Maryland · 1923

Top 100 names in Maryland, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,226
#2	Dorothy	629
#3	Margaret	555
#4	Helen	469
#5	Ruth	378
#6	Doris	347
#7	Elizabeth	343
#8	Mildred	307
#9	Anna	292
#10	Betty	283
#11	Catherine	280
#12	Frances	252
#13	Evelyn	246
#14	Virginia	227
#15	Marie	216
#16	Lillian	214
#17	Ethel	151
#18	Alice	150
#19	Thelma	128
#20	Florence	122
#21	Edna	122
#22	Louise	113
#23	Gladys	108
#24	Eleanor	107
#25	Katherine	106
#26	Agnes	106
#27	Jean	105
#28	Sarah	103
#29	Shirley	101
#30	Rose	95
#31	Grace	94
#32	Charlotte	93
#33	Josephine	93
#34	Edith	93
#35	Emma	91
#36	Audrey	91
#37	Pauline	91
#38	Irene	87
#39	Elsie	87
#40	Martha	87
#41	Gertrude	85
#42	Hazel	78
#43	Norma	77
#44	Esther	77
#45	Hilda	77
#46	Geraldine	76
#47	Clara	76
#48	Gloria	72
#49	Jane	71
#50	Bernice	71
#51	Rita	71
#52	Beatrice	67
#53	Ida	66
#54	Bertha	64
#55	Myrtle	62
#56	Viola	60
#57	Ann	59
#58	Marjorie	56
#59	Pearl	56
#60	Mabel	55
#61	Elaine	53
#62	Vivian	53
#63	Ellen	52
#64	June	52
#65	Dolores	52
#66	Marion	52
#67	Phyllis	52
#68	Julia	51
#69	Lucille	50
#70	Lois	50
#71	Sylvia	50
#72	Ella	49
#73	Marian	49
#74	Nellie	49
#75	Naomi	48
#76	Genevieve	48
#77	Nancy	47
#78	Carolyn	46
#79	Laura	46
#80	Lorraine	45
#81	Theresa	45
#82	Barbara	44
#83	Eva	43
#84	Anne	43
#85	Jeanne	43
#86	Regina	43
#87	Blanche	42
#88	Violet	41
#89	Bessie	41
#90	Ruby	41
#91	Madeline	40
#92	Emily	40
#93	Eileen	40
#94	Rosalie	38
#95	Kathleen	38
#96	Miriam	38
#97	Annie	37
#98	Kathryn	36
#99	Alma	35
#100	Leona	35

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	77	53	15
Regina	43	30	10
Catherine	280	193	70
Rosalie	38	26	10
Isabelle	22	15	6
Audrey	91	63	27
Charlotte	93	64	30
Irma	30	21	10
Naomi	48	33	16
Agnes	106	73	35
Amelia	24	17	8
Doris	347	240	121

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.