Maryland · 1918

Top 100 names in Maryland, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,076
#2	Margaret	592
#3	Dorothy	538
#4	Helen	516
#5	Ruth	399
#6	Anna	365
#7	Elizabeth	326
#8	Mildred	304
#9	Evelyn	287
#10	Catherine	279
#11	Virginia	249
#12	Frances	242
#13	Marie	240
#14	Doris	237
#15	Lillian	185
#16	Thelma	161
#17	Alice	148
#18	Ethel	147
#19	Louise	138
#20	Edna	137
#21	Florence	137
#22	Edith	125
#23	Katherine	122
#24	Rose	119
#25	Gladys	114
#26	Grace	114
#27	Gertrude	110
#28	Martha	107
#29	Pauline	107
#30	Hilda	106
#31	Sarah	106
#32	Eleanor	99
#33	Agnes	93
#34	Bertha	91
#35	Esther	87
#36	Hazel	86
#37	Emma	85
#38	Clara	85
#39	Elsie	84
#40	Ida	80
#41	Beatrice	78
#42	Jane	77
#43	Charlotte	77
#44	Julia	76
#45	Josephine	74
#46	Nellie	73
#47	Irene	72
#48	Rita	68
#49	Audrey	67
#50	Myrtle	66
#51	Pearl	66
#52	Jean	64
#53	Anne	63
#54	Laura	63
#55	Betty	63
#56	Naomi	61
#57	Ann	61
#58	Mabel	58
#59	Lucille	56
#60	Bernice	55
#61	Annie	54
#62	Kathryn	53
#63	Marguerite	53
#64	Bessie	53
#65	Ella	51
#66	Ellen	50
#67	Viola	49
#68	Marion	47
#69	Sylvia	45
#70	Theresa	45
#71	Eva	44
#72	Beulah	44
#73	Geraldine	42
#74	Blanche	42
#75	Miriam	41
#76	Vera	41
#77	Emily	40
#78	Genevieve	39
#79	Minnie	39
#80	Dolores	36
#81	Loretta	36
#82	Norma	36
#83	Marjorie	36
#84	Vivian	35
#85	Carrie	34
#86	Sara	33
#87	June	33
#88	Leona	33
#89	Marian	32
#90	Mae	32
#91	Cora	31
#92	Barbara	31
#93	Lorraine	31
#94	Jeanne	31
#95	Ada	31
#96	Alma	31
#97	Kathleen	30
#98	Stella	29
#99	Nancy	29
#100	Irma	29

Uniquely popular in Maryland

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Hilda	106	77	18
Naomi	61	44	15
Audrey	67	49	17
Matilda	22	16	6
Catherine	279	203	76
Rosalie	25	18	8
Doris	237	172	78
Amelia	27	20	10
Miriam	41	30	15
Regina	27	20	10
Katherine	122	89	45
Adele	24	17	9

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.