State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,261 Maryland births in 1916 across 485 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#59Carrolloutside the national top 200
#90Cecelia#200 nationally
#96Rosalieoutside the national top 200
#60Irvin#164 nationally
#90Nelson#188 nationally
#85August#178 nationally
#49Naomi#130 nationally
#99Goldie#178 nationally
#29Hilda#105 nationally
#87Carolyn#163 nationally
#95Rebecca#169 nationally
#91Calvin#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary961US #1
#2Margaret572US #4
#3Dorothy498US #3
#4Helen447US #2
#5Ruth338US #5
#6Anna334US #7
#7Elizabeth310US #8
#8Catherine302US #20
#9Mildred251US #6
#10Virginia217US #10
#11Marie216US #12
#12Evelyn211US #11
#13Lillian184US #16
#14Frances171US #9
#15Doris156US #32
#16Thelma137US #29
#17Alice127US #13
#18Edna127US #19
#19Ethel127US #25
#20Louise121US #18
#21Grace119US #26
#22Edith107US #28
#23Eleanor106US #27
#24Florence106US #14
#25Sarah106US #52
#26Katherine104US #51
#27Emma100US #41
#28Elsie99US #48
#29Hilda99US #105
#30Agnes97US #50
#31Rose95US #15
#32Gertrude93US #35
#33Gladys92US #22
#34Hazel87US #31
#35Irene83US #17
#36Bertha79US #49
#37Martha78US #24
#38Josephine77US #21
#39Clara75US #39
#40Esther75US #34
#41Pauline75US #33
#42Ida72US #54
#43Charlotte65US #80
#44Beatrice63US #38
#45Pearl60US #57
#46Mabel59US #65
#47Laura58US #64
#48Myrtle57US #58
#49Naomi55US #130
#50Bernice54US #42
#51Jane52US #62
#52Bessie51US #56
#53Julia50US #46
#54Eva48US #55
#55Nellie48US #61
#56Jean47US #45
#57Anne46US #53
#58Marguerite46US #78
#59Audrey44US #119
#60Ella44US #81
#61Marjorie44US #37
#62Ann43US #40
#63Kathryn43US #60
#64Marian43US #72
#65Lucille42US #30
#66Betty41US #44
#67Leona41US #75
#68Beulah40US #97
#69Ellen40US #87
#70Viola40US #59
#71Emily39US #100
#72Blanche38US #89
#73Madeline38US #131
#74Theresa38US #98
#75Genevieve37US #76
#76Ada35US #117
#77Annie35US #36
#78Carrie35US #103
#79Marion34US #47
#80Miriam34US #140
#81Rita33US #67
#82Sara32US #109
#83Vera32US #66
#84Violet32US #83
#85Eileen31US #118
#86Sylvia31US #69
#87Carolyn30US #163
#88Mae30US #92
#89Barbara29US #74
#90Cecelia28US #200
#91Geraldine28US #94
#92Nancy28US #102
#93Stella28US #63
#94Alma27US #70
#95Rebecca27US #169
#96Rosalie27
#97Sadie27US #133
#98Dolores25US #146
#99Goldie25US #178
#100Jeanette25US #135

Boys

#1William772US #2
#2John732US #1
#3Charles618US #6
#4James532US #3
#5Joseph404US #5
#6George396US #7
#7Robert350US #4
#8Edward313US #8
#9Thomas210US #10
#10Harry167US #19
#11Walter158US #11
#12Frank155US #9
#13Paul155US #12
#14Albert152US #17
#15Howard124US #25
#16Richard121US #15
#17Henry117US #14
#18Samuel113US #41
#19Louis101US #22
#20Francis99US #31
#21Arthur96US #18
#22Clarence94US #24
#23Earl93US #32
#24Raymond92US #16
#25David90US #28
#26Melvin80US #57
#27Ralph80US #21
#28Frederick74US #52
#29Elmer72US #45
#30Harold70US #13
#31Ernest67US #36
#32Bernard66US #49
#33Donald65US #20
#34Leonard65US #42
#35Carl63US #23
#36Leroy60US #63
#37Vernon58US #75
#38Norman57US #48
#39Stanley57US #34
#40Benjamin56US #79
#41Edwin56US #53
#42Lawrence56US #38
#43Daniel52US #55
#44Andrew51US #46
#45Herbert51US #40
#46Milton50US #72
#47Herman49US #56
#48Theodore46US #65
#49Kenneth45US #27
#50Philip44US #70
#51Michael43US #44
#52Leon42US #85
#53Eugene41US #39
#54Lewis41US #71
#55Roland40US #118
#56Russell38US #51
#57Chester36US #54
#58Roy35US #33
#59Carroll34
#60Irvin34US #164
#61Woodrow34US #64
#62Alfred33US #43
#63Anthony33US #37
#64Leo33US #47
#65Vincent33US #67
#66Edgar32US #88
#67Wilbur32US #94
#68Martin31US #81
#69Lloyd30US #58
#70Jack29US #26
#71Lester29US #59
#72Morris29US #97
#73Stephen29US #87
#74Alexander28US #99
#75Franklin28US #130
#76Fred28US #29
#77Gilbert28US #106
#78Lee28US #83
#79Gordon25US #90
#80Peter25US #50
#81Wilson25US #141
#82Alvin24US #82
#83Oscar23US #86
#84Roger23US #129
#85August22US #178
#86Harvey22US #92
#87Clyde21US #62
#88Jerome21US #138
#89Allen20US #101
#90Nelson20US #188
#91Calvin19US #157
#92Guy19US #144
#93Maurice19US #100
#94Sidney19US #95
#95Willard19US #69
#96Clifton18US #156
#97Gerald18US #76
#98Luther18US #116
#99Ray18US #73
#100Jacob17US #123

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑35Marian#64
↑31Betty#66
↑27Roland#55
↑24Alexander#74
↑20Michael#51
↑19Woodrow#61
↑18Beulah#68
↑18Leon#52

Falling

↓36Sidney#94
↓34Annie#77
↓28Alma#94
↓27Willard#95
↓24Genevieve#75
↓23Sylvia#86
↓19Edgar#66
↓19Calvin#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.