State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,739 Maryland births in 1924 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.

#66Carrolloutside the national top 200
#59Irvin#187 nationally
#91Mortonoutside the national top 200
#80Regina#184 nationally
#40Hilda#141 nationally
#100Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Rosalie#189 nationally
#97Nelson#188 nationally
#99Irma#179 nationally
#88Jacob#163 nationally
#64Franklin#134 nationally
#73Naomi#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,248US #1
#2Dorothy611US #2
#3Margaret550US #5
#4Helen416US #3
#5Ruth409US #6
#6Betty403US #4
#7Doris392US #9
#8Elizabeth306US #11
#9Anna301US #13
#10Catherine288US #27
#11Mildred260US #8
#12Frances236US #10
#13Virginia223US #7
#14Marie202US #14
#15Evelyn189US #12
#16Lillian182US #23
#17Alice152US #15
#18Thelma141US #33
#19Gladys133US #30
#20Florence131US #20
#21Ethel128US #39
#22Shirley125US #19
#23Jean116US #16
#24Louise111US #24
#25Irene106US #18
#26Sarah106US #54
#27Charlotte100US #80
#28Edith99US #36
#29Edna95US #31
#30Jane94US #53
#31Eleanor92US #29
#32Gertrude92US #60
#33Audrey89US #84
#34Agnes88US #63
#35Grace87US #43
#36Norma86US #40
#37Emma85US #57
#38Gloria85US #41
#39Martha83US #21
#40Hilda82US #141
#41Rose81US #25
#42Josephine80US #34
#43Ida79US #70
#44Clara77US #56
#45Marjorie76US #17
#46Ann75US #55
#47Hazel74US #42
#48Katherine74US #59
#49Elsie72US #61
#50Marion72US #46
#51Bertha71US #65
#52Dolores69US #75
#53Pauline68US #38
#54Phyllis68US #44
#55Bernice66US #47
#56June66US #45
#57Rita63US #49
#58Nancy62US #69
#59Marian61US #64
#60Lucille60US #37
#61Esther59US #51
#62Vivian59US #71
#63Pearl57US #78
#64Ella56US #94
#65Lois55US #22
#66Beatrice54US #50
#67Anne53US #79
#68Viola53US #82
#69Annie52US #32
#70Eva51US #66
#71Ellen50US #99
#72Julia49US #62
#73Naomi49US #140
#74Patricia49US #35
#75Barbara48US #28
#76Laura48US #72
#77Eileen46US #93
#78Alma45US #87
#79Elaine45US #73
#80Regina45US #184
#81Geraldine44US #58
#82Lorraine44US #52
#83Bessie43US #86
#84Madeline43US #150
#85Vera43US #85
#86Juanita42US #48
#87Myrtle42US #89
#88Nellie42US #92
#89Genevieve41US #107
#90Emily40US #136
#91Leona39US #103
#92Rosalie39US #189
#93Loretta37US #124
#94Mae37US #114
#95Marguerite37US #125
#96Miriam37US #143
#97Sara37US #116
#98Theresa37US #96
#99Irma35US #179
#100Sylvia35US #104

Boys

#1William1,096US #3
#2John922US #2
#3James766US #4
#4Charles741US #5
#5Robert676US #1
#6George479US #6
#7Joseph446US #7
#8Edward295US #9
#9Richard280US #8
#10Thomas278US #11
#11Harry212US #22
#12Walter185US #16
#13Frank174US #12
#14Donald169US #10
#15Raymond162US #15
#16Paul160US #14
#17Albert159US #21
#18Francis156US #34
#19Henry147US #18
#20Howard141US #26
#21Bernard130US #46
#22Kenneth126US #19
#23Harold117US #13
#24Clarence116US #29
#25Earl114US #33
#26Calvin109US #44
#27Samuel109US #45
#28Melvin106US #48
#29Louis104US #28
#30Arthur103US #20
#31David101US #24
#32Norman93US #42
#33Ralph88US #23
#34Eugene85US #25
#35Lawrence84US #36
#36Stanley83US #40
#37Herbert82US #41
#38Frederick80US #62
#39Ernest78US #37
#40Carl74US #27
#41Leonard74US #38
#42Daniel68US #47
#43Elmer68US #57
#44Alfred66US #43
#45Jack66US #17
#46Vernon64US #68
#47Leroy63US #53
#48Russell61US #52
#49Andrew59US #56
#50Anthony59US #39
#51Milton55US #81
#52Edwin54US #55
#53Roland52US #98
#54Theodore52US #65
#55Roy51US #31
#56Warren51US #58
#57Herman49US #70
#58Philip48US #71
#59Irvin46US #187
#60Michael44US #54
#61Leo43US #51
#62Jerome42US #114
#63Lewis41US #77
#64Franklin40US #134
#65Edgar39US #96
#66Carroll38
#67Leon38US #76
#68Lloyd38US #61
#69Benjamin37US #89
#70Alvin35US #73
#71Vincent33US #78
#72Fred31US #32
#73Gilbert31US #100
#74Lester31US #72
#75Martin31US #82
#76Sidney31US #119
#77Allen30US #94
#78Gerald30US #49
#79Maurice29US #102
#80Oliver29US #140
#81Floyd28US #66
#82Wallace27US #87
#83Wilbur27US #106
#84Gordon26US #75
#85Marion26US #112
#86Lee25US #83
#87Clyde24US #69
#88Jacob24US #163
#89Marvin24US #50
#90Roger23US #93
#91Morton21
#92Glenn20US #79
#93Harvey20US #88
#94Peter20US #59
#95Alexander19US #129
#96Douglas19US #105
#97Nelson19US #188
#98Victor19US #90
#99Willard19US #97
#100Elwood18

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑28Annie#69
↑21Alma#78
↑20Jane#30
↑20Calvin#26
↑19Nancy#58
↑19Oliver#80
↑18Roy#55
↑16Marion#50

Falling

↓34Geraldine#81
↓32Myrtle#87
↓29Sylvia#100
↓22Katherine#48
↓21Wilbur#83
↓18Esther#61
↓18Elaine#79
↓17Theresa#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.