State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,876 Maryland births in 1932 across 507 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#173 nationally
#84Irvinoutside the national top 200
#62Rosalie#173 nationally
#97Nathanoutside the national top 200
#74Hilda#172 nationally
#99Wilbert#196 nationally
#85Nathaniel#176 nationally
#99Mabel#171 nationally
#55Calvin#119 nationally
#94Wilbur#152 nationally
#58Agnes#115 nationally
#94Naomi#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary995US #1
#2Betty501US #2
#3Dorothy378US #4
#4Margaret348US #7
#5Joan292US #5
#6Shirley282US #9
#7Doris278US #10
#8Helen269US #8
#9Barbara230US #3
#10Patricia212US #6
#11Ruth210US #11
#12Dolores189US #18
#13Jean178US #15
#14Nancy173US #13
#15Elizabeth171US #17
#16Anna164US #24
#17Frances159US #19
#18Virginia149US #14
#19Evelyn147US #23
#20Gloria146US #25
#21Catherine143US #39
#22Alice126US #21
#23Mildred125US #26
#24Delores103US #56
#25June101US #44
#26Joyce100US #12
#27Charlotte96US #74
#28Geraldine93US #42
#29Janet93US #35
#30Lois92US #20
#31Phyllis86US #30
#32Marie83US #31
#33Peggy82US #40
#34Audrey81US #61
#35Ann80US #34
#36Rose80US #33
#37Thelma80US #51
#38Martha79US #27
#39Lillian78US #48
#40Norma76US #22
#41Louise75US #36
#42Gladys74US #54
#43Lorraine74US #55
#44Jane73US #49
#45Carolyn72US #46
#46Eleanor70US #45
#47Florence69US #47
#48Ethel64US #66
#49Edna62US #50
#50Edith61US #69
#51Theresa60US #60
#52Grace59US #72
#53Sarah59US #67
#54Josephine58US #57
#55Elaine56US #68
#56Rita55US #53
#57Irene54US #43
#58Agnes52US #115
#59Marlene52US #78
#60Beverly50US #28
#61Katherine50US #95
#62Rosalie50US #173
#63Bernice49US #71
#64Constance48US #99
#65Emma48US #76
#66Jacqueline48US #85
#67Marjorie48US #37
#68Clara45US #70
#69Ella45US #108
#70Anne43US #81
#71Hazel43US #75
#72Marian43US #86
#73Sylvia43US #96
#74Hilda42US #172
#75Ida42US #105
#76Marilyn42US #16
#77Juanita40US #58
#78Elsie38US #97
#79Gertrude38US #124
#80Pauline38US #59
#81Beatrice37US #87
#82Marion37US #73
#83Kathleen36US #83
#84Esther35US #82
#85Annie34US #41
#86Vivian34US #90
#87Anita33US #116
#88Bertha33US #101
#89Eileen33US #114
#90Lucille33US #63
#91Carol32US #32
#92Laura32US #88
#93Julia31US #92
#94Naomi31US #148
#95Ellen30US #104
#96Janice30US #94
#97Joanne30US #62
#98Loretta30US #89
#99Mabel29US #171
#100Nellie29US #123

Boys

#1William820US #4
#2John807US #3
#3Robert764US #1
#4James713US #2
#5Charles650US #6
#6Joseph418US #9
#7George380US #8
#8Donald372US #7
#9Richard336US #5
#10Thomas306US #10
#11Edward244US #11
#12Paul169US #13
#13Raymond142US #19
#14Harry130US #32
#15Walter129US #21
#16Ronald127US #16
#17Kenneth125US #14
#18Howard122US #36
#19Frank120US #15
#20David118US #12
#21Albert114US #26
#22Eugene110US #22
#23Louis99US #39
#24Francis98US #43
#25Jack95US #17
#26Henry91US #23
#27Harold87US #18
#28Melvin87US #51
#29Clarence80US #40
#30Bernard78US #60
#31Daniel76US #42
#32Lawrence76US #35
#33Earl74US #41
#34Herbert72US #44
#35Norman70US #37
#36Carl66US #28
#37Franklin66US #66
#38Arthur65US #25
#39Ernest65US #47
#40Samuel65US #56
#41Frederick64US #73
#42Leroy64US #53
#43Ralph54US #27
#44Stanley54US #52
#45Gilbert53US #97
#46Michael52US #54
#47Vernon52US #78
#48Anthony50US #45
#49Theodore50US #67
#50Alfred49US #49
#51Leonard48US #48
#52Elmer47US #94
#53Carroll45US #173
#54Jerome45US #107
#55Calvin44US #119
#56Roy43US #38
#57Philip42US #70
#58Lewis39US #92
#59Gordon37US #81
#60Edwin36US #72
#61Fred36US #33
#62Leon36US #83
#63Russell36US #63
#64Roland35US #111
#65Gerald34US #24
#66Alvin33US #87
#67Milton33US #106
#68Benjamin32US #115
#69Marvin31US #46
#70Allen30US #80
#71Andrew30US #69
#72Roger30US #50
#73Leo27US #74
#74Lloyd27US #71
#75Douglas26US #85
#76Herman26US #89
#77Glenn24US #77
#78Lee24US #86
#79Martin23US #88
#80Vincent23US #93
#81Warren23US #102
#82Clyde22US #82
#83Edgar22US #135
#84Irvin22
#85Nathaniel22US #176
#86Jesse20US #99
#87Lester20US #101
#88Arnold19US #100
#89Floyd19US #68
#90Harvey19US #95
#91Hugh19US #128
#92Maurice19US #122
#93Phillip19US #134
#94Wilbur19US #152
#95Alan18US #127
#96Jerry18US #34
#97Nathan18
#98Wallace18US #117
#99Wilbert18US #196
#100Billy17US #20

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑33Marlene#59
↑33Franklin#37
↑26Josephine#54
↑25Ella#69
↑25Ronald#16
↑23Roger#72
↑20Sylvia#73
↑17Lois#30

Falling

↓25Julia#93
↓25Ellen#95
↓24Elsie#78
↓23Andrew#71
↓21Roland#64
↓18Esther#84
↓17Marian#72
↓16Clara#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.