Maryland

Popularity Trends

The name Maryland is the #6,443 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,299 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 16.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,733 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 983 births since 1901. For boys, it ranks #4,270 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 316 births since 1884.

Maryland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1901 for girls). Birth data for Maryland is available in 80 out of the 137 years between 1884 and 2020 (79 years for girls and 41 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Maryland has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Maryland were girls. Interestingly, until around 1901, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1884 to 1900), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (76.0% girls from 1901 to 2020).

For girls, Maryland reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #575) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.

For boys, Maryland reached its peak popularity in 1932, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #523) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 41 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1967.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maryland".

1884 2020 18842020

Key Statistics

Total Births

983

Peak Births

Peak Year

1927

First Recorded

1901

Peak Percentile

4.7%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#575

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Total Births

316

Peak Births

Peak Year

1932

First Recorded

1884

Peak Percentile

1.3%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#523

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Maryland.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Maryland", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Maryland.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Maryland's popularity from 1881 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Maryland at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Maryland range from Willena at 82.4% correlation to Ardis at 79.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 80.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Jean with 483.0K births (95% girls) and the least popular is Willena with 1.1K births (100% girls).

Maryland's share of births peaked at 40.7 births per million in 1884 (26.7 for girls in 1927 and 40.7 for boys in 1932). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (6% of peak) in 1991. In 2020, the most recent period with data, the name Maryland had 2.8 births per million, 7% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Willena

1,068

82.35% (very strong)

Melvin

246.5k

82.00% (very strong)

Marvin

255k

81.54% (very strong)

Juanita

208.5k

81.05% (very strong)

Jean

483k

80.60% (very strong)

Norman

254.4k

80.56% (very strong)

Earline

16.6k

80.37% (very strong)

Charline

6,224

80.31% (very strong)

Melva

14.2k

80.30% (very strong)

Melba

34.9k

80.21% (very strong)

Geraldine

211.9k

80.02% (very strong)

Ardis

7,416

79.67% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Maryland

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Maryland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 29.8% confident that Maryland is pronounced as MEH-ruh-luhnd, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ree-luhnd, at 29.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.

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MEH-ruh-luhnd (3 syllables)

Verified

29.8% confidence

M EH1 R AH0 L AH0 N D

MEH-ree-luhnd (3 syllables)

29.8% confidence

M EH1 R IY0 L AH0 N D

MEH-rih-luhnd (3 syllables)

23.4% confidence

M EH1 R IH0 L AH0 N D

MEH-ruh-lihnd (3 syllables)

6.4% confidence

M EH1 R AH0 L IH0 N D

MEH-ree-land (3 syllables)

6.4% confidence

M EH1 R IY0 L AE2 N D

MEH-rih-land (3 syllables)

4.3% confidence

M EH1 R IH0 L AE0 N D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M EH1 R AH0 L AH0 N D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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