State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,607 Maryland births in 1937 across 523 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#68Irvinoutside the national top 200
#59Carroll#178 nationally
#87Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#90Clifton#193 nationally
#90Rosalie#179 nationally
#76Agnes#153 nationally
#83Gertrude#159 nationally
#56Roland#126 nationally
#58Benjamin#119 nationally
#85Maurice#144 nationally
#71Calvin#125 nationally
#43Edith#96 nationally

Girls

#1Mary878US #1
#2Shirley497US #4
#3Patricia443US #3
#4Barbara386US #2
#5Margaret318US #10
#6Dorothy296US #8
#7Joan269US #9
#8Betty263US #5
#9Nancy242US #7
#10Doris216US #22
#11Helen184US #12
#12Ruth171US #15
#13Elizabeth168US #17
#14Jean154US #23
#15Catherine142US #47
#16Frances137US #19
#17Virginia133US #16
#18Carol116US #6
#19Carolyn116US #20
#20Beverly114US #14
#21Anna113US #39
#22Gloria111US #32
#23Janet110US #18
#24Evelyn108US #36
#25Joyce108US #11
#26Lois98US #29
#27Phyllis94US #27
#28Ann93US #30
#29Dolores93US #37
#30Alice84US #28
#31Delores84US #68
#32Mildred84US #43
#33Rose83US #38
#34Marie81US #35
#35Norma79US #33
#36Charlotte78US #67
#37Marlene78US #40
#38Eleanor72US #53
#39Geraldine70US #44
#40Sylvia69US #50
#41Janice66US #25
#42Peggy66US #31
#43Edith63US #96
#44Martha60US #24
#45Carole59US #56
#46Louise59US #48
#47Elaine57US #45
#48Audrey55US #85
#49Lillian54US #84
#50Sandra53US #26
#51Sarah53US #65
#52Lorraine52US #83
#53Jane51US #42
#54Anne50US #92
#55Ethel50US #88
#56Ellen49US #102
#57Joanne49US #51
#58Katherine49US #103
#59Anita48US #93
#60Joann48US #58
#61Loretta48US #63
#62Thelma48US #78
#63Irene46US #62
#64Patsy46US #54
#65Arlene45US #60
#66Edna44US #74
#67Gladys44US #86
#68Grace42US #94
#69Juanita42US #75
#70Esther41US #116
#71Marilyn41US #13
#72Donna40US #21
#73Constance39US #118
#74Josephine39US #82
#75Yvonne39US #77
#76Agnes38US #153
#77Jacqueline38US #70
#78Laura38US #105
#79Eileen37US #107
#80Elsie37US #125
#81June37US #71
#82Marjorie36US #57
#83Gertrude35US #159
#84Judith35US #34
#85Kathleen35US #61
#86Emma34US #89
#87Theresa34US #95
#88Jeanette33US #90
#89Roberta33US #66
#90Rosalie33US #179
#91Susan33US #97
#92Florence32US #81
#93Marion31US #109
#94Pauline31US #87
#95Rita31US #69
#96Ruby31US #52
#97Bernice30US #104
#98Julia30US #112
#99Marian30US #129
#100Sally30US #59

Boys

#1Robert834US #1
#2William819US #4
#3John745US #3
#4James707US #2
#5Charles564US #6
#6Joseph375US #12
#7Donald361US #7
#8Richard352US #5
#9George324US #10
#10Thomas299US #9
#11Edward284US #13
#12David242US #8
#13Paul215US #15
#14Ronald208US #11
#15Kenneth152US #14
#16Harry124US #41
#17Raymond113US #19
#18Frank109US #18
#19Walter105US #26
#20Albert101US #37
#21Francis97US #55
#22Louis97US #46
#23Howard96US #42
#24Melvin86US #50
#25Bernard83US #73
#26Michael83US #27
#27Frederick82US #68
#28Ralph81US #34
#29Earl79US #48
#30Daniel78US #39
#31Carl77US #28
#32Harold77US #21
#33Lawrence74US #38
#34Henry73US #30
#35Eugene67US #33
#36Arthur65US #31
#37Stanley65US #57
#38Clarence63US #54
#39Leroy63US #56
#40Ernest62US #53
#41Samuel56US #66
#42Jack55US #23
#43Herbert54US #65
#44Norman54US #43
#45Anthony52US #47
#46Gerald52US #20
#47Jerry52US #17
#48Wayne50US #44
#49Franklin48US #77
#50Gary45US #29
#51Vernon42US #96
#52Jerome41US #100
#53Theodore41US #86
#54Leonard40US #58
#55Roger40US #36
#56Roland40US #126
#57Allen39US #76
#58Benjamin38US #119
#59Carroll38US #178
#60Russell38US #67
#61Gordon36US #75
#62Gilbert35US #112
#63Alfred34US #60
#64Leon34US #85
#65Marvin34US #49
#66Philip34US #62
#67Larry33US #16
#68Irvin32
#69Milton31US #121
#70Roy30US #40
#71Calvin29US #125
#72Edwin29US #89
#73Glenn29US #88
#74Alvin28US #99
#75Andrew28US #79
#76Fred28US #35
#77Stephen28US #92
#78Harvey27US #95
#79Herman27US #101
#80Lewis27US #104
#81Bruce26US #70
#82Martin26US #87
#83Elmer25US #120
#84Lee25US #78
#85Maurice25US #144
#86Warren25US #106
#87Wilbert24
#88Alan22US #103
#89Phillip22US #98
#90Clifton21US #193
#91Floyd21US #80
#92Jesse21US #102
#93Lloyd21US #91
#94Clyde20US #93
#95Douglas20US #74
#96Gene20US #61
#97Peter20US #52
#98Leo19US #97
#99Vincent19US #105
#100Arnold18US #111

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑37Joanne#57
↑37Anita#59
↑32Carole#45
↑29Joann#60
↑26Gladys#67
↑26Jerry#47
↑25Sarah#51
↑23Theodore#53

Falling

↓37Florence#92
↓35June#81
↓33Vincent#99
↓24Pauline#94
↓20Fred#76
↓18Yvonne#75
↓18Eileen#79
↓17Thelma#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.