State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,895 Maryland births in 1938 across 532 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#80Jeannette#186 nationally
#73Carroll#175 nationally
#90Nelson#182 nationally
#100Nathaniel#186 nationally
#84Agnes#157 nationally
#100Gertrude#172 nationally
#51Calvin#122 nationally
#67Elmer#130 nationally
#95Edgar#157 nationally
#79Elsie#137 nationally
#60Constance#117 nationally
#69Roland#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary889US #1
#2Barbara595US #2
#3Patricia431US #3
#4Shirley428US #5
#5Margaret307US #9
#6Betty283US #4
#7Nancy275US #7
#8Joan257US #10
#9Dorothy256US #8
#10Elizabeth188US #17
#11Helen175US #13
#12Ruth157US #21
#13Jean153US #27
#14Doris151US #25
#15Frances149US #23
#16Joyce145US #11
#17Beverly132US #18
#18Catherine131US #48
#19Carol124US #6
#20Janet124US #16
#21Virginia124US #22
#22Gloria114US #36
#23Sandra113US #14
#24Alice112US #29
#25Rosalie110US #66
#26Anna109US #40
#27Phyllis106US #28
#28Carolyn104US #15
#29Evelyn97US #38
#30Martha94US #26
#31Charlotte90US #70
#32Janice87US #24
#33Lois83US #33
#34Delores82US #75
#35Eleanor82US #60
#36Norma82US #34
#37Ann81US #32
#38Dolores80US #43
#39Geraldine80US #45
#40Marie76US #37
#41Elaine73US #42
#42Lillian73US #88
#43Carole71US #46
#44Peggy70US #35
#45Mildred66US #52
#46Rose66US #39
#47Judith64US #12
#48Marlene62US #51
#49Florence59US #90
#50Jane59US #44
#51Thelma57US #86
#52Audrey55US #87
#53Ethel55US #94
#54Kathleen55US #58
#55Ellen53US #89
#56Irene52US #72
#57Julia52US #107
#58June52US #79
#59Sarah51US #67
#60Constance50US #117
#61Sylvia50US #56
#62Joanne49US #57
#63Loretta49US #62
#64Louise49US #59
#65Donna48US #20
#66Jacqueline48US #69
#67Josephine48US #83
#68Katherine48US #105
#69Anne47US #84
#70Linda46US #31
#71Joann45US #68
#72Marjorie45US #53
#73Marian43US #128
#74Edna41US #82
#75Bernice40US #112
#76Gladys40US #103
#77Grace40US #100
#78Clara39US #98
#79Elsie39US #137
#80Jeannette39US #186
#81Pauline39US #97
#82Theresa39US #92
#83Eileen38US #113
#84Agnes37US #157
#85Patsy36US #55
#86Beatrice35US #125
#87Juanita35US #80
#88Roberta35US #73
#89Edith34US #102
#90Esther34US #120
#91Bertha33US #131
#92Laura33US #108
#93Lorraine33US #93
#94Marilyn33US #19
#95Wanda32US #49
#96Arlene31US #63
#97Diane31US #64
#98Yvonne30US #101
#99Emma29US #96
#100Gertrude29US #172

Boys

#1Robert864US #1
#2William834US #4
#3John787US #3
#4James768US #2
#5Charles616US #6
#6Richard391US #5
#7George375US #11
#8Joseph362US #12
#9Donald328US #7
#10Thomas321US #9
#11Ronald295US #10
#12Edward280US #13
#13David236US #8
#14Paul171US #15
#15Kenneth165US #14
#16Raymond141US #20
#17Walter135US #26
#18Harry119US #44
#19Michael116US #21
#20Howard106US #42
#21Lawrence103US #36
#22Frank102US #18
#23Francis99US #51
#24Albert96US #37
#25Henry96US #30
#26Louis90US #47
#27Arthur88US #32
#28Earl86US #50
#29Harold84US #23
#30Eugene79US #33
#31Wayne79US #40
#32Frederick76US #71
#33Ralph75US #35
#34Bernard74US #75
#35Samuel74US #62
#36Carl73US #29
#37Norman73US #43
#38Daniel70US #39
#39Leroy68US #61
#40Herbert64US #68
#41Clarence63US #58
#42Ernest62US #55
#43Leonard59US #57
#44Melvin58US #54
#45Theodore58US #84
#46Larry56US #16
#47Gerald53US #19
#48Stanley52US #59
#49Jack51US #25
#50Vernon50US #103
#51Calvin48US #122
#52Roy47US #41
#53Franklin46US #100
#54Gary46US #22
#55Philip46US #64
#56Russell46US #70
#57Alfred43US #69
#58Jerome43US #93
#59Jerry43US #17
#60Anthony42US #46
#61Martin40US #87
#62Roger40US #31
#63Gilbert37US #116
#64Douglas36US #60
#65Leon36US #85
#66Allen35US #73
#67Elmer35US #130
#68Marvin35US #53
#69Roland35US #124
#70Andrew34US #82
#71Edwin34US #90
#72Fred34US #38
#73Carroll32US #175
#74Dennis32US #49
#75Arnold31US #111
#76Gordon31US #78
#77Warren31US #102
#78Gene30US #65
#79Lewis30US #109
#80Harvey29US #99
#81Milton29US #127
#82Vincent29US #110
#83Lee28US #80
#84Leo28US #104
#85Lloyd27US #92
#86Alan26US #91
#87Alvin26US #98
#88Phillip25US #95
#89Joe24US #28
#90Nelson24US #182
#91Ray24US #72
#92Glenn23US #83
#93Stephen23US #74
#94Dale22US #56
#95Edgar22US #157
#96Herman22US #108
#97Benjamin21US #125
#98Jesse21US #107
#99Lester21US #115
#100Nathaniel21US #186

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑65Rosalie#25
↑43Florence#49
↑41Julia#57
↑37Judith#47
↑31Kathleen#54
↑31Douglas#64
↑27Sandra#23
↑26Marian#73

Falling

↓46Edith#89
↓41Lorraine#93
↓39Benjamin#97
↓31Arlene#96
↓23Marilyn#94
↓23Yvonne#98
↓21Sylvia#61
↓21Patsy#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.