State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,774 Maryland births in 1912 across 355 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#57Carrolloutside the national top 200
#78Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#73Irvin#170 nationally
#32Roland#127 nationally
#82Clinton#161 nationally
#55Naomi#132 nationally
#81Calvin#157 nationally
#29Hilda#104 nationally
#79Marshall#151 nationally
#77Clifton#148 nationally
#59Franklin#129 nationally
#62Wilson#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary562US #1
#2Margaret296US #4
#3Helen256US #2
#4Dorothy230US #3
#5Elizabeth205US #8
#6Anna175US #7
#7Ruth170US #5
#8Catherine140US #21
#9Mildred133US #6
#10Evelyn131US #13
#11Marie130US #10
#12Frances99US #9
#13Louise93US #17
#14Lillian87US #14
#15Virginia86US #20
#16Ethel82US #18
#17Florence82US #12
#18Thelma82US #26
#19Alice76US #11
#20Edna73US #16
#21Gladys73US #19
#22Martha69US #29
#23Rose63US #15
#24Hazel62US #25
#25Emma61US #35
#26Gertrude61US #30
#27Edith60US #31
#28Sarah60US #41
#29Hilda56US #104
#30Bertha54US #36
#31Katherine54US #53
#32Grace53US #24
#33Agnes52US #40
#34Viola52US #52
#35Esther48US #33
#36Doris47US #48
#37Elsie47US #42
#38Josephine47US #28
#39Nellie47US #59
#40Eleanor46US #39
#41Clara44US #34
#42Irene44US #22
#43Myrtle44US #50
#44Julia42US #44
#45Beatrice41US #37
#46Mabel40US #46
#47Bessie35US #43
#48Ida34US #45
#49Laura34US #57
#50Pauline34US #38
#51Anne33US #58
#52Charlotte33US #91
#53Eva32US #49
#54Marguerite32US #79
#55Naomi31US #132
#56Jane30US #89
#57Pearl30US #54
#58Ann28US #47
#59Carrie27US #82
#60Blanche25US #75
#61Ella25US #69
#62Kathryn25US #71
#63Minnie25US #60
#64Ellen24US #86
#65Mae24US #74
#66Theresa24US #97
#67Annie23US #27
#68Genevieve23US #92
#69Lena23US #72
#70Loretta23US #119
#71Lucille23US #32
#72Bernice22US #51
#73Betty20US #66
#74Cora20US #98
#75Madeline20US #124
#76Alma19US #62
#77Marjorie19US #56
#78Rebecca18US #144
#79Ada17US #96
#80Audrey17US #145
#81Jean17US #64
#82Jessie17US #65
#83Leona17US #76
#84Marian17US #93
#85Vera17US #68
#86Barbara16US #102
#87Fannie16US #87
#88Hattie16US #90
#89Henrietta16US #135
#90Ruby16US #23
#91Caroline15US #139
#92Lula15US #107
#93May15US #153
#94Nettie15US #143
#95Sara15US #121
#96Stella15US #73
#97Sylvia15US #77
#98Violet15US #83
#99Amelia14US #160
#100Beulah14US #80

Boys

#1William433US #2
#2John384US #1
#3James314US #3
#4Charles311US #7
#5George219US #6
#6Joseph204US #5
#7Robert157US #4
#8Edward139US #8
#9Thomas108US #10
#10Walter89US #11
#11Henry88US #12
#12Harry86US #16
#13Howard77US #25
#14Frank76US #9
#15Albert65US #17
#16Louis63US #20
#17Richard61US #19
#18Paul58US #14
#19Samuel58US #30
#20Raymond57US #18
#21Carl48US #24
#22Francis48US #35
#23Earl44US #34
#24Clarence43US #21
#25Arthur42US #15
#26Leonard42US #45
#27Elmer41US #47
#28Bernard40US #60
#29Norman39US #61
#30Milton38US #64
#31Frederick37US #51
#32Roland33US #127
#33Harold32US #13
#34Ernest31US #32
#35Lawrence31US #38
#36Ralph31US #23
#37Anthony30US #37
#38David30US #29
#39Melvin30US #71
#40Benjamin29US #67
#41Kenneth29US #33
#42Vernon29US #90
#43Daniel28US #53
#44Stanley28US #43
#45Herbert27US #39
#46Leroy27US #66
#47Eugene26US #41
#48Herman26US #50
#49Theodore26US #52
#50Woodrow26US #46
#51Donald25US #27
#52Lewis25US #68
#53Morris25US #82
#54Leon23US #79
#55Philip22US #69
#56Sidney22US #80
#57Carroll21
#58Edgar20US #85
#59Franklin19US #129
#60Lester19US #58
#61Lloyd19US #70
#62Wilson19US #131
#63Russell18US #56
#64Andrew17US #44
#65Jack16US #28
#66Leo16US #49
#67Michael16US #42
#68Peter16US #48
#69Alfred15US #40
#70Chester15US #55
#71Fred15US #26
#72Gilbert15US #115
#73Irvin15US #170
#74Maurice15US #95
#75Roy15US #31
#76Wilbur15US #92
#77Clifton14US #148
#78Elwood14
#79Marshall14US #151
#80Roger14US #138
#81Calvin13US #157
#82Clinton13US #161
#83Guy13US #140
#84Oscar13US #73
#85Vincent13US #72
#86Gordon12US #93
#87Jacob12US #110
#88Martin12US #75
#89Allen11US #103
#90Clyde11US #65
#91Edwin11US #54
#92Horace11US #119
#93Marion11US #112
#94Jerome10US #133
#95Jesse10US #74
#96Max10US #101
#97Alexander9US #97
#98Claude9US #89
#99Everett9US #96
#100Isaac9US #162

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑41Donald#51
↑39Kenneth#41
↑34Wilson#62
↑30Stanley#44
↑29Harold#33
↑28Loretta#70
↑28Jack#65
↑27Chester#70

Falling

↓43Alfred#69
↓37Jesse#95
↓34Amelia#99
↓30Roy#75
↓26Russell#63
↓26Andrew#64
↓24Beulah#100
↓24Wilbur#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.