Popular baby names in Maryland, 1973

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,076 babies) and Michael for boys (1,158). Social Security records list 40,318 babies born in Maryland in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1973

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: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Tia: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dionne: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lashawn: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Antoinette: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Catina: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tracey: 99 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Grace: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angel: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shawn: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Donte: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Dante: 27 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Antoine: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Darnell: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donnell: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bernard: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dwayne: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lamont: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Warren: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,076	–	1
2	Michelle	417	↑2	3
3	Amy	406	↑2	2
4	Kimberly	406	↓2	4
5	Lisa	370	↓2	5
6	Melissa	339	–	6
7	Heather	298	↑4	8
8	Nicole	294	↓1	11
9	Angela	251	↓1	7
10	Stephanie	251	↑4	9
11	Dawn	246	↓1	21
12	Kelly	226	↑3	18
13	Rebecca	226	↑10	10
14	Karen	224	↓1	23
15	Mary	223	↓3	14
16	Christina	217	–	16
17	Tammy	196	↓8	15
18	Laura	190	–	19
19	Christine	186	↓2	17
20	Elizabeth	177	–	13
21	Julie	171	–	12
22	Susan	152	↑3	25
23	Tracy	148	↑3	20
24	Shannon	146	↑4	22
25	Stacey	138	↑2	41
26	Tina	138	↓7	24
27	Michele	137	↓5	44
28	Danielle	136	new	49
29	Patricia	130	↓5	27
30	Stacy	128	↑18	32
31	Jessica	119	new	34
32	April	117	↑17	33
33	Donna	114	↑1	55
34	Cynthia	111	↓5	26
35	Wendy	110	↓3	29
36	Deborah	105	↑1	56
37	Kathleen	105	↑4	68
38	Tanya	103	↓3	50
39	Tonya	100	↓6	36
40	Catherine	99	↑7	67
41	Tracey	99	new	>100
42	Dana	98	↓6	59
43	Carrie	97	new	46
44	Denise	97	↓1	38
45	Melanie	97	↓5	43
46	Tara	97	new	37
47	Andrea	96	↓17	30
48	Robin	96	↓10	60
49	Sandra	92	↓18	39
50	Tiffany	92	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,158	–	1
2	Christopher	755	↑2	2
3	James	746	↓1	4
4	John	733	↑1	6
5	David	687	↓2	5
6	Brian	659	↑1	8
7	Robert	653	↓1	7
8	William	573	–	9
9	Jason	497	–	3
10	Matthew	399	↑7	10
11	Charles	391	↑2	23
12	Joseph	385	↓1	12
13	Kevin	375	↓3	14
14	Richard	362	–	16
15	Daniel	343	↑6	11
16	Thomas	331	↓4	19
17	Eric	322	↓2	13
18	Jeffrey	307	↓2	17
19	Mark	297	↓1	15
20	Steven	269	–	20
21	Anthony	251	↑2	21
22	Scott	250	↓3	18
23	Timothy	246	↓1	22
24	Gregory	224	–	26
25	Paul	222	↑4	24
26	Shawn	206	–	27
27	Kenneth	199	↓2	28
28	Andrew	193	↑2	29
29	Stephen	190	↑3	32
30	Keith	183	↑4	41
31	Ronald	181	↓3	40
32	Sean	176	↓5	36
33	Edward	156	↑2	39
34	George	151	↓1	46
35	Donald	143	↓4	38
36	Patrick	136	↑2	37
37	Ryan	132	↑7	30
38	Jonathan	126	↑2	31
39	Douglas	120	↓2	47
40	Todd	120	↓1	35
41	Craig	117	↑1	48
42	Gary	115	↓6	44
43	Bryan	112	↓2	43
44	Joshua	110	new	42
45	Aaron	106	↑5	34
46	Adam	102	↓1	45
47	Larry	99	↓1	50
48	Raymond	96	↑1	60
49	Chad	89	↓1	25
50	Jeremy	83	new	33

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