State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,630 Maryland births in 1926 across 524 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#50Irvinoutside the national top 200
#56Carroll#193 nationally
#76Regina#197 nationally
#97Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#48Hilda#139 nationally
#91Rosalie#180 nationally
#100Rebecca#185 nationally
#60Franklin#142 nationally
#86Miriam#155 nationally
#83Oliver#150 nationally
#77Naomi#141 nationally
#57Jerome#114 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,145US #1
#2Betty502US #3
#3Dorothy491US #2
#4Margaret451US #5
#5Helen404US #4
#6Doris379US #7
#7Ruth330US #6
#8Elizabeth272US #11
#9Catherine257US #31
#10Anna247US #15
#11Mildred244US #9
#12Frances203US #10
#13Evelyn195US #13
#14Virginia195US #8
#15Shirley186US #14
#16Marie171US #18
#17Jean160US #12
#18Lillian136US #28
#19Gloria135US #20
#20Thelma125US #36
#21Alice115US #17
#22Edith114US #42
#23Louise109US #27
#24Audrey106US #60
#25Charlotte106US #78
#26Eleanor105US #32
#27Gladys104US #35
#28Edna103US #38
#29Florence101US #26
#30Irene97US #21
#31Martha95US #24
#32Ethel93US #41
#33Rose92US #25
#34June88US #40
#35Josephine87US #37
#36Pauline87US #39
#37Grace86US #46
#38Katherine85US #72
#39Jane84US #56
#40Phyllis79US #33
#41Dolores74US #49
#42Norma74US #29
#43Agnes73US #77
#44Theresa73US #64
#45Bernice72US #45
#46Barbara71US #16
#47Elsie70US #69
#48Hilda70US #139
#49Ann69US #55
#50Nancy68US #57
#51Sarah68US #63
#52Gertrude67US #71
#53Rita64US #50
#54Emma63US #59
#55Marian63US #70
#56Geraldine61US #54
#57Bertha60US #76
#58Ida60US #82
#59Patricia59US #23
#60Clara58US #61
#61Viola58US #97
#62Beatrice57US #58
#63Lucille57US #43
#64Vivian57US #80
#65Hazel55US #48
#66Ellen54US #100
#67Annie51US #34
#68Elaine51US #68
#69Esther51US #62
#70Julia50US #75
#71Anne49US #86
#72Lois49US #19
#73Lorraine49US #53
#74Marjorie48US #22
#75Pearl47US #96
#76Regina47US #197
#77Naomi45US #141
#78Sylvia45US #107
#79Mabel44US #127
#80Peggy44US #104
#81Marion43US #47
#82Alma42US #91
#83Eva42US #79
#84Ella41US #98
#85Genevieve41US #128
#86Miriam40US #155
#87Carolyn38US #114
#88Laura37US #81
#89Marguerite37US #137
#90Eileen36US #92
#91Rosalie36US #180
#92Myrtle34US #101
#93Bessie32US #89
#94Blanche31US #147
#95Nellie31US #102
#96Harriet30US #133
#97Juanita30US #52
#98Ruby30US #30
#99Marilyn29US #65
#100Rebecca29US #185

Boys

#1William1,000US #4
#2John883US #2
#3James742US #3
#4Charles691US #5
#5Robert682US #1
#6George485US #6
#7Joseph464US #8
#8Edward320US #10
#9Richard300US #7
#10Thomas277US #11
#11Paul220US #13
#12Donald217US #9
#13Harry178US #25
#14Walter173US #17
#15Frank170US #12
#16Albert156US #21
#17Raymond155US #15
#18Henry146US #19
#19Howard133US #27
#20Melvin131US #47
#21Francis130US #35
#22Bernard128US #49
#23Earl119US #32
#24Arthur110US #20
#25David109US #22
#26Kenneth105US #18
#27Louis102US #30
#28Harold101US #14
#29Eugene94US #23
#30Clarence93US #29
#31Norman92US #39
#32Carl89US #26
#33Leonard88US #38
#34Jack86US #16
#35Leroy86US #51
#36Ralph85US #24
#37Samuel82US #48
#38Vernon81US #66
#39Frederick79US #64
#40Alfred75US #45
#41Elmer73US #61
#42Calvin70US #65
#43Herbert70US #44
#44Russell70US #52
#45Lawrence68US #36
#46Stanley65US #43
#47Daniel64US #46
#48Milton62US #83
#49Ernest60US #37
#50Irvin60
#51Roland59US #107
#52Benjamin58US #98
#53Anthony57US #42
#54Edwin56US #55
#55Leon56US #73
#56Carroll46US #193
#57Jerome46US #114
#58Herman45US #69
#59Philip45US #70
#60Franklin40US #142
#61Fred39US #31
#62Gerald39US #41
#63Marvin39US #50
#64Roy39US #34
#65Michael38US #56
#66Warren38US #71
#67Allen37US #93
#68Vincent37US #77
#69Andrew36US #59
#70Gordon36US #76
#71Alvin35US #72
#72Theodore35US #63
#73Edgar34US #109
#74Floyd34US #53
#75Gilbert33US #101
#76Lloyd33US #60
#77Roger31US #89
#78Douglas30US #103
#79Martin30US #80
#80Leo29US #54
#81Lester29US #78
#82Wilbur29US #122
#83Oliver28US #150
#84Jesse27US #87
#85Lewis27US #82
#86Maurice27US #110
#87Irving26US #144
#88Willard26US #100
#89Harvey23US #90
#90Lee23US #85
#91Rudolph23US #111
#92Sidney23US #129
#93Clyde22US #67
#94Oscar22US #105
#95Ray22US #57
#96Morris21US #134
#97Nelson20
#98Alexander19US #146
#99Chester19US #79
#100Gene19US #91

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑33Theresa#44
↑30Audrey#24
↑23Annie#67
↑22Ann#49
↑21Fred#61
↑18Vincent#68
↑17Katherine#38
↑17Barbara#46

Falling

↓35Marion#81
↓24Leo#80
↓22Nelson#97
↓21Andrew#69
↓19Ella#84
↓19Ruby#98
↓18Sarah#51
↓18Theodore#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.