State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,597 Maryland births in 1948 across 744 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#88Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#99Maurice#198 nationally
#86Milton#160 nationally
#97Roland#170 nationally
#96Franklin#159 nationally
#95Audrey#157 nationally
#80Benjamin#139 nationally
#94Dwight#153 nationally
#79Vernon#136 nationally
#54Bernard#107 nationally
#71Delores#116 nationally
#90Regina#132 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,419US #1
#2Mary1,041US #2
#3Barbara902US #3
#4Patricia792US #4
#5Sharon541US #9
#6Susan450US #5
#7Nancy422US #7
#8Sandra419US #6
#9Carol390US #8
#10Margaret386US #13
#11Carolyn328US #14
#12Joyce314US #21
#13Donna310US #11
#14Deborah308US #30
#15Kathleen280US #10
#16Diane262US #19
#17Shirley261US #20
#18Brenda226US #17
#19Karen226US #12
#20Beverly215US #31
#21Elizabeth215US #26
#22Gloria214US #28
#23Dorothy212US #29
#24Betty206US #18
#25Janet202US #24
#26Judith202US #15
#27Bonnie196US #34
#28Joan195US #37
#29Frances160US #42
#30Catherine159US #41
#31Ruth158US #45
#32Cynthia154US #27
#33Christine151US #35
#34Janice148US #23
#35Helen144US #40
#36Pamela141US #22
#37Phyllis137US #46
#38Jacqueline136US #58
#39Darlene133US #77
#40Ann129US #44
#41Virginia128US #36
#42Peggy126US #38
#43Jean123US #47
#44Judy123US #16
#45Cheryl122US #25
#46Martha116US #32
#47Doris114US #64
#48Sheila112US #71
#49Theresa110US #63
#50Alice107US #49
#51Diana107US #48
#52Gail107US #51
#53Jane102US #39
#54Joanne98US #65
#55Paula98US #52
#56Jo92US #56
#57Wanda92US #57
#58Charlotte91US #69
#59Lois91US #70
#60Katherine89US #68
#61Ellen88US #67
#62Elaine86US #53
#63Marie81US #60
#64Evelyn80US #74
#65Rebecca80US #50
#66Constance79US #93
#67Rose79US #62
#68Anna78US #89
#69Anne78US #87
#70Connie76US #43
#71Delores76US #116
#72Marilyn75US #33
#73Sarah74US #85
#74Rita73US #59
#75Carole72US #106
#76Geraldine71US #83
#77Sherry71US #61
#78Suzanne71US #66
#79Yvonne70US #112
#80Kathryn69US #54
#81Charlene67US #105
#82Marsha64US #76
#83Joann63US #94
#84Laura62US #73
#85Sylvia62US #100
#86Jeanne60US #95
#87Mildred60US #120
#88Gwendolyn59US #124
#89Eileen58US #91
#90Regina57US #132
#91Vivian56US #126
#92Lorraine54US #96
#93Teresa52US #82
#94Leslie51US #131
#95Audrey50US #157
#96Rosemary50US #90
#97Victoria50US #108
#98Anita49US #102
#99Dianne49US #86
#100Norma48US #103

Boys

#1John1,429US #3
#2James1,347US #1
#3Robert1,296US #2
#4William1,236US #4
#5Charles954US #9
#6Richard755US #7
#7Thomas751US #8
#8Michael722US #6
#9David692US #5
#10Joseph584US #13
#11Ronald566US #10
#12George521US #16
#13Donald454US #14
#14Edward388US #19
#15Larry362US #11
#16Gary361US #12
#17Paul317US #18
#18Kenneth292US #15
#19Dennis241US #17
#20Stephen240US #20
#21Raymond196US #27
#22Wayne188US #34
#23Frank184US #25
#24Daniel183US #22
#25Gregory180US #32
#26Harry168US #57
#27Steven161US #23
#28Bruce160US #28
#29Lawrence154US #31
#30Walter144US #35
#31Carl141US #42
#32Howard140US #63
#33Roger133US #24
#34Albert127US #55
#35Douglas125US #33
#36Timothy124US #38
#37Frederick120US #75
#38Jerry115US #21
#39Henry113US #45
#40Melvin113US #81
#41Anthony110US #41
#42Philip110US #54
#43Samuel104US #70
#44Harold103US #36
#45Louis102US #64
#46Patrick101US #48
#47Jeffrey100US #58
#48Ralph99US #51
#49Francis98US #80
#50Arthur97US #44
#51Mark97US #29
#52Alan95US #46
#53Terry95US #26
#54Bernard93US #107
#55Gerald93US #30
#56Clarence92US #87
#57Stanley91US #65
#58Earl89US #83
#59Russell86US #67
#60Norman84US #85
#61Martin82US #88
#62Allen81US #72
#63Roy81US #49
#64Barry80US #74
#65Phillip80US #69
#66Ernest79US #76
#67Eugene78US #61
#68Jack75US #43
#69Jerome74US #110
#70Leonard73US #71
#71Warren71US #109
#72Marvin65US #90
#73Andrew64US #77
#74Glenn64US #73
#75Dale63US #56
#76Christopher62US #102
#77Leroy62US #97
#78Peter61US #37
#79Vernon61US #136
#80Benjamin57US #139
#81Eric57US #114
#82Herbert57US #103
#83Theodore55US #104
#84Ronnie54US #59
#85Calvin52US #117
#86Milton52US #160
#87Craig51US #82
#88Reginald50
#89Lee49US #93
#90Steve49US #60
#91Rodney48US #92
#92Vincent48US #106
#93Alfred47US #96
#94Dwight44US #153
#95Edwin44US #116
#96Franklin44US #159
#97Roland43US #170
#98Victor43US #115
#99Maurice42US #198
#100Fred41US #66

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑41Wanda#57
↑31Sheila#48
↑24Theresa#49
↑24Sarah#73
↑24Patrick#46
↑21Timothy#36
↑21Jeffrey#47
↑20Deborah#14

Falling

↓29Joann#83
↓26Calvin#85
↓23Fred#100
↓21Rosemary#96
↓20Eugene#67
↓19Norma#100
↓19Gerald#55
↓16Stanley#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.