State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,569 Maryland births in 1921 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.

#65Carrolloutside the national top 200
#63Irvin#179 nationally
#85Regina#188 nationally
#99Rosalie#193 nationally
#100Nelson#194 nationally
#70Clifton#160 nationally
#36Hilda#123 nationally
#54Naomi#132 nationally
#50Franklin#126 nationally
#58Jerome#125 nationally
#79Jacob#143 nationally
#84Miriam#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,302US #1
#2Dorothy669US #2
#3Margaret600US #4
#4Helen512US #3
#5Ruth400US #5
#6Doris350US #13
#7Anna343US #11
#8Elizabeth328US #10
#9Mildred327US #7
#10Catherine286US #23
#11Virginia259US #6
#12Frances252US #9
#13Evelyn248US #12
#14Marie244US #14
#15Alice180US #15
#16Lillian179US #19
#17Betty153US #8
#18Thelma151US #30
#19Ethel136US #32
#20Florence135US #17
#21Edna132US #27
#22Louise126US #22
#23Eleanor122US #29
#24Gladys120US #24
#25Edith119US #33
#26Jane112US #47
#27Grace111US #35
#28Irene110US #18
#29Emma107US #52
#30Josephine105US #28
#31Charlotte104US #79
#32Hazel103US #34
#33Katherine103US #49
#34Martha98US #21
#35Rose98US #20
#36Hilda96US #123
#37Sarah95US #54
#38Agnes94US #56
#39Audrey93US #82
#40Elsie93US #55
#41Gertrude93US #46
#42Marjorie92US #16
#43Bernice90US #39
#44Pauline90US #37
#45Clara89US #45
#46Rita89US #48
#47Bertha81US #59
#48Esther81US #42
#49Norma78US #51
#50Jean74US #25
#51Beatrice72US #41
#52June71US #50
#53Mabel69US #85
#54Naomi66US #132
#55Pearl66US #65
#56Lucille65US #31
#57Kathryn64US #64
#58Ann63US #53
#59Ida62US #67
#60Anne61US #70
#61Viola61US #66
#62Annie59US #36
#63Shirley59US #44
#64Vivian57US #68
#65Nellie55US #80
#66Eileen54US #100
#67Bessie53US #75
#68Ella52US #89
#69Ellen52US #95
#70Julia52US #58
#71Marion52US #43
#72Dolores51US #111
#73Genevieve51US #90
#74Geraldine51US #62
#75Vera50US #76
#76Blanche48US #112
#77Sylvia48US #88
#78Eva47US #63
#79Lorraine47US #61
#80Myrtle47US #73
#81Phyllis46US #60
#82Theresa46US #107
#83Marguerite45US #98
#84Miriam45US #147
#85Regina45US #188
#86Nancy44US #87
#87Alma43US #78
#88Elaine43US #97
#89Laura43US #71
#90Barbara41US #40
#91Emily41US #121
#92Leona39US #92
#93Loretta39US #122
#94Violet38US #81
#95Madeline37US #139
#96Marian37US #69
#97Gloria36US #102
#98Beulah35US #116
#99Rosalie35US #193
#100Carolyn33US #146

Boys

#1William1,063US #3
#2John895US #1
#3Charles765US #5
#4James717US #4
#5Robert534US #2
#6George533US #6
#7Joseph519US #7
#8Edward352US #8
#9Thomas263US #11
#10Harry235US #21
#11Walter214US #15
#12Richard197US #10
#13Albert195US #20
#14Henry176US #17
#15Paul174US #14
#16Frank165US #9
#17Francis164US #35
#18Raymond163US #16
#19Howard153US #27
#20Donald144US #13
#21Louis131US #29
#22Clarence127US #28
#23Arthur117US #19
#24Melvin117US #53
#25Earl115US #31
#26Harold113US #12
#27Bernard112US #45
#28Ralph100US #23
#29David97US #25
#30Warren96US #24
#31Kenneth95US #22
#32Samuel93US #44
#33Norman89US #46
#34Vernon88US #68
#35Frederick87US #61
#36Leonard84US #39
#37Stanley81US #41
#38Ernest79US #38
#39Lawrence78US #37
#40Leroy78US #55
#41Herbert77US #42
#42Eugene75US #26
#43Elmer74US #48
#44Russell74US #52
#45Daniel72US #49
#46Milton69US #75
#47Carl66US #30
#48Jack64US #18
#49Alfred61US #43
#50Franklin60US #126
#51Philip57US #72
#52Anthony53US #40
#53Leon53US #74
#54Roland53US #107
#55Lloyd52US #58
#56Andrew47US #51
#57Herman47US #64
#58Jerome47US #125
#59Leo46US #50
#60Gilbert44US #103
#61Roy44US #32
#62Edwin43US #54
#63Irvin43US #179
#64Benjamin42US #82
#65Carroll42
#66Allen41US #94
#67Edgar41US #90
#68Michael39US #47
#69Alvin38US #73
#70Clifton37US #160
#71Morris37US #104
#72Lewis36US #71
#73Vincent35US #70
#74Martin34US #78
#75Calvin33US #131
#76Lester33US #66
#77Marvin33US #59
#78Fred32US #33
#79Jacob32US #143
#80Lee32US #86
#81Marion32US #102
#82Maurice32US #101
#83Theodore32US #65
#84Wallace32US #88
#85Wilbur31US #100
#86Chester29US #56
#87Gordon27US #84
#88Jesse27US #77
#89Sidney27US #110
#90Harvey26US #87
#91Roger26US #99
#92Oliver25US #135
#93Gerald24US #60
#94Leslie24US #106
#95Irving23US #124
#96Luther22US #123
#97Stephen22US #97
#98Glenn21US #80
#99Homer21US #105
#100Nelson21US #194

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑25Leon#53
↑23Betty#17
↑22June#52
↑22Clifton#70
↑20Eileen#66
↑18Kathryn#57
↑16Hazel#32
↑16Lorraine#79

Falling

↓33Gordon#87
↓24Alma#87
↓23Madeline#95
↓21Maurice#82
↓19Laura#89
↓17Elsie#40
↓17Pauline#44
↓17Bessie#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.