Popular baby names in Maryland, 1977

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (902 babies) and Michael for boys (1,043). Social Security records list 40,103 babies born in Maryland in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1977

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: 26 babies, 10× the national rate
Tia: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Nakia: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lakeshia: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kisha: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Lakisha: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lakeisha: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Patrice: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Keisha: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aisha: 56 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 24 babies, 60.7× the national rate
Donte: 35 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Donta: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Dante: 37 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Antwan: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Antoine: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lamont: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Levar: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Earl: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	902	–	1
2	Melissa	401	↑1	2
3	Jessica	366	↑9	4
4	Amy	356	↓2	3
5	Kelly	337	↑8	10
6	Kimberly	326	↓1	8
7	Heather	324	↓3	5
8	Christina	303	↑1	16
9	Angela	277	↓2	6
10	Shannon	272	–	19
11	Michelle	269	↓5	7
12	Lisa	257	↓1	12
13	Elizabeth	242	↑3	13
14	Nicole	239	↓6	15
15	Stephanie	207	↑2	14
16	Amanda	201	↓2	9
17	Rebecca	191	↓2	17
18	Erin	178	↑4	23
19	Mary	176	↑1	21
20	Sarah	176	↑7	11
21	Jamie	170	↑2	18
22	Laura	170	↓3	20
23	Karen	163	↓5	32
24	Christine	154	↑2	30
25	Danielle	148	↓1	31
26	Carrie	147	↑3	28
27	Julie	146	↓2	22
28	Crystal	144	↑5	25
29	Dawn	141	↓8	43
30	Rachel	129	–	26
31	April	126	↑1	29
32	Tiffany	118	↓1	34
33	Emily	112	new	37
34	Katherine	106	↑8	44
35	Andrea	103	new	24
36	Jaime	103	↓8	46
37	Stacey	99	↓3	56
38	Susan	99	↑3	45
39	Stacy	96	–	42
40	Tara	93	↑10	35
41	Patricia	90	↑2	47
42	Tammy	90	↓7	55
43	Holly	88	↑2	52
44	Sara	88	–	27
45	Erica	87	new	38
46	Wendy	87	↓10	49
47	Megan	86	new	54
48	Melanie	86	–	53
49	Tina	86	↓9	58
50	Kathleen	84	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,043	–	1
2	Jason	792	↑2	2
3	Christopher	679	↓1	3
4	James	676	↓1	5
5	David	654	–	4
6	Robert	619	↑1	6
7	John	591	↓1	7
8	Brian	545	↑1	8
9	William	524	↓1	12
10	Joseph	455	↑1	10
11	Matthew	448	↓1	9
12	Kevin	415	↑3	13
13	Daniel	387	↓1	11
14	Charles	336	↓1	26
15	Eric	334	↓1	17
16	Richard	299	↑3	20
17	Timothy	289	–	18
18	Thomas	273	↓2	22
19	Steven	259	↓1	23
20	Jeffrey	252	↑1	19
21	Anthony	232	↑2	21
22	Mark	228	↓2	25
23	Andrew	226	↓1	24
24	Ryan	220	↑6	16
25	Gregory	210	↑4	35
26	Joshua	209	↑5	14
27	Scott	207	↓2	27
28	Kenneth	183	↑4	39
29	Jeremy	181	↓1	15
30	Jonathan	181	↑4	28
31	Stephen	180	↓5	38
32	Shawn	178	↓8	37
33	Paul	175	↓6	31
34	Benjamin	158	↑6	29
35	Sean	154	↓2	43
36	Keith	151	↓1	48
37	Ronald	143	↓1	53
38	Donald	136	↓1	46
39	Edward	132	–	47
40	Patrick	128	↑6	40
41	George	127	↑3	57
42	Aaron	126	–	32
43	Bryan	126	↓2	42
44	Justin	122	↓6	30
45	Gary	119	–	58
46	Adam	116	↓3	33
47	Corey	101	new	52
48	Todd	97	–	50
49	Douglas	92	new	59
50	Brandon	91	–	41

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