Maryland
Maryland is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192733 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1901
- 1,299people given the name
The story in the numbers
983 girls have been named Maryland in the United States since 1901, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1940s alone account for 20%.
Maryland is used for both sexes: 24% of its bearers are boys (316), most of them born around 1919.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Maryland | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 33 | |
| 1910s | 91 | |
| 1920s | 184 | |
| 1930s | 157 | |
| 1940s | 201 | |
| 1950s | 137 | |
| 1960s | 93 | |
| 1970s | 51 | |
| 1980s | 10 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 11 | |
| 2010s | 5 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Maryland was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Maryland
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melvapeak 1938
- Norenepeak 1931
- Lavonpeak 1924
- Pearlinepeak 1927
- Herminiapeak 1929
- Loycepeak 1933
- Delightpeak 1946
- Onitapeak 1925
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.