Popular baby names in Maryland, 1972

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,047 babies) and Michael for boys (1,226). Social Security records list 44,168 babies born in Maryland in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1972

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: 25 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Tia: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Latanya: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Terry: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lauren: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Keisha: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dionne: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Edith: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Charlene: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Donte: 18 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Dante: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Antoine: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lamont: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clifton: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carlton: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vernon: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jermaine: 71 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Damon: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Leroy: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,047	–	1
2	Kimberly	470	–	4
3	Lisa	462	–	3
4	Michelle	447	–	2
5	Amy	397	↑1	5
6	Melissa	359	↑1	7
7	Nicole	321	↑14	10
8	Angela	314	–	6
9	Tammy	307	↑1	11
10	Dawn	296	↓5	20
11	Heather	269	↑2	9
12	Mary	267	↓1	13
13	Karen	255	↓4	21
14	Stephanie	244	↑3	8
15	Kelly	225	–	23
16	Christina	217	↑4	26
17	Christine	215	↓1	16
18	Laura	213	↓6	17
19	Tina	210	↓5	18
20	Elizabeth	200	↑4	15
21	Julie	194	↑2	12
22	Michele	187	–	36
23	Rebecca	184	↑5	14
24	Patricia	167	↑2	27
25	Susan	166	↓6	24
26	Tracy	163	↓8	19
27	Stacey	158	↑2	41
28	Shannon	143	↑6	22
29	Cynthia	137	↓4	25
30	Andrea	133	↑19	30
31	Sandra	133	↑9	31
32	Wendy	128	↑1	29
33	Tonya	123	↑15	37
34	Donna	122	↓4	45
35	Tanya	121	new	54
36	Dana	118	new	52
37	Deborah	117	↓10	43
38	Robin	116	↑3	55
39	Teresa	113	↓3	39
40	Melanie	112	new	42
41	Kathleen	111	↑6	57
42	Pamela	110	↓7	34
43	Denise	109	↓12	35
44	Lori	107	↓5	28
45	Sharon	107	↓3	50
46	Sherry	104	new	70
47	Catherine	103	new	65
48	Stacy	103	↓16	33
49	April	101	↓4	48
50	Crystal	99	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,226	–	1
2	James	883	↑3	3
3	David	851	↑1	4
4	Christopher	821	↑2	2
5	John	817	↓2	5
6	Robert	803	↓4	6
7	Brian	711	↑1	8
8	William	693	↓1	9
9	Jason	426	↑12	7
10	Kevin	416	↑1	13
11	Joseph	412	↓1	12
12	Thomas	395	↑1	20
13	Charles	392	↓4	23
14	Richard	376	↓2	14
15	Eric	375	↓1	16
16	Jeffrey	365	–	17
17	Matthew	363	–	10
18	Mark	353	–	18
19	Scott	338	↓4	11
20	Steven	302	↓1	19
21	Daniel	300	↓1	15
22	Timothy	264	↑1	21
23	Anthony	258	↑1	22
24	Gregory	238	↑1	26
25	Kenneth	233	↑1	27
26	Shawn	226	↑4	28
27	Sean	225	↑1	33
28	Ronald	215	↓1	32
29	Paul	208	↓7	24
30	Andrew	202	↑4	30
31	Donald	199	↑1	36
32	Stephen	197	↓3	29
33	George	188	↑2	44
34	Keith	187	↓1	38
35	Edward	184	↓4	34
36	Gary	162	↑3	41
37	Douglas	148	–	43
38	Patrick	143	↓2	35
39	Todd	140	↓1	31
40	Jonathan	129	↑4	37
41	Bryan	122	↑4	45
42	Craig	119	↓1	46
43	Troy	115	↓1	49
44	Ryan	111	↑6	39
45	Adam	106	↑3	51
46	Larry	105	↓3	47
47	Dennis	104	↓1	52
48	Chad	99	new	25
49	Raymond	97	↓2	54
50	Aaron	96	↓10	40

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