Popular baby names in Maryland, 1979

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (932 babies) and Michael for boys (1,141). Social Security records list 42,135 babies born in Maryland in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1979

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

Girls

Lakia: 22 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Tyra: 30 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Kia: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tia: 50 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Nikia: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tanika: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shanika: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lakisha: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tracey: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lakeisha: 30 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 39 babies, 57× the national rate
Davon: 18 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Donte: 42 babies, 12× the national rate
Dante: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Donnell: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lamont: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jamal: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Antoine: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dominic: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	932	–	1
2	Melissa	484	↑1	2
3	Jessica	446	↓1	4
4	Amanda	374	↑9	3
5	Christina	367	↓1	14
6	Nicole	348	↑1	9
7	Kimberly	321	↑2	12
8	Heather	311	↓2	7
9	Kelly	308	↓1	16
10	Amy	297	↓5	5
11	Angela	292	↓1	8
12	Lisa	278	–	13
13	Sarah	274	↑3	6
14	Michelle	260	↓3	10
15	Stephanie	244	↑2	15
16	Elizabeth	232	↓2	11
17	Shannon	226	↑2	25
18	Rebecca	219	↓3	17
19	Laura	212	↑3	20
20	Crystal	207	↓2	18
21	Erin	204	–	21
22	Danielle	170	↓2	33
23	Mary	170	↑3	24
24	Jamie	166	↑6	19
25	Tiffany	162	↑4	28
26	Lauren	155	↑15	45
27	Megan	151	↑11	31
28	Rachel	144	↑3	27
29	Christine	142	↓6	35
30	April	139	↓5	23
31	Katherine	136	↑5	36
32	Erica	134	↑2	32
33	Karen	131	↓5	46
34	Julie	125	↓10	29
35	Andrea	120	–	26
36	Dawn	115	↓3	57
37	Carrie	114	↓10	41
38	Kathryn	110	new	50
39	Emily	108	–	34
40	Stacey	107	↓8	60
41	Tara	99	↑5	38
42	Amber	97	new	22
43	Kathleen	91	new	84
44	Susan	89	↑1	51
45	Sara	88	↓3	30
46	Melanie	85	↑2	53
47	Stacy	84	↓3	43
48	Kristy	83	↓1	56
49	Jaime	81	new	97
50	Tammy	81	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,141	–	1
2	Christopher	813	↑1	2
3	Jason	745	↓1	3
4	David	702	↑1	4
5	James	679	↓1	5
6	John	632	–	7
7	Robert	620	–	8
8	Matthew	507	↑2	6
9	Brian	505	–	10
10	William	490	↓2	13
11	Joseph	474	–	11
12	Daniel	410	–	12
13	Timothy	329	↑2	18
14	Kevin	320	↓1	19
15	Thomas	316	↑2	26
16	Charles	310	↓2	28
17	Joshua	308	↑4	9
18	Eric	299	↓2	17
19	Andrew	279	↑4	20
20	Richard	268	↓2	25
21	Ryan	267	↓2	14
22	Anthony	252	↑2	21
23	Steven	249	↓3	27
24	Nicholas	246	↑2	15
25	Jeffrey	244	–	24
26	Mark	233	↓4	30
27	Scott	215	–	29
28	Justin	199	↑7	22
29	Stephen	199	↓1	40
30	Jonathan	195	↑1	31
31	Jeremy	192	↑3	16
32	Paul	192	↓3	34
33	Kenneth	187	↑4	41
34	Adam	184	↓2	23
35	Gregory	184	↓2	42
36	Aaron	168	↑2	32
37	Patrick	167	↑5	39
38	Donald	151	↑2	51
39	Sean	145	↓3	49
40	Edward	139	↑4	48
41	George	139	–	57
42	Benjamin	136	↓3	33
43	Shawn	134	↓13	43
44	Keith	129	↑1	52
45	Gary	121	↑4	59
46	Bryan	119	↑2	46
47	Travis	114	new	36
48	Ronald	113	↓5	54
49	Brandon	110	↓3	35
50	Bradley	104	new	47

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