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

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Peak · girls
1927 · 33 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
983
since 1901

Maryland over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #1,404, 1927peak #971, 1884girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#15,0885
2019
2018
2017
2016#16,2155
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005#14,5026
2004
2003#15,7845
2002
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2000
1999
1998
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1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#13,1475
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985#10,6775
1984
1983#10,2755
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978#9,7505
1977#8,4446
1976
1975#7,9846
1974#6,9007
1973#8,4235
1972#5,9598
1971#5,5439
1970#7,9955
1969#5,4568
1968#3,78913
1967#2,96318#3,5596
1966#6,5645
1965#5,2897
1964#3,69213
1963#6,5925
1962#5,2937
1961#4,23910
1960#5,1687
1959#3,43613#3,6196
1958#2,97216#3,9445
1957#3,93010#3,9935
1956#3,04815#3,9425
1955#3,77810#3,2017
1954#2,77916#3,1767
1953#3,10613#2,9058
1952#3,55210#3,7345
1951#2,47417#2,6629
1950#2,43617#2,7708
1949#3,17611
1948#1,90125#3,6685
1947#1,99324
1946#1,86024#3,5255
1945#2,06017
1944#1,91620#2,6338
1943#1,70325#2,7328
1942#1,80422#3,5605
1941#1,75021#2,4919
1940#2,42412#2,8717
1939#1,42427#3,1136
1938#2,9409#2,4799
1937#1,99916#2,33210
1936#1,80118
1935#2,09515
1934#2,42412#2,5639
1933#1,77319#3,2686
1932#2,83110#2,19112
1931#1,94117#2,47110
1930#2,30614#3,5926
1929#3,1379#2,45211
1928#1,78422#3,0768
1927#1,40433#3,7806
1926#1,77223#3,7086
1925#1,60927#3,4087
1924#1,99220#3,0239
1923#2,36615#3,8226
1922#2,95811#2,48612
1921#2,37815#2,50212
1920#3,3409#2,60211
1919#3,4528#2,38512
1918#2,37614
1917#2,69311#2,9568
1916#2,02816#2,9268
1915#1,88317#2,6219
1914
1913#2,1649
1912#1,9819
1911
1910#1,9357
1909#2,2085
1908#1,8626
1907#2,0615
1906
1905#1,6966
1904
1903
1902#1,7935
1901#1,4666
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1884#9715
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First appearance
1901

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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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1927 at #1,404 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,134
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 20.4% of all girls named Maryland (201) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1933
  • Mostly boys until 1932, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s33#1,466 (1901)#1,848
1910s91#1,883 (1915)#2,314
1920s184#1,404 (1927)#2,274
1930s157#1,424 (1939)#2,153
1940s201#1,703 (1943)#2,059
1950s137#2,436 (1950)#3,151
1960s93#2,963 (1967)#4,905
1970s51#5,543 (1971)#7,625
1980s10#10,275 (1983)#10,476
1990s5#13,147 (1991)#13,147
2000s11#14,502 (2005)#15,143
2010s5#16,215 (2016)#16,215
2020s5#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

girls
#1,466
6 births · 1 in 39,891 girls

Top girls' names in 1901

  1. #1Mary13,136
  2. #2Helen5,247
  3. #3Anna4,923
  4. #4Margaret4,424
  5. #5Ruth3,974
  6. #6Elizabeth3,216
  7. #7Marie3,157
  8. #8Florence3,131
  9. #9Ethel3,067
  10. #10Lillian2,681
  11. #1,466Maryland6
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).

Ranked beside Maryland
  1. #1,339Willye7
  2. #1,339Wylma7
  3. #1,339Wynona7
  4. #1,466Maryland6
  5. #1,466Abby6
  6. #1,466Agustina6
  7. #1,466Albie6
  8. #1,679Adra5
  9. #1,679Aili5
  10. #1,679Aldea5

Tied with 212 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. 1,051Dellie#1,932#881
  2. 971Oneta#1,932#961
  3. 805Trula#1,723#918
  4. 762Dannie#1,723#961
  5. 704Thea#1,561#857
Fallers
  1. 846Leonore#833#1,679
  2. 709Syble#970#1,679
  3. 663Dellar#803#1,466
  4. 634Portia#705#1,339
  5. 633Dana#833#1,466

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1901