State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,785 Maryland births in 1914 across 435 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#61Carrolloutside the national top 200
#72Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#62Irvin#181 nationally
#89Emoryoutside the national top 200
#59Calvin#168 nationally
#98Elvaoutside the national top 200
#98Prestonoutside the national top 200
#97Nathaniel#185 nationally
#76Rebecca#162 nationally
#68Wilson#153 nationally
#53Naomi#134 nationally
#99Isabelle#180 nationally

Girls

#1Mary718US #1
#2Margaret410US #4
#3Dorothy398US #3
#4Helen313US #2
#5Elizabeth287US #8
#6Anna268US #6
#7Ruth225US #5
#8Catherine210US #18
#9Mildred206US #7
#10Evelyn193US #11
#11Marie179US #10
#12Lillian146US #16
#13Frances129US #9
#14Virginia125US #14
#15Thelma124US #26
#16Louise107US #17
#17Edna106US #19
#18Alice103US #12
#19Gladys97US #20
#20Eleanor93US #28
#21Gertrude90US #32
#22Florence87US #13
#23Edith86US #31
#24Ethel82US #21
#25Rose82US #15
#26Doris81US #36
#27Agnes79US #44
#28Sarah78US #47
#29Martha74US #27
#30Pauline73US #34
#31Grace71US #25
#32Katherine71US #48
#33Ida70US #49
#34Clara67US #37
#35Elsie66US #46
#36Hazel66US #29
#37Emma63US #39
#38Hilda62US #103
#39Josephine61US #23
#40Pearl59US #56
#41Esther58US #35
#42Julia58US #42
#43Myrtle57US #60
#44Beatrice56US #38
#45Bertha51US #41
#46Bessie50US #55
#47Anne49US #53
#48Eva49US #52
#49Viola49US #57
#50Irene48US #22
#51Kathryn48US #63
#52Charlotte42US #88
#53Naomi42US #134
#54Bernice41US #43
#55Carrie41US #91
#56Ella40US #72
#57Genevieve40US #76
#58Mabel40US #58
#59Blanche39US #80
#60Ann36US #40
#61Minnie35US #67
#62Nellie35US #61
#63Audrey34US #138
#64Madeline34US #116
#65Ellen33US #86
#66Marguerite33US #84
#67Alma32US #69
#68Annie31US #33
#69Laura31US #59
#70Sylvia31US #70
#71Lucille30US #30
#72Jessie29US #64
#73Fannie28US #99
#74Mae27US #85
#75Leona26US #79
#76Rebecca26US #162
#77Ruby26US #24
#78Jane25US #71
#79Estelle24US #112
#80Sadie24US #124
#81Sara24US #108
#82Violet24US #83
#83Emily23US #98
#84Geraldine23US #123
#85Jean23US #54
#86Marion23US #50
#87Stella23US #65
#88Ada22US #106
#89Beulah22US #96
#90Cora22US #105
#91Henrietta22US #140
#92Betty21US #62
#93Irma21US #146
#94Lucy21US #73
#95Theresa21US #93
#96Carolyn20US #169
#97Dora20US #121
#98Elva20
#99Isabelle20US #180
#100Nancy20US #102

Boys

#1William619US #2
#2John549US #1
#3James449US #3
#4Charles427US #7
#5Joseph312US #5
#6George306US #6
#7Robert218US #4
#8Edward196US #8
#9Harry160US #19
#10Thomas139US #11
#11Walter132US #10
#12Frank127US #9
#13Albert123US #15
#14Henry101US #12
#15Paul95US #13
#16Howard94US #26
#17Raymond93US #16
#18Richard93US #17
#19Arthur84US #18
#20Louis79US #20
#21Samuel75US #36
#22Bernard67US #50
#23Francis62US #31
#24Melvin58US #59
#25Clarence56US #22
#26David56US #29
#27Milton55US #69
#28Earl53US #33
#29Ernest51US #38
#30Herbert50US #42
#31Frederick49US #52
#32Lawrence49US #35
#33Daniel48US #55
#34Elmer47US #46
#35Carl46US #24
#36Alfred43US #41
#37Russell43US #49
#38Harold42US #14
#39Norman41US #54
#40Andrew40US #44
#41Donald40US #23
#42Herman38US #51
#43Leroy37US #60
#44Michael34US #40
#45Benjamin33US #70
#46Eugene33US #43
#47Theodore33US #64
#48Vernon33US #83
#49Kenneth32US #30
#50Roland32US #121
#51Edwin31US #53
#52Maurice31US #94
#53Ralph31US #21
#54Anthony30US #37
#55Leon29US #85
#56Franklin28US #134
#57Jack28US #27
#58Leonard28US #45
#59Calvin27US #168
#60Edgar27US #87
#61Carroll26
#62Irvin26US #181
#63Martin25US #73
#64Philip25US #68
#65Alexander24US #98
#66Gordon24US #88
#67Wilbur24US #96
#68Wilson24US #153
#69Leo23US #47
#70Lewis23US #72
#71Morris23US #86
#72Elwood22
#73Jesse22US #82
#74Sidney22US #89
#75Oliver21US #122
#76Stanley21US #39
#77Woodrow21US #71
#78Harvey20US #95
#79Peter20US #48
#80Vincent20US #61
#81Gilbert19US #104
#82Jacob19US #113
#83Alvin18US #78
#84Lester18US #57
#85Irving17US #100
#86Roger17US #126
#87Roy17US #32
#88Allen16US #105
#89Emory16
#90Fred16US #28
#91Marshall16US #167
#92Marvin16US #75
#93Everett15US #90
#94Oscar15US #77
#95Jerome14US #136
#96Lloyd14US #66
#97Nathaniel14US #185
#98Preston14
#99Stephen14US #80
#100Abraham13US #141

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑39Kathryn#51
↑36Milton#27
↑27Maurice#52
↑26Martin#63
↑24Irvin#62
↑21Jane#78
↑20Peter#79
↑16Bernice#54

Falling

↓44Woodrow#77
↓34Oscar#94
↓28Beulah#89
↓27Ralph#53
↓25Jerome#95
↓22Bertha#45
↓20Nellie#62
↓20Roy#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.