Maryland

Where Maryland comes from

Maryland hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1900
    Maryland Morne born
    American actress
  2. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,466 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1927
    Peak, #1,404
    33 babies named Maryland — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1929
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,137.
  5. 1933
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Maryland Morne · American actress, 1900–1935

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.