Maryland
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,559
Given to girls 75.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 983since 1901
Maryland over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Maryland! It came in at #1,466, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1927 at #1,404 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 36,134 girls born in 1927 were named Maryland (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 20.4% of all girls named Maryland (201) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1932, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 33 | #1,466 (1901) | #1,848 |
| 1910s | 91 | #1,883 (1915) | #2,314 |
| 1920s | 184 | #1,404 (1927) | #2,274 |
| 1930s | 157 | #1,424 (1939) | #2,153 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,703 (1943) | #2,059 |
| 1950s | 137 | #2,436 (1950) | #3,151 |
| 1960s | 93 | #2,963 (1967) | #4,905 |
| 1970s | 51 | #5,543 (1971) | #7,625 |
| 1980s | 10 | #10,275 (1983) | #10,476 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,147 (1991) | #13,147 |
| 2000s | 11 | #14,502 (2005) | #15,143 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,215 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Maryland in 1901
Top girls' names in 1901
More about 1901
girls
239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 39,891 of them was named Maryland, which outranked 24.5% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,339Willye7
- #1,339Wylma7
- #1,339Wynona7
- #1,466Maryland6
- #1,466Abby6
- #1,466Agustina6
- #1,466Albie6
- #1,679Adra5
- #1,679Aili5
- #1,679Aldea5
Tied with 212 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.