Maryland

Where Maryland comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Maryland.

Maryland through the years
  1. 1900
    Maryland Morne born
    American actress
  2. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,466 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1927
    Peak, #1,404
    33 babies named Maryland, the most in any year.
  4. 1929
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,137.
  5. 1933
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Maryland Morne · American actress, 1900–1935

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.