Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,238
2	Mary	1,206
3	Linda	955
4	Patricia	912
5	Barbara	686
6	Susan	685
7	Sharon	576
8	Debra	555
9	Karen	538
10	Donna	494
11	Nancy	453
12	Cynthia	435
13	Pamela	411
14	Sandra	392
15	Carol	376
16	Brenda	341
16	Denise	341
18	Kathleen	328
19	Diane	314
20	Margaret	285
21	Janet	265
22	Joyce	260
23	Elizabeth	244
24	Robin	239
25	Beverly	224
25	Catherine	224
25	Gail	224
28	Carolyn	213
29	Darlene	211
30	Bonnie	192
31	Teresa	187
32	Wanda	173
33	Kathy	171
34	Judith	169
35	Jacqueline	167
35	Joan	167
35	Shirley	167
38	Jo	166
39	Sheila	165
40	Janice	160
41	Dorothy	151
42	Theresa	150
43	Cheryl	149
44	Betty	146
45	Ruth	144
46	Paula	138
46	Phyllis	138
48	Gloria	134
49	Rose	130
50	Vanessa	126

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,522
2	John	1,511
2	Robert	1,511
4	James	1,379
5	William	1,300
6	David	1,197
7	Charles	917
8	Richard	898
9	Thomas	726
10	Joseph	683
11	Gary	579
12	Donald	517
13	Mark	516
14	Steven	477
15	Ronald	475
16	George	412
17	Paul	403
17	Stephen	403
19	Kenneth	401
20	Edward	378
21	Larry	353
22	Daniel	307
23	Dennis	299
24	Gregory	274
25	Jeffrey	273
26	Wayne	232
27	Anthony	228
28	Douglas	226
29	Timothy	223
30	Bruce	222
31	Kevin	213
32	Raymond	199
33	Terry	177
34	Walter	170
35	Frank	167
36	Patrick	160
37	Lawrence	158
38	Keith	135
39	Howard	134
40	Roger	131
41	Carl	128
42	Alan	127
43	Brian	121
44	Barry	119
44	Jerry	119
46	Glenn	118
47	Samuel	112
48	Russell	109
49	Scott	106
50	Arthur	105