208	↑4	36
34	Patrick	201	–	31
35	Douglas	193	↓2	33
36	Matthew	168	–	34
37	Raymond	160	↓2	47
38	Sean	147	↑9	50
39	Wayne	139	↓1	59
40	Bryan	138	↑5	52
41	Todd	132	↑1	29
42	Craig	129	↓1	46
43	Larry	129	↓4	38
44	Frank	128	↑2	43
45	Bruce	123	↓1	53
46	Terry	118	new	40
47	Carl	116	new	56
48	Lawrence	110	↑1	66
49	Troy	109	↑1	48
50	Darryl	106	↓10	88

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