State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,485 Maryland births in 1939 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.

#82Irvinoutside the national top 200
#76Clifton#194 nationally
#63Carroll#179 nationally
#68Agnes#162 nationally
#77Edgar#158 nationally
#45Constance#123 nationally
#56Milton#128 nationally
#49Rosalie#114 nationally
#62Calvin#126 nationally
#75Roland#131 nationally
#84Elsie#140 nationally
#71Benjamin#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary847US #1
#2Barbara498US #2
#3Patricia422US #3
#4Shirley339US #5
#5Nancy326US #7
#6Joan298US #11
#7Margaret289US #10
#8Betty287US #4
#9Dorothy228US #9
#10Catherine181US #49
#11Elizabeth181US #18
#12Helen163US #16
#13Joyce156US #12
#14Carol155US #6
#15Frances144US #26
#16Carolyn143US #14
#17Ruth142US #22
#18Doris133US #29
#19Beverly126US #25
#20Janet122US #17
#21Jean119US #32
#22Phyllis119US #30
#23Virginia113US #21
#24Judith111US #8
#25Sandra107US #13
#26Gloria100US #36
#27Marie96US #37
#28Anna94US #43
#29Ann91US #33
#30Alice89US #31
#31Delores84US #79
#32Linda78US #15
#33Elaine76US #45
#34Evelyn76US #40
#35Lois76US #35
#36Charlotte75US #66
#37Geraldine75US #41
#38Eleanor72US #63
#39Mildred72US #55
#40Martha68US #27
#41Rose67US #42
#42Janice64US #24
#43Donna63US #20
#44Marlene62US #64
#45Constance61US #123
#46Norma60US #38
#47Peggy60US #34
#48Carole59US #47
#49Rosalie58US #114
#50June57US #83
#51Loretta57US #65
#52Dolores56US #58
#53Jane56US #46
#54Katherine56US #101
#55Susan56US #44
#56Sylvia56US #62
#57Thelma53US #88
#58Audrey51US #98
#59Ethel51US #100
#60Jacqueline51US #72
#61Brenda49US #86
#62Louise49US #59
#63Anne48US #85
#64Kathleen48US #48
#65Sarah46US #68
#66Theresa45US #94
#67Esther43US #117
#68Agnes42US #162
#69Edna42US #81
#70Ellen41US #80
#71Gladys41US #104
#72Irene41US #74
#73Joann41US #57
#74Roberta41US #71
#75Edith39US #102
#76Florence39US #96
#77Joanne39US #53
#78Lillian39US #99
#79Diane38US #51
#80Laura38US #107
#81Patsy38US #56
#82Lorraine37US #95
#83Anita36US #97
#84Elsie36US #140
#85Yvonne36US #90
#86Grace35US #108
#87Marian35US #130
#88Josephine34US #84
#89Julia34US #91
#90Rita34US #78
#91Sally34US #52
#92Marion33US #120
#93Marjorie33US #60
#94Beatrice32US #136
#95Bertha32US #135
#96Vivian32US #128
#97Bonnie31US #61
#98Clara31US #103
#99Ella31US #132
#100Pauline31US #105

Boys

#1Robert838US #1
#2John817US #3
#3William801US #4
#4James757US #2
#5Charles632US #6
#6Joseph385US #12
#7Richard383US #5
#8George374US #11
#9Donald319US #8
#10Thomas302US #9
#11Ronald273US #10
#12David265US #7
#13Edward240US #15
#14Paul168US #17
#15Kenneth160US #13
#16Michael146US #18
#17Walter134US #25
#18Frank127US #20
#19Harry127US #45
#20Raymond122US #22
#21Francis116US #53
#22Wayne102US #39
#23Howard91US #47
#24Albert90US #41
#25Henry89US #31
#26Arthur88US #32
#27Melvin86US #51
#28Samuel82US #63
#29Lawrence81US #36
#30Louis81US #49
#31Ralph80US #35
#32Harold78US #23
#33Carl77US #30
#34Gary76US #21
#35Earl75US #50
#36Clarence74US #60
#37Frederick72US #71
#38Stanley71US #57
#39Norman70US #44
#40Bernard69US #76
#41Daniel64US #38
#42Ernest63US #55
#43Gerald62US #19
#44Larry62US #14
#45Eugene59US #37
#46Herbert57US #68
#47Leroy55US #61
#48Jerome54US #93
#49Anthony53US #48
#50Jerry53US #16
#51Leonard53US #54
#52Dennis50US #34
#53Philip48US #66
#54Roger44US #28
#55Jack41US #26
#56Milton41US #128
#57Gordon40US #82
#58Theodore40US #90
#59Allen39US #72
#60Franklin39US #106
#61Marvin39US #52
#62Calvin38US #126
#63Carroll38US #179
#64Vernon38US #100
#65Andrew37US #84
#66Phillip37US #92
#67Russell37US #73
#68Roy36US #42
#69Fred35US #40
#70Stephen35US #65
#71Benjamin34US #124
#72Gilbert34US #115
#73Alfred33US #70
#74Edwin31US #96
#75Roland31US #131
#76Clifton29US #194
#77Edgar29US #158
#78Gene29US #69
#79Patrick29US #79
#80Martin28US #91
#81Elmer27US #132
#82Irvin27
#83Lloyd27US #95
#84Peter27US #46
#85Harvey26US #102
#86Warren26US #104
#87Douglas25US #58
#88Lee25US #78
#89Leo25US #108
#90Leon25US #86
#91Lewis25US #107
#92Alan23US #85
#93Alvin23US #103
#94Lester23US #116
#95Clyde22US #101
#96Curtis22US #98
#97Glenn22US #87
#98Herman22US #111
#99Arnold21US #113
#100Terry21US #83

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑38Linda#32
↑26Benjamin#71
↑25Milton#56
↑23Judith#24
↑23Esther#67
↑23Stephen#70
↑22Donna#43
↑22Dennis#52

Falling

↓36Lillian#78
↓32Julia#89
↓27Florence#76
↓25Leon#90
↓24Rosalie#49
↓24Arnold#99
↓23Douglas#87
↓21Josephine#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.