State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,066 Maryland births in 1946 across 701 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
#84Milton#156 nationally
#98Roland#166 nationally
#57Deborah#119 nationally
#81Franklin#140 nationally
#75Vernon#130 nationally
#49Bernard#102 nationally
#94Benjamin#146 nationally
#80Calvin#128 nationally
#90Gilbert#138 nationally
#69Jerome#114 nationally
#42Melvin#86 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,183US #1
#2Patricia828US #3
#3Barbara825US #4
#4Linda674US #2
#5Carol508US #5
#6Nancy503US #7
#7Sharon426US #9
#8Carolyn386US #12
#9Sandra377US #6
#10Margaret374US #17
#11Susan364US #8
#12Joyce319US #20
#13Shirley307US #18
#14Betty283US #14
#15Donna278US #13
#16Judith264US #10
#17Joan257US #28
#18Elizabeth241US #25
#19Dorothy240US #23
#20Diane227US #19
#21Kathleen217US #16
#22Gloria204US #26
#23Janet199US #21
#24Beverly198US #30
#25Karen182US #15
#26Brenda178US #24
#27Helen172US #36
#28Bonnie159US #33
#29Judy158US #11
#30Frances156US #39
#31Janice152US #22
#32Virginia149US #31
#33Catherine140US #48
#34Phyllis135US #41
#35Ruth135US #38
#36Doris131US #51
#37Jean126US #37
#38Jane121US #35
#39Alice120US #44
#40Darlene119US #71
#41Pamela119US #34
#42Jacqueline117US #62
#43Charlotte115US #64
#44Cheryl114US #27
#45Ann111US #40
#46Diana111US #42
#47Peggy109US #43
#48Cynthia107US #46
#49Elaine104US #47
#50Ellen104US #58
#51Martha103US #32
#52Carole97US #72
#53Christine97US #50
#54Evelyn96US #65
#55Lois96US #55
#56Jo90US #53
#57Deborah85US #119
#58Geraldine85US #66
#59Gail84US #49
#60Sheila84US #70
#61Mildred83US #103
#62Joanne82US #57
#63Suzanne81US #52
#64Rose78US #60
#65Anne77US #81
#66Anna76US #87
#67Joann75US #90
#68Marie75US #54
#69Sue75US #61
#70Theresa75US #96
#71Connie74US #45
#72Delores74US #115
#73Jeanne74US #83
#74Katherine74US #78
#75Norma72US #77
#76Rita67US #56
#77Dolores66US #104
#78Lorraine66US #93
#79Rebecca66US #68
#80Constance65US #100
#81Eileen63US #80
#82Marilyn61US #29
#83Sherry61US #73
#84Yvonne61US #118
#85Paula60US #69
#86Sarah60US #92
#87Anita57US #84
#88Roberta56US #86
#89Edna55US #126
#90Rosemary55US #74
#91Sylvia55US #82
#92Paulette54US #117
#93Laura53US #75
#94Marlene53US #112
#95Wanda53US #59
#96Sally51US #67
#97Dianne50US #76
#98Kathryn50US #63
#99Patsy50US #85
#100Louise45US #91

Boys

#1John1,342US #3
#2Robert1,342US #2
#3James1,317US #1
#4William1,225US #4
#5Charles906US #9
#6Richard828US #5
#7Thomas588US #8
#8Ronald565US #10
#9Joseph547US #14
#10Michael520US #7
#11David495US #6
#12George490US #16
#13Edward390US #19
#14Donald367US #13
#15Paul324US #18
#16Gary321US #12
#17Larry297US #11
#18Kenneth279US #15
#19Dennis258US #17
#20Wayne221US #29
#21Raymond198US #25
#22Walter191US #30
#23Stephen178US #24
#24Frank177US #22
#25Howard177US #55
#26Harry173US #50
#27Lawrence162US #31
#28Daniel151US #21
#29Roger129US #23
#30Albert118US #52
#31Gerald117US #27
#32Harold115US #33
#33Jerry115US #20
#34Henry113US #41
#35Frederick112US #75
#36Anthony106US #44
#37Carl105US #39
#38Douglas104US #34
#39Ralph104US #48
#40Louis103US #63
#41Samuel100US #70
#42Melvin98US #86
#43Francis97US #80
#44Terry97US #26
#45Eugene95US #57
#46Gregory94US #56
#47Arthur92US #36
#48Alan91US #49
#49Bernard90US #102
#50Clarence90US #89
#51Timothy90US #60
#52Mark88US #58
#53Ernest87US #71
#54Jack86US #35
#55Stanley85US #65
#56Philip84US #61
#57Earl82US #82
#58Bruce81US #32
#59Leonard78US #67
#60Norman77US #76
#61Leroy74US #90
#62Steven74US #28
#63Barry71US #68
#64Herbert65US #97
#65Marvin65US #88
#66Russell63US #66
#67Patrick62US #59
#68Allen61US #74
#69Jerome61US #114
#70Carroll60
#71Dale60US #62
#72Fred59US #51
#73Martin59US #92
#74Andrew58US #84
#75Vernon57US #130
#76Theodore56US #101
#77Phillip55US #83
#78Peter54US #38
#79Warren53US #105
#80Calvin52US #128
#81Franklin52US #140
#82Glenn51US #81
#83Jeffrey51US #78
#84Milton49US #156
#85Roy48US #43
#86Gordon47US #111
#87Rodney47US #93
#88Alvin44US #126
#89Edwin44US #112
#90Gilbert44US #138
#91Lee44US #91
#92Ronnie44US #54
#93Leon43US #113
#94Benjamin41US #146
#95Lewis41US #118
#96Willie40US #40
#97Harvey38US #125
#98Roland38US #166
#99Allan37US #124
#100Lloyd37US #106

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑43Cynthia#48
↑43Gregory#46
↑36Suzanne#63
↑35Deborah#57
↑22Jeanne#73
↑18Sue#69
↑18Glenn#82
↑17Jack#54

Falling

↓26Sylvia#91
↓25Anna#66
↓25Kathryn#98
↓24Sarah#86
↓24Franklin#81
↓23Louise#100
↓22Marilyn#82
↓20Leroy#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.