Popular baby names in Maryland, 1970

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (743 babies) and Michael for boys (1,492). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 53,323 babies born in Maryland in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1970

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: 39 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Tyra: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tia: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Antoinette: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lashawn: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Meghan: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terry: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
June: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jocelyn: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mia: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donnell: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lamont: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Randolph: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antoine: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maurice: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wayne: 133 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vernon: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brendan: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	743	↑1	3
2	Jennifer	724	↑1	1
3	Lisa	724	↓2	2
4	Michelle	499	–	4
5	Melissa	422	↑1	7
6	Karen	394	↓1	12
7	Mary	372	–	9
8	Dawn	361	↑3	16
9	Tammy	348	↑3	8
10	Amy	347	↓1	5
11	Angela	324	↑2	6
12	Kelly	308	↓2	20
13	Laura	300	↓5	13
14	Tracy	298	↑6	10
15	Susan	296	↓1	15
16	Christine	276	↓1	14
17	Heather	275	↑18	19
18	Patricia	263	↓2	24
19	Michele	262	↑3	31
20	Pamela	253	↑4	26
21	Tina	251	↓4	21
22	Stephanie	240	↑4	17
23	Elizabeth	237	↓5	18
24	Nicole	233	↑9	30
25	Donna	222	↓6	32
26	Deborah	208	↓3	33
27	Cynthia	206	↓2	25
28	Julie	205	↓7	11
29	Christina	204	↑9	35
30	Lori	200	↑2	23
31	Stacey	200	↑12	48
32	Shannon	180	↑13	22
33	Wendy	180	↓6	28
34	Tracey	177	↑6	55
35	Rebecca	169	↓1	29
36	Sharon	158	↓7	37
37	Tonya	156	new	49
38	Sandra	153	↓10	27
39	Barbara	151	↑3	41
40	Linda	150	↓4	38
41	Denise	147	↓11	36
42	Teresa	146	↓3	34
43	Cheryl	144	↓6	44
44	Catherine	140	↑3	59
45	Robin	140	↓14	51
46	Sherry	138	↑3	60
47	Stacy	137	new	42
48	Theresa	130	↓7	53
49	Kathleen	128	↓5	45
50	Rhonda	124	↓2	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,492	–	1
2	David	1,111	–	3
3	John	1,105	–	4
4	James	1,079	↑1	2
5	Robert	1,059	↓1	5
6	William	920	–	7
7	Christopher	664	–	6
8	Brian	606	↑1	8
9	Charles	559	↑1	21
10	Richard	541	↓2	10
11	Thomas	528	–	17
12	Kevin	523	↑3	14
13	Joseph	511	↓1	16
14	Jeffrey	491	–	11
15	Mark	491	↓2	9
16	Steven	459	–	15
17	Eric	453	↑1	18
18	Timothy	415	↓1	20
19	Scott	380	↑1	12
20	Paul	367	↑3	23
21	Matthew	360	↑3	24
22	Kenneth	338	–	25
23	Daniel	336	↓4	19
24	Anthony	319	↓3	22
25	Gregory	298	↑1	26
26	Ronald	293	↑2	29
27	Stephen	280	↓2	27
28	Jason	274	↑6	13
29	Edward	232	↓2	31
30	George	232	–	40
31	Donald	220	↓2	30
32	Sean	218	↑5	37
33	Shawn	206	↑10	34
34	Keith	205	↑1	38
35	Andrew	198	↓2	32
36	Craig	198	–	39
37	Patrick	183	↓6	33
38	Todd	174	↑1	28
39	Gary	170	↓7	35
40	Douglas	168	↓2	36
41	Troy	167	↑1	41
42	Raymond	147	↑4	49
43	Wayne	133	↑4	80
44	Jonathan	132	–	42
45	Larry	128	↓4	43
46	Frank	123	↑2	48
47	Bryan	122	↓7	53
48	Dennis	118	↑1	46
49	Rodney	117	↓4	55
50	Lawrence	105	new	83

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