Popular baby names in Maryland, 1975

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (905 babies) and Michael for boys (1,171). Social Security records list 38,386 babies born in Maryland in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1975

Names given at least 15 times in Maryland that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kia: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tyra: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lashawn: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Tia: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lakeisha: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lakisha: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kisha: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nakia: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Latisha: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Keisha: 37 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Donta: 22 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Donte: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Dante: 38 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Antoine: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnell: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darnell: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lamont: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Dion: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Damon: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernard: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	905	–	1
2	Amy	426	–	2
3	Kimberly	374	↑1	7
4	Heather	372	↑1	3
5	Angela	351	↑3	5
6	Michelle	334	↓3	6
7	Melissa	328	↓1	4
8	Christina	265	↑6	12
9	Nicole	265	–	10
10	Lisa	254	↓3	8
11	Kelly	244	↑1	16
12	Dawn	220	↓2	23
13	Stephanie	210	↑2	9
14	Jessica	189	↑6	13
15	Rebecca	185	↓4	11
16	Laura	176	↑3	20
17	Karen	172	–	27
18	Elizabeth	168	–	15
19	Christine	165	↓3	22
20	Mary	165	↓7	19
21	Amanda	149	new	14
22	Shannon	145	↓1	21
23	Tracy	142	↑2	24
24	Stacey	133	↑7	44
25	Julie	132	↑7	18
26	Carrie	129	↑12	29
27	Danielle	129	↓5	42
28	Tammy	126	–	31
29	Tina	123	↓6	35
30	Stacy	120	↑7	34
31	Michele	118	↑5	56
32	Wendy	114	↓3	33
33	Patricia	113	↓3	36
34	Erin	111	↑15	38
35	Andrea	110	↑15	28
36	Crystal	107	↓1	43
37	Tiffany	106	↑6	37
38	Rachel	104	↑4	26
39	Tanya	103	↑1	50
40	April	102	↓14	25
41	Susan	100	↓14	32
42	Sarah	96	↓8	17
43	Melanie	93	↓2	52
44	Tara	91	new	41
45	Katherine	88	new	58
46	Robin	87	new	65
47	Cynthia	83	↓14	40
48	Lori	82	↓2	39
49	Tonya	82	↓1	45
50	Kathleen	78	↓11	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,171	–	1
2	Christopher	705	↑3	3
3	Jason	664	↑4	2
4	David	655	↓1	5
5	James	640	↓3	4
6	Robert	612	–	6
7	John	592	↓3	7
8	Brian	546	↑1	8
9	William	520	↓1	10
10	Matthew	403	–	9
11	Joseph	381	–	12
12	Daniel	346	↑4	11
13	Kevin	335	–	15
14	Thomas	327	↑3	20
15	Richard	321	↓1	16
16	Charles	317	↓4	25
17	Jeffrey	307	↑2	14
18	Steven	287	–	18
19	Eric	280	↓4	13
20	Timothy	269	↑3	22
21	Mark	267	↓1	19
22	Scott	251	↓1	17
23	Anthony	242	↓1	21
24	Shawn	210	↑1	31
25	Gregory	209	↑1	33
26	Paul	205	↑3	29
27	Andrew	192	↓3	28
28	Stephen	165	↑3	34
29	Donald	162	↑3	42
30	Joshua	160	↑8	26
31	Ryan	158	↑2	23
32	Kenneth	156	↓4	35
33	Ronald	155	↓6	46
34	Sean	146	↓4	40
35	Jonathan	145	↓1	30
36	Adam	140	↑4	38
37	George	138	↑6	53
38	Keith	136	↓1	49
39	Edward	134	↓4	41
40	Benjamin	121	↑10	36
41	Patrick	121	↑3	39
42	Jeremy	106	↑4	24
43	Raymond	106	↑6	63
44	Todd	105	↓5	43
45	Aaron	104	↓9	32
46	Bryan	104	↓4	47
47	Gary	97	↓2	50
48	Chad	94	↓1	27
49	Larry	94	↓1	56
50	Douglas	88	new	55

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