State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,325 Maryland births in 1925 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.

#49Carroll#189 nationally
#63Irvin#199 nationally
#75Nelson#186 nationally
#90Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#82Regina#192 nationally
#39Hilda#142 nationally
#94Rosalie#191 nationally
#84Clifton#171 nationally
#85Jacob#166 nationally
#97Marshall#176 nationally
#72Naomi#144 nationally
#65Franklin#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,181US #1
#2Dorothy574US #2
#3Margaret480US #5
#4Betty433US #3
#5Helen408US #4
#6Doris405US #8
#7Ruth348US #6
#8Anna280US #13
#9Elizabeth263US #10
#10Catherine258US #29
#11Virginia231US #7
#12Mildred223US #9
#13Frances200US #11
#14Evelyn197US #12
#15Marie188US #16
#16Alice164US #15
#17Lillian158US #25
#18Gloria155US #20
#19Thelma140US #35
#20Shirley132US #17
#21Jean126US #14
#22Gladys112US #33
#23Eleanor111US #31
#24Florence104US #24
#25Edith103US #42
#26Edna103US #37
#27June101US #39
#28Ethel100US #43
#29Louise100US #27
#30Irene98US #19
#31Charlotte95US #77
#32Grace91US #44
#33Sarah89US #58
#34Bernice88US #46
#35Rose88US #26
#36Agnes86US #69
#37Emma84US #57
#38Norma84US #34
#39Hilda82US #142
#40Josephine81US #36
#41Gertrude80US #70
#42Martha80US #23
#43Elsie78US #63
#44Jane77US #53
#45Geraldine76US #54
#46Marion76US #47
#47Dolores74US #64
#48Rita73US #48
#49Clara70US #55
#50Hazel69US #45
#51Pauline69US #38
#52Marian68US #67
#53Nancy68US #60
#54Audrey67US #78
#55Katherine67US #61
#56Phyllis67US #40
#57Beatrice64US #50
#58Esther64US #56
#59Ellen63US #101
#60Lorraine63US #51
#61Lucille63US #41
#62Ida62US #82
#63Barbara60US #22
#64Bertha59US #74
#65Ella58US #93
#66Mabel56US #118
#67Viola56US #84
#68Vivian56US #76
#69Julia55US #65
#70Anne53US #85
#71Ann52US #52
#72Naomi50US #144
#73Patricia50US #28
#74Pearl50US #90
#75Peggy50US #117
#76Lois49US #18
#77Theresa49US #80
#78Marjorie46US #21
#79Ruby45US #30
#80Elaine44US #73
#81Bessie43US #87
#82Regina43US #192
#83Eva42US #71
#84Laura41US #75
#85Alma39US #94
#86Jeanne39US #89
#87Blanche38US #138
#88Carolyn38US #127
#89Emily38US #145
#90Annie37US #32
#91Leona37US #108
#92Nellie37US #98
#93Miriam36US #154
#94Rosalie36US #191
#95Sylvia36US #106
#96Kathleen35US #81
#97Marguerite35US #132
#98Myrtle35US #95
#99Violet35US #92
#100Wanda35US #72

Boys

#1William1,005US #3
#2John971US #2
#3James763US #4
#4Charles718US #5
#5Robert673US #1
#6George494US #6
#7Joseph476US #7
#8Thomas326US #11
#9Edward288US #9
#10Richard270US #8
#11Harry213US #23
#12Walter209US #16
#13Paul200US #13
#14Donald192US #10
#15Frank190US #12
#16Raymond173US #15
#17Albert170US #21
#18Henry153US #18
#19Louis137US #29
#20Francis135US #35
#21Howard131US #26
#22Earl128US #31
#23Kenneth125US #19
#24David123US #22
#25Bernard117US #48
#26Harold112US #14
#27Melvin109US #50
#28Clarence96US #30
#29Ralph95US #25
#30Eugene93US #24
#31Arthur91US #20
#32Calvin89US #47
#33Samuel88US #46
#34Stanley87US #40
#35Vernon80US #67
#36Carl77US #28
#37Herbert77US #42
#38Lawrence77US #36
#39Norman72US #41
#40Russell71US #53
#41Leonard70US #38
#42Leroy68US #52
#43Milton67US #80
#44Frederick65US #65
#45Elmer64US #61
#46Daniel62US #44
#47Jack62US #17
#48Andrew57US #56
#49Carroll56US #189
#50Alfred54US #43
#51Roy54US #32
#52Ernest53US #37
#53Herman51US #69
#54Theodore50US #63
#55Edwin49US #57
#56Leo49US #54
#57Anthony47US #39
#58Leon45US #76
#59Philip45US #75
#60Edgar43US #96
#61Allen42US #94
#62Benjamin42US #93
#63Irvin42US #199
#64Roland42US #98
#65Franklin41US #134
#66Gilbert41US #105
#67Gordon41US #72
#68Martin41US #83
#69Wilbur41US #110
#70Marvin40US #51
#71Lloyd39US #62
#72Michael39US #55
#73Jerome37US #113
#74Lewis37US #79
#75Nelson33US #186
#76Warren33US #66
#77Gerald32US #45
#78Alvin31US #70
#79Lee30US #82
#80Maurice30US #111
#81Harvey29US #88
#82Fred28US #33
#83Oliver28US #151
#84Clifton27US #171
#85Jacob27US #166
#86Vincent27US #71
#87Lester26US #81
#88Floyd24US #58
#89Marion24US #109
#90Reginald24
#91Chester23US #73
#92Clyde22US #68
#93Rudolph22US #136
#94Douglas21US #103
#95Everett19US #108
#96Irving19US #141
#97Marshall19US #176
#98Ray19US #64
#99Morris18US #126
#100Phillip18US #160

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑36Geraldine#45
↑29June#27
↑22Lorraine#60
↑22Nelson#75
↑21Bernice#34
↑21Theresa#77
↑20Gloria#18
↑19Marvin#70

Falling

↓33Marjorie#78
↓25Ann#71
↓21Audrey#54
↓21Annie#90
↓20Warren#76
↓19Ida#62
↓15Vincent#86
↓14Jane#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.