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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Maryland is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#366 · 1 in 3,172
Best ever in a state: #241 in Maryland, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #366 | 5 | 1 in 3,172 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maryland
- 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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 36,134 of them was named Maryland, which outranked 74.9% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,384Thomasine34
- #1,384Tony34
- #1,384Yolande34
- #1,404Maryland33
- #1,404Abigail33
- #1,404Aldona33
- #1,404Annalee33
- #1,423Aleene32
- #1,423Alverna32
- #1,423Ardeth32
Tied with 18 names at #1,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 187,819 of them was named Maryland, which outranked 21.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,451York7
- #3,451Yvonne7
- #3,451Zaragoza7
- #3,780Maryland6
- #3,780Adalbert6
- #3,780Adlai6
- #3,780Adolpho6
- #4,210Adair5
- #4,210Adams5
- #4,210Adin5
Tied with 429 names at #3,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.