State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,629 Maryland births in 1929 across 504 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#48Carroll#192 nationally
#71Irvinoutside the national top 200
#83Reginaoutside the national top 200
#62Hilda#157 nationally
#84Clifton#178 nationally
#82Rosalie#175 nationally
#70Franklin#148 nationally
#67Naomi#139 nationally
#96Erma#166 nationally
#91Constance#159 nationally
#95Oliver#163 nationally
#86Phillip#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,051US #1
#2Betty551US #2
#3Dorothy512US #3
#4Margaret376US #5
#5Doris348US #6
#6Helen318US #4
#7Ruth262US #8
#8Elizabeth244US #15
#9Shirley241US #9
#10Anna226US #20
#11Catherine205US #34
#12Dolores197US #14
#13Frances188US #16
#14Mildred174US #18
#15Evelyn163US #19
#16Jean162US #12
#17Marie156US #22
#18Virginia151US #11
#19Gloria128US #28
#20Patricia117US #10
#21Thelma117US #41
#22Audrey112US #58
#23Alice108US #21
#24Charlotte108US #73
#25Nancy108US #32
#26Lillian106US #40
#27Barbara94US #7
#28Louise93US #31
#29Norma93US #25
#30Rose92US #26
#31Phyllis90US #24
#32Lorraine89US #42
#33Joan88US #13
#34Grace87US #54
#35Edna83US #51
#36Edith81US #59
#37Gladys81US #44
#38Irene78US #29
#39Jane76US #62
#40Delores72US #74
#41Eleanor71US #38
#42Peggy71US #70
#43Ethel69US #56
#44Geraldine67US #43
#45Martha67US #27
#46Pauline66US #50
#47Theresa66US #49
#48Agnes65US #94
#49June64US #48
#50Lois63US #17
#51Ann62US #46
#52Anne59US #91
#53Joyce59US #23
#54Elsie57US #78
#55Florence57US #35
#56Sarah57US #68
#57Carolyn56US #77
#58Elaine56US #67
#59Marian56US #75
#60Katherine54US #84
#61Esther52US #71
#62Hilda52US #157
#63Josephine52US #45
#64Bernice51US #55
#65Emma51US #69
#66Rita51US #52
#67Naomi48US #139
#68Clara47US #65
#69Hazel46US #64
#70Marion46US #53
#71Bertha45US #93
#72Sylvia44US #119
#73Vivian44US #81
#74Ellen43US #97
#75Marjorie42US #30
#76Ruby42US #36
#77Gertrude40US #95
#78Ida40US #96
#79Laura40US #90
#80Beverly39US #39
#81Janet39US #82
#82Rosalie39US #175
#83Regina38
#84Juanita37US #60
#85Annie35US #37
#86Kathleen35US #89
#87Ella33US #102
#88Lucille33US #57
#89Beatrice32US #72
#90Emily32US #151
#91Constance31US #159
#92Genevieve31US #142
#93Jeanne31US #92
#94Roberta31US #126
#95Bessie30US #107
#96Erma30US #166
#97Jacqueline30US #87
#98Lillie30US #103
#99Pearl30US #114
#100Eileen29US #98

Boys

#1William894US #4
#2John834US #3
#3James720US #2
#4Robert677US #1
#5Charles629US #5
#6Joseph412US #9
#7George399US #8
#8Richard322US #6
#9Edward299US #10
#10Donald277US #7
#11Thomas255US #11
#12Raymond168US #15
#13Walter165US #19
#14Harry160US #27
#15Paul150US #13
#16Howard139US #31
#17Frank128US #12
#18Henry123US #21
#19David120US #17
#20Albert116US #24
#21Bernard113US #52
#22Herbert113US #25
#23Kenneth108US #18
#24Francis102US #39
#25Harold101US #16
#26Louis100US #32
#27Melvin99US #49
#28Earl97US #36
#29Lawrence90US #38
#30Norman90US #40
#31Eugene89US #20
#32Arthur88US #22
#33Leonard87US #42
#34Clarence85US #37
#35Ralph85US #26
#36Carl83US #28
#37Jack81US #14
#38Leroy81US #51
#39Frederick79US #67
#40Stanley77US #48
#41Ernest74US #43
#42Samuel74US #53
#43Vernon69US #71
#44Daniel65US #47
#45Alfred59US #41
#46Roland59US #104
#47Elmer57US #70
#48Carroll56US #192
#49Calvin54US #109
#50Theodore52US #65
#51Russell51US #56
#52Anthony46US #44
#53Roy46US #35
#54Herman45US #75
#55Marvin44US #46
#56Ronald43US #45
#57Gerald41US #33
#58Edwin40US #66
#59Michael40US #54
#60Lloyd39US #62
#61Milton39US #94
#62Benjamin38US #107
#63Jerome38US #110
#64Philip38US #76
#65Gilbert36US #91
#66Lewis35US #84
#67Fred34US #34
#68Allen33US #86
#69Edgar33US #116
#70Franklin32US #148
#71Irvin32
#72Leon32US #81
#73Warren31US #92
#74Alvin30US #77
#75Floyd30US #58
#76Harvey30US #90
#77Gordon28US #79
#78Vincent28US #82
#79Leo27US #60
#80Andrew26US #59
#81Lee26US #85
#82Martin26US #83
#83Roger25US #64
#84Clifton24US #178
#85Wilbur24US #131
#86Phillip23US #151
#87Clyde22US #74
#88Jerry22US #61
#89Peter22US #55
#90Lester21US #88
#91Marion21US #118
#92Rudolph21US #140
#93Glenn20US #80
#94Curtis19US #99
#95Oliver19US #163
#96Ray19US #57
#97Alexander17US #156
#98Jesse17US #93
#99Maurice17US #125
#100Oscar17US #117

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑35Joyce#53
↑24Nancy#25
↑24Ruby#76
↑22Marvin#55
↑21Floyd#75
↑20Joan#33
↑19Pauline#46
↑18Naomi#67

Falling

↓30Beatrice#89
↓27Marion#70
↓25Florence#55
↓21Irvin#71
↓21Leon#72
↓20Bernice#64
↓18Lucille#88
↓17Eleanor#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.