State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,728 Maryland births in 1915 across 480 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#66Carrolloutside the national top 200
#86Prestonoutside the national top 200
#67Irvin#168 nationally
#100Austinoutside the national top 200
#84Dorothea#182 nationally
#72Calvin#166 nationally
#100Regina#192 nationally
#83Carolyn#168 nationally
#90Goldie#172 nationally
#34Hilda#107 nationally
#61Franklin#132 nationally
#58Naomi#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary963US #1
#2Margaret489US #4
#3Dorothy486US #3
#4Helen414US #2
#5Ruth328US #5
#6Anna318US #7
#7Elizabeth310US #8
#8Catherine289US #19
#9Evelyn264US #10
#10Mildred264US #6
#11Marie213US #11
#12Frances185US #9
#13Lillian171US #15
#14Virginia169US #12
#15Thelma163US #30
#16Alice139US #13
#17Doris138US #34
#18Louise137US #18
#19Edna131US #20
#20Ethel128US #23
#21Emma118US #40
#22Gladys118US #21
#23Grace116US #27
#24Gertrude110US #35
#25Florence109US #14
#26Rose106US #16
#27Katherine104US #49
#28Edith95US #31
#29Agnes94US #45
#30Eleanor93US #28
#31Elsie91US #41
#32Martha91US #25
#33Pauline91US #32
#34Hilda88US #107
#35Sarah87US #51
#36Esther84US #33
#37Hazel83US #26
#38Bertha81US #46
#39Beatrice76US #37
#40Clara75US #38
#41Ida67US #54
#42Irene66US #17
#43Annie65US #36
#44Josephine65US #22
#45Laura65US #61
#46Charlotte62US #81
#47Bessie60US #57
#48Julia60US #44
#49Anne58US #52
#50Myrtle58US #58
#51Genevieve56US #76
#52Ann55US #43
#53Kathryn54US #60
#54Viola54US #59
#55Mabel53US #62
#56Pearl53US #56
#57Ella51US #75
#58Naomi49US #128
#59Audrey46US #127
#60Leona46US #74
#61Jane45US #69
#62Bernice44US #42
#63Sylvia44US #67
#64Jean43US #48
#65Eva42US #55
#66Alma41US #70
#67Lucille41US #29
#68Madeline41US #121
#69Nellie41US #63
#70Marguerite40US #85
#71Ellen39US #88
#72Emily39US #99
#73Marion39US #50
#74Blanche35US #87
#75Irma35US #142
#76Jennie34US #73
#77Minnie34US #68
#78Mae33US #89
#79Jessie32US #66
#80Theresa32US #93
#81Cora30US #119
#82Loretta30US #115
#83Carolyn29US #168
#84Dorothea29US #182
#85Lena29US #77
#86Beulah28US #95
#87Georgia28US #111
#88Carrie27US #103
#89Estelle27US #117
#90Goldie27US #172
#91Nancy27US #102
#92Barbara26US #83
#93Geraldine26US #108
#94Henrietta26US #152
#95Rachel26US #156
#96Olive25US #123
#97Betty24US #53
#98Harriet24US #112
#99Marian24US #86
#100Regina24US #192

Boys

#1William763US #2
#2John692US #1
#3Charles571US #7
#4James559US #3
#5George422US #6
#6Joseph407US #5
#7Robert304US #4
#8Edward261US #8
#9Harry199US #19
#10Thomas191US #10
#11Frank167US #9
#12Walter144US #11
#13Paul141US #13
#14Howard135US #25
#15Albert134US #17
#16Henry130US #14
#17Richard124US #15
#18Francis115US #29
#19Raymond109US #16
#20Samuel102US #39
#21Arthur99US #18
#22Clarence98US #24
#23Louis97US #23
#24Melvin89US #60
#25Harold78US #12
#26Frederick70US #52
#27David69US #31
#28Donald69US #20
#29Norman65US #50
#30Elmer63US #45
#31Bernard61US #48
#32Earl59US #33
#33Milton59US #73
#34Carl58US #22
#35Herman55US #56
#36Ralph55US #21
#37Benjamin54US #71
#38Kenneth53US #28
#39Lawrence53US #37
#40Herbert52US #40
#41Ernest51US #35
#42Andrew50US #46
#43Daniel50US #55
#44Leroy50US #66
#45Alfred46US #42
#46Edwin46US #53
#47Edgar45US #85
#48Vernon44US #80
#49Leo43US #47
#50Leonard43US #44
#51Russell40US #51
#52Stanley36US #34
#53Lewis35US #70
#54Philip35US #69
#55Anthony34US #36
#56Chester34US #54
#57Lester34US #57
#58Sidney34US #94
#59Morris32US #93
#60Eugene31US #41
#61Franklin31US #132
#62Martin31US #79
#63Roy31US #32
#64Theodore31US #64
#65Wilbur31US #92
#66Carroll30
#67Irvin30US #168
#68Willard30US #58
#69Fred28US #26
#70Leon28US #82
#71Michael28US #43
#72Calvin27US #166
#73Gordon27US #90
#74Jack27US #27
#75Jesse27US #77
#76Alvin26US #81
#77Gilbert25US #100
#78Harvey25US #95
#79Maurice25US #101
#80Woodrow25US #83
#81Vincent24US #65
#82Roland23US #118
#83Clifton22US #144
#84Jerome21US #140
#85Oscar21US #88
#86Preston21
#87Lloyd20US #62
#88Stephen20US #86
#89Clifford19US #61
#90Horace19US #122
#91Oliver19US #119
#92Roger19US #124
#93August18US #162
#94Julius18US #109
#95Marvin18US #72
#96Nathan18US #139
#97Peter18US #49
#98Alexander17US #103
#99Allen17US #99
#100Austin17

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑27Lester#57
↑25Annie#43
↑24Laura#45
↑24Stanley#52
↑24Roy#63
↑21Jean#64
↑21Fred#69
↑20Leo#49

Falling

↓33Carrie#88
↓33Alexander#98
↓32Roland#82
↓27Michael#71
↓27Maurice#79
↓18Peter#97
↓17Eva#65
↓17Theodore#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.