State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,559 Maryland births in 1911 across 285 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#53Carrolloutside the national top 200
#64Austinoutside the national top 200
#65Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#76Carltonoutside the national top 200
#68Irvin#191 nationally
#79Dolores#196 nationally
#88Elvaoutside the national top 200
#81Isabelle#191 nationally
#65Amelia#174 nationally
#95Simonoutside the national top 200
#96Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#46Roland#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary425US #1
#2Margaret215US #3
#3Helen185US #2
#4Mildred149US #8
#5Dorothy148US #4
#6Anna145US #6
#7Elizabeth133US #7
#8Catherine110US #20
#9Ruth109US #5
#10Marie100US #9
#11Evelyn98US #16
#12Lillian85US #13
#13Alice82US #11
#14Edna72US #17
#15Thelma72US #27
#16Ethel65US #15
#17Grace59US #23
#18Frances58US #10
#19Virginia58US #26
#20Florence54US #12
#21Louise52US #19
#22Hilda51US #101
#23Agnes48US #39
#24Elsie47US #41
#25Martha47US #28
#26Edith46US #31
#27Gertrude46US #30
#28Myrtle44US #50
#29Bertha43US #36
#30Rose43US #14
#31Clara42US #33
#32Gladys42US #18
#33Hazel40US #25
#34Nellie40US #54
#35Emma39US #35
#36Sarah39US #42
#37Katherine38US #55
#38Eleanor37US #49
#39Ida35US #45
#40Mabel34US #43
#41Josephine33US #29
#42Irene32US #21
#43Eva30US #46
#44Pearl29US #48
#45Doris27US #56
#46Julia27US #44
#47Bessie26US #40
#48Ella26US #63
#49Viola26US #47
#50Kathryn25US #73
#51Naomi25US #141
#52Esther24US #34
#53Laura24US #57
#54Beatrice23US #37
#55Anne22US #64
#56Annie21US #24
#57Blanche21US #75
#58Pauline21US #38
#59Rebecca21US #148
#60Carrie20US #78
#61Alma19US #62
#62Marian19US #105
#63Charlotte17US #95
#64Marion16US #58
#65Amelia15US #174
#66Ann15US #53
#67Cora15US #91
#68Ellen15US #84
#69Estelle15US #106
#70Jane15US #98
#71Jean15US #74
#72Mae15US #71
#73Minnie15US #52
#74Vivian15US #80
#75Bernice14US #51
#76Beulah14US #79
#77Leona14US #76
#78Ruby14US #22
#79Dolores13US #196
#80Fannie13US #88
#81Isabelle13US #191
#82Lillie13US #60
#83Lucille13US #32
#84Madeline13US #133
#85Ada12US #97
#86Betty12US #69
#87Dora12US #104
#88Elva12
#89Irma12US #137
#90Lena12US #70
#91Lottie12US #135
#92Maggie12US #111
#93Sylvia12US #82
#94Violet12US #83
#95Carolyn11US #185
#96Cecelia11US #175
#97Hattie11US #86
#98Loretta11US #118
#99Lucy11US #77
#100Nettie11US #136

Boys

#1William228US #2
#2John200US #1
#3James193US #3
#4Charles159US #7
#5Joseph127US #6
#6George111US #4
#7Robert91US #5
#8Thomas69US #10
#9Edward66US #9
#10Harry65US #13
#11Henry46US #11
#12Albert44US #15
#13Louis43US #21
#14Frank42US #8
#15Howard37US #28
#16Paul34US #17
#17Walter33US #12
#18Arthur32US #18
#19Frederick31US #52
#20Richard31US #20
#21Earl29US #34
#22Raymond28US #19
#23David26US #27
#24Francis24US #33
#25Samuel24US #30
#26Alfred23US #39
#27Clarence23US #23
#28Daniel22US #53
#29Lawrence21US #37
#30Ernest20US #32
#31Melvin20US #73
#32Bernard19US #54
#33Elmer19US #48
#34Ralph19US #24
#35Norman18US #63
#36Eugene17US #43
#37Russell17US #55
#38Andrew15US #42
#39Carl15US #26
#40Morris15US #85
#41Theodore15US #56
#42Herman14US #49
#43Leonard14US #46
#44Leroy14US #59
#45Roy14US #31
#46Roland13US #147
#47Benjamin12US #64
#48Herbert12US #41
#49Lewis12US #66
#50Milton12US #70
#51Vernon12US #96
#52Wilbur12US #101
#53Carroll11
#54Edgar11US #83
#55Fred11US #22
#56Leon11US #77
#57Philip11US #69
#58Jesse10US #72
#59Lester10US #65
#60Anthony9US #35
#61Calvin9US #157
#62Harold9US #16
#63Alvin8US #89
#64Austin8
#65Elwood8
#66Franklin8US #152
#67Gordon8US #97
#68Irvin8US #191
#69Irving8US #93
#70Jerome8US #159
#71Michael8US #38
#72Nathan8US #109
#73Oliver8US #115
#74Stanley8US #44
#75Allen7US #98
#76Carlton7
#77Clifton7US #163
#78Edwin7US #60
#79Floyd7US #57
#80Kenneth7US #40
#81Leo7US #51
#82Lloyd7US #74
#83Maurice7US #99
#84Nelson7US #175
#85Oscar7US #68
#86Ray7US #71
#87Stephen7US #84
#88Vincent7US #80
#89Wilbert7US #186
#90Willie7US #14
#91Clifford6US #62
#92Donald6US #36
#93Jack6US #25
#94Sam6US #47
#95Simon6
#96Wilson6
#97Chester5US #58
#98Clyde5US #61
#99Julian5US #199
#100Luther5US #100

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑50Roland#46
↑39Alma#61
↑39Morris#40
↑37Philip#57
↑33Carroll#53
↑33Leon#56
↑32Wilbur#52
↑29Anne#55

Falling

↓55Donald#92
↓40Harold#62
↓38Jack#93
↓31Stanley#74
↓27Nettie#100
↓26Lillie#82
↓26Wilson#96
↓22Benjamin#47

Every state

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