State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,846 Maryland births in 1920 across 542 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#49Carrolloutside the national top 200
#77Irvin#182 nationally
#99Emoryoutside the national top 200
#86Nelson#187 nationally
#25Hilda#125 nationally
#88Regina#186 nationally
#87Constance#165 nationally
#70Calvin#139 nationally
#72Madeline#138 nationally
#69Naomi#134 nationally
#92Clifton#157 nationally
#50Roland#114 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,208US #1
#2Margaret642US #4
#3Dorothy583US #2
#4Helen488US #3
#5Ruth446US #5
#6Anna346US #10
#7Doris345US #14
#8Elizabeth330US #8
#9Mildred326US #6
#10Catherine313US #21
#11Marie294US #13
#12Frances265US #9
#13Virginia259US #7
#14Evelyn246US #12
#15Lillian198US #18
#16Alice169US #15
#17Thelma152US #31
#18Florence145US #16
#19Ethel137US #30
#20Louise137US #19
#21Gladys123US #22
#22Edith122US #32
#23Elsie119US #51
#24Edna118US #27
#25Hilda116US #125
#26Charlotte113US #79
#27Pauline113US #36
#28Eleanor111US #25
#29Grace105US #37
#30Sarah103US #50
#31Emma100US #46
#32Martha98US #23
#33Agnes97US #54
#34Rose97US #20
#35Gertrude96US #42
#36Jane95US #48
#37Josephine95US #28
#38Katherine95US #45
#39Irene91US #17
#40Betty88US #11
#41Audrey79US #103
#42Mabel78US #83
#43Bertha77US #57
#44Ida77US #66
#45Beatrice76US #41
#46Rita75US #52
#47Esther72US #39
#48Hazel71US #34
#49Bernice68US #40
#50Bessie68US #71
#51Clara68US #44
#52Ella68US #88
#53Norma68US #69
#54Pearl66US #62
#55Ellen65US #92
#56Marjorie63US #24
#57Anne61US #65
#58Lucille61US #29
#59Marion61US #43
#60Nellie61US #76
#61Annie59US #35
#62Jean59US #33
#63Alma58US #80
#64Vivian58US #64
#65Ann57US #49
#66Blanche56US #102
#67Genevieve55US #86
#68Julia55US #55
#69Naomi55US #134
#70Laura54US #63
#71Dolores53US #110
#72Madeline53US #138
#73Viola52US #59
#74June51US #53
#75Kathryn49US #67
#76Marguerite49US #93
#77Shirley49US #56
#78Eva48US #58
#79Leona47US #89
#80Marian47US #73
#81Myrtle47US #68
#82Theresa47US #108
#83Geraldine46US #60
#84Phyllis46US #72
#85Sylvia45US #85
#86Eileen43US #100
#87Constance42US #165
#88Regina42US #186
#89Miriam41US #140
#90Sara41US #111
#91Nancy40US #95
#92Elaine39US #107
#93Barbara37US #47
#94Jeanette36US #126
#95Lorraine36US #70
#96Minnie36US #87
#97Violet36US #77
#98Emily34US #119
#99Loretta34US #120
#100Stella34US #82

Boys

#1William1,020US #2
#2John895US #1
#3James744US #4
#4Charles727US #5
#5Robert495US #3
#6Joseph479US #7
#7George465US #6
#8Edward389US #8
#9Thomas274US #11
#10Harry227US #21
#11Walter215US #13
#12Paul192US #14
#13Henry188US #17
#14Richard186US #10
#15Albert179US #19
#16Frank173US #9
#17Francis147US #34
#18Raymond147US #15
#19Harold133US #12
#20Arthur126US #18
#21Howard126US #24
#22Earl122US #31
#23Bernard121US #46
#24Melvin113US #54
#25Clarence112US #26
#26Louis109US #28
#27Donald107US #16
#28Samuel99US #44
#29David94US #25
#30Kenneth94US #23
#31Ralph92US #22
#32Ernest83US #37
#33Milton83US #74
#34Elmer80US #45
#35Frederick80US #60
#36Leroy80US #56
#37Herbert79US #41
#38Lawrence78US #36
#39Daniel74US #52
#40Carl73US #27
#41Norman72US #47
#42Leonard68US #38
#43Vernon68US #65
#44Eugene66US #30
#45Stanley64US #40
#46Warren64US #39
#47Russell56US #51
#48Alfred54US #42
#49Carroll54
#50Roland53US #114
#51Philip52US #71
#52Anthony51US #43
#53Herman51US #66
#54Gordon50US #85
#55Andrew49US #49
#56Edgar46US #89
#57Benjamin45US #83
#58Jack45US #20
#59Franklin43US #119
#60Roy40US #32
#61Maurice38US #102
#62Michael38US #50
#63Leo37US #48
#64Lloyd37US #58
#65Vincent37US #73
#66Theodore36US #63
#67Edwin35US #53
#68Gilbert34US #97
#69Jerome33US #126
#70Calvin32US #139
#71Martin32US #78
#72Allen31US #94
#73Harvey31US #87
#74Lester31US #69
#75Wilbur31US #98
#76Chester30US #55
#77Irvin30US #182
#78Leon30US #75
#79Lewis30US #72
#80Alvin29US #76
#81Irving29US #116
#82Roger28US #103
#83Fred27US #33
#84Oliver26US #135
#85Morris25US #108
#86Nelson25US #187
#87Sidney25US #107
#88Clyde24US #68
#89Ray24US #67
#90Stephen24US #96
#91Claude23US #92
#92Clifton23US #157
#93Jesse23US #79
#94Wallace23US #93
#95Alexander22US #117
#96Oscar21US #90
#97Wilbert21US #160
#98Douglas20US #106
#99Emory20
#100Clifford19US #59

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑33Mabel#42
↑30Warren#46
↑25Dolores#71
↑21Ellen#55
↑20Bessie#50
↑20Ella#52
↑20Anne#57
↑20Michael#62

Falling

↓29Myrtle#81
↓28Sidney#87
↓27Sylvia#85
↓24Laura#70
↓24Sara#90
↓20Wilbur#75
↓20Leon#78
↓19Edwin#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.