Popular baby names in Maryland, 1968

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1968 were Lisa for girls (947 babies) and Michael for boys (1,463). Social Security records list 53,017 babies born in Maryland in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1968

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: 41 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Carole: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Faith: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tia: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mia: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrie: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lauren: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Latonya: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Christa: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Crystal: 93 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Antoine: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lamont: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darnell: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vernon: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clifton: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Randolph: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Melvin: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Earl: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Andre: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	947	–	1
2	Kimberly	715	–	3
3	Michelle	590	↑1	2
4	Jennifer	488	↑7	4
5	Karen	486	–	9
6	Mary	439	↓3	6
7	Melissa	414	↑3	5
8	Laura	399	↑11	11
9	Dawn	382	↓3	21
10	Tammy	353	↑2	8
11	Kelly	351	↑17	12
12	Susan	324	↓5	10
13	Angela	306	–	7
14	Tina	300	↑2	18
15	Christine	294	↑7	14
16	Michele	294	↓2	29
17	Patricia	292	↓8	15
18	Donna	282	↓10	24
19	Deborah	279	↓2	27
20	Pamela	263	↓5	20
21	Elizabeth	254	–	17
22	Amy	239	↑2	13
23	Sandra	235	↓5	26
24	Cynthia	227	↓1	19
25	Sharon	227	↓5	32
26	Stephanie	217	↑3	23
27	Denise	215	↑4	35
28	Tracy	213	↓3	25
29	Wendy	210	↑6	31
30	Barbara	204	↓4	36
31	Linda	202	↓4	28
32	Robin	201	↑5	43
33	Teresa	193	↓3	30
34	Julie	189	↓1	16
35	Theresa	181	↓1	47
36	Stacey	179	new	55
37	Cheryl	166	↓5	37
38	Kathleen	165	↓2	40
39	Christina	162	↑4	44
40	Sherry	150	↑4	52
41	Rebecca	149	↑1	33
42	Brenda	140	↓4	34
43	Tracey	140	new	72
44	Lori	134	↓4	22
45	Debra	129	new	38
46	Diane	129	↓7	51
47	Jacqueline	128	↓2	50
48	Carol	123	↑2	49
49	Nancy	123	↓8	39
50	Margaret	120	↓4	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,463	–	1
2	John	1,225	–	3
3	David	1,129	–	2
4	James	1,108	–	4
5	Robert	1,101	–	5
6	William	865	–	6
7	Richard	650	–	8
8	Mark	586	–	7
9	Charles	564	↑2	20
10	Christopher	549	↑3	9
11	Thomas	543	↑1	12
12	Joseph	537	↓2	16
13	Brian	523	↓4	10
14	Kevin	508	–	17
15	Jeffrey	490	↑2	11
16	Timothy	457	↓1	13
17	Steven	445	↓1	15
18	Paul	369	–	19
19	Eric	354	–	22
20	Scott	339	↑4	14
21	Kenneth	335	–	23
22	Anthony	333	↓2	21
23	Ronald	333	↑2	25
24	Daniel	329	↓2	18
25	Stephen	307	↓2	27
26	Gregory	292	↑3	26
27	Matthew	283	–	24
28	Edward	254	–	31
29	George	247	↑1	36
30	Donald	246	↓4	29
31	Keith	241	↑1	35
32	Gary	217	↑1	32
33	Andrew	209	↑1	34
34	Patrick	208	↓3	30
35	Sean	192	↑1	37
36	Todd	173	↑9	28
37	Douglas	170	↓2	33
38	Raymond	147	↓1	50
39	Craig	142	↑1	41
40	Rodney	139	↓1	42
41	Dennis	133	↑3	45
42	Bryan	132	↑1	51
43	Troy	131	↓1	40
44	Shawn	125	↑2	43
45	Wayne	125	↓7	63
46	Larry	119	↓5	38
47	Jonathan	115	↑3	53
48	Peter	112	new	39
49	Carl	103	new	59
50	Frank	102	↓1	49

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