State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,995 Maryland births in 1928 across 525 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#48Carrolloutside the national top 200
#50Irvin#199 nationally
#78Reginaoutside the national top 200
#98Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#94Clifton#183 nationally
#64Hilda#148 nationally
#86Oliver#161 nationally
#96Rosalie#170 nationally
#79Franklin#146 nationally
#47Roland#107 nationally
#92Phillip#149 nationally
#85Naomi#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,132US #1
#2Betty579US #2
#3Dorothy480US #3
#4Margaret432US #5
#5Doris398US #7
#6Helen339US #4
#7Ruth287US #6
#8Anna250US #16
#9Elizabeth236US #14
#10Shirley195US #10
#11Catherine192US #33
#12Mildred181US #15
#13Frances178US #13
#14Virginia178US #9
#15Evelyn174US #17
#16Dolores166US #20
#17Marie159US #21
#18Jean151US #12
#19Gloria142US #25
#20Alice125US #19
#21Lillian122US #35
#22Thelma118US #40
#23Patricia108US #11
#24Eleanor106US #36
#25Charlotte103US #72
#26Norma103US #23
#27Barbara99US #8
#28Gladys97US #41
#29Audrey95US #60
#30Florence94US #32
#31Louise93US #31
#32Rose91US #24
#33Lois90US #18
#34Irene88US #28
#35Martha88US #22
#36Jane86US #62
#37Edith83US #56
#38Ethel80US #55
#39Lorraine80US #39
#40Edna79US #45
#41Phyllis79US #26
#42Agnes75US #85
#43Marion75US #47
#44Bernice74US #53
#45Geraldine74US #50
#46Ann73US #54
#47Theresa71US #49
#48June69US #44
#49Nancy68US #43
#50Sarah68US #64
#51Grace66US #52
#52Hazel65US #59
#53Joan65US #27
#54Josephine65US #42
#55Peggy64US #76
#56Delores61US #94
#57Esther61US #66
#58Katherine61US #75
#59Beatrice60US #70
#60Marian60US #71
#61Bertha57US #81
#62Emma57US #67
#63Elsie56US #73
#64Hilda56US #148
#65Pauline55US #48
#66Anne54US #93
#67Clara54US #65
#68Rita53US #57
#69Carolyn52US #91
#70Lucille50US #51
#71Marjorie49US #29
#72Elaine48US #68
#73Julia48US #80
#74Gertrude45US #86
#75Annie43US #37
#76Ella43US #100
#77Ellen43US #98
#78Regina43
#79Viola43US #103
#80Sylvia41US #119
#81Vera41US #92
#82Jeanne40US #90
#83Juanita40US #58
#84Laura40US #83
#85Naomi40US #141
#86Eileen39US #102
#87Ida39US #87
#88Joyce39US #30
#89Kathleen39US #82
#90Vivian39US #78
#91Alma38US #107
#92Beverly38US #46
#93Pearl38US #110
#94Eva37US #79
#95Jacqueline36US #97
#96Rosalie36US #170
#97Bessie35US #101
#98Kathryn35US #99
#99Mabel35US #135
#100Ruby35US #34

Boys

#1John875US #2
#2William866US #4
#3James729US #3
#4Charles696US #5
#5Robert662US #1
#6George450US #8
#7Joseph412US #9
#8Richard334US #6
#9Edward292US #10
#10Donald284US #7
#11Thomas268US #11
#12Walter202US #18
#13Harry187US #26
#14Paul179US #13
#15Raymond174US #16
#16Albert141US #23
#17Herbert138US #25
#18Howard134US #31
#19Frank131US #12
#20Francis124US #40
#21Kenneth123US #17
#22Melvin117US #48
#23Henry114US #21
#24Harold111US #14
#25David104US #19
#26Eugene103US #20
#27Earl102US #37
#28Jack101US #15
#29Louis99US #32
#30Bernard98US #49
#31Arthur94US #22
#32Clarence92US #35
#33Ralph87US #24
#34Norman85US #39
#35Stanley84US #45
#36Carl80US #28
#37Leroy80US #51
#38Samuel80US #52
#39Alfred78US #33
#40Lawrence78US #38
#41Ernest75US #43
#42Daniel70US #47
#43Frederick69US #67
#44Leonard61US #42
#45Theodore61US #66
#46Calvin59US #94
#47Roland59US #107
#48Carroll58
#49Gilbert52US #96
#50Irvin52US #199
#51Leon52US #81
#52Milton52US #92
#53Elmer51US #63
#54Edwin50US #58
#55Anthony49US #44
#56Vernon49US #70
#57Lewis47US #86
#58Philip47US #73
#59Herman46US #78
#60Roy46US #34
#61Michael44US #53
#62Russell43US #55
#63Ronald42US #50
#64Gerald40US #41
#65Alvin39US #72
#66Andrew39US #60
#67Jerome39US #110
#68Warren38US #85
#69Benjamin36US #106
#70Fred36US #36
#71Martin36US #83
#72Gordon34US #77
#73Leo34US #61
#74Allen33US #93
#75Edgar32US #114
#76Lloyd30US #59
#77Marvin30US #46
#78Wilbur29US #127
#79Franklin28US #146
#80Harvey28US #90
#81Chester26US #88
#82Maurice26US #119
#83Gene25US #62
#84Marion25US #118
#85Vincent24US #82
#86Oliver23US #161
#87Douglas22US #102
#88Lester22US #89
#89Clyde21US #74
#90Glenn21US #76
#91Peter21US #56
#92Phillip21US #149
#93Roger21US #71
#94Clifton20US #183
#95Ray20US #57
#96Floyd19US #54
#97Willard19US #113
#98Elwood18
#99Hugh18US #129
#100Rudolph18US #134

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑46Joan#53
↑28Ann#46
↑28Herbert#17
↑27Patricia#23
↑22Leon#51
↑21Marion#43
↑21Ronald#63
↑20Lois#33

Falling

↓27Ida#87
↓27Floyd#96
↓26Pauline#65
↓26Rita#68
↓22Marvin#77
↓22Rudolph#100
↓21Grace#51
↓21Benjamin#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.