Popular baby names in Maryland, 1976

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (893 babies) and Michael for boys (1,066). Social Security records list 37,658 babies born in Maryland in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1976

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: 15 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Kia: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tia: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lakeisha: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Lakesha: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patrice: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Keisha: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sherrie: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nakia: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Latanya: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 18 babies, 49.9× the national rate
Donta: 17 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Donte: 30 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Dante: 33 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Antoine: 43 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lamont: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darnell: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Damion: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harry: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernard: 31 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	893	–	1
2	Amy	423	–	2
3	Melissa	365	↑4	3
4	Heather	345	–	4
5	Kimberly	305	↓2	7
6	Michelle	302	–	6
7	Angela	295	↓2	5
8	Nicole	270	↑1	13
9	Christina	266	↓1	14
10	Shannon	257	↑12	17
11	Lisa	256	↓1	9
12	Jessica	254	↑2	8
13	Kelly	213	↓2	19
14	Amanda	208	↑7	10
15	Rebecca	204	–	12
16	Elizabeth	195	↑2	16
17	Stephanie	195	↓4	11
18	Karen	187	↓1	31
19	Laura	186	↓3	20
20	Mary	180	–	22
21	Dawn	160	↓9	35
22	Erin	156	↑12	24
23	Jamie	148	new	18
24	Danielle	146	↑3	33
25	Julie	145	–	21
26	Christine	143	↓7	26
27	Sarah	142	↑15	15
28	Jaime	132	new	29
29	Carrie	126	↓3	28
30	Rachel	126	↑8	23
31	Tiffany	124	↑6	32
32	April	114	↑8	30
33	Crystal	111	↑3	36
34	Stacey	109	↓10	51
35	Tammy	109	↓7	41
36	Wendy	104	↓4	39
37	Michele	103	↓6	63
38	Tracy	101	↓15	37
39	Stacy	100	↓9	38
40	Tina	97	↓11	48
41	Susan	95	–	40
42	Katherine	93	↑3	57
43	Patricia	90	↓10	43
44	Sara	84	new	27
45	Holly	82	new	56
46	Tanya	81	↓7	61
47	Dana	80	new	64
48	Melanie	80	↓5	53
49	Cynthia	79	↓2	44
50	Tara	79	↓6	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,066	–	1
2	Christopher	711	–	3
3	James	693	↑2	5
4	Jason	678	↓1	2
5	David	657	↓1	4
6	John	617	↑1	6
7	Robert	588	↓1	7
8	William	507	↑1	11
9	Brian	485	↓1	8
10	Matthew	438	–	9
11	Joseph	394	–	12
12	Daniel	332	–	10
13	Charles	308	↑3	26
14	Eric	305	↑5	13
15	Kevin	292	↓2	15
16	Thomas	274	↓2	23
17	Timothy	270	↑3	21
18	Steven	267	–	20
19	Richard	260	↓4	19
20	Mark	254	↑1	25
21	Jeffrey	229	↓4	17
22	Andrew	209	↑5	27
23	Anthony	207	–	22
24	Shawn	196	–	34
25	Scott	192	↓3	24
26	Stephen	192	↑2	37
27	Paul	183	↓1	28
28	Jeremy	180	↑14	14
29	Gregory	178	↓4	35
30	Ryan	171	↑1	16
31	Joshua	168	↓1	18
32	Kenneth	163	–	38
33	Sean	162	↑1	42
34	Jonathan	159	↑1	31
35	Keith	155	↑3	48
36	Ronald	153	↓3	49
37	Donald	137	↓8	47
38	Justin	130	new	33
39	Edward	127	–	45
40	Benjamin	121	–	32
41	Bryan	115	↑5	43
42	Aaron	114	↑3	30
43	Adam	112	↓7	36
44	George	111	↓7	53
45	Gary	103	↑2	52
46	Patrick	97	↓5	41
47	Larry	94	↑2	60
48	Todd	93	↓4	50
49	Chad	91	↓1	29
50	Brandon	81	new	40

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