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Top names in Maryland

Name: Top baby names in Maryland, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,002 Maryland births in 1910 across 272 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maryland more than they say America.

#70Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#71Emoryoutside the national top 200
#69Regina#189 nationally
#86Carrolloutside the national top 200
#80Roscoe#194 nationally
#88Irvin#192 nationally
#65Clifton#168 nationally
#72Franklin#170 nationally
#62Henrietta#153 nationally
#69Jerome#159 nationally
#67Naomi#156 nationally
#95Phillip#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary393US #1
#2Margaret208US #3
#3Helen174US #2
#4Elizabeth150US #7
#5Anna131US #6
#6Mildred122US #8
#7Dorothy113US #4
#8Ruth107US #5
#9Catherine100US #22
#10Lillian93US #14
#11Evelyn92US #17
#12Marie89US #9
#13Alice74US #10
#14Florence72US #12
#15Ethel68US #13
#16Frances68US #11
#17Edna65US #18
#18Grace64US #23
#19Elsie60US #44
#20Virginia59US #29
#21Gladys58US #15
#22Sarah53US #40
#23Louise52US #20
#24Agnes48US #41
#25Bertha48US #33
#26Rose47US #16
#27Emma46US #34
#28Gertrude46US #26
#29Martha45US #28
#30Thelma43US #25
#31Edith42US #35
#32Hilda42US #109
#33Mabel40US #46
#34Clara39US #32
#35Hazel37US #24
#36Beatrice36US #36
#37Myrtle36US #43
#38Pearl33US #39
#39Bessie32US #37
#40Irene32US #21
#41Nellie32US #51
#42Eleanor31US #55
#43Katherine31US #57
#44Julia30US #49
#45Esther29US #38
#46Ida29US #47
#47Carrie28US #70
#48Ella28US #62
#49Viola26US #48
#50Annie24US #19
#51Eva24US #45
#52Laura23US #53
#53Minnie23US #50
#54Blanche21US #74
#55Josephine20US #30
#56Lillie20US #54
#57Charlotte19US #99
#58Doris19US #64
#59Ellen19US #88
#60Beulah18US #82
#61Daisy18US #101
#62Henrietta18US #153
#63Jean18US #77
#64Ada17US #94
#65Bernice17US #58
#66Marion17US #59
#67Naomi17US #156
#68Pauline17US #42
#69Regina17US #189
#70Emily16US #110
#71Kathryn16US #80
#72Marguerite16US #84
#73Nettie16US #129
#74Ann15US #52
#75Fannie15US #78
#76Madeline15US #145
#77Rebecca15US #154
#78Betty14US #69
#79Loretta14US #124
#80Lucille14US #31
#81Lydia14US #152
#82Sadie14US #100
#83Sara14US #128
#84Anne13US #67
#85Cora13US #85
#86Hattie13US #73
#87Lena13US #66
#88Lucy13US #75
#89Mamie13US #86
#90Marian13US #106
#91Nancy13US #105
#92Olive13US #125
#93Genevieve12US #98
#94Goldie12US #139
#95Irma12US #149
#96Jessie12US #63
#97Lola12US #120
#98Marjorie12US #68
#99Alberta11US #104
#100Alma11US #61

Boys

#1John193US #1
#2James186US #2
#3William174US #3
#4Charles160US #7
#5George112US #5
#6Joseph109US #6
#7Robert77US #4
#8Thomas63US #12
#9Edward59US #9
#10Harry45US #16
#11Frank41US #8
#12Walter41US #13
#13Henry35US #10
#14Howard33US #27
#15Samuel31US #32
#16Albert29US #14
#17Richard27US #21
#18Clarence26US #20
#19Arthur25US #17
#20Paul24US #15
#21Ralph20US #28
#22Harold19US #18
#23Louis19US #24
#24Raymond19US #19
#25Benjamin18US #70
#26Leroy18US #50
#27David17US #30
#28Norman17US #63
#29Earl16US #33
#30Elmer16US #48
#31Francis16US #36
#32Lawrence15US #35
#33Vernon15US #94
#34Ernest14US #31
#35Herbert14US #41
#36Alfred13US #38
#37Donald13US #44
#38Herman13US #52
#39Leonard13US #46
#40Melvin13US #75
#41Daniel12US #53
#42Frederick12US #69
#43Stanley12US #47
#44Carl11US #26
#45Edgar11US #80
#46Milton11US #76
#47Roy11US #29
#48Russell11US #58
#49Theodore11US #54
#50Alexander10US #101
#51Anthony10US #37
#52Eugene10US #39
#53Michael10US #45
#54Bernard9US #62
#55Jack9US #23
#56Lee9US #49
#57Andrew8US #42
#58Edwin8US #71
#59Kenneth8US #43
#60Leo8US #51
#61Lester8US #64
#62Lloyd8US #67
#63Oscar8US #73
#64Cecil7US #77
#65Clifton7US #168
#66Floyd7US #55
#67Fred7US #22
#68Jacob7US #117
#69Jerome7US #159
#70Wilson7
#71Emory6
#72Franklin6US #170
#73Gilbert6US #116
#74Guy6US #133
#75Irving6US #118
#76Isaac6US #130
#77Jesse6US #60
#78Lewis6US #65
#79Morris6US #91
#80Roscoe6US #194
#81Sylvester6US #156
#82Vincent6US #99
#83Wesley6US #152
#84Wilbur6US #104
#85Alvin5US #85
#86Carroll5
#87Harvey5US #89
#88Irvin5US #192
#89Leon5US #81
#90Maurice5US #110
#91Nathan5US #135
#92Nathaniel5US #139
#93Oliver5US #103
#94Philip5US #83
#95Phillip5US #174
#96Roland5US #163
#97Warren5US #122

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.