Popular baby names in Maryland, 1969

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1969 were Lisa for girls (863 babies) and Michael for boys (1,581). Social Security records list 53,446 babies born in Maryland in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1969

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: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Tawanda: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Latanya: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sharron: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tia: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Whitney: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lashawn: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Antoinette: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Danette: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nichole: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Antoine: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lamont: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Darnell: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lewis: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Myron: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bernard: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vernon: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ivan: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	863	–	1
2	Kimberly	754	–	4
3	Jennifer	617	↑1	3
4	Michelle	578	↓1	2
5	Karen	400	–	13
6	Melissa	397	↑1	5
7	Mary	383	↓1	8
8	Laura	346	–	10
9	Amy	345	↑13	6
10	Kelly	340	↑1	15
11	Dawn	335	↓2	21
12	Tammy	323	↓2	9
13	Angela	302	–	7
14	Susan	296	↓2	11
15	Christine	290	–	14
16	Patricia	280	↑1	18
17	Tina	268	↓3	22
18	Elizabeth	260	↑3	16
19	Donna	259	↓1	26
20	Tracy	257	↑8	17
21	Julie	252	↑13	12
22	Michele	250	↓6	30
23	Deborah	245	↓4	27
24	Pamela	240	↓4	24
25	Cynthia	221	↓1	23
26	Stephanie	219	–	19
27	Wendy	201	↑2	29
28	Sandra	197	↓5	25
29	Sharon	197	↓4	36
30	Denise	192	↓3	35
31	Robin	185	↑1	46
32	Lori	184	↑12	20
33	Nicole	182	new	47
34	Rebecca	180	↑7	28
35	Heather	169	new	34
36	Linda	166	↓5	33
37	Cheryl	162	–	41
38	Christina	162	↑1	37
39	Teresa	158	↓6	32
40	Tracey	157	↑3	65
41	Theresa	156	↓6	49
42	Barbara	147	↓12	39
43	Stacey	145	↓7	52
44	Kathleen	135	↓6	42
45	Shannon	130	new	31
46	Carol	129	↑2	56
47	Catherine	126	new	58
48	Rhonda	126	new	44
49	Sherry	126	↓9	55
50	Brenda	122	↓8	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,581	–	1
2	David	1,207	↑1	2
3	John	1,138	↓1	4
4	Robert	1,096	↑1	5
5	James	1,085	↓1	3
6	William	845	–	6
7	Christopher	656	↑3	7
8	Richard	627	↓1	10
9	Brian	611	↑4	9
10	Charles	570	↓1	19
11	Thomas	553	–	13
12	Joseph	541	–	15
13	Mark	541	↓5	8
14	Jeffrey	532	↑1	11
15	Kevin	506	↓1	16
16	Steven	472	↑1	14
17	Timothy	420	↓1	17
18	Eric	390	↑1	21
19	Daniel	388	↑5	18
20	Scott	366	–	12
21	Anthony	357	↑1	20
22	Kenneth	355	↓1	23
23	Paul	330	↓5	22
24	Matthew	320	↑3	24
25	Stephen	300	–	27
26	Gregory	285	–	26
27	Edward	283	↑1	32
28	Ronald	280	↓5	29
29	Donald	270	↑1	30
30	George	231	↓1	38
31	Patrick	213	↑3	31
32	Gary	204	–	35
33	Andrew	200	–	33
34	Jason	185	new	25
35	Keith	185	↓4	36
36	Craig	183	↑3	39
37	Sean	183	↓2	37
38	Douglas	182	↓1	34
39	Todd	179	↓3	28
40	Bryan	140	↑2	51
41	Larry	137	↑5	40
42	Troy	137	↑1	42
43	Shawn	133	↑1	41
44	Jonathan	130	↑3	46
45	Rodney	129	↓5	49
46	Raymond	128	↓8	50
47	Wayne	123	↓2	75
48	Frank	116	↑2	47
49	Dennis	108	↓8	44
50	Peter	106	↓2	43

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