Popular baby names in Maryland, 1978

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (908 babies) and Michael for boys (1,109). Social Security records list 39,600 babies born in Maryland in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1978

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: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Tyra: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tanika: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Nikia: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tia: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nakia: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kisha: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Keisha: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lakesha: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mia: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 37 babies, 63.3× the national rate
Davon: 18 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Donte: 41 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Donta: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Donnell: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dante: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Antoine: 48 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Randolph: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dwayne: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 29 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	908	–	1
2	Jessica	392	↑1	3
3	Melissa	383	↓1	2
4	Christina	338	↑4	15
5	Amy	326	↓1	4
6	Heather	326	↑1	5
7	Nicole	325	↑7	10
8	Kelly	299	↓3	12
9	Kimberly	285	↓3	13
10	Angela	284	↓1	7
11	Michelle	273	–	9
12	Lisa	268	–	11
13	Amanda	236	↑3	6
14	Elizabeth	229	↓1	14
15	Rebecca	227	↑2	17
16	Sarah	225	↑4	8
17	Stephanie	223	↓2	16
18	Crystal	198	↑10	18
19	Shannon	183	↓9	22
20	Danielle	179	↑5	31
21	Erin	171	↓3	21
22	Laura	170	–	19
23	Christine	165	↑1	29
24	Julie	160	↑3	26
25	April	151	↑6	27
26	Mary	151	↓7	24
27	Carrie	137	↓1	35
28	Karen	137	↓5	39
29	Tiffany	132	↑3	32
30	Jamie	131	↓9	20
31	Rachel	124	↓1	25
32	Stacey	120	↑5	53
33	Dawn	115	↓4	52
34	Erica	115	↑11	34
35	Andrea	108	–	23
36	Katherine	105	↓2	38
37	Tina	103	↑12	45
38	Megan	101	↑9	41
39	Emily	100	↓6	33
40	Brandy	99	new	37
41	Lauren	99	new	80
42	Sara	97	↑2	28
43	Michele	93	new	86
44	Stacy	90	↓5	44
45	Susan	88	↓7	49
46	Tara	88	↓6	40
47	Kristy	87	new	51
48	Melanie	85	–	54
49	Tracy	82	new	47
50	Patricia	79	↓9	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	1,109	–	1
2	Jason	734	–	2
3	Christopher	703	–	3
4	James	690	–	5
5	David	635	–	4
6	John	601	↑1	7
7	Robert	595	↓1	8
8	William	514	↑1	13
9	Brian	493	↓1	9
10	Matthew	454	↑1	6
11	Joseph	410	↓1	10
12	Daniel	400	↑1	11
13	Kevin	394	↓1	15
14	Charles	318	–	27
15	Timothy	312	↑2	17
16	Eric	306	↓1	16
17	Thomas	303	↑1	23
18	Richard	290	↓2	21
19	Ryan	274	↑5	14
20	Steven	266	↓1	24
21	Joshua	255	↑5	12
22	Mark	250	–	26
23	Andrew	246	–	22
24	Anthony	230	↓3	20
25	Jeffrey	211	↓5	19
26	Nicholas	204	new	25
27	Scott	185	–	30
28	Stephen	183	↑3	37
29	Paul	178	↑4	33
30	Shawn	175	↑2	39
31	Jonathan	174	↓1	31
32	Adam	170	↑14	29
33	Gregory	163	↓8	38
34	Jeremy	158	↓5	18
35	Justin	153	↑9	28
36	Sean	147	↓1	45
37	Kenneth	141	↓9	41
38	Aaron	139	↑4	32
39	Benjamin	138	↓5	34
40	Donald	132	↓2	48
41	George	132	–	58
42	Patrick	126	↓2	42
43	Ronald	123	↓6	55
44	Edward	117	↓5	47
45	Keith	114	↓9	49
46	Brandon	111	↑4	40
47	Shaun	111	new	52
48	Bryan	108	↓5	43
49	Gary	104	↓4	60
50	Todd	94	↓2	56

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