State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,022 Maryland births in 1935 across 505 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#50Carroll#172 nationally
#89Irvinoutside the national top 200
#92Hilda#199 nationally
#94Irisoutside the national top 200
#93Clifton#196 nationally
#100Reginaoutside the national top 200
#100Wilmeroutside the national top 200
#56Agnes#138 nationally
#64Naomi#144 nationally
#58Benjamin#123 nationally
#56Roland#119 nationally
#44Marian#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary882US #1
#2Shirley809US #2
#3Joan351US #7
#4Betty340US #4
#5Patricia334US #5
#6Margaret311US #8
#7Barbara283US #3
#8Dorothy272US #6
#9Nancy236US #9
#10Doris207US #13
#11Helen184US #10
#12Elizabeth171US #17
#13Ruth155US #15
#14Jean134US #18
#15Catherine127US #42
#16Janet125US #22
#17Frances124US #19
#18Dolores118US #26
#19Anna116US #34
#20Gloria115US #32
#21Virginia110US #16
#22Evelyn108US #31
#23Alice101US #25
#24Ann95US #30
#25Mildred94US #35
#26Charlotte93US #65
#27Phyllis92US #27
#28Joyce87US #12
#29Carolyn84US #28
#30Marie84US #33
#31Carol83US #11
#32Norma83US #29
#33Eleanor75US #48
#34Audrey72US #64
#35Lois68US #21
#36Marlene66US #39
#37Delores65US #57
#38Martha65US #24
#39Sylvia65US #60
#40Geraldine64US #40
#41Beverly63US #20
#42Elaine63US #51
#43June59US #55
#44Marian59US #105
#45Lillian58US #66
#46Rose58US #37
#47Thelma57US #76
#48Gladys55US #78
#49Peggy54US #36
#50Bernice53US #90
#51Edna53US #67
#52Elsie53US #113
#53Jane53US #43
#54Sarah52US #61
#55Louise49US #45
#56Agnes45US #138
#57Edith45US #87
#58Josephine45US #75
#59Lorraine45US #68
#60Anne44US #84
#61Grace44US #83
#62Patsy43US #56
#63Florence42US #74
#64Naomi42US #144
#65Ellen41US #95
#66Irene41US #52
#67Annie40US #38
#68Emma40US #89
#69Joann39US #53
#70Rita39US #63
#71Yvonne39US #98
#72Clara38US #81
#73Ethel37US #82
#74Janice37US #47
#75Marjorie37US #46
#76Marion36US #88
#77Ruby36US #41
#78Constance35US #125
#79Joanne35US #44
#80Katherine35US #103
#81Kathleen35US #71
#82Sally35US #58
#83Bertha34US #114
#84Esther34US #94
#85Hazel34US #92
#86Jacqueline34US #79
#87Marilyn34US #14
#88Pauline34US #80
#89Vivian34US #112
#90Eileen33US #108
#91Carole32US #93
#92Hilda32US #199
#93Ella31US #122
#94Iris31
#95Loretta31US #69
#96Roberta31US #77
#97Theresa31US #86
#98Arlene30US #59
#99Gertrude30US #145
#100Regina30

Boys

#1Robert748US #1
#2John742US #3
#3William738US #4
#4James705US #2
#5Charles572US #6
#6Joseph423US #10
#7Donald394US #7
#8Richard376US #5
#9George347US #8
#10Thomas280US #9
#11Edward256US #13
#12Paul172US #14
#13Ronald158US #12
#14David152US #11
#15Raymond144US #17
#16Harry134US #37
#17Kenneth133US #15
#18Frank119US #16
#19Walter115US #23
#20Francis100US #53
#21Melvin97US #57
#22Howard96US #39
#23Henry94US #27
#24Louis89US #42
#25Albert83US #31
#26Lawrence83US #35
#27Samuel81US #62
#28Norman78US #38
#29Harold77US #20
#30Clarence75US #48
#31Bernard73US #67
#32Michael73US #41
#33Ralph72US #32
#34Eugene71US #26
#35Stanley71US #56
#36Arthur70US #29
#37Carl68US #28
#38Daniel68US #43
#39Leroy66US #50
#40Earl65US #46
#41Frederick65US #73
#42Leonard65US #54
#43Herbert61US #58
#44Jack58US #18
#45Ernest51US #55
#46Anthony45US #52
#47Gerald45US #21
#48Philip45US #65
#49Russell45US #68
#50Carroll44US #172
#51Theodore44US #79
#52Gilbert43US #111
#53Vernon43US #94
#54Wayne41US #49
#55Allen38US #83
#56Roland38US #119
#57Alfred37US #63
#58Benjamin37US #123
#59Franklin36US #71
#60Gordon36US #70
#61Warren36US #97
#62Roger35US #36
#63Gary34US #44
#64Herman34US #101
#65Jerome34US #96
#66Andrew33US #85
#67Jerry33US #22
#68Harvey32US #99
#69Elmer31US #115
#70Gene31US #66
#71Roy31US #40
#72Lewis30US #98
#73Martin30US #93
#74Marvin30US #45
#75Milton30US #117
#76Vincent30US #106
#77Alvin29US #91
#78Edwin29US #89
#79Leon29US #86
#80Calvin28US #127
#81Douglas28US #75
#82Lee28US #80
#83Clyde27US #82
#84Fred26US #34
#85Glenn26US #78
#86Peter24US #59
#87Maurice23US #130
#88Floyd22US #76
#89Irvin22
#90Patrick22US #112
#91Phillip22US #107
#92Chester21US #121
#93Clifton21US #196
#94Edgar21US #138
#95Larry21US #33
#96Lester21US #114
#97Ray20US #64
#98Allan19US #150
#99Stephen18US #113
#100Wilmer18

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑37Elaine#42
↑36Bernice#50
↑28Gilbert#52
↑24Roger#62
↑23Marian#44
↑23Warren#61
↑23Gene#70
↑22Annie#67

Falling

↓28Franklin#59
↓27Ethel#73
↓27Fred#84
↓26Theresa#97
↓25Vivian#89
↓25Gertrude#99
↓25Marvin#74
↓23Jacqueline#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.