State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,140 Maryland births in 1949 across 731 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#84Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#91Carrolloutside the national top 200
#80Reginald#189 nationally
#98Roland#175 nationally
#48Bernard#111 nationally
#79Vernon#141 nationally
#86Gilbert#147 nationally
#100Milton#160 nationally
#81Regina#139 nationally
#65Carole#118 nationally
#75Delores#126 nationally
#88June#138 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,347US #1
#2Mary1,023US #2
#3Barbara782US #4
#4Patricia756US #3
#5Sharon589US #10
#6Susan547US #5
#7Nancy430US #7
#8Deborah414US #15
#9Margaret380US #14
#10Sandra380US #6
#11Carol340US #8
#12Brenda313US #13
#13Kathleen307US #9
#14Donna303US #12
#15Carolyn281US #17
#16Shirley266US #18
#17Diane262US #19
#18Joyce250US #26
#19Janet241US #23
#20Karen234US #11
#21Elizabeth224US #25
#22Judith214US #16
#23Gloria204US #29
#24Betty195US #22
#25Dorothy195US #32
#26Joan187US #36
#27Cynthia183US #27
#28Bonnie174US #35
#29Beverly172US #31
#30Christine164US #30
#31Catherine162US #37
#32Pamela153US #21
#33Cheryl150US #28
#34Darlene148US #75
#35Helen146US #46
#36Janice138US #24
#37Ruth132US #47
#38Frances131US #49
#39Peggy131US #38
#40Phyllis128US #50
#41Jacqueline127US #58
#42Ellen125US #64
#43Jane123US #41
#44Gail121US #51
#45Virginia121US #39
#46Judy120US #20
#47Ann117US #44
#48Jean114US #45
#49Diana111US #48
#50Theresa105US #63
#51Doris102US #69
#52Martha100US #34
#53Paula100US #55
#54Sheila100US #76
#55Charlotte95US #71
#56Joanne92US #61
#57Katherine92US #59
#58Alice89US #53
#59Rebecca88US #40
#60Rita88US #54
#61Lois84US #73
#62Evelyn83US #80
#63Joann80US #101
#64Wanda78US #56
#65Carole76US #118
#66Rose76US #66
#67Jo75US #60
#68Marie75US #67
#69Anne72US #86
#70Marsha71US #79
#71Marilyn70US #33
#72Anna69US #91
#73Sally68US #77
#74Yvonne67US #109
#75Delores66US #126
#76Elaine66US #57
#77Mildred66US #120
#78Constance63US #83
#79Rosemary63US #98
#80Laura62US #65
#81Regina62US #139
#82Charlene61US #100
#83Sherry61US #68
#84Connie60US #43
#85Geraldine60US #90
#86Gwendolyn60US #114
#87Suzanne60US #62
#88June58US #138
#89Sarah58US #84
#90Valerie57US #108
#91Victoria57US #96
#92Norma56US #105
#93Sylvia55US #94
#94Jeanne54US #92
#95Kathy54US #42
#96Stephanie54US #128
#97Julia53US #112
#98Eileen51US #95
#99Leslie51US #132
#100Lynn51US #74

Boys

#1John1,359US #3
#2James1,288US #1
#3Robert1,233US #2
#4William1,153US #4
#5Charles883US #9
#6Michael829US #5
#7Richard739US #7
#8David710US #6
#9Thomas708US #8
#10Joseph572US #14
#11Ronald499US #11
#12George439US #18
#13Donald435US #13
#14Larry371US #10
#15Gary365US #12
#16Edward337US #21
#17Paul323US #17
#18Stephen311US #19
#19Kenneth294US #15
#20Dennis256US #16
#21Raymond220US #30
#22Steven207US #20
#23Wayne204US #35
#24Daniel198US #22
#25Mark185US #24
#26Gregory183US #31
#27Frank168US #27
#28Bruce163US #26
#29Walter158US #37
#30Lawrence157US #32
#31Anthony148US #36
#32Howard148US #63
#33Harry130US #59
#34Albert125US #56
#35Douglas121US #29
#36Louis117US #64
#37Gerald115US #33
#38Jeffrey114US #48
#39Samuel113US #62
#40Roger112US #25
#41Patrick110US #39
#42Timothy110US #34
#43Frederick109US #70
#44Philip108US #55
#45Arthur107US #44
#46Henry106US #46
#47Ralph100US #50
#48Bernard98US #111
#49Carl98US #43
#50Jerry98US #23
#51Francis97US #78
#52Alan96US #45
#53Harold96US #42
#54Melvin93US #82
#55Ernest92US #76
#56Stanley92US #60
#57Terry92US #28
#58Barry90US #73
#59Eugene90US #58
#60Glenn89US #61
#61Earl84US #91
#62Russell83US #69
#63Jerome81US #104
#64Norman74US #90
#65Christopher73US #81
#66Clarence72US #94
#67Leonard72US #74
#68Martin72US #83
#69Peter72US #38
#70Allen70US #71
#71Calvin70US #112
#72Andrew68US #75
#73Phillip67US #66
#74Roy66US #51
#75Jack65US #47
#76Eric64US #105
#77Leroy64US #101
#78Theodore64US #100
#79Vernon63US #141
#80Reginald60US #189
#81Dale58US #54
#82Craig57US #77
#83Brian56US #86
#84Tyrone54
#85Herbert53US #107
#86Gilbert52US #147
#87Gordon52US #113
#88Rodney52US #87
#89Warren48US #115
#90Benjamin47US #135
#91Carroll46
#92Marvin46US #89
#93Alvin45US #128
#94Harvey45US #142
#95Edwin43US #123
#96Jesse43US #110
#97Lee43US #93
#98Roland43US #175
#99Leon42US #121
#100Milton42US #160

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑26Mark#25
↑20Joann#63
↑19Ellen#42
↑18Gerald#37
↑17Rosemary#79
↑14Rita#60
↑14Glenn#60
↑14Calvin#71

Falling

↓20Marvin#92
↓18Carl#49
↓18Warren#89
↓16Sarah#89
↓14Elaine#76
↓14Connie#84
↓14Melvin#54
↓14Milton#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.