State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,515 Maryland births in 1918 across 501 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
#86Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#59Irvin#169 nationally
#91Nelson#190 nationally
#30Hilda#114 nationally
#57Naomi#140 nationally
#44Roland#121 nationally
#52Franklin#129 nationally
#85Calvin#158 nationally
#90Ira#163 nationally
#49Audrey#118 nationally
#99Irma#166 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,076US #1
#2Margaret592US #4
#3Dorothy538US #3
#4Helen516US #2
#5Ruth399US #5
#6Anna365US #10
#7Elizabeth326US #9
#8Mildred304US #6
#9Evelyn287US #11
#10Catherine279US #20
#11Virginia249US #7
#12Frances242US #8
#13Marie240US #12
#14Doris237US #19
#15Lillian185US #15
#16Thelma161US #32
#17Alice148US #13
#18Ethel147US #28
#19Louise138US #18
#20Edna137US #23
#21Florence137US #14
#22Edith125US #30
#23Katherine122US #50
#24Rose119US #17
#25Gladys114US #22
#26Grace114US #31
#27Gertrude110US #39
#28Martha107US #25
#29Pauline107US #35
#30Hilda106US #114
#31Sarah106US #52
#32Eleanor99US #26
#33Agnes93US #47
#34Bertha91US #51
#35Esther87US #38
#36Hazel86US #33
#37Clara85US #43
#38Emma85US #46
#39Elsie84US #49
#40Ida80US #57
#41Beatrice78US #40
#42Charlotte77US #78
#43Jane77US #53
#44Julia76US #48
#45Josephine74US #24
#46Nellie73US #65
#47Irene72US #16
#48Rita68US #58
#49Audrey67US #118
#50Myrtle66US #62
#51Pearl66US #56
#52Jean64US #37
#53Anne63US #54
#54Betty63US #21
#55Laura63US #64
#56Ann61US #44
#57Naomi61US #140
#58Mabel58US #74
#59Lucille56US #29
#60Bernice55US #41
#61Annie54US #36
#62Bessie53US #61
#63Kathryn53US #63
#64Marguerite53US #86
#65Ella51US #84
#66Ellen50US #92
#67Viola49US #59
#68Marion47US #45
#69Sylvia45US #71
#70Theresa45US #101
#71Beulah44US #104
#72Eva44US #55
#73Blanche42US #96
#74Geraldine42US #77
#75Miriam41US #138
#76Vera41US #68
#77Emily40US #105
#78Genevieve39US #81
#79Minnie39US #88
#80Dolores36US #127
#81Loretta36US #116
#82Marjorie36US #34
#83Norma36US #98
#84Vivian35US #72
#85Carrie34US #113
#86June33US #66
#87Leona33US #79
#88Sara33US #109
#89Mae32US #95
#90Marian32US #76
#91Ada31US #123
#92Alma31US #73
#93Barbara31US #60
#94Cora31US #124
#95Jeanne31US #126
#96Lorraine31US #69
#97Kathleen30US #99
#98Henrietta29US #157
#99Irma29US #166
#100Madeline29US #135

Boys

#1William929US #2
#2John860US #1
#3Charles705US #5
#4James575US #3
#5Joseph477US #7
#6George444US #6
#7Robert414US #4
#8Edward360US #8
#9Harry221US #20
#10Thomas209US #10
#11Walter193US #11
#12Frank179US #9
#13Henry178US #16
#14Paul174US #14
#15Albert170US #19
#16Howard156US #26
#17Richard154US #12
#18Raymond141US #15
#19Clarence133US #23
#20Francis126US #30
#21Donald113US #18
#22Arthur104US #17
#23Louis103US #24
#24Earl101US #31
#25Melvin99US #56
#26Samuel98US #43
#27Bernard93US #47
#28David93US #28
#29Harold86US #13
#30Frederick85US #59
#31Lawrence82US #38
#32Ralph81US #22
#33Elmer78US #44
#34Ernest74US #37
#35Herbert69US #40
#36Norman69US #49
#37Milton66US #76
#38Vernon66US #66
#39Kenneth60US #27
#40Herman56US #65
#41Leonard56US #41
#42Leroy56US #57
#43Daniel54US #52
#44Roland54US #121
#45Russell54US #50
#46Anthony53US #39
#47Carl53US #25
#48Stanley51US #36
#49Edgar49US #89
#50Alfred46US #42
#51Eugene46US #35
#52Franklin44US #129
#53Edwin43US #55
#54Andrew42US #46
#55Carroll42
#56Fred42US #33
#57Lester42US #62
#58Theodore42US #64
#59Irvin41US #169
#60Leo41US #48
#61Leon41US #77
#62Philip41US #71
#63Lloyd39US #51
#64Martin39US #81
#65Jack38US #21
#66Michael38US #45
#67Woodrow38US #58
#68Wilbur37US #97
#69Benjamin36US #79
#70Chester35US #54
#71Roy35US #32
#72Jerome34US #136
#73Allen33US #98
#74Gordon33US #85
#75Lewis33US #74
#76Maurice31US #103
#77Douglas30US #115
#78Jesse30US #78
#79Oliver30US #130
#80Alvin29US #80
#81Gilbert28US #105
#82Harvey28US #88
#83Vincent28US #73
#84Morris27US #101
#85Calvin25US #158
#86Elwood25
#87Marion25US #107
#88Oscar25US #87
#89Warren24US #90
#90Ira23US #163
#91Nelson23US #190
#92Sidney23US #94
#93Wilson22US #122
#94Clifford21US #60
#95Gerald21US #72
#96Irving21US #108
#97Roger21US #116
#98Clifton20US #152
#99Marvin20US #68
#100Willard20US #83

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑32Jean#52
↑24Audrey#49
↑24Beulah#71
↑22Naomi#57
↑22Geraldine#74
↑22Douglas#77
↑19Edgar#49
↑19Fred#56

Falling

↓36Madeline#100
↓30Marion#87
↓26Blanche#73
↓20Marian#90
↓19Carl#47
↓19Roy#71
↓17Genevieve#78
↓17Marjorie#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.