State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,474 Maryland births in 1943 across 643 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#73Carroll#195 nationally
#83Regina#195 nationally
#100Randolphoutside the national top 200
#77Roland#150 nationally
#100Rosalie#167 nationally
#88Elmer#154 nationally
#57Vernon#117 nationally
#69Calvin#126 nationally
#84Milton#141 nationally
#77Grace#130 nationally
#87Audrey#140 nationally
#90Bernice#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,192US #1
#2Barbara778US #2
#3Patricia712US #3
#4Nancy447US #9
#5Linda417US #4
#6Carol406US #5
#7Margaret381US #14
#8Carolyn376US #11
#9Sandra338US #6
#10Joyce325US #16
#11Shirley307US #12
#12Betty306US #10
#13Dorothy290US #19
#14Judith287US #7
#15Joan283US #21
#16Elizabeth255US #23
#17Sharon241US #8
#18Janet208US #20
#19Frances202US #31
#20Donna201US #17
#21Ruth196US #33
#22Virginia195US #25
#23Helen191US #28
#24Susan190US #18
#25Gloria181US #30
#26Catherine179US #48
#27Doris174US #40
#28Brenda164US #35
#29Beverly155US #32
#30Diane148US #24
#31Carole144US #42
#32Alice142US #38
#33Charlotte140US #47
#34Jean139US #36
#35Bonnie136US #34
#36Phyllis134US #39
#37Ann129US #37
#38Kathleen128US #22
#39Judy125US #13
#40Lois124US #43
#41Janice108US #26
#42Anna102US #64
#43Evelyn98US #53
#44Geraldine96US #51
#45Joanne96US #49
#46Martha96US #29
#47Peggy95US #41
#48Rose92US #50
#49Darlene91US #73
#50Marie89US #45
#51Karen86US #15
#52Katherine86US #78
#53Jane85US #44
#54Joann83US #60
#55Elaine80US #46
#56Mildred78US #76
#57Delores77US #99
#58Jacqueline77US #65
#59Norma73US #58
#60Eileen71US #68
#61Rita70US #52
#62Dolores64US #74
#63Diana63US #62
#64Sylvia63US #77
#65Lillian62US #116
#66Pamela62US #54
#67Ellen61US #67
#68Marilyn61US #27
#69Anne60US #80
#70Sarah60US #71
#71Eleanor58US #107
#72Roberta57US #66
#73Theresa57US #100
#74Constance56US #109
#75Edith55US #118
#76Gail54US #55
#77Grace53US #130
#78Sue53US #72
#79Wanda53US #56
#80Jo52US #63
#81Sally52US #57
#82Sheila52US #92
#83Regina51US #195
#84June50US #111
#85Loretta50US #89
#86Gladys48US #131
#87Audrey47US #140
#88Marjorie47US #79
#89Suzanne47US #86
#90Bernice46US #143
#91Kathryn46US #75
#92Patsy46US #61
#93Thelma46US #127
#94Ethel45US #126
#95Florence45US #124
#96Louise45US #70
#97Connie44US #59
#98Juanita44US #91
#99Vivian44US #122
#100Rosalie43US #167

Boys

#1James1,291US #1
#2John1,214US #3
#3Robert1,152US #2
#4William1,150US #4
#5Charles916US #7
#6Richard588US #5
#7Thomas573US #8
#8Joseph524US #13
#9Ronald520US #9
#10David500US #6
#11George451US #14
#12Edward357US #18
#13Donald353US #11
#14Michael323US #10
#15Paul250US #19
#16Kenneth204US #15
#17Raymond200US #22
#18Walter189US #26
#19Larry186US #12
#20Harry185US #50
#21Frank182US #21
#22Dennis165US #20
#23Gary156US #16
#24Howard156US #48
#25Wayne154US #41
#26Lawrence138US #32
#27Albert133US #43
#28Francis131US #64
#29Jerry124US #17
#30Daniel117US #25
#31Henry117US #31
#32Carl116US #33
#33Harold114US #27
#34Melvin114US #63
#35Earl113US #60
#36Gerald110US #23
#37Stephen110US #29
#38Samuel109US #62
#39Roger108US #24
#40Arthur106US #30
#41Norman106US #56
#42Eugene105US #47
#43Frederick102US #70
#44Ralph101US #40
#45Bernard100US #92
#46Douglas99US #28
#47Louis99US #53
#48Stanley93US #54
#49Clarence89US #68
#50Roy88US #38
#51Leroy81US #74
#52Leonard80US #55
#53Ernest79US #61
#54Philip79US #57
#55Anthony74US #44
#56Jack71US #34
#57Vernon70US #117
#58Herbert66US #86
#59Barry64US #82
#60Jerome64US #109
#61Allen63US #76
#62Russell60US #73
#63Andrew59US #79
#64Marvin56US #66
#65Patrick56US #69
#66Alfred55US #78
#67Bruce55US #51
#68Franklin55US #119
#69Calvin53US #126
#70Terry53US #49
#71Martin52US #83
#72Steven52US #58
#73Carroll51US #195
#74Leon51US #103
#75Phillip48US #81
#76Edwin47US #107
#77Roland46US #150
#78Benjamin45US #130
#79Timothy45US #99
#80Theodore43US #96
#81Alvin42US #113
#82Fred42US #45
#83Gordon40US #98
#84Milton40US #141
#85Gilbert39US #123
#86Lewis39US #115
#87Warren38US #102
#88Elmer37US #154
#89Harvey37US #111
#90Jeffrey37US #116
#91Lee37US #91
#92Ray37US #84
#93Herman36US #129
#94Lester36US #125
#95Victor36US #97
#96Glenn35US #85
#97Mark35US #101
#98Peter35US #39
#99Alan34US #67
#100Randolph34

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑35Eileen#60
↑25Phillip#75
↑20Diana#63
↑20Jo#80
↑19Edith#75
↑17Sharon#17
↑16Sally#81
↑15Karen#51

Falling

↓39Louise#96
↓25Florence#95
↓23Roland#77
↓19Thelma#93
↓19Peter#98
↓18Ellen#67
↓17Fred#82
↓16Marjorie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.