State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,049 Maryland births in 1945 across 641 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#87Carrolloutside the national top 200
#90Bernadette#196 nationally
#92Stuart#191 nationally
#92Deborah#161 nationally
#57Franklin#119 nationally
#63Jerome#122 nationally
#97Milton#154 nationally
#85Benjamin#140 nationally
#89Audrey#143 nationally
#66Vernon#118 nationally
#47Bernard#98 nationally
#78Calvin#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary965US #1
#2Barbara702US #3
#3Patricia631US #4
#4Linda515US #2
#5Carol445US #5
#6Nancy385US #7
#7Margaret341US #15
#8Sandra336US #6
#9Carolyn307US #12
#10Joyce300US #18
#11Shirley289US #14
#12Sharon286US #8
#13Betty269US #11
#14Susan260US #10
#15Joan245US #25
#16Dorothy221US #21
#17Judith215US #9
#18Gloria205US #23
#19Elizabeth196US #26
#20Frances192US #34
#21Donna191US #17
#22Janet186US #20
#23Brenda169US #29
#24Helen156US #31
#25Diane155US #22
#26Kathleen145US #19
#27Ruth141US #33
#28Virginia141US #28
#29Judy137US #13
#30Beverly135US #37
#31Jean134US #38
#32Bonnie132US #35
#33Catherine131US #50
#34Janice129US #24
#35Phyllis121US #40
#36Ann120US #39
#37Doris117US #46
#38Karen114US #16
#39Carole108US #51
#40Jane104US #36
#41Anna102US #73
#42Martha101US #30
#43Charlotte100US #55
#44Pamela97US #42
#45Diana96US #43
#46Darlene95US #71
#47Jacqueline86US #63
#48Rose86US #54
#49Alice84US #41
#50Peggy84US #45
#51Ellen83US #61
#52Lois83US #48
#53Anne79US #81
#54Joanne75US #53
#55Elaine74US #44
#56Geraldine74US #56
#57Marie73US #49
#58Katherine71US #82
#59Cheryl70US #32
#60Marilyn70US #27
#61Gail67US #52
#62Sarah65US #76
#63Evelyn64US #57
#64Lorraine64US #87
#65Sylvia64US #83
#66Connie63US #47
#67Eileen62US #70
#68Christine61US #62
#69Joann61US #80
#70Norma59US #74
#71Jo58US #60
#72Mildred58US #93
#73Kathryn57US #65
#74Theresa56US #96
#75Delores55US #112
#76Sheila55US #89
#77Louise54US #78
#78Constance53US #109
#79Rebecca53US #85
#80Marlene52US #110
#81Rita52US #59
#82June50US #121
#83Rosemary50US #79
#84Vivian49US #118
#85Dolores46US #103
#86Paula45US #67
#87Sue45US #66
#88Victoria45US #106
#89Audrey44US #143
#90Bernadette44US #196
#91Cynthia42US #90
#92Deborah42US #161
#93Eleanor42US #130
#94Irene42US #97
#95Jeanne42US #98
#96Roberta42US #75
#97Wanda41US #58
#98Yvonne41US #133
#99Suzanne39US #68
#100Florence38US #140

Boys

#1John1,203US #3
#2James1,173US #1
#3Robert1,101US #2
#4William1,057US #4
#5Charles754US #7
#6Richard667US #5
#7Thomas504US #8
#8David503US #6
#9Joseph481US #14
#10George457US #15
#11Ronald431US #10
#12Michael423US #9
#13Donald358US #12
#14Edward320US #18
#15Paul274US #17
#16Larry252US #11
#17Gary234US #13
#18Kenneth203US #16
#19Raymond185US #23
#20Frank178US #21
#21Dennis157US #19
#22Harry157US #47
#23Wayne141US #35
#24Walter136US #27
#25Lawrence131US #30
#26Daniel128US #24
#27Howard119US #54
#28Albert118US #49
#29Stephen117US #26
#30Henry114US #37
#31Roger108US #22
#32Ralph107US #44
#33Harold104US #28
#34Carl101US #39
#35Douglas101US #29
#36Francis101US #76
#37Jerry98US #20
#38Samuel95US #62
#39Louis93US #55
#40Gerald90US #25
#41Leroy85US #83
#42Melvin85US #78
#43Norman84US #65
#44Arthur82US #34
#45Frederick81US #77
#46Alan80US #52
#47Bernard78US #98
#48Eugene78US #50
#49Anthony77US #46
#50Bruce77US #48
#51Earl77US #71
#52Clarence74US #82
#53Russell72US #64
#54Stanley71US #59
#55Barry70US #84
#56Ernest70US #60
#57Franklin67US #119
#58Leonard67US #57
#59Terry62US #33
#60Herbert60US #94
#61Steven59US #43
#62Timothy59US #70
#63Jerome58US #122
#64Philip57US #58
#65Roy57US #40
#66Vernon53US #118
#67Mark52US #72
#68Peter52US #38
#69Warren52US #106
#70Fred51US #51
#71Jack51US #32
#72Phillip50US #85
#73Martin49US #90
#74Allen48US #74
#75Andrew46US #86
#76Theodore46US #101
#77Patrick45US #63
#78Calvin44US #124
#79Jay42US #125
#80Marvin41US #80
#81Alvin40US #120
#82Jeffrey40US #91
#83Lloyd40US #103
#84Alfred38US #88
#85Benjamin38US #140
#86Edwin38US #117
#87Carroll37
#88Dwight37US #126
#89Gregory36US #96
#90Willie36US #31
#91Lee35US #87
#92Stuart35US #191
#93Leo33US #139
#94Leon33US #111
#95Gilbert32US #130
#96Joe32US #36
#97Milton32US #154
#98Ronnie32US #67
#99Vincent32US #110
#100Glenn31US #93

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑30Alan#46
↑28Connie#66
↑27Franklin#57
↑25Sarah#62
↑25Lorraine#64
↑24Gail#61
↑24Terry#59
↑19Anne#53

Falling

↓30Suzanne#99
↓28Irene#94
↓25Delores#75
↓25Milton#97
↓20Jack#71
↓19Andrew#75
↓18Eleanor#93
↓18Calvin#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.