State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,913 Maryland births in 1941 across 571 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#69Carroll#188 nationally
#93Irvinoutside the national top 200
#55Rosalie#152 nationally
#98Agnes#179 nationally
#68Roland#144 nationally
#67Calvin#133 nationally
#75Milton#140 nationally
#96Harriet#158 nationally
#81Marian#142 nationally
#50Vernon#108 nationally
#90Elmer#147 nationally
#63Audrey#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary988US #1
#2Patricia644US #3
#3Barbara641US #2
#4Nancy375US #8
#5Shirley321US #10
#6Joan314US #17
#7Margaret314US #12
#8Dorothy265US #14
#9Joyce262US #13
#10Betty255US #7
#11Carol255US #4
#12Carolyn241US #11
#13Linda215US #5
#14Sandra197US #9
#15Elizabeth195US #21
#16Judith176US #6
#17Helen172US #24
#18Ruth161US #28
#19Virginia161US #23
#20Frances149US #31
#21Gloria147US #26
#22Janet143US #18
#23Catherine139US #51
#24Beverly136US #29
#25Doris133US #38
#26Charlotte125US #55
#27Jean124US #32
#28Brenda119US #41
#29Phyllis113US #35
#30Carole112US #48
#31Geraldine111US #45
#32Susan110US #27
#33Alice105US #34
#34Bonnie105US #33
#35Lois104US #43
#36Ann101US #37
#37Donna99US #20
#38Marie96US #42
#39Martha91US #25
#40Delores88US #80
#41Dolores86US #57
#42Kathleen86US #36
#43Peggy86US #39
#44Janice84US #22
#45Ellen79US #67
#46Evelyn78US #50
#47Anna77US #56
#48Elaine77US #44
#49Rose76US #49
#50Mildred72US #64
#51Diane69US #40
#52Joanne67US #54
#53Jane66US #46
#54Norma65US #47
#55Rosalie61US #152
#56Joann59US #58
#57Sylvia59US #65
#58Marlene58US #83
#59Florence57US #107
#60Judy57US #16
#61Sarah57US #60
#62Eleanor56US #78
#63Audrey55US #117
#64Theresa55US #95
#65Loretta54US #81
#66Anne53US #82
#67Katherine53US #85
#68Lillian51US #104
#69Patsy51US #52
#70Anita49US #91
#71Julia49US #88
#72June49US #90
#73Sharon49US #15
#74Constance47US #114
#75Juanita46US #84
#76Thelma46US #108
#77Louise45US #62
#78Josephine43US #92
#79Edith42US #103
#80Ethel42US #116
#81Marian42US #142
#82Jacqueline41US #73
#83Marilyn41US #30
#84Grace40US #123
#85Marjorie40US #71
#86Esther39US #138
#87Gladys39US #118
#88Jo39US #66
#89Kathryn39US #87
#90Roberta39US #72
#91Rebecca38US #86
#92Cynthia37US #112
#93Arlene36US #77
#94Christine36US #101
#95Edna36US #89
#96Harriet36US #158
#97Irene36US #74
#98Agnes35US #179
#99Eileen35US #121
#100Emma35US #99

Boys

#1John964US #3
#2Robert963US #2
#3William928US #4
#4James906US #1
#5Charles768US #6
#6Richard536US #5
#7Joseph464US #12
#8Thomas421US #8
#9George405US #13
#10Ronald380US #9
#11David365US #7
#12Donald312US #10
#13Edward302US #17
#14Paul211US #18
#15Kenneth179US #15
#16Michael170US #16
#17Harry155US #48
#18Raymond155US #22
#19Albert146US #40
#20Frank128US #21
#21Wayne124US #37
#22Gary122US #19
#23Larry120US #11
#24Howard118US #47
#25Walter117US #26
#26Lawrence115US #34
#27Harold107US #24
#28Carl103US #29
#29Francis103US #60
#30Gerald99US #20
#31Ralph98US #38
#32Arthur94US #33
#33Melvin94US #56
#34Louis91US #50
#35Henry90US #28
#36Dennis85US #23
#37Norman84US #49
#38Daniel82US #31
#39Jerry81US #14
#40Frederick80US #69
#41Eugene74US #42
#42Stanley71US #57
#43Bernard70US #87
#44Philip69US #52
#45Clarence68US #62
#46Leroy66US #67
#47Stephen65US #41
#48Roy61US #39
#49Samuel61US #65
#50Vernon61US #108
#51Earl60US #58
#52Herbert59US #76
#53Alfred58US #74
#54Ernest58US #61
#55Jerome58US #101
#56Russell58US #75
#57Leonard57US #54
#58Roger57US #25
#59Allen55US #73
#60Theodore53US #95
#61Anthony52US #46
#62Franklin46US #98
#63Douglas45US #53
#64Jack45US #32
#65Fred44US #43
#66Andrew43US #82
#67Calvin43US #133
#68Roland43US #144
#69Carroll42US #188
#70Martin40US #85
#71Lee39US #81
#72Barry38US #91
#73Glenn38US #86
#74Harvey38US #106
#75Milton38US #140
#76Patrick38US #70
#77Leon37US #93
#78Lloyd37US #96
#79Alvin36US #107
#80Gene36US #72
#81Gilbert36US #117
#82Marvin36US #63
#83Benjamin34US #124
#84Edwin34US #97
#85Bruce33US #51
#86Vincent33US #104
#87Clifford32US #94
#88Phillip32US #77
#89Dale31US #59
#90Elmer31US #147
#91Gordon31US #92
#92Lewis31US #109
#93Irvin30
#94Alan29US #84
#95Floyd29US #102
#96Herman29US #114
#97Lester29US #125
#98Victor29US #118
#99Peter26US #44
#100Allan25US #135

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑35Dolores#41
↑27Julia#71
↑25Lee#71
↑23Loretta#65
↑23Roy#48
↑23Douglas#63
↑19Diane#51
↑19Marian#81

Falling

↓41Edna#95
↓33Irene#97
↓24Phillip#88
↓21Marvin#82
↓18Earl#51
↓16Gladys#87
↓16Roberta#90
↓15Anna#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.