Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Maryland” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maryland” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Maryland” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Maryland” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Maryland” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Maryland” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Maryland” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maryland” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 100%
1915 26 0.000014189 17 9 31%
1916 24 0.000012407 16 8 33%
1917 19 0.000009468 11 8 16%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 20 0.000009478 8 12 -20%
1920 20 0.000008839 9 11 -10%
1921 27 0.000011566 15 12 11%
1922 23 0.000010047 11 12 -4%
1923 21 0.000009121 15 6 43%
1924 29 0.000012177 20 9 38%
1925 34 0.000014572 27 7 59%
1926 29 0.000012631 23 6 59%
1927 39 0.000016815 33 6 69%
1928 30 0.000013269 22 8 47%
1929 20 0.000009123 9 11 -10%
1930 20 0.000008996 14 6 40%
1931 27 0.00001283 17 10 26%
1932 22 0.00001042 10 12 -9%
1933 25 0.000012503 19 6 52%
1934 21 0.000010112 12 9 14%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 100%
1937 26 0.000012203 16 10 23%
1938 18 0.000008135 9 9 0%
1939 33 0.000014977 27 6 64%
1940 19 0.000008251 12 7 26%
1941 30 0.000012313 21 9 40%
1942 27 0.000009884 22 5 63%
1943 33 0.000011692 25 8 52%
1944 28 0.000010409 20 8 43%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 100%
1946 29 0.000009076 24 5 66%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 30 0.000008689 25 5 67%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 25 0.000007136 17 8 36%
1951 26 0.000007058 17 9 31%
1952 15 0.000003949 10 5 33%
1953 21 0.000005449 13 8 24%
1954 23 0.000005778 16 7 39%
1955 17 0.000004234 10 7 18%
1956 20 0.000004851 15 5 50%
1957 15 0.00000357 10 5 33%
1958 21 0.00000508 16 5 52%
1959 19 0.00000457 13 6 37%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 24 0.000007069 18 6 50%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%

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