State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,015 Maryland births in 1913 across 378 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#55Carrolloutside the national top 200
#83Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#94Angelaoutside the national top 200
#94Randolphoutside the national top 200
#97Reginaoutside the national top 200
#93Nelson#188 nationally
#69Amelia#161 nationally
#59Naomi#142 nationally
#86Irvin#165 nationally
#56Franklin#132 nationally
#53Roland#128 nationally
#31Hilda#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary617US #1
#2Margaret343US #4
#3Dorothy269US #3
#4Helen264US #2
#5Elizabeth224US #8
#6Mildred173US #6
#7Anna170US #7
#8Catherine165US #22
#9Marie144US #10
#10Ruth144US #5
#11Evelyn138US #12
#12Lillian121US #16
#13Virginia117US #15
#14Frances109US #9
#15Louise96US #17
#16Thelma94US #26
#17Alice90US #11
#18Edna87US #18
#19Ethel79US #20
#20Katherine77US #54
#21Agnes75US #41
#22Grace73US #25
#23Bertha70US #39
#24Florence70US #13
#25Gertrude70US #33
#26Gladys65US #19
#27Rose64US #14
#28Sarah61US #43
#29Edith60US #29
#30Emma57US #38
#31Hilda56US #105
#32Eleanor54US #34
#33Josephine54US #24
#34Pauline54US #35
#35Clara51US #36
#36Doris50US #44
#37Hazel50US #27
#38Martha47US #28
#39Esther46US #32
#40Ida45US #49
#41Irene44US #21
#42Nellie44US #58
#43Myrtle43US #53
#44Ella42US #70
#45Mabel42US #56
#46Elsie41US #40
#47Viola41US #52
#48Eva40US #50
#49Pearl40US #55
#50Anne38US #57
#51Julia37US #42
#52Beatrice35US #37
#53Bessie35US #47
#54Annie33US #30
#55Blanche32US #76
#56Sylvia32US #72
#57Ann31US #46
#58Charlotte31US #87
#59Naomi31US #142
#60Marguerite30US #78
#61Beulah27US #85
#62Leona26US #74
#63Madeline24US #117
#64Marian24US #93
#65Minnie24US #63
#66Violet24US #82
#67Alma23US #64
#68Lena23US #73
#69Amelia22US #161
#70Bernice22US #45
#71Ellen22US #88
#72Genevieve22US #84
#73Laura22US #62
#74Estelle21US #112
#75Jessie21US #61
#76Mae21US #79
#77Sadie21US #115
#78Sara21US #114
#79Audrey20US #136
#80Fannie20US #91
#81Lucille20US #31
#82Marion20US #51
#83Irma19US #144
#84Jean19US #60
#85Lillie19US #71
#86Loretta19US #118
#87Theresa19US #97
#88Vera19US #68
#89Emily18US #99
#90Kathryn18US #66
#91Marjorie18US #48
#92Miriam18US #146
#93Ada17US #104
#94Angela17
#95Barbara17US #94
#96Dora17US #109
#97Regina17
#98Vivian17US #83
#99Jane16US #81
#100Kathleen16US #110

Boys

#1William462US #2
#2John410US #1
#3Charles352US #7
#4James328US #3
#5George267US #6
#6Joseph262US #5
#7Robert183US #4
#8Edward174US #8
#9Thomas138US #10
#10Harry122US #15
#11Frank111US #9
#12Paul87US #14
#13Albert78US #16
#14Howard77US #26
#15Walter75US #11
#16Henry73US #12
#17Francis67US #30
#18Arthur66US #17
#19Richard65US #19
#20Louis58US #20
#21Raymond58US #18
#22Bernard54US #52
#23David52US #29
#24Samuel51US #36
#25Frederick47US #49
#26Ralph47US #22
#27Elmer46US #45
#28Herbert46US #39
#29Melvin46US #61
#30Clarence43US #21
#31Earl43US #31
#32Norman41US #57
#33Woodrow39US #44
#34Lawrence38US #35
#35Ernest36US #34
#36Harold36US #13
#37Leroy36US #63
#38Andrew34US #47
#39Carl33US #23
#40Leonard33US #46
#41Daniel32US #54
#42Alfred31US #42
#43Donald31US #25
#44Vernon31US #83
#45Philip29US #69
#46Kenneth27US #33
#47Benjamin26US #70
#48Eugene25US #43
#49Herman25US #53
#50Russell25US #50
#51Edwin24US #55
#52Leon24US #81
#53Roland24US #128
#54Gordon23US #94
#55Carroll22
#56Franklin22US #132
#57Michael22US #40
#58Morris22US #89
#59Stanley22US #41
#60Oscar21US #76
#61Theodore21US #60
#62Anthony20US #38
#63Milton20US #71
#64Chester19US #56
#65Wilbur19US #91
#66Harvey18US #93
#67Roy18US #32
#68Floyd17US #58
#69Jack17US #28
#70Jerome17US #141
#71Lester17US #59
#72Lewis17US #72
#73Edgar16US #87
#74Marion16US #111
#75Alexander15US #98
#76Leo15US #48
#77Wilson15US #122
#78Gilbert14US #103
#79Maurice14US #95
#80Stephen14US #86
#81Vincent14US #66
#82Wallace14US #126
#83Elwood13
#84Fred13US #27
#85Horace13US #123
#86Irvin13US #165
#87Jacob13US #117
#88Jesse13US #79
#89Martin13US #75
#90Claude12US #88
#91Clifford12US #68
#92Clifton11US #149
#93Nelson11US #188
#94Randolph11
#95Guy10US #137
#96Lloyd10US #67
#97Luther10US #116
#98Nathan10US #127
#99Peter10US #51
#100Warren10US #109

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑41Sylvia#56
↑40Edwin#51
↑39Beulah#61
↑32Violet#66
↑32Gordon#54
↑30Amelia#69
↑27Alfred#42
↑26Andrew#38

Falling

↓43Jane#99
↓35Lloyd#96
↓33Milton#63
↓31Peter#99
↓28Kathryn#90
↓25Anthony#62
↓24Laura#73
↓21Theresa#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.