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Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,480 Maryland births in 1940 across 549 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#67Carroll#190 nationally
#100Wilbur#193 nationally
#92Nelson#182 nationally
#93Agnes#170 nationally
#63Rosalie#139 nationally
#55Calvin#127 nationally
#70Roland#141 nationally
#91Maurice#161 nationally
#78Elmer#144 nationally
#98Edgar#164 nationally
#68Milton#132 nationally
#66Gilbert#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary906US #1
#2Patricia566US #3
#3Barbara546US #2
#4Margaret324US #11
#5Joan297US #14
#6Nancy290US #7
#7Shirley276US #9
#8Dorothy272US #12
#9Betty260US #5
#10Joyce211US #13
#11Elizabeth190US #20
#12Carolyn181US #15
#13Carol170US #6
#14Helen170US #18
#15Judith166US #4
#16Ruth158US #24
#17Sandra153US #10
#18Linda149US #8
#19Catherine145US #53
#20Beverly142US #27
#21Doris142US #31
#22Frances133US #28
#23Virginia132US #21
#24Gloria122US #30
#25Janet122US #19
#26Jean121US #29
#27Brenda116US #42
#28Ann112US #35
#29Geraldine101US #46
#30Alice100US #32
#31Phyllis96US #33
#32Anna95US #51
#33Charlotte93US #55
#34Peggy92US #37
#35Carole84US #49
#36Mildred83US #58
#37Rose83US #44
#38Martha82US #26
#39Delores80US #83
#40Evelyn77US #48
#41Janice77US #22
#42Jane71US #47
#43Susan71US #36
#44Elaine70US #50
#45Lois68US #38
#46Norma68US #43
#47Ellen67US #74
#48Marie66US #41
#49Bonnie64US #39
#50Kathleen63US #40
#51Donna62US #23
#52Sarah61US #60
#53Eleanor58US #68
#54Edna56US #86
#55Marlene56US #80
#56Florence55US #100
#57Anne53US #84
#58Joanne53US #54
#59Joann52US #63
#60Audrey49US #99
#61Judy49US #16
#62Louise49US #59
#63Rosalie49US #139
#64Irene48US #73
#65Lillian48US #97
#66Sylvia46US #62
#67Constance45US #124
#68Ethel45US #106
#69Jacqueline45US #76
#70Diane44US #45
#71Gladys44US #116
#72Juanita44US #78
#73Patsy44US #57
#74Roberta44US #71
#75June43US #82
#76Dolores42US #67
#77Marjorie42US #64
#78Grace41US #105
#79Lorraine41US #95
#80Katherine40US #92
#81Bernice39US #121
#82Sally39US #61
#83Marion37US #120
#84Eileen36US #125
#85Josephine36US #89
#86Rebecca36US #96
#87Arlene35US #75
#88Loretta35US #69
#89Rita35US #70
#90Sharon35US #17
#91Edith34US #98
#92Esther34US #131
#93Agnes33US #170
#94Elsie33US #151
#95Suzanne33US #109
#96Lucille32US #113
#97Vivian32US #115
#98Julia29US #91
#99Laura29US #108
#100Marian29US #142

Boys

#1William869US #4
#2John868US #3
#3Robert868US #2
#4James828US #1
#5Charles682US #6
#6Richard478US #5
#7George359US #11
#8Joseph358US #12
#9Thomas346US #8
#10Donald286US #9
#11Edward285US #16
#12David283US #7
#13Ronald283US #10
#14Paul192US #17
#15Kenneth180US #15
#16Raymond158US #22
#17Michael152US #18
#18Walter141US #25
#19Harry135US #47
#20Frank133US #20
#21Howard121US #45
#22Albert112US #41
#23Melvin111US #53
#24Francis110US #61
#25Lawrence109US #36
#26Wayne101US #39
#27Louis96US #50
#28Gerald92US #21
#29Arthur90US #33
#30Harold90US #23
#31Frederick87US #68
#32Eugene84US #38
#33Earl82US #52
#34Carl81US #32
#35Henry78US #31
#36Larry76US #13
#37Bernard72US #82
#38Daniel72US #34
#39Gary72US #19
#40Norman71US #48
#41Philip71US #60
#42Ralph69US #37
#43Samuel69US #65
#44Dennis68US #24
#45Stanley66US #59
#46Jerry65US #14
#47Anthony63US #46
#48Jerome61US #95
#49Ernest58US #58
#50Clarence56US #64
#51Russell56US #72
#52Herbert55US #75
#53Leroy53US #66
#54Roger52US #26
#55Calvin49US #127
#56Jack49US #29
#57Stephen49US #49
#58Allen48US #71
#59Leonard48US #54
#60Theodore48US #90
#61Marvin47US #63
#62Alfred45US #69
#63Vernon44US #105
#64Phillip43US #79
#65Franklin42US #87
#66Gilbert42US #124
#67Carroll41US #190
#68Milton39US #132
#69Patrick37US #74
#70Roland37US #141
#71Roy37US #42
#72Andrew35US #84
#73Barry35US #109
#74Fred35US #40
#75Leon35US #89
#76Glenn34US #83
#77Martin34US #85
#78Elmer32US #144
#79Gene32US #70
#80Edwin31US #96
#81Warren31US #110
#82Alan30US #88
#83Benjamin30US #128
#84Gordon30US #91
#85Harvey30US #98
#86Douglas29US #56
#87Herman28US #113
#88Lewis27US #107
#89Allan26US #115
#90Alvin26US #106
#91Maurice25US #161
#92Nelson25US #182
#93Vincent25US #104
#94Ray24US #77
#95Bruce23US #55
#96Lee23US #80
#97Lloyd23US #100
#98Edgar22US #164
#99Jesse22US #93
#100Wilbur22US #193

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑48Bonnie#49
↑34Brenda#27
↑23Ellen#47
↑21Glenn#76
↑20Florence#56
↑19Joanne#58
↑16Marjorie#77
↑16Russell#51

Falling

↓37Loretta#88
↓27Gordon#84
↓26Katherine#80
↓25June#75
↓25Esther#92
↓25Agnes#93
↓24Dolores#76
↓22Constance#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.