State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,225 Maryland births in 1950 across 746 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#87Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#75Maurice#185 nationally
#97Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#99Roland#187 nationally
#93Reginald#175 nationally
#91Milton#161 nationally
#86Angela#148 nationally
#92Franklin#153 nationally
#53Yvonne#110 nationally
#54Bernard#110 nationally
#82Vernon#134 nationally
#71Warren#118 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,179US #1
#2Mary1,028US #2
#3Patricia852US #3
#4Barbara771US #4
#5Deborah614US #7
#6Sharon586US #11
#7Susan482US #5
#8Sandra464US #8
#9Nancy456US #6
#10Carol343US #9
#11Donna339US #13
#12Margaret321US #15
#13Karen319US #12
#14Brenda306US #14
#15Kathleen298US #10
#16Carolyn272US #20
#17Joyce263US #27
#18Shirley255US #19
#19Janet252US #18
#20Diane244US #16
#21Elizabeth240US #24
#22Bonnie223US #33
#23Cynthia203US #23
#24Judith193US #21
#25Christine192US #28
#26Janice184US #22
#27Pamela183US #17
#28Joan176US #40
#29Betty174US #26
#30Catherine171US #34
#31Dorothy169US #35
#32Beverly168US #31
#33Gloria160US #30
#34Gail148US #42
#35Jacqueline145US #55
#36Cheryl143US #29
#37Darlene143US #79
#38Ruth134US #49
#39Jane133US #39
#40Helen124US #50
#41Ann123US #45
#42Virginia123US #43
#43Diana119US #47
#44Jean115US #48
#45Frances114US #51
#46Ellen113US #66
#47Phyllis112US #53
#48Sheila110US #70
#49Martha107US #32
#50Judy103US #25
#51Alice98US #57
#52Jo93US #64
#53Yvonne93US #110
#54Paula89US #54
#55Rebecca89US #36
#56Theresa89US #65
#57Wanda89US #52
#58Joanne88US #67
#59Rose88US #69
#60Doris86US #74
#61Katherine86US #58
#62Kathryn82US #46
#63Victoria80US #94
#64Lynn79US #76
#65Rita79US #56
#66Suzanne79US #71
#67Charlotte78US #80
#68Sarah77US #88
#69Denise76US #82
#70Anne75US #84
#71Anna74US #93
#72Joann74US #98
#73Peggy74US #41
#74Elaine71US #60
#75Evelyn71US #86
#76Teresa71US #81
#77Charlene69US #103
#78Constance68US #85
#79Debra68US #59
#80Sylvia68US #97
#81Valerie68US #116
#82Marilyn67US #37
#83Marsha67US #68
#84Gwendolyn66US #113
#85Eileen65US #91
#86Angela63US #148
#87Stephanie63US #122
#88Delores61US #129
#89Sherry61US #62
#90Lois59US #83
#91Marlene59US #112
#92Laura58US #63
#93Connie57US #44
#94Leslie56US #134
#95Marie56US #72
#96Regina56US #143
#97Kathy54US #38
#98Sally51US #78
#99Irene50US #92
#100Michele50US #128

Boys

#1John1,286US #3
#2Robert1,279US #2
#3James1,267US #1
#4William1,152US #6
#5Michael978US #4
#6Charles838US #9
#7David782US #5
#8Richard714US #7
#9Thomas704US #8
#10Joseph563US #13
#11Ronald463US #12
#12Larry431US #11
#13Donald422US #14
#14George414US #20
#15Gary394US #10
#16Stephen355US #19
#17Paul342US #18
#18Edward332US #22
#19Kenneth286US #15
#20Steven270US #16
#21Dennis269US #17
#22Wayne227US #35
#23Raymond209US #31
#24Mark208US #23
#25Gregory204US #25
#26Daniel203US #21
#27Lawrence193US #33
#28Bruce184US #26
#29Frank175US #29
#30Harry159US #61
#31Walter153US #40
#32Douglas149US #28
#33Timothy142US #32
#34Carl134US #44
#35Anthony130US #36
#36Patrick129US #38
#37Albert123US #56
#38Howard120US #63
#39Ralph120US #52
#40Roger117US #27
#41Jerry114US #24
#42Glenn111US #59
#43Samuel111US #62
#44Henry110US #47
#45Francis107US #86
#46Louis107US #66
#47Terry106US #30
#48Frederick103US #75
#49Arthur102US #46
#50Gerald102US #34
#51Jeffrey99US #43
#52Alan98US #41
#53Eugene98US #58
#54Bernard97US #110
#55Melvin97US #87
#56Harold94US #45
#57Philip93US #53
#58Earl92US #92
#59Stanley89US #60
#60Ernest85US #81
#61Allen83US #71
#62Barry83US #74
#63Leonard82US #77
#64Norman82US #90
#65Jerome77US #103
#66Roy76US #51
#67Brian75US #79
#68Andrew74US #68
#69Phillip73US #64
#70Theodore72US #99
#71Warren71US #118
#72Dale69US #49
#73Leroy67US #102
#74Martin64US #85
#75Maurice64US #185
#76Alfred63US #96
#77Christopher63US #72
#78Eric63US #98
#79Herbert63US #112
#80Clarence61US #95
#81Peter60US #37
#82Vernon59US #134
#83Jack58US #48
#84Russell58US #67
#85Vincent57US #101
#86Calvin56US #105
#87Tyrone55
#88Craig54US #69
#89Gordon54US #108
#90Marvin53US #93
#91Milton53US #161
#92Franklin48US #153
#93Reginald47US #175
#94Edwin45US #117
#95Leon44US #119
#96Benjamin43US #123
#97Clifton43
#98Keith43US #78
#99Roland43US #187
#100Scott43US #82

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑36Lynn#64
↑28Victoria#63
↑21Yvonne#53
↑21Suzanne#66
↑21Sarah#68
↑18Glenn#42
↑18Warren#71
↑16Brian#67

Falling

↓34Peggy#73
↓29Lois#90
↓27Marie#95
↓25Sally#98
↓22Russell#84
↓15Regina#96
↓15Calvin#86
↓14Clarence#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.