State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,774 Maryland births in 1947 across 749 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#88Regina#186 nationally
#99Edgar#193 nationally
#81Roland#166 nationally
#96Maurice#181 nationally
#67Vernon#134 nationally
#86Franklin#152 nationally
#95Milton#158 nationally
#59Calvin#120 nationally
#91Benjamin#144 nationally
#48Bernard#100 nationally
#65Delores#115 nationally
#42Melvin#85 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,505US #1
#2Mary1,255US #2
#3Patricia918US #3
#4Barbara879US #4
#5Nancy555US #7
#6Sharon553US #9
#7Sandra472US #5
#8Susan461US #8
#9Carol445US #6
#10Margaret413US #16
#11Donna357US #10
#12Joyce354US #20
#13Carolyn340US #15
#14Shirley276US #19
#15Betty274US #17
#16Diane262US #18
#17Judith256US #12
#18Dorothy245US #26
#19Joan240US #30
#20Brenda239US #21
#21Gloria239US #27
#22Elizabeth238US #25
#23Beverly215US #31
#24Janet214US #23
#25Kathleen213US #11
#26Karen200US #13
#27Frances199US #39
#28Bonnie192US #35
#29Phyllis175US #37
#30Helen171US #38
#31Janice164US #22
#32Pamela164US #28
#33Catherine162US #46
#34Deborah162US #62
#35Darlene158US #71
#36Judy158US #14
#37Virginia157US #34
#38Cynthia153US #33
#39Jane152US #36
#40Cheryl150US #24
#41Ruth147US #44
#42Jean142US #40
#43Ann139US #41
#44Jacqueline139US #59
#45Peggy131US #42
#46Christine130US #45
#47Martha122US #32
#48Alice119US #47
#49Diana114US #48
#50Doris114US #58
#51Jo113US #51
#52Gail112US #49
#53Ellen105US #61
#54Joann103US #89
#55Charlotte101US #68
#56Rose101US #65
#57Marie98US #57
#58Paula96US #54
#59Elaine94US #50
#60Joanne91US #56
#61Katherine91US #76
#62Anna90US #92
#63Carole90US #102
#64Rebecca88US #52
#65Delores86US #115
#66Anne85US #95
#67Lois84US #63
#68Connie83US #43
#69Geraldine78US #78
#70Evelyn77US #72
#71Suzanne77US #53
#72Jeanne74US #86
#73Theresa74US #85
#74Laura73US #74
#75Rosemary72US #80
#76Kathryn71US #55
#77Marilyn71US #29
#78Roberta71US #90
#79Sheila70US #73
#80Constance69US #100
#81Norma66US #82
#82Rita63US #60
#83Yvonne63US #117
#84Mildred62US #109
#85Sally62US #70
#86Juanita61US #110
#87Louise61US #99
#88Regina61US #186
#89Sue61US #69
#90Eileen60US #91
#91Sylvia60US #97
#92Victoria60US #123
#93Charlene58US #105
#94Lynda58US #77
#95Lynn56US #75
#96Marsha56US #88
#97Sarah56US #93
#98Wanda56US #66
#99Marlene54US #114
#100Julia53US #116

Boys

#1John1,536US #3
#2James1,486US #1
#3Robert1,475US #2
#4William1,362US #4
#5Charles934US #9
#6Richard867US #5
#7Thomas750US #8
#8David735US #6
#9Michael684US #7
#10Joseph636US #14
#11Ronald581US #11
#12George522US #16
#13Donald452US #13
#14Edward404US #19
#15Larry391US #10
#16Paul359US #18
#17Gary352US #12
#18Kenneth346US #15
#19Dennis267US #17
#20Raymond242US #27
#21Wayne235US #30
#22Stephen229US #21
#23Frank199US #23
#24Lawrence197US #32
#25Harry189US #54
#26Daniel174US #22
#27Gregory169US #33
#28Bruce155US #29
#29Walter154US #34
#30Albert151US #55
#31Douglas149US #31
#32Howard146US #62
#33Harold141US #35
#34Steven138US #24
#35Ralph137US #50
#36Gerald134US #28
#37Arthur132US #38
#38Louis131US #64
#39Philip128US #57
#40Henry121US #46
#41Stanley120US #67
#42Melvin119US #85
#43Francis117US #84
#44Jerry115US #20
#45Earl114US #83
#46Carl113US #40
#47Eugene113US #59
#48Bernard112US #100
#49Alan110US #45
#50Roger107US #25
#51Anthony105US #41
#52Frederick104US #78
#53Roy103US #48
#54Samuel103US #72
#55Barry100US #68
#56Mark98US #47
#57Timothy97US #52
#58Ernest95US #75
#59Calvin93US #120
#60Norman93US #81
#61Terry93US #26
#62Clarence88US #88
#63Leonard88US #71
#64Glenn83US #70
#65Russell81US #69
#66Allen78US #73
#67Vernon76US #134
#68Jeffrey73US #66
#69Phillip72US #74
#70Patrick71US #53
#71Jack69US #37
#72Leroy69US #98
#73Martin67US #90
#74Jerome66US #110
#75Ronnie65US #61
#76Peter64US #36
#77Fred63US #56
#78Alfred62US #96
#79Andrew61US #82
#80Gordon60US #111
#81Roland60US #166
#82Theodore60US #102
#83Marvin59US #89
#84Herbert58US #104
#85Edwin57US #114
#86Franklin56US #152
#87Lewis55US #118
#88Alvin53US #129
#89Dale53US #63
#90Warren53US #108
#91Benjamin50US #144
#92Vincent49US #105
#93Willie48US #42
#94Eric47US #122
#95Milton47US #158
#96Maurice46US #181
#97Steve44US #58
#98Brian43US #95
#99Edgar43US #193
#100Lee43US #92

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑32Roy#53
↑30Bruce#28
↑28Steven#34
↑27Paula#58
↑23Deborah#34
↑22Kathryn#76
↑21Calvin#59
↑19Laura#74

Falling

↓23Mildred#84
↓21Roger#50
↓20Sue#89
↓20Herbert#84
↓19Sheila#79
↓18Marvin#83
↓18Dale#89
↓17Frederick#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.