State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,446 Maryland births in 1933 across 488 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#83Reginaoutside the national top 200
#94Irvinoutside the national top 200
#72Carroll#174 nationally
#77Hilda#179 nationally
#82Clifton#177 nationally
#93Rosalie#184 nationally
#100Alexander#187 nationally
#77Wilbur#159 nationally
#98Nathaniel#178 nationally
#36Constance#105 nationally
#99Rudolph#167 nationally
#86Harriet#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary904US #1
#2Betty486US #2
#3Dorothy354US #4
#4Margaret313US #7
#5Joan300US #5
#6Patricia267US #6
#7Shirley258US #9
#8Doris255US #10
#9Barbara254US #3
#10Helen220US #8
#11Nancy188US #11
#12Ruth178US #13
#13Anna168US #29
#14Catherine162US #44
#15Jean154US #14
#16Virginia146US #15
#17Elizabeth140US #17
#18Dolores138US #21
#19Frances136US #18
#20Gloria129US #31
#21Janet122US #25
#22Evelyn120US #30
#23Mildred118US #32
#24Alice108US #22
#25Joyce103US #12
#26Lois100US #19
#27Ann98US #34
#28Peggy90US #36
#29Eleanor85US #38
#30Delores78US #52
#31June78US #45
#32Norma78US #23
#33Charlotte77US #79
#34Marlene76US #50
#35Phyllis76US #28
#36Constance73US #105
#37Louise73US #39
#38Thelma71US #57
#39Geraldine69US #42
#40Marie69US #33
#41Martha69US #27
#42Lillian68US #51
#43Lorraine67US #54
#44Carolyn66US #40
#45Rose62US #35
#46Elsie60US #99
#47Gladys60US #60
#48Edna59US #55
#49Ethel59US #71
#50Jane59US #47
#51Sarah58US #58
#52Katherine54US #100
#53Sylvia54US #84
#54Edith53US #80
#55Elaine53US #61
#56Florence52US #49
#57Grace52US #69
#58Marian51US #89
#59Audrey50US #59
#60Emma50US #75
#61Kathleen47US #77
#62Theresa47US #70
#63Anne45US #85
#64Clara45US #67
#65Janice45US #81
#66Beverly44US #26
#67Irene44US #46
#68Pauline42US #64
#69Rita42US #53
#70Carol41US #20
#71Bernice40US #83
#72Jacqueline40US #86
#73Agnes39US #118
#74Ella38US #113
#75Patsy38US #65
#76Ellen37US #104
#77Hilda37US #179
#78Ida37US #109
#79Viola37US #138
#80Marion35US #73
#81Beatrice34US #94
#82Josephine33US #62
#83Regina33
#84Esther32US #88
#85Gertrude32US #133
#86Harriet31US #152
#87Marjorie31US #41
#88Bertha30US #106
#89Naomi30US #140
#90Annie29US #37
#91Hazel29US #82
#92Lucille29US #78
#93Rosalie29US #184
#94Vivian28US #98
#95Donna27US #24
#96Loretta27US #87
#97Pearl27US #143
#98Bessie25US #117
#99Eileen25US #115
#100Jeanette25US #103

Boys

#1William738US #4
#2Robert719US #1
#3John712US #3
#4James709US #2
#5Charles612US #6
#6Donald375US #7
#7Joseph356US #9
#8George342US #8
#9Richard316US #5
#10Thomas275US #10
#11Edward240US #11
#12Paul189US #14
#13Raymond140US #19
#14Frank134US #16
#15Ronald133US #12
#16David132US #13
#17Kenneth121US #15
#18Harry106US #35
#19Franklin104US #33
#20Francis100US #45
#21Albert99US #30
#22Howard96US #36
#23Walter94US #21
#24Carl93US #28
#25Henry87US #24
#26Bernard84US #63
#27Lawrence81US #38
#28Melvin80US #51
#29Earl78US #41
#30Harold78US #18
#31Louis78US #40
#32Norman78US #37
#33Eugene76US #23
#34Daniel73US #42
#35Samuel73US #61
#36Frederick72US #78
#37Jack69US #17
#38Ralph69US #29
#39Leroy65US #56
#40Arthur61US #25
#41Ernest61US #50
#42Leonard59US #47
#43Stanley58US #55
#44Clarence54US #43
#45Herbert52US #49
#46Russell49US #67
#47Jerome47US #105
#48Fred45US #34
#49Roland44US #114
#50Calvin43US #112
#51Michael42US #53
#52Philip42US #70
#53Elmer41US #101
#54Vernon39US #83
#55Edwin38US #77
#56Gerald38US #22
#57Alvin36US #88
#58Leon36US #85
#59Milton36US #113
#60Roy36US #39
#61Theodore36US #68
#62Andrew35US #76
#63Gilbert35US #104
#64Anthony34US #46
#65Marvin34US #44
#66Allen32US #84
#67Douglas32US #81
#68Gordon32US #71
#69Alfred31US #57
#70Lewis31US #92
#71Maurice31US #129
#72Carroll30US #174
#73Roger30US #48
#74Jerry29US #31
#75Leo29US #75
#76Lloyd28US #73
#77Wilbur28US #159
#78Martin27US #89
#79Vincent26US #94
#80Benjamin25US #118
#81Phillip24US #125
#82Clifton23US #177
#83Floyd23US #69
#84Harvey23US #97
#85Jesse23US #100
#86Warren23US #99
#87Bruce22US #91
#88Edgar22US #135
#89Wayne22US #52
#90Herman21US #96
#91Larry20US #58
#92Chester19US #119
#93Gary19US #80
#94Irvin19
#95Lee19US #79
#96Alan18US #122
#97Billy18US #20
#98Nathaniel18US #178
#99Rudolph18US #167
#100Alexander17US #187

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑32Elsie#46
↑31Janice#65
↑28Constance#36
↑25Marlene#34
↑22Kathleen#61
↑22Jerry#74
↑21Carol#70
↑21Maurice#71

Falling

↓31Rosalie#93
↓28Josephine#82
↓25Audrey#59
↓20Marjorie#87
↓20Hazel#91
↓19Alfred#69
↓19Carroll#72
↓18Gilbert#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.