State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,774 Maryland births in 1934 across 483 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#61Rosalie#198 nationally
#46Carroll#164 nationally
#80Hilda#192 nationally
#89Irvinoutside the national top 200
#79Clifton#189 nationally
#91Reginaoutside the national top 200
#100Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#37Agnes#120 nationally
#96Nathaniel#174 nationally
#97Rudolph#175 nationally
#55Roland#119 nationally
#98Wilbur#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary886US #1
#2Shirley461US #4
#3Betty421US #2
#4Dorothy312US #5
#5Joan308US #7
#6Barbara307US #3
#7Patricia291US #6
#8Margaret282US #8
#9Doris235US #11
#10Nancy219US #10
#11Helen202US #9
#12Elizabeth198US #18
#13Catherine180US #42
#14Ruth165US #13
#15Jean162US #16
#16Frances160US #19
#17Anna134US #31
#18Virginia123US #15
#19Evelyn121US #29
#20Alice118US #25
#21Gloria114US #30
#22Mildred111US #35
#23Dolores109US #26
#24Janet106US #21
#25Phyllis97US #28
#26Charlotte95US #72
#27Ann93US #32
#28June91US #46
#29Carolyn88US #33
#30Carol83US #14
#31Marie83US #34
#32Norma82US #24
#33Joyce77US #12
#34Peggy77US #36
#35Eleanor75US #44
#36Thelma73US #65
#37Agnes71US #120
#38Delores71US #51
#39Geraldine70US #43
#40Lois70US #20
#41Marlene70US #57
#42Lillian69US #52
#43Florence68US #61
#44Louise67US #40
#45Martha66US #27
#46Ethel65US #78
#47Edna63US #55
#48Jane63US #48
#49Beverly61US #22
#50Audrey60US #69
#51Sylvia55US #70
#52Rose54US #37
#53Grace53US #79
#54Gladys50US #66
#55Lorraine50US #56
#56Edith49US #81
#57Constance48US #117
#58Elsie47US #107
#59Joann46US #50
#60Josephine46US #60
#61Rosalie46US #198
#62Sarah46US #67
#63Jacqueline45US #80
#64Vivian45US #98
#65Anne44US #88
#66Irene42US #49
#67Marian42US #97
#68Marion42US #86
#69Emma41US #85
#70Esther41US #91
#71Theresa41US #77
#72Katherine40US #101
#73Pauline39US #71
#74Gertrude37US #135
#75Ida36US #118
#76Juanita36US #64
#77Kathleen36US #74
#78Patsy36US #59
#79Elaine35US #54
#80Hilda35US #192
#81Loretta35US #83
#82Bertha34US #112
#83Marjorie34US #41
#84Ellen33US #95
#85Hazel33US #87
#86Bernice31US #82
#87Joanne31US #45
#88Eva30US #100
#89Annie29US #38
#90Julia29US #105
#91Regina29
#92Rita29US #63
#93Clara28US #76
#94Sara28US #125
#95Carole27US #89
#96Ella27US #113
#97Kathryn27US #108
#98Marilyn27US #17
#99Sally27US #62
#100Beatrice26US #99

Boys

#1William761US #4
#2John738US #3
#3Robert703US #1
#4James699US #2
#5Charles618US #7
#6Joseph415US #10
#7Donald388US #6
#8Richard373US #5
#9George332US #8
#10Thomas264US #9
#11Edward246US #13
#12Paul171US #14
#13David168US #12
#14Ronald133US #11
#15Frank131US #16
#16Harry128US #36
#17Raymond124US #19
#18Walter120US #21
#19Kenneth118US #15
#20Howard115US #37
#21Albert100US #32
#22Francis98US #49
#23Lawrence94US #34
#24Bernard93US #65
#25Earl90US #41
#26Louis90US #40
#27Henry89US #27
#28Arthur84US #29
#29Leroy84US #54
#30Carl80US #28
#31Franklin76US #46
#32Melvin75US #55
#33Eugene74US #24
#34Harold72US #18
#35Norman71US #38
#36Daniel67US #42
#37Jack66US #17
#38Stanley64US #58
#39Ralph63US #31
#40Vernon63US #89
#41Clarence60US #45
#42Herbert58US #57
#43Leonard56US #53
#44Frederick52US #77
#45Michael52US #47
#46Carroll51US #164
#47Samuel51US #66
#48Ernest49US #51
#49Marvin47US #44
#50Gerald46US #22
#51Jerome46US #107
#52Theodore46US #74
#53Herman42US #97
#54Philip39US #69
#55Roland39US #119
#56Alfred38US #64
#57Fred38US #33
#58Leon38US #87
#59Edwin35US #80
#60Wayne35US #48
#61Gordon34US #71
#62Andrew33US #76
#63Lewis32US #94
#64Roy32US #35
#65Russell32US #70
#66Elmer31US #108
#67Jerry31US #25
#68Anthony30US #52
#69Alvin29US #93
#70Leo29US #86
#71Maurice29US #132
#72Milton29US #115
#73Allen28US #88
#74Douglas28US #72
#75Martin28US #91
#76Benjamin27US #117
#77Calvin27US #128
#78Gary25US #60
#79Clifton24US #189
#80Gilbert24US #106
#81Glenn24US #81
#82Jesse24US #102
#83Lloyd24US #82
#84Warren24US #96
#85Floyd23US #73
#86Roger23US #39
#87Bruce21US #78
#88Edgar21US #137
#89Irvin21
#90Ray21US #63
#91Leslie20US #134
#92Curtis19US #103
#93Gene19US #67
#94Larry19US #43
#95Lester19US #110
#96Nathaniel19US #174
#97Rudolph19US #175
#98Wilbur19US #162
#99Arnold18US #105
#100Elwood18

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑40Carol#30
↑37Herman#53
↑36Agnes#37
↑32Rosalie#61
↑30Vivian#64
↑29Wayne#60
↑26Carroll#46
↑22Josephine#60

Falling

↓29Clara#93
↓27Calvin#77
↓24Elaine#79
↓23Rita#92
↓22Ella#96
↓21Constance#57
↓21Wilbur#98
↓20Katherine#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.