Popular baby names in Maryland, 1971

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (919 babies) and Michael for boys (1,328). Social Security records list 49,931 babies born in Maryland in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1971

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: 32 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Tyra: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tia: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Latanya: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lashawn: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Demetria: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terry: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lauren: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Susanne: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keisha: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Donnell: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Antoine: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lamont: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Harry: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Randolph: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darnell: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roland: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darrick: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Earl: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	919	↑1	1
2	Kimberly	660	↓1	4
3	Lisa	615	–	3
4	Michelle	524	–	2
5	Dawn	427	↑3	14
6	Amy	374	↑4	5
7	Melissa	369	↓2	7
8	Angela	357	↑3	6
9	Karen	353	↓3	15
10	Tammy	352	↓1	8
11	Mary	317	↓4	9
12	Laura	261	↑1	16
13	Heather	256	↑4	12
14	Tina	253	↑7	20
15	Kelly	252	↓3	22
16	Christine	246	–	18
17	Stephanie	246	↑5	11
18	Tracy	242	↓4	13
19	Susan	228	↓4	17
20	Christina	214	↑9	30
21	Nicole	212	↑3	27
22	Michele	211	↓3	39
23	Julie	193	↑5	10
24	Elizabeth	191	↓1	19
25	Cynthia	189	↑2	24
26	Patricia	188	↓8	26
27	Deborah	186	↓1	33
28	Rebecca	185	↑7	23
29	Stacey	178	↑2	41
30	Donna	171	↓5	38
31	Denise	168	↑10	36
32	Stacy	168	↑15	32
33	Wendy	166	–	29
34	Shannon	165	↓2	21
35	Pamela	161	↓15	28
36	Teresa	150	↑6	34
37	Tracey	141	↓3	74
38	Barbara	137	↑1	47
39	Lori	136	↓9	25
40	Sandra	136	↓2	31
41	Robin	135	↑4	51
42	Sharon	133	↓6	40
43	Linda	127	↓3	42
44	Theresa	127	↑4	61
45	April	123	new	56
46	Katherine	123	new	67
47	Kathleen	123	↑2	53
48	Tonya	123	↓11	45
49	Andrea	121	new	35
50	Cheryl	117	↓7	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,328	–	1
2	Robert	1,004	↑3	5
3	John	990	–	4
4	David	909	↓2	3
5	James	905	↓1	2
6	Christopher	772	↑1	6
7	William	771	↓1	7
8	Brian	610	–	9
9	Charles	502	–	22
10	Joseph	492	↑3	15
11	Kevin	490	↑1	14
12	Richard	456	↓2	11
13	Thomas	456	↓2	17
14	Eric	434	↑3	18
15	Scott	428	↑4	10
16	Jeffrey	419	↓2	12
17	Matthew	413	↑4	19
18	Mark	397	↓3	13
19	Steven	396	↓3	16
20	Daniel	367	↑3	20
21	Jason	347	↑7	8
22	Paul	320	↓2	24
23	Timothy	316	↓5	21
24	Anthony	312	–	23
25	Gregory	306	–	26
26	Kenneth	275	↓4	25
27	Ronald	248	↓1	31
28	Sean	243	↑4	36
29	Stephen	242	↓2	27
30	Shawn	238	↑3	28
31	Edward	228	↓2	32
32	Donald	222	↓1	34
33	Keith	214	↑1	37
34	Andrew	211	↑1	33
35	George	206	↓5	42
36	Patrick	176	↑1	35
37	Douglas	157	↑3	39
38	Todd	157	–	30
39	Gary	142	–	38
40	Aaron	141	new	41
41	Craig	141	↓5	43
42	Troy	136	↓1	46
43	Larry	134	↑2	44
44	Jonathan	130	–	40
45	Bryan	122	↑2	48
46	Dennis	116	↑2	49
47	Raymond	115	↓5	52
48	Adam	108	new	57
49	Wayne	103	↓6	92
50	Ryan	88	new	51

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