State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,714 Maryland births in 1930 across 510 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#47Carroll#181 nationally
#85Irvinoutside the national top 200
#88Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#93Reginaoutside the national top 200
#96Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#97Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#100Prestonoutside the national top 200
#60Hilda#158 nationally
#90Rosalie#175 nationally
#66Franklin#149 nationally
#93Alexander#168 nationally
#42Calvin#111 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,044US #1
#2Betty557US #2
#3Dorothy443US #3
#4Doris336US #9
#5Margaret336US #5
#6Helen316US #4
#7Shirley280US #11
#8Ruth264US #10
#9Elizabeth229US #15
#10Dolores222US #13
#11Anna201US #23
#12Catherine193US #35
#13Jean170US #14
#14Virginia169US #12
#15Evelyn163US #19
#16Frances162US #16
#17Mildred158US #21
#18Nancy155US #24
#19Patricia129US #7
#20Marie127US #26
#21Gloria125US #30
#22Joan123US #8
#23Lillian112US #44
#24Thelma112US #45
#25Barbara109US #6
#26Charlotte104US #75
#27Alice99US #20
#28Phyllis98US #28
#29Delores96US #66
#30Audrey92US #63
#31Ann91US #41
#32Rose86US #29
#33Eleanor85US #39
#34June85US #47
#35Lorraine85US #46
#36Louise85US #31
#37Jane80US #55
#38Geraldine77US #43
#39Agnes76US #102
#40Norma76US #25
#41Janet75US #53
#42Edith74US #61
#43Edna74US #51
#44Irene74US #33
#45Ethel73US #65
#46Martha72US #27
#47Peggy72US #67
#48Lois71US #17
#49Florence70US #38
#50Sarah70US #70
#51Theresa69US #50
#52Pauline65US #52
#53Gladys64US #48
#54Elsie62US #88
#55Grace62US #62
#56Elaine60US #69
#57Joyce60US #18
#58Anne57US #83
#59Beatrice57US #76
#60Hilda56US #158
#61Carolyn55US #72
#62Esther55US #77
#63Bernice54US #58
#64Ida53US #94
#65Marian52US #80
#66Josephine51US #49
#67Marion51US #60
#68Juanita50US #57
#69Beverly49US #34
#70Bertha46US #95
#71Ellen46US #100
#72Clara45US #64
#73Hazel45US #71
#74Rita45US #42
#75Annie43US #40
#76Katherine43US #85
#77Marjorie43US #32
#78Ella42US #107
#79Lucille42US #59
#80Kathleen41US #84
#81Gertrude40US #96
#82Jacqueline39US #74
#83Julia39US #90
#84Emma38US #73
#85Naomi37US #139
#86Genevieve36US #143
#87Marilyn34US #22
#88Nellie34US #113
#89Eva33US #86
#90Rosalie33US #175
#91Sylvia33US #132
#92Viola32US #116
#93Regina31
#94Emily30US #154
#95Rosemary30US #82
#96Loretta29US #105
#97Pearl29US #121
#98Violet29US #120
#99Vivian29US #91
#100Alma28US #109

Boys

#1William901US #4
#2John824US #3
#3James753US #2
#4Robert706US #1
#5Charles693US #6
#6Joseph448US #9
#7George443US #8
#8Richard326US #5
#9Donald321US #7
#10Edward298US #10
#11Thomas275US #11
#12Paul186US #12
#13Walter150US #19
#14Raymond146US #16
#15Harry142US #28
#16David130US #15
#17Bernard123US #52
#18Francis121US #42
#19Howard121US #31
#20Henry118US #22
#21Albert114US #24
#22Kenneth110US #17
#23Melvin107US #50
#24Frank106US #13
#25Louis106US #34
#26Earl105US #38
#27Eugene95US #21
#28Norman87US #40
#29Ralph85US #25
#30Jack82US #14
#31Harold81US #18
#32Arthur80US #23
#33Herbert80US #35
#34Samuel80US #55
#35Clarence77US #39
#36Leroy77US #53
#37Ernest72US #43
#38Stanley70US #49
#39Daniel69US #47
#40Lawrence64US #36
#41Frederick62US #74
#42Calvin61US #111
#43Leonard61US #45
#44Vernon60US #72
#45Theodore58US #67
#46Carl54US #26
#47Carroll52US #181
#48Anthony51US #44
#49Milton51US #93
#50Gilbert49US #90
#51Elmer48US #80
#52Herman48US #78
#53Jerome46US #105
#54Russell46US #60
#55Ronald45US #37
#56Alfred44US #46
#57Fred43US #32
#58Michael43US #54
#59Roland43US #107
#60Gerald42US #30
#61Philip42US #75
#62Andrew41US #62
#63Edwin38US #66
#64Leon38US #81
#65Allen35US #85
#66Franklin35US #149
#67Roy35US #33
#68Leo34US #63
#69Lewis34US #87
#70Marvin33US #48
#71Alvin31US #79
#72Benjamin30US #115
#73Warren30US #96
#74Edgar29US #119
#75Martin29US #83
#76Maurice28US #116
#77Roger28US #58
#78Phillip27US #144
#79Vincent27US #84
#80Lester26US #95
#81Wilbur26US #141
#82Glenn25US #71
#83Gordon25US #77
#84Lloyd24US #69
#85Irvin23
#86Marion23US #126
#87Douglas21US #89
#88Nelson20
#89Rudolph20US #140
#90Chester19US #103
#91Victor19US #100
#92Willard19US #117
#93Alexander18US #168
#94Jesse18US #94
#95Wayne18US #65
#96Wilson18
#97Elwood17
#98Lee17US #82
#99Oscar17US #124
#100Preston17

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑40Janet#41
↑30Beatrice#59
↑23Maurice#76
↑20Ann#31
↑18Andrew#62
↑16Juanita#68
↑15June#34
↑15Jacqueline#82

Falling

↓26Vivian#99
↓24Lloyd#84
↓21Grace#55
↓19Emma#84
↓19Sylvia#91
↓18Naomi#85
↓17Lee#98
↓16Gladys#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.