State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,807 Maryland births in 1919 across 518 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#63Carrolloutside the national top 200
#100Rosalieoutside the national top 200
#87Regina#185 nationally
#79Irvin#172 nationally
#78Calvin#163 nationally
#40Hilda#123 nationally
#86Wilbert#168 nationally
#59Naomi#140 nationally
#81Irma#160 nationally
#86Carolyn#165 nationally
#94Rebecca#170 nationally
#48Audrey#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,069US #1
#2Dorothy572US #3
#3Margaret563US #4
#4Helen522US #2
#5Ruth412US #5
#6Anna361US #10
#7Mildred300US #6
#8Catherine288US #23
#9Elizabeth283US #8
#10Virginia265US #7
#11Doris262US #18
#12Evelyn260US #11
#13Marie253US #12
#14Frances238US #9
#15Lillian197US #17
#16Alice167US #13
#17Ethel164US #28
#18Louise152US #20
#19Thelma142US #31
#20Edna141US #22
#21Florence136US #14
#22Gladys133US #21
#23Eleanor118US #30
#24Grace113US #34
#25Katherine106US #51
#26Martha106US #25
#27Edith101US #29
#28Pauline101US #36
#29Gertrude99US #39
#30Emma96US #45
#31Sarah94US #46
#32Rose91US #19
#33Irene89US #16
#34Agnes88US #50
#35Betty88US #15
#36Charlotte88US #79
#37Hazel88US #32
#38Bertha86US #52
#39Elsie86US #47
#40Hilda85US #123
#41Esther82US #38
#42Beatrice81US #41
#43Josephine81US #26
#44Jane80US #53
#45Ida78US #57
#46Laura72US #71
#47Clara71US #43
#48Audrey69US #115
#49Bernice69US #42
#50Julia69US #48
#51Lucille69US #27
#52Myrtle68US #67
#53Pearl67US #56
#54Genevieve63US #88
#55Viola63US #58
#56Annie62US #35
#57Jean62US #37
#58Sylvia62US #77
#59Naomi58US #140
#60Norma58US #83
#61Nellie57US #69
#62Rita57US #54
#63Ann56US #49
#64Eva56US #55
#65Kathryn55US #66
#66Sara55US #112
#67Marion53US #44
#68Geraldine52US #68
#69Vivian52US #72
#70Bessie48US #59
#71Blanche48US #97
#72Ella48US #87
#73Marjorie48US #33
#74Shirley48US #89
#75Mabel47US #78
#76Ellen46US #92
#77Anne45US #63
#78Lorraine45US #62
#79Marguerite44US #96
#80Phyllis42US #84
#81Irma39US #160
#82Madeline39US #139
#83Nancy38US #100
#84Miriam36US #145
#85Theresa36US #102
#86Carolyn35US #165
#87Regina35US #185
#88Lena34US #94
#89Marian34US #82
#90Violet34US #74
#91Ada33US #129
#92Beulah33US #108
#93Lois33US #40
#94Rebecca33US #170
#95Carrie32US #111
#96Dolores32US #124
#97Cora31US #122
#98Eileen31US #103
#99Mae31US #99
#100Rosalie31

Boys

#1William966US #2
#2John847US #1
#3Charles699US #5
#4James677US #3
#5Robert466US #4
#6Joseph445US #7
#7George420US #6
#8Edward311US #8
#9Thomas230US #10
#10Harry217US #20
#11Frank190US #9
#12Walter188US #11
#13Richard186US #12
#14Albert181US #18
#15Paul162US #15
#16Raymond146US #14
#17Henry134US #16
#18Francis130US #34
#19Howard125US #24
#20Arthur111US #19
#21Samuel111US #43
#22Donald105US #17
#23Harold100US #13
#24Melvin95US #56
#25Clarence94US #25
#26Louis90US #28
#27Bernard87US #45
#28Leonard85US #39
#29Frederick84US #64
#30Leroy82US #55
#31Earl79US #31
#32David77US #27
#33Ernest76US #36
#34Ralph74US #22
#35Lawrence72US #38
#36Milton70US #73
#37Stanley66US #37
#38Kenneth65US #26
#39Daniel64US #51
#40Norman64US #48
#41Carl59US #29
#42Herbert59US #40
#43Benjamin55US #79
#44Herman55US #61
#45Philip54US #71
#46Elmer53US #44
#47Anthony50US #41
#48Edwin50US #52
#49Theodore49US #54
#50Vernon49US #65
#51Alfred47US #42
#52Russell47US #50
#53Andrew45US #47
#54Eugene45US #33
#55Wilbur44US #98
#56Edgar41US #89
#57Gordon40US #86
#58Leon40US #80
#59Sidney39US #96
#60Harvey38US #85
#61Leo38US #49
#62Martin38US #81
#63Carroll37
#64Franklin36US #129
#65Roy36US #32
#66Chester35US #53
#67Gilbert35US #102
#68Lester35US #62
#69Roland35US #119
#70Fred34US #30
#71Jerome34US #134
#72Lewis34US #74
#73Vincent33US #72
#74Jack32US #21
#75Maurice32US #108
#76Warren32US #83
#77Alvin30US #76
#78Calvin29US #163
#79Irvin29US #172
#80Lloyd29US #58
#81Alexander28US #113
#82Michael28US #46
#83Marvin27US #63
#84Morris27US #100
#85Clyde26US #67
#86Wilbert26US #168
#87Lee24US #82
#88Oliver24US #128
#89Allen23US #101
#90Marion23US #106
#91Oscar23US #88
#92Jesse22US #77
#93Wilson22US #155
#94Floyd21US #59
#95Irving21US #111
#96Victor21US #68
#97Wallace21US #107
#98Woodrow21US #91
#99Clifton20US #150
#100Gerald20US #70

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑33Sidney#59
↑26Benjamin#43
↑24Genevieve#54
↑23Norma#60
↑22Sara#66
↑22Harvey#60
↑19Betty#35
↑18Lorraine#78

Falling

↓31Woodrow#98
↓25Roland#69
↓24Anne#77
↓21Beulah#92
↓20Irvin#79
↓17Mabel#75
↓17Lloyd#80
↓16Dolores#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.