Popular baby names in Maryland, 1974

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,007 babies) and Michael for boys (1,060). Social Security records list 39,362 babies born in Maryland in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1974

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: 36 babies, 26.9× the national rate
Kia: 21 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Tyra: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tia: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lakeisha: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lashawn: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Keisha: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Anitra: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Lena: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ebony: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Donte: 24 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Dante: 31 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Antwan: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Donnell: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Antoine: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sherman: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lamont: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Maurice: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Howard: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roland: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,007	–	1
2	Amy	451	↑1	2
3	Michelle	411	↓1	3
4	Kimberly	400	–	6
5	Heather	351	↑2	4
6	Melissa	337	–	7
7	Lisa	317	↓2	8
8	Angela	310	↑1	5
9	Nicole	262	↓1	11
10	Dawn	238	↑1	22
11	Rebecca	233	↑2	10
12	Kelly	223	–	15
13	Mary	218	↑2	13
14	Christina	212	↑2	16
15	Stephanie	210	↓5	9
16	Christine	209	↑3	19
17	Karen	184	↓3	26
18	Elizabeth	182	↑2	12
19	Laura	169	↓1	21
20	Jessica	159	↑11	17
21	Shannon	148	↑3	18
22	Danielle	146	↑6	40
23	Tina	146	↑3	25
24	Kristen	133	new	45
25	Tracy	133	↓2	23
26	April	132	↑6	28
27	Susan	132	↓5	27
28	Tammy	130	↓11	24
29	Wendy	129	↑6	32
30	Patricia	125	↓1	29
31	Stacey	120	↓6	48
32	Julie	118	↓11	14
33	Cynthia	117	↑1	33
34	Sarah	115	new	20
35	Crystal	113	new	49
36	Michele	108	↓9	50
37	Stacy	103	↓7	38
38	Carrie	98	↑5	42
39	Kathleen	95	↓2	76
40	Tanya	94	↓2	46
41	Melanie	92	↑4	51
42	Rachel	92	new	36
43	Tiffany	92	↑7	41
44	Sandra	91	↑5	44
45	Dana	90	↓3	55
46	Lori	90	new	30
47	Denise	89	↓3	53
48	Tonya	89	↓9	37
49	Erin	88	new	47
50	Andrea	87	↓3	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,060	–	1
2	James	753	↑1	5
3	David	727	↑2	4
4	John	702	–	6
5	Christopher	699	↓3	3
6	Robert	667	↑1	7
7	Jason	631	↑2	2
8	William	584	–	10
9	Brian	565	↓3	8
10	Matthew	397	–	9
11	Joseph	374	↑1	12
12	Charles	360	↓1	23
13	Kevin	348	–	14
14	Richard	332	–	17
15	Eric	331	↑2	13
16	Daniel	317	↓1	11
17	Thomas	316	↓1	20
18	Steven	290	↑2	19
19	Jeffrey	272	↓1	15
20	Mark	269	↓1	16
21	Scott	258	↑1	18
22	Anthony	251	↓1	21
23	Timothy	234	–	22
24	Andrew	200	↑4	28
25	Shawn	192	↑1	30
26	Gregory	191	↓2	31
27	Ronald	185	↑4	42
28	Kenneth	183	↓1	34
29	Paul	180	↓4	27
30	Sean	167	↑2	37
31	Stephen	156	↓2	35
32	Donald	149	↑3	41
33	Ryan	144	↑4	25
34	Jonathan	141	↑4	33
35	Edward	137	↓2	40
36	Aaron	136	↑9	32
37	Keith	136	↓7	44
38	Joshua	114	↑6	29
39	Todd	112	↑1	39
40	Adam	111	↑6	36
41	Craig	109	–	57
42	Bryan	107	↑1	45
43	George	107	↓9	49
44	Patrick	107	↓8	38
45	Gary	104	↓3	48
46	Jeremy	103	↑4	24
47	Chad	95	↑2	26
48	Larry	95	↓1	55
49	Raymond	92	↓1	62
50	Benjamin	87	new	46

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