State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,337 Maryland births in 1917 across 489 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
#92Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#63Irvin#170 nationally
#100Ellsworthoutside the national top 200
#85Phillip#173 nationally
#81Calvin#160 nationally
#87Carolyn#164 nationally
#36Hilda#112 nationally
#43Roland#117 nationally
#87Clifton#159 nationally
#62Jerome#133 nationally
#68Dolores#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,031US #1
#2Margaret528US #4
#3Dorothy525US #3
#4Helen488US #2
#5Ruth335US #5
#6Elizabeth321US #8
#7Anna299US #7
#8Mildred290US #6
#9Catherine266US #18
#10Marie263US #12
#11Virginia239US #10
#12Evelyn234US #11
#13Frances198US #9
#14Doris189US #25
#15Lillian185US #15
#16Alice147US #13
#17Florence137US #14
#18Thelma131US #32
#19Ethel129US #24
#20Edna126US #20
#21Louise124US #19
#22Gertrude114US #37
#23Rose111US #16
#24Grace110US #30
#25Eleanor108US #26
#26Edith107US #28
#27Gladys104US #23
#28Emma101US #46
#29Katherine97US #49
#30Elsie94US #50
#31Martha93US #22
#32Ida91US #56
#33Charlotte89US #76
#34Agnes88US #48
#35Bertha88US #51
#36Hilda88US #112
#37Josephine87US #21
#38Hazel86US #31
#39Pauline84US #33
#40Sarah84US #52
#41Beatrice83US #39
#42Esther82US #38
#43Irene80US #17
#44Clara79US #41
#45Mabel71US #68
#46Jane70US #55
#47Blanche60US #91
#48Julia60US #47
#49Anne58US #53
#50Bessie57US #61
#51Betty56US #34
#52Bernice55US #42
#53Ann54US #44
#54Laura52US #65
#55Rita52US #63
#56Myrtle51US #58
#57Nellie51US #64
#58Ella50US #83
#59Kathryn50US #60
#60Pearl50US #57
#61Genevieve48US #77
#62Annie47US #35
#63Ellen47US #90
#64Madeline47US #127
#65Marjorie47US #36
#66Marguerite46US #78
#67Miriam46US #134
#68Dolores44US #139
#69Vera43US #66
#70Marian42US #74
#71Theresa42US #97
#72Viola41US #59
#73Audrey40US #117
#74Lucille40US #29
#75Alma39US #71
#76Marion39US #45
#77Sylvia39US #69
#78Eva38US #54
#79Naomi38US #133
#80Mae37US #96
#81Carrie36US #109
#82Leona36US #80
#83Emily35US #103
#84Jean35US #40
#85Kathleen35US #101
#86Sara35US #107
#87Carolyn34US #164
#88Loretta34US #114
#89Ruby34US #27
#90Violet34US #84
#91Minnie33US #75
#92Ada32US #119
#93Barbara32US #67
#94Lena31US #85
#95Beulah30US #102
#96Geraldine30US #89
#97Irma28US #156
#98Stella28US #62
#99Vivian28US #79
#100Lucy26US #88

Boys

#1William822US #2
#2John740US #1
#3Charles665US #7
#4James558US #3
#5George447US #6
#6Joseph417US #5
#7Robert383US #4
#8Edward284US #8
#9Thomas213US #10
#10Harry205US #19
#11Frank169US #9
#12Walter164US #11
#13Richard144US #14
#14Henry138US #15
#15Albert135US #18
#16Paul130US #13
#17Howard122US #26
#18Francis120US #30
#19Raymond120US #16
#20Arthur108US #17
#21Melvin107US #57
#22Louis98US #23
#23Samuel94US #42
#24Bernard89US #49
#25Harold84US #12
#26Donald82US #20
#27Clarence81US #25
#28Carl77US #24
#29Earl76US #32
#30Ernest73US #37
#31Lawrence72US #36
#32Leroy72US #60
#33Elmer71US #45
#34Vernon71US #71
#35David69US #28
#36Frederick69US #51
#37Norman69US #46
#38Leonard68US #41
#39Ralph68US #21
#40Milton64US #75
#41Herbert63US #40
#42Stanley59US #34
#43Roland56US #117
#44Daniel54US #54
#45Andrew53US #48
#46Anthony53US #38
#47Russell52US #52
#48Edwin51US #55
#49Herman51US #58
#50Kenneth47US #27
#51Eugene46US #39
#52Roy44US #33
#53Alfred41US #43
#54Philip39US #66
#55Benjamin38US #76
#56Chester38US #56
#57Marion38US #108
#58Leo37US #47
#59Carroll36
#60Jack36US #22
#61Franklin35US #124
#62Jerome35US #133
#63Irvin34US #170
#64Theodore33US #63
#65Leon32US #82
#66Woodrow32US #73
#67Alvin31US #81
#68Edgar31US #88
#69Gilbert31US #105
#70Martin31US #77
#71Lewis30US #70
#72Michael29US #44
#73Lester28US #61
#74Vincent28US #65
#75Fred27US #29
#76Jesse27US #79
#77Maurice27US #101
#78Wilbur27US #92
#79Gordon25US #84
#80Morris24US #99
#81Calvin23US #160
#82Lloyd23US #53
#83Sidney23US #95
#84Wilson23US #144
#85Phillip22US #173
#86Willard22US #80
#87Clifton21US #159
#88Oliver21US #127
#89Alexander20US #97
#90Allen20US #100
#91Irving20US #106
#92Elwood19
#93Harvey19US #90
#94Peter19US #50
#95Wallace19US #123
#96Lee18US #85
#97Roger17US #119
#98Claude16US #98
#99Douglas16US #138
#100Ellsworth16

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑30Dolores#68
↑26Rita#55
↑26Jerome#62
↑25Blanche#47
↑19Alma#75
↑17Anthony#46
↑16Maurice#77
↑15Betty#51

Falling

↓30Naomi#79
↓28Jean#84
↓27Beulah#95
↓24Eva#78
↓21Michael#72
↓18Lee#96
↓17Lewis#71
↓16Ada#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.