State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,317 Maryland births in 1944 across 638 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#70Carrolloutside the national top 200
#95Clifton#195 nationally
#72Milton#146 nationally
#88Roland#155 nationally
#65Thelma#131 nationally
#60Calvin#124 nationally
#35Bernard#94 nationally
#62Jerome#117 nationally
#66Vernon#119 nationally
#98Audrey#150 nationally
#50Delores#97 nationally
#75Eleanor#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,082US #1
#2Barbara693US #2
#3Patricia664US #4
#4Linda460US #3
#5Carol441US #5
#6Nancy376US #7
#7Margaret360US #14
#8Sandra339US #6
#9Carolyn332US #11
#10Joyce314US #18
#11Betty305US #10
#12Shirley281US #15
#13Joan276US #22
#14Judith259US #9
#15Sharon258US #8
#16Dorothy249US #19
#17Elizabeth244US #23
#18Gloria221US #25
#19Janet204US #21
#20Donna201US #17
#21Susan198US #13
#22Ruth191US #32
#23Frances171US #33
#24Brenda170US #30
#25Helen170US #31
#26Catherine165US #49
#27Beverly156US #35
#28Virginia154US #26
#29Kathleen153US #20
#30Bonnie143US #34
#31Carole142US #43
#32Doris138US #42
#33Diane136US #24
#34Phyllis136US #40
#35Alice124US #38
#36Charlotte124US #50
#37Jean122US #37
#38Judy120US #12
#39Karen115US #16
#40Martha115US #29
#41Jane111US #41
#42Ann107US #39
#43Geraldine102US #53
#44Janice100US #28
#45Ellen94US #63
#46Darlene93US #76
#47Evelyn92US #57
#48Joanne85US #55
#49Pamela84US #44
#50Delores83US #97
#51Marie83US #48
#52Peggy83US #45
#53Lois80US #47
#54Rose78US #52
#55Anna76US #74
#56Elaine76US #46
#57Katherine74US #77
#58Marilyn71US #27
#59Cheryl69US #36
#60Diana69US #60
#61Joann68US #65
#62Jacqueline67US #64
#63Mildred64US #81
#64Constance61US #104
#65Thelma60US #131
#66Irene59US #91
#67Eileen58US #73
#68Sally57US #59
#69Suzanne57US #78
#70Dolores56US #92
#71Theresa56US #96
#72Anne55US #86
#73Arlene53US #101
#74Norma53US #66
#75Eleanor51US #122
#76Louise51US #69
#77Marjorie51US #85
#78Marlene51US #106
#79Sylvia51US #83
#80Christine50US #75
#81Loretta50US #98
#82Rebecca50US #84
#83Rita49US #54
#84Sue49US #62
#85Gail48US #56
#86Jo48US #61
#87Sarah48US #67
#88Florence47US #133
#89Lorraine47US #93
#90Sheila47US #103
#91Kathryn46US #68
#92Lillian46US #126
#93Roberta46US #70
#94Connie45US #51
#95Edith45US #123
#96Juanita45US #94
#97June45US #121
#98Audrey44US #150
#99Edna44US #112
#100Rosemary44US #99

Boys

#1James1,270US #1
#2John1,142US #3
#3William1,105US #4
#4Robert1,079US #2
#5Charles777US #7
#6Richard646US #5
#7Thomas495US #8
#8David476US #6
#9Joseph472US #13
#10George447US #14
#11Ronald440US #10
#12Donald357US #11
#13Edward352US #18
#14Michael336US #9
#15Paul289US #17
#16Kenneth212US #16
#17Gary207US #15
#18Raymond191US #22
#19Larry182US #12
#20Walter165US #26
#21Frank161US #21
#22Wayne155US #37
#23Harry130US #49
#24Jerry129US #19
#25Lawrence125US #32
#26Carl123US #36
#27Dennis121US #20
#28Daniel109US #25
#29Howard109US #53
#30Albert108US #44
#31Harold104US #27
#32Melvin104US #67
#33Douglas103US #34
#34Gerald102US #24
#35Bernard101US #94
#36Arthur100US #29
#37Stephen99US #28
#38Henry96US #35
#39Eugene95US #48
#40Francis94US #71
#41Louis93US #54
#42Roger93US #23
#43Ralph91US #42
#44Frederick88US #73
#45Leroy88US #78
#46Leonard85US #56
#47Earl83US #65
#48Norman82US #58
#49Anthony80US #46
#50Samuel79US #62
#51Jack77US #30
#52Russell76US #63
#53Philip72US #60
#54Stanley72US #57
#55Ernest69US #59
#56Andrew67US #81
#57Roy65US #39
#58Barry61US #84
#59Allen60US #77
#60Calvin60US #124
#61Herbert60US #90
#62Jerome57US #117
#63Theodore56US #96
#64Clarence54US #74
#65Steven54US #52
#66Vernon54US #119
#67Peter52US #40
#68Bruce51US #51
#69Fred51US #47
#70Carroll49
#71Martin48US #91
#72Milton48US #146
#73Edwin47US #106
#74Timothy47US #92
#75Marvin46US #75
#76Alan45US #55
#77Phillip45US #83
#78Willie45US #31
#79Lewis44US #112
#80Mark43US #93
#81Warren43US #100
#82Patrick42US #64
#83Terry42US #43
#84Franklin40US #121
#85Gordon40US #105
#86Lee40US #85
#87Lloyd40US #102
#88Roland39US #155
#89Vincent38US #113
#90Alfred36US #82
#91Benjamin35US #130
#92Glenn34US #88
#93Herman34US #129
#94Harvey33US #118
#95Clifton31US #195
#96Clyde30US #111
#97Dale30US #61
#98Gilbert29US #127
#99Johnny28US #45
#100Leo28US #132

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑31Peter#67
↑28Thelma#65
↑23Alan#76
↑22Ellen#45
↑20Suzanne#69
↑20Louise#76
↑17Pamela#49
↑17Theodore#63

Falling

↓27Lillian#92
↓24Alfred#90
↓22Rita#83
↓21Roberta#93
↓20Edith#95
↓17Sarah#87
↓17Patrick#82
↓16Franklin#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.