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Baby names in Maryland, 1960s

1960–1969 · 589,812 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Maryland across the 1960s, with 15,646 births in the decade. The state recorded 589,812 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Maryland in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Towanda19013×
Avon23
Tawanda61
Ellsworth21
Lamont220
Antoine123
Carroll164
Vonzella7

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael15,646
#2John14,128
#3David13,032
#4James12,637
#5Robert12,399
#6William10,029
#7Lisa8,762
#8Mark7,358
#9Richard6,905
#10Mary6,758
#11Charles6,518
#12Karen6,351
#13Joseph6,147
#14Thomas6,046
#15Kimberly5,973
#16Kevin5,681
#17Jeffrey5,362
#18Brian5,014
#19Donna4,964
#20Steven4,913
#21Timothy4,780
#22Susan4,748
#23Patricia4,519
#24Kenneth4,169
#25Christopher4,144

Other decades in Maryland

All Maryland names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org