State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,037 Maryland births in 1942 across 631 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#58Carroll#200 nationally
#54Roland#143 nationally
#81Maurice#166 nationally
#99Nelson#181 nationally
#98Veronica#178 nationally
#87Rosalie#158 nationally
#91Elmer#158 nationally
#78Milton#141 nationally
#79Marian#141 nationally
#57Vernon#114 nationally
#62Constance#116 nationally
#82Calvin#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,064US #1
#2Patricia798US #3
#3Barbara786US #2
#4Nancy400US #8
#5Margaret374US #14
#6Carol369US #5
#7Carolyn345US #10
#8Joyce329US #13
#9Linda325US #4
#10Shirley300US #12
#11Dorothy298US #17
#12Betty284US #9
#13Sandra278US #6
#14Joan276US #18
#15Judith222US #7
#16Elizabeth214US #22
#17Carole204US #35
#18Helen203US #26
#19Janet199US #19
#20Frances193US #30
#21Gloria193US #31
#22Ruth187US #33
#23Donna172US #20
#24Virginia161US #23
#25Jean160US #36
#26Susan154US #21
#27Catherine152US #49
#28Brenda146US #40
#29Doris142US #41
#30Beverly138US #32
#31Bonnie136US #34
#32Charlotte133US #51
#33Kathleen133US #24
#34Sharon131US #11
#35Diane116US #28
#36Anna114US #59
#37Janice112US #25
#38Ann111US #38
#39Phyllis110US #37
#40Joanne108US #48
#41Alice105US #39
#42Geraldine104US #47
#43Lois100US #44
#44Martha98US #29
#45Delores97US #86
#46Judy97US #15
#47Peggy97US #42
#48Evelyn94US #53
#49Ellen93US #64
#50Elaine91US #45
#51Jane91US #46
#52Rose91US #50
#53Norma90US #52
#54Marie89US #43
#55Mildred84US #71
#56Dolores77US #63
#57Louise75US #61
#58Anne68US #76
#59Joann66US #58
#60Katherine65US #81
#61Rita65US #55
#62Constance61US #116
#63Sylvia61US #72
#64Eleanor56US #87
#65Jacqueline56US #69
#66Karen56US #16
#67Lillian56US #111
#68Marlene56US #84
#69Edna55US #99
#70Florence55US #110
#71Theresa54US #98
#72Marjorie53US #74
#73Audrey52US #120
#74Thelma52US #121
#75Sarah51US #67
#76Sheila51US #94
#77June50US #107
#78Marilyn50US #27
#79Marian49US #141
#80Rebecca49US #85
#81Christine48US #96
#82Connie48US #70
#83Diana48US #68
#84Irene48US #80
#85Patsy48US #57
#86Roberta48US #66
#87Rosalie48US #158
#88Suzanne48US #103
#89Vivian48US #125
#90Arlene47US #83
#91Julia47US #95
#92Ethel45US #124
#93Lorraine45US #91
#94Edith44US #113
#95Eileen44US #88
#96Juanita44US #90
#97Sally44US #56
#98Veronica44US #178
#99Loretta42US #79
#100Jo41US #65

Boys

#1Robert1,152US #2
#2John1,141US #3
#3William1,135US #4
#4James1,112US #1
#5Charles902US #7
#6Richard605US #5
#7Joseph525US #11
#8George486US #14
#9Thomas477US #8
#10Ronald456US #9
#11David421US #6
#12Edward372US #17
#13Donald340US #10
#14Michael274US #13
#15Paul232US #19
#16Kenneth217US #15
#17Raymond186US #24
#18Harry169US #48
#19Frank167US #21
#20Gary166US #18
#21Walter165US #26
#22Larry164US #12
#23Dennis141US #20
#24Howard140US #49
#25Francis131US #58
#26Lawrence124US #30
#27Daniel122US #28
#28Albert117US #40
#29Gerald115US #22
#30Carl114US #36
#31Arthur113US #29
#32Louis113US #51
#33Ralph113US #38
#34Wayne113US #41
#35Douglas112US #23
#36Henry112US #31
#37Melvin107US #60
#38Jerry104US #16
#39Earl99US #62
#40Harold99US #27
#41Stephen94US #32
#42Ernest92US #61
#43Samuel91US #59
#44Bernard87US #90
#45Frederick86US #68
#46Norman86US #53
#47Eugene85US #45
#48Philip84US #54
#49Russell80US #70
#50Roger79US #25
#51Stanley79US #56
#52Anthony74US #44
#53Leroy74US #69
#54Roland70US #143
#55Jerome69US #104
#56Leonard69US #57
#57Vernon69US #114
#58Carroll66US #200
#59Franklin63US #103
#60Barry62US #79
#61Clarence62US #67
#62Alfred58US #76
#63Herbert57US #83
#64Roy56US #42
#65Fred52US #46
#66Jack52US #34
#67Allen49US #71
#68Andrew47US #80
#69Bruce47US #50
#70Edwin47US #105
#71Theodore47US #91
#72Patrick46US #64
#73Terry46US #52
#74Martin45US #85
#75Marvin45US #66
#76Warren44US #97
#77Leon43US #93
#78Milton40US #141
#79Peter40US #39
#80Gordon38US #92
#81Maurice38US #166
#82Calvin37US #136
#83Harvey37US #107
#84Alan36US #81
#85Benjamin36US #129
#86Victor36US #99
#87Alvin35US #115
#88Ray35US #84
#89Allan34US #124
#90Dale34US #63
#91Elmer34US #158
#92Lewis34US #112
#93Clyde33US #109
#94Glenn33US #88
#95Herman32US #122
#96Leo32US #120
#97Lester32US #126
#98Clifford31US #95
#99Nelson31US #181
#100Phillip31US #77

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑39Sharon#34
↑28Douglas#35
↑26Edna#69
↑20Louise#57
↑20Peter#79
↑17Jacqueline#65
↑16Diane#35
↑16Bruce#69

Falling

↓34Loretta#99
↓32Rosalie#87
↓21Juanita#96
↓21Glenn#94
↓20Julia#91
↓16Marie#54
↓16Patsy#85
↓16Clarence#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.