State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,538 Maryland births in 1927 across 531 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#56Carrolloutside the national top 200
#57Irvinoutside the national top 200
#85Reginaoutside the national top 200
#57Hilda#144 nationally
#96Rosalie#177 nationally
#85Clifton#164 nationally
#68Franklin#144 nationally
#99Jacob#173 nationally
#92Oliver#157 nationally
#47Roland#109 nationally
#77Naomi#137 nationally
#79Carrie#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,200US #1
#2Dorothy581US #2
#3Betty576US #3
#4Margaret469US #5
#5Helen377US #4
#6Doris346US #7
#7Ruth328US #6
#8Catherine272US #31
#9Anna270US #16
#10Elizabeth267US #13
#11Virginia200US #8
#12Frances195US #12
#13Shirley194US #9
#14Mildred193US #11
#15Evelyn182US #15
#16Marie168US #20
#17Alice144US #17
#18Gloria142US #22
#19Lillian132US #32
#20Jean131US #14
#21Thelma123US #38
#22Charlotte114US #75
#23Dolores114US #34
#24Audrey109US #62
#25Louise96US #27
#26Edith93US #48
#27Ethel92US #47
#28Florence92US #28
#29Rose92US #23
#30Grace91US #50
#31Edna90US #40
#32Sarah90US #61
#33Lorraine89US #44
#34Norma87US #26
#35Jane84US #60
#36Gladys83US #37
#37Barbara82US #10
#38Agnes81US #81
#39Pauline81US #42
#40Irene80US #21
#41Eleanor79US #33
#42Rita79US #54
#43Bernice78US #49
#44Martha77US #24
#45June76US #43
#46Theresa76US #52
#47Phyllis74US #29
#48Geraldine72US #58
#49Josephine72US #39
#50Patricia72US #18
#51Elsie70US #72
#52Hazel69US #53
#53Lois69US #19
#54Nancy68US #56
#55Gertrude65US #78
#56Marian65US #74
#57Hilda64US #144
#58Beatrice61US #67
#59Clara61US #63
#60Ida60US #84
#61Katherine60US #73
#62Bertha59US #80
#63Julia59US #76
#64Marion58US #51
#65Lucille57US #45
#66Emma56US #64
#67Peggy53US #96
#68Annie52US #36
#69Esther52US #65
#70Jeanne52US #85
#71Marjorie52US #25
#72Elaine50US #69
#73Vivian50US #77
#74Ann49US #59
#75Anne48US #92
#76Carolyn47US #99
#77Naomi47US #137
#78Ellen43US #93
#79Carrie42US #139
#80Ella42US #98
#81Alma41US #97
#82Bessie41US #88
#83Kathleen41US #83
#84Eva40US #79
#85Regina40
#86Mabel39US #133
#87Viola39US #101
#88Eileen38US #91
#89Laura38US #82
#90Ruby38US #30
#91Roberta37US #122
#92Jacqueline36US #115
#93Janet36US #111
#94Juanita36US #55
#95Marguerite36US #143
#96Rosalie36US #177
#97Sylvia36US #116
#98Emily35US #146
#99Joan34US #41
#100Joyce34US #35

Boys

#1William989US #4
#2John851US #2
#3James760US #3
#4Charles709US #5
#5Robert646US #1
#6George454US #7
#7Joseph448US #9
#8Edward296US #10
#9Thomas296US #11
#10Richard261US #6
#11Donald242US #8
#12Paul192US #13
#13Harry190US #25
#14Albert180US #23
#15Raymond163US #15
#16Walter153US #17
#17Kenneth135US #18
#18Frank131US #12
#19Francis129US #36
#20Howard126US #28
#21Bernard125US #50
#22Harold116US #14
#23Louis116US #29
#24Henry115US #19
#25David114US #21
#26Eugene103US #20
#27Earl100US #33
#28Melvin97US #48
#29Samuel93US #49
#30Arthur90US #22
#31Ralph88US #24
#32Leroy86US #51
#33Norman86US #39
#34Frederick81US #64
#35Stanley78US #44
#36Jack76US #16
#37Carl75US #26
#38Lawrence73US #37
#39Ernest72US #41
#40Leonard72US #40
#41Clarence69US #32
#42Vernon69US #71
#43Calvin66US #73
#44Daniel65US #46
#45Herbert63US #42
#46Milton62US #88
#47Roland57US #109
#48Benjamin52US #101
#49Elmer52US #61
#50Herman50US #70
#51Alfred47US #45
#52Edwin47US #57
#53Anthony46US #43
#54Theodore45US #62
#55Marvin44US #47
#56Carroll42
#57Irvin42
#58Philip42US #75
#59Lewis41US #82
#60Andrew40US #56
#61Russell40US #54
#62Gilbert39US #99
#63Jerome39US #111
#64Martin39US #87
#65Gordon38US #74
#66Roy38US #34
#67Alvin37US #66
#68Franklin37US #144
#69Floyd36US #53
#70Michael36US #52
#71Edgar34US #107
#72Marion34US #117
#73Leon33US #78
#74Lloyd30US #58
#75Gerald29US #38
#76Lester29US #83
#77Leo28US #55
#78Rudolph28US #110
#79Fred27US #35
#80Warren27US #79
#81Glenn26US #76
#82Wilbur26US #130
#83Harvey25US #94
#84Ronald25US #63
#85Clifton23US #164
#86Morris23US #143
#87Sidney23US #127
#88Vincent23US #77
#89Allen22US #95
#90Gene22US #72
#91Lee22US #86
#92Oliver22US #157
#93Roger22US #84
#94Willie22US #27
#95Hugh21US #131
#96Jesse21US #89
#97Maurice21US #122
#98Douglas20US #104
#99Jacob20US #173
#100Chester19US #85

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑40Lorraine#33
↑26Lewis#59
↑19Sarah#32
↑19Lois#53
↑18Dolores#23
↑18Theodore#54
↑17Marion#64
↑15Martin#64

Falling

↓26Viola#87
↓25Ann#74
↓23Katherine#61
↓22Allen#89
↓20Vincent#88
↓20Douglas#98
↓19Sylvia#97
↓18Leon#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.