State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,899 Maryland births in 1922 across 528 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#60Carrolloutside the national top 200
#75Irvin#192 nationally
#27Hilda#131 nationally
#98Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#100Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#87Irma#184 nationally
#95Regina#187 nationally
#83Clifton#168 nationally
#65Madeline#143 nationally
#58Naomi#134 nationally
#58Calvin#128 nationally
#51Roland#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,189US #1
#2Dorothy646US #2
#3Margaret619US #4
#4Helen450US #3
#5Ruth379US #5
#6Doris334US #11
#7Anna323US #12
#8Elizabeth316US #9
#9Catherine297US #24
#10Mildred279US #8
#11Virginia245US #7
#12Evelyn216US #13
#13Marie210US #14
#14Betty207US #6
#15Frances202US #10
#16Lillian178US #19
#17Alice154US #15
#18Florence139US #18
#19Thelma130US #31
#20Eleanor121US #28
#21Louise116US #22
#22Edna112US #29
#23Ethel109US #32
#24Martha109US #21
#25Edith107US #34
#26Grace105US #38
#27Hilda103US #131
#28Jean103US #20
#29Pauline100US #36
#30Gertrude98US #48
#31Bertha94US #63
#32Agnes93US #62
#33Gladys93US #25
#34Hazel93US #37
#35Sarah89US #51
#36Jane88US #55
#37Charlotte84US #76
#38Norma83US #46
#39Bernice82US #41
#40Elsie82US #59
#41Irene81US #17
#42Shirley81US #39
#43Audrey80US #89
#44Katherine80US #54
#45Ida79US #65
#46Rose79US #23
#47Esther75US #44
#48Emma73US #50
#49Clara71US #47
#50Josephine71US #27
#51Julia71US #60
#52Marjorie69US #16
#53Ann68US #49
#54Marion67US #42
#55Beatrice61US #43
#56Lucille61US #33
#57Mabel61US #99
#58Naomi61US #134
#59Pearl61US #71
#60Rita60US #52
#61Geraldine58US #58
#62Anne57US #66
#63Bessie57US #81
#64Dolores57US #104
#65Madeline57US #143
#66Myrtle57US #75
#67Ellen56US #95
#68Gloria56US #61
#69June56US #45
#70Lorraine55US #56
#71Ella54US #90
#72Genevieve54US #98
#73Kathleen53US #80
#74Laura53US #68
#75Marguerite51US #106
#76Eva50US #64
#77Blanche49US #115
#78Theresa49US #109
#79Vivian49US #74
#80Elaine46US #102
#81Marian46US #67
#82Nellie46US #83
#83Sylvia45US #94
#84Annie44US #30
#85Vera44US #79
#86Viola44US #72
#87Irma40US #184
#88Nancy40US #78
#89Phyllis40US #53
#90Lois39US #35
#91Alma38US #84
#92Barbara38US #40
#93Carolyn38US #144
#94Violet38US #86
#95Regina37US #187
#96Eileen35US #96
#97Janet35US #129
#98Mae35US #111
#99Carrie34US #122
#100Jeanne34US #97

Boys

#1William1,021US #3
#2John851US #1
#3James687US #4
#4Charles676US #5
#5Robert532US #2
#6George520US #6
#7Joseph447US #7
#8Edward321US #8
#9Thomas253US #11
#10Richard227US #9
#11Harry212US #22
#12Walter183US #15
#13Frank169US #10
#14Paul165US #14
#15Donald162US #12
#16Raymond154US #16
#17Albert144US #20
#18Howard136US #26
#19Bernard134US #46
#20Harold134US #13
#21Earl124US #31
#22Henry124US #17
#23Arthur122US #19
#24Francis119US #34
#25Kenneth116US #21
#26Louis112US #27
#27Clarence104US #29
#28David103US #24
#29Melvin101US #50
#30Leonard96US #38
#31Samuel86US #43
#32Frederick84US #60
#33Lawrence79US #36
#34Ralph76US #23
#35Milton74US #74
#36Norman72US #44
#37Daniel71US #47
#38Stanley71US #41
#39Vernon69US #68
#40Ernest68US #37
#41Leroy67US #55
#42Carl66US #30
#43Jack63US #18
#44Eugene62US #25
#45Russell62US #49
#46Alfred58US #42
#47Elmer57US #54
#48Herbert56US #40
#49Herman56US #66
#50Edwin55US #52
#51Roland55US #115
#52Anthony53US #39
#53Benjamin51US #82
#54Warren51US #45
#55Andrew49US #53
#56Theodore49US #62
#57Jerome48US #121
#58Calvin47US #128
#59Philip46US #70
#60Carroll44
#61Gordon43US #76
#62Vincent41US #71
#63Gilbert40US #100
#64Alvin39US #73
#65Fred39US #33
#66Roy39US #32
#67Wilbur39US #102
#68Leon37US #77
#69Marvin36US #56
#70Lewis34US #75
#71Marion34US #107
#72Michael33US #48
#73Edgar32US #93
#74Franklin32US #126
#75Irvin32US #192
#76Lloyd31US #59
#77Martin31US #80
#78Leo30US #51
#79Harvey29US #88
#80Morris29US #109
#81Roger29US #96
#82Chester27US #64
#83Clifton27US #168
#84Lester27US #69
#85Sidney27US #110
#86Douglas25US #106
#87Peter25US #57
#88Claude24US #97
#89Clyde24US #67
#90Maurice24US #103
#91Oscar24US #92
#92Jesse23US #81
#93Victor23US #86
#94Allen22US #95
#95Oliver22US #134
#96Gerald21US #58
#97Lee21US #83
#98Nelson21
#99Wallace21US #87
#100Wilson21

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑30Madeline#65
↑29Gloria#68
↑27Theodore#56
↑26Gordon#61
↑22Jean#28
↑21Shirley#42
↑19Julia#51
↑18Wilbur#67

Falling

↓30Eileen#96
↓28Allen#94
↓25Viola#86
↓24Warren#54
↓24Franklin#74
↓22Annie#84
↓21Lloyd#76
↓20Josephine#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.