State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,326 Maryland births in 1923 across 540 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#52Carroll#196 nationally
#82Mortonoutside the national top 200
#58Irvin#173 nationally
#88Emoryoutside the national top 200
#90Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Nelson#195 nationally
#86Regina#186 nationally
#44Hilda#140 nationally
#96Rosalie#189 nationally
#51Jerome#118 nationally
#65Franklin#132 nationally
#76Naomi#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,226US #1
#2Dorothy629US #2
#3Margaret555US #4
#4Helen469US #3
#5Ruth378US #6
#6Doris347US #11
#7Elizabeth343US #9
#8Mildred307US #8
#9Anna292US #13
#10Betty283US #5
#11Catherine280US #24
#12Frances252US #10
#13Evelyn246US #12
#14Virginia227US #7
#15Marie216US #14
#16Lillian214US #20
#17Ethel151US #38
#18Alice150US #15
#19Thelma128US #31
#20Edna122US #32
#21Florence122US #18
#22Louise113US #22
#23Gladys108US #29
#24Eleanor107US #28
#25Agnes106US #63
#26Katherine106US #60
#27Jean105US #19
#28Sarah103US #54
#29Shirley101US #26
#30Rose95US #23
#31Grace94US #39
#32Charlotte93US #77
#33Edith93US #36
#34Josephine93US #30
#35Audrey91US #85
#36Emma91US #53
#37Pauline91US #37
#38Elsie87US #61
#39Irene87US #17
#40Martha87US #21
#41Gertrude85US #59
#42Hazel78US #40
#43Esther77US #47
#44Hilda77US #140
#45Norma77US #41
#46Clara76US #49
#47Geraldine76US #58
#48Gloria72US #48
#49Bernice71US #43
#50Jane71US #55
#51Rita71US #50
#52Beatrice67US #46
#53Ida66US #68
#54Bertha64US #64
#55Myrtle62US #84
#56Viola60US #79
#57Ann59US #52
#58Marjorie56US #16
#59Pearl56US #78
#60Mabel55US #102
#61Elaine53US #87
#62Vivian53US #69
#63Dolores52US #83
#64Ellen52US #103
#65June52US #42
#66Marion52US #44
#67Phyllis52US #45
#68Julia51US #62
#69Lois50US #27
#70Lucille50US #35
#71Sylvia50US #98
#72Ella49US #93
#73Marian49US #65
#74Nellie49US #88
#75Genevieve48US #97
#76Naomi48US #137
#77Nancy47US #75
#78Carolyn46US #132
#79Laura46US #73
#80Lorraine45US #57
#81Theresa45US #105
#82Barbara44US #33
#83Anne43US #71
#84Eva43US #66
#85Jeanne43US #90
#86Regina43US #186
#87Blanche42US #119
#88Bessie41US #81
#89Ruby41US #25
#90Violet41US #86
#91Eileen40US #95
#92Emily40US #128
#93Madeline40US #143
#94Kathleen38US #70
#95Miriam38US #145
#96Rosalie38US #189
#97Annie37US #34
#98Kathryn36US #72
#99Alma35US #89
#100Juanita35US #51

Boys

#1William1,003US #3
#2John922US #1
#3James701US #4
#4Charles690US #5
#5Robert526US #2
#6George500US #6
#7Joseph493US #7
#8Edward305US #8
#9Thomas274US #12
#10Paul220US #14
#11Richard218US #9
#12Harry193US #22
#13Walter179US #16
#14Frank176US #11
#15Albert172US #20
#16Donald161US #10
#17Raymond161US #15
#18Henry152US #18
#19Louis138US #27
#20Howard134US #26
#21Francis131US #34
#22Bernard125US #46
#23Kenneth121US #21
#24Earl107US #31
#25Arthur104US #19
#26Clarence104US #29
#27Harold102US #13
#28Melvin102US #48
#29David99US #24
#30Ralph96US #23
#31Eugene94US #25
#32Norman94US #44
#33Daniel83US #47
#34Lawrence82US #36
#35Samuel82US #45
#36Elmer79US #57
#37Herbert76US #40
#38Vernon75US #67
#39Warren73US #43
#40Leonard72US #37
#41Leroy71US #55
#42Stanley71US #41
#43Ernest70US #38
#44Andrew66US #53
#45Carl65US #28
#46Calvin63US #82
#47Anthony62US #39
#48Jack61US #17
#49Milton61US #81
#50Frederick57US #60
#51Jerome55US #118
#52Carroll54US #196
#53Russell54US #52
#54Edwin52US #56
#55Philip52US #70
#56Herman51US #66
#57Roland50US #104
#58Irvin49US #173
#59Theodore48US #62
#60Alfred47US #42
#61Edgar44US #94
#62Wilbur42US #105
#63Benjamin40US #86
#64Alvin39US #73
#65Franklin39US #132
#66Lewis38US #74
#67Michael38US #50
#68Martin37US #80
#69Gilbert36US #102
#70Leo36US #49
#71Lloyd33US #59
#72Lester32US #71
#73Roy32US #32
#74Allen31US #97
#75Gerald31US #54
#76Leon31US #77
#77Fred30US #33
#78Vincent29US #72
#79Morris27US #111
#80Harvey26US #91
#81Gordon25US #76
#82Morton25
#83Chester24US #63
#84Marvin24US #51
#85Roger24US #95
#86Sidney24US #115
#87Alexander23US #129
#88Emory23
#89Claude22US #103
#90Elwood22
#91Irving22US #124
#92Nelson22US #195
#93Homer21US #113
#94Lee21US #85
#95Maurice21US #101
#96Clyde20US #68
#97Horace20US #134
#98Jesse20US #83
#99Oliver20US #136
#100Marion19US #106

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑30Viola#56
↑22Phyllis#67
↑21Lois#69
↑21Gerald#75
↑20Gloria#48
↑20Allen#74
↑19Elaine#61
↑18Katherine#26

Falling

↓29Marion#100
↓28Madeline#93
↓25Bessie#88
↓23Bertha#54
↓21Anne#83
↓21Kathleen#94
↓20Gordon#81
↓18Naomi#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.