Maryland · 1927

Top 100 names in Maryland, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,200
#2	Dorothy	581
#3	Betty	576
#4	Margaret	469
#5	Helen	377
#6	Doris	346
#7	Ruth	328
#8	Catherine	272
#9	Anna	270
#10	Elizabeth	267
#11	Virginia	200
#12	Frances	195
#13	Shirley	194
#14	Mildred	193
#15	Evelyn	182
#16	Marie	168
#17	Alice	144
#18	Gloria	142
#19	Lillian	132
#20	Jean	131
#21	Thelma	123
#22	Charlotte	114
#23	Dolores	114
#24	Audrey	109
#25	Louise	96
#26	Edith	93
#27	Rose	92
#28	Ethel	92
#29	Florence	92
#30	Grace	91
#31	Edna	90
#32	Sarah	90
#33	Lorraine	89
#34	Norma	87
#35	Jane	84
#36	Gladys	83
#37	Barbara	82
#38	Pauline	81
#39	Agnes	81
#40	Irene	80
#41	Eleanor	79
#42	Rita	79
#43	Bernice	78
#44	Martha	77
#45	Theresa	76
#46	June	76
#47	Phyllis	74
#48	Patricia	72
#49	Geraldine	72
#50	Josephine	72
#51	Elsie	70
#52	Hazel	69
#53	Lois	69
#54	Nancy	68
#55	Gertrude	65
#56	Marian	65
#57	Hilda	64
#58	Beatrice	61
#59	Clara	61
#60	Ida	60
#61	Katherine	60
#62	Julia	59
#63	Bertha	59
#64	Marion	58
#65	Lucille	57
#66	Emma	56
#67	Peggy	53
#68	Jeanne	52
#69	Esther	52
#70	Annie	52
#71	Marjorie	52
#72	Vivian	50
#73	Elaine	50
#74	Ann	49
#75	Anne	48
#76	Naomi	47
#77	Carolyn	47
#78	Ellen	43
#79	Carrie	42
#80	Ella	42
#81	Kathleen	41
#82	Alma	41
#83	Bessie	41
#84	Regina	40
#85	Eva	40
#86	Viola	39
#87	Mabel	39
#88	Ruby	38
#89	Laura	38
#90	Eileen	38
#91	Roberta	37
#92	Marguerite	36
#93	Sylvia	36
#94	Juanita	36
#95	Janet	36
#96	Jacqueline	36
#97	Rosalie	36
#98	Emily	35
#99	Joyce	34
#100	Joan	34

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
Regina	40	29	8
Hilda	64	46	14
Elva	21	15	5
Catherine	272	196	61
Cecelia	23	17	5
Charlotte	114	82	31
Rosalie	36	26	10
Naomi	47	34	15
Audrey	109	78	37
Agnes	81	58	28
Anna	270	194	94
Carrie	42	30	15

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.