State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,399 Maryland births in 1936 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.

#81Irvinoutside the national top 200
#60Carroll#172 nationally
#88Rosalie#200 nationally
#90Reginaoutside the national top 200
#88Clifton#193 nationally
#96Oliveroutside the national top 200
#95Barry#185 nationally
#90Nathaniel#179 nationally
#59Constance#133 nationally
#65Agnes#139 nationally
#100Wilbur#173 nationally
#54Milton#120 nationally

Girls

#1Mary875US #1
#2Shirley623US #2
#3Barbara359US #3
#4Patricia355US #5
#5Betty322US #4
#6Joan307US #7
#7Margaret277US #9
#8Nancy253US #8
#9Dorothy239US #6
#10Helen195US #11
#11Doris168US #15
#12Elizabeth160US #18
#13Ruth159US #16
#14Frances133US #19
#15Jean127US #20
#16Virginia124US #14
#17Anna117US #36
#18Catherine116US #44
#19Ann108US #28
#20Joyce99US #12
#21Carolyn94US #23
#22Phyllis92US #25
#23Dolores89US #30
#24Alice88US #27
#25Janet88US #21
#26Charlotte86US #61
#27Delores86US #58
#28Evelyn85US #34
#29Gloria82US #32
#30Marie77US #33
#31Mildred77US #40
#32Carol76US #10
#33Lois73US #26
#34Rose73US #37
#35Peggy71US #35
#36Geraldine70US #41
#37Norma70US #29
#38Marlene69US #39
#39Beverly65US #17
#40Sylvia65US #53
#41Audrey63US #68
#42Eleanor63US #47
#43Jane63US #42
#44Lillian61US #79
#45Thelma61US #74
#46June60US #62
#47Martha60US #24
#48Edith56US #87
#49Ellen53US #99
#50Elaine50US #50
#51Anne49US #89
#52Edna49US #71
#53Lorraine49US #76
#54Louise48US #46
#55Florence47US #80
#56Janice46US #31
#57Yvonne46US #81
#58Katherine45US #100
#59Constance44US #133
#60Ethel44US #90
#61Eileen42US #103
#62Grace42US #86
#63Patsy42US #52
#64Sandra42US #38
#65Agnes41US #139
#66Irene41US #57
#67Clara39US #91
#68Jacqueline39US #66
#69Marjorie39US #49
#70Pauline39US #82
#71Emma38US #85
#72Loretta38US #70
#73Elsie37US #123
#74Theresa37US #88
#75Bertha36US #122
#76Sarah36US #63
#77Carole35US #73
#78Esther34US #107
#79Kathleen34US #67
#80Donna33US #22
#81Julia33US #105
#82Marian33US #114
#83Marilyn33US #13
#84Ella32US #126
#85Josephine32US #77
#86Hazel31US #96
#87Marion31US #93
#88Rosalie31US #200
#89Joann29US #55
#90Regina29
#91Sally29US #59
#92Bernice28US #95
#93Gladys28US #84
#94Joanne27US #48
#95Vivian27US #115
#96Anita26US #104
#97Gertrude26US #156
#98Jeanette26US #94
#99Nellie26US #135
#100Annie25US #45

Boys

#1John789US #3
#2Robert788US #1
#3William778US #4
#4James674US #2
#5Charles612US #6
#6Donald384US #7
#7George360US #9
#8Richard359US #5
#9Joseph358US #11
#10Thomas277US #8
#11Edward232US #13
#12David178US #10
#13Ronald178US #12
#14Paul175US #15
#15Harry130US #39
#16Kenneth126US #14
#17Frank121US #16
#18Raymond121US #17
#19Walter117US #26
#20Howard100US #40
#21Louis100US #44
#22Carl96US #27
#23Francis95US #50
#24Earl86US #47
#25Albert85US #34
#26Henry84US #28
#27Melvin82US #53
#28Leroy79US #57
#29Ralph79US #31
#30Bernard77US #68
#31Daniel77US #41
#32Lawrence76US #37
#33Eugene72US #29
#34Frederick68US #70
#35Harold68US #21
#36Samuel68US #67
#37Stanley68US #58
#38Arthur65US #30
#39Ernest64US #55
#40Jack64US #20
#41Gerald62US #19
#42Michael60US #33
#43Clarence58US #52
#44Norman58US #43
#45Franklin53US #64
#46Herbert50US #62
#47Jerome50US #98
#48Wayne49US #45
#49Alfred47US #60
#50Vernon46US #93
#51Russell44US #69
#52Leonard42US #54
#53Marvin42US #49
#54Milton40US #120
#55Gary39US #38
#56Fred38US #36
#57Anthony37US #48
#58Philip36US #63
#59Calvin35US #124
#60Carroll34US #172
#61Roger33US #35
#62Roy33US #42
#63Roland32US #118
#64Allen31US #81
#65Gilbert31US #113
#66Vincent31US #109
#67Andrew30US #83
#68Martin30US #92
#69Warren29US #95
#70Alvin28US #96
#71Elmer28US #121
#72Gordon28US #75
#73Jerry28US #18
#74Larry28US #25
#75Leon28US #82
#76Theodore28US #87
#77Maurice27US #137
#78Edwin26US #84
#79Benjamin24US #123
#80Harvey24US #97
#81Irvin24
#82Patrick24US #100
#83Phillip24US #102
#84Glenn23US #80
#85Gene22US #66
#86Herman22US #105
#87Leo22US #94
#88Clifton21US #193
#89Edgar21US #143
#90Nathaniel21US #179
#91Bruce20US #73
#92Jay20US #140
#93Lewis20US #101
#94Alan19US #108
#95Barry19US #185
#96Oliver19
#97Douglas18US #78
#98Marion18US #148
#99Stephen18US #99
#100Wilbur18US #173

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑29Eileen#61
↑28Fred#56
↑23Loretta#72
↑23Theresa#74
↑22Katherine#58
↑21Marvin#53
↑21Milton#54
↑21Calvin#59

Falling

↓45Gladys#93
↓42Bernice#92
↓38Marian#82
↓33Annie#100
↓27Josephine#85
↓25Theodore#76
↓22Sarah#76
↓22Herman#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.