Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1974

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,007
2	Amy	451
3	Michelle	411
4	Kimberly	400
5	Heather	351
6	Melissa	337
7	Lisa	317
8	Angela	310
9	Nicole	262
10	Dawn	238
11	Rebecca	233
12	Kelly	223
13	Mary	218
14	Christina	212
15	Stephanie	210
16	Christine	209
17	Karen	184
18	Elizabeth	182
19	Laura	169
20	Jessica	159
21	Shannon	148
22	Danielle	146
22	Tina	146
24	Kristen	133
24	Tracy	133
26	April	132
26	Susan	132
28	Tammy	130
29	Wendy	129
30	Patricia	125
31	Stacey	120
32	Julie	118
33	Cynthia	117
34	Sarah	115
35	Crystal	113
36	Michele	108
37	Stacy	103
38	Carrie	98
39	Kathleen	95
40	Tanya	94
41	Melanie	92
41	Rachel	92
41	Tiffany	92
44	Sandra	91
45	Dana	90
45	Lori	90
47	Denise	89
47	Tonya	89
49	Erin	88
50	Andrea	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,060
2	James	753
3	David	727
4	John	702
5	Christopher	699
6	Robert	667
7	Jason	631
8	William	584
9	Brian	565
10	Matthew	397
11	Joseph	374
12	Charles	360
13	Kevin	348
14	Richard	332
15	Eric	331
16	Daniel	317
17	Thomas	316
18	Steven	290
19	Jeffrey	272
20	Mark	269
21	Scott	258
22	Anthony	251
23	Timothy	234
24	Andrew	200
25	Shawn	192
26	Gregory	191
27	Ronald	185
28	Kenneth	183
29	Paul	180
30	Sean	167
31	Stephen	156
32	Donald	149
33	Ryan	144
34	Jonathan	141
35	Edward	137
36	Aaron	136
36	Keith	136
38	Joshua	114
39	Todd	112
40	Adam	111
41	Craig	109
42	Bryan	107
42	George	107
42	Patrick	107
45	Gary	104
46	Jeremy	103
47	Chad	95
47	Larry	95
49	Raymond	92
50	Benjamin	87