State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,441 Maryland births in 1931 across 511 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#53Carroll#179 nationally
#76Reginaoutside the national top 200
#85Irvinoutside the national top 200
#62Hilda#167 nationally
#92Clifton#188 nationally
#98Wilbert#193 nationally
#70Franklin#148 nationally
#72Rudolph#146 nationally
#83Wilbur#149 nationally
#43Roland#107 nationally
#58Calvin#119 nationally
#79Pearl#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary930US #1
#2Betty535US #2
#3Dorothy366US #3
#4Margaret353US #7
#5Doris281US #10
#6Helen260US #6
#7Shirley256US #9
#8Ruth229US #11
#9Elizabeth208US #16
#10Anna200US #25
#11Patricia192US #8
#12Joan191US #5
#13Barbara174US #4
#14Dolores173US #14
#15Frances167US #18
#16Virginia162US #12
#17Nancy160US #17
#18Jean152US #13
#19Catherine145US #36
#20Gloria141US #23
#21Alice137US #21
#22Mildred137US #26
#23Evelyn115US #24
#24Charlotte111US #75
#25Delores111US #58
#26Norma98US #22
#27Rose95US #30
#28Peggy93US #42
#29Geraldine91US #38
#30Marie90US #27
#31Thelma89US #53
#32Phyllis87US #29
#33Ann86US #35
#34Lillian83US #47
#35Audrey82US #64
#36Edna76US #52
#37June76US #44
#38Edith73US #65
#39Lorraine73US #49
#40Eleanor72US #40
#41Florence72US #43
#42Joyce72US #15
#43Louise71US #33
#44Ethel65US #67
#45Janet65US #45
#46Martha64US #28
#47Lois62US #20
#48Gladys61US #55
#49Grace59US #70
#50Rita58US #48
#51Theresa56US #59
#52Clara55US #61
#53Carolyn53US #60
#54Elsie53US #86
#55Marian53US #84
#56Bernice52US #63
#57Irene52US #37
#58Jane52US #50
#59Agnes51US #103
#60Elaine51US #72
#61Katherine51US #92
#62Hilda49US #167
#63Emma48US #76
#64Pauline48US #56
#65Beverly47US #31
#66Esther47US #79
#67Marion45US #66
#68Julia44US #91
#69Sarah44US #71
#70Ellen43US #99
#71Jacqueline42US #78
#72Ida41US #100
#73Anne40US #80
#74Vivian40US #82
#75Constance39US #118
#76Regina39
#77Hazel38US #74
#78Juanita37US #57
#79Pearl37US #137
#80Josephine36US #51
#81Lucille36US #62
#82Marjorie36US #34
#83Loretta35US #96
#84Naomi35US #140
#85Gertrude34US #115
#86Alma33US #114
#87Annie33US #41
#88Beatrice33US #85
#89Eileen33US #106
#90Laura33US #89
#91Leona33US #133
#92Marlene31US #95
#93Sylvia31US #123
#94Ella30US #110
#95Myrtle30US #134
#96Anita28US #117
#97Bertha28US #102
#98Jeanne28US #98
#99Bessie27US #113
#100Jeanette27US #105

Boys

#1William860US #4
#2John771US #3
#3Robert738US #1
#4Charles691US #6
#5James669US #2
#6Joseph376US #9
#7George365US #8
#8Richard347US #5
#9Donald343US #7
#10Thomas263US #10
#11Edward255US #11
#12Paul162US #12
#13Harry144US #30
#14Walter143US #20
#15Raymond137US #17
#16David131US #13
#17Albert129US #24
#18Howard119US #34
#19Frank116US #16
#20Kenneth114US #14
#21Francis104US #42
#22Bernard103US #54
#23Henry99US #22
#24Harold95US #18
#25Earl85US #40
#26Norman85US #36
#27Carl84US #28
#28Eugene82US #21
#29Arthur79US #23
#30Louis79US #37
#31Clarence78US #39
#32Lawrence78US #38
#33Ralph78US #25
#34Leroy77US #52
#35Herbert72US #41
#36Melvin72US #51
#37Jack70US #15
#38Daniel68US #44
#39Samuel65US #56
#40Ernest64US #47
#41Ronald63US #27
#42Stanley62US #49
#43Roland61US #107
#44Theodore61US #70
#45Leonard58US #48
#46Frederick53US #73
#47Vernon53US #74
#48Andrew49US #65
#49Alfred47US #50
#50Elmer47US #82
#51Anthony44US #46
#52Edwin44US #67
#53Carroll43US #179
#54Milton43US #99
#55Allen42US #79
#56Alvin42US #80
#57Fred42US #33
#58Calvin40US #119
#59Gerald40US #26
#60Russell39US #63
#61Gilbert38US #92
#62Michael38US #55
#63Philip38US #71
#64Vincent37US #86
#65Gordon36US #76
#66Jerome36US #103
#67Herman35US #83
#68Marvin35US #45
#69Roy35US #35
#70Franklin32US #148
#71Leo32US #69
#72Rudolph31US #146
#73Warren31US #100
#74Lewis30US #87
#75Edgar29US #122
#76Martin29US #91
#77Benjamin28US #113
#78Leon28US #84
#79Douglas27US #85
#80Gene25US #64
#81Harvey25US #93
#82Maurice24US #117
#83Wilbur24US #149
#84Glenn23US #72
#85Irvin23
#86Lee23US #90
#87Lloyd23US #68
#88Phillip23US #141
#89Alan22US #120
#90Floyd22US #66
#91Marion21US #133
#92Clifton20US #188
#93Jesse20US #97
#94Peter20US #61
#95Roger20US #53
#96Stephen20US #130
#97Victor19US #109
#98Wilbert19US #193
#99Jerry18US #43
#100Ray18US #60

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑25Vivian#74
↑24Rita#50
↑21Emma#63
↑20Clara#52
↑19Peggy#28
↑19Carl#27
↑18Pearl#79
↑18Gordon#65

Falling

↓29Beatrice#88
↓27Bertha#97
↓21Jane#58
↓20Agnes#59
↓19Sarah#69
↓18Roger#95
↓16Ella#94
↓16Calvin#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.