Maryland ★ 1940

Top names in Maryland, 1940

Mary led for girls with 906 babies ; William for boys with 869. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	906
2	Patricia	566
3	Barbara	546
4	Margaret	324
5	Joan	297
6	Nancy	290
7	Shirley	276
8	Dorothy	272
9	Betty	260
10	Joyce	211
11	Elizabeth	190
12	Carolyn	181
13	Carol	170
13	Helen	170
15	Judith	166
16	Ruth	158
17	Sandra	153
18	Linda	149
19	Catherine	145
20	Beverly	142
20	Doris	142
22	Frances	133
23	Virginia	132
24	Gloria	122
24	Janet	122
26	Jean	121
27	Brenda	116
28	Ann	112
29	Geraldine	101
30	Alice	100
31	Phyllis	96
32	Anna	95
33	Charlotte	93
34	Peggy	92
35	Carole	84
36	Mildred	83
36	Rose	83
38	Martha	82
39	Delores	80
40	Evelyn	77
40	Janice	77
42	Jane	71
42	Susan	71
44	Elaine	70
45	Lois	68
45	Norma	68
47	Ellen	67
48	Marie	66
49	Bonnie	64
50	Kathleen	63
51	Donna	62
52	Sarah	61
53	Eleanor	58
54	Edna	56
54	Marlene	56
56	Florence	55
57	Anne	53
57	Joanne	53
59	Joann	52
60	Audrey	49
60	Judy	49
60	Louise	49
60	Rosalie	49
64	Irene	48
64	Lillian	48
66	Sylvia	46
67	Constance	45
67	Ethel	45
67	Jacqueline	45
70	Diane	44
70	Gladys	44
70	Juanita	44
70	Patsy	44
70	Roberta	44
75	June	43
76	Dolores	42
76	Marjorie	42
78	Grace	41
78	Lorraine	41
80	Katherine	40
81	Bernice	39
81	Sally	39
83	Marion	37
84	Eileen	36
84	Josephine	36
84	Rebecca	36
87	Arlene	35
87	Loretta	35
87	Rita	35
87	Sharon	35
91	Edith	34
91	Esther	34
93	Agnes	33
93	Elsie	33
93	Suzanne	33
96	Lucille	32
96	Vivian	32
98	Julia	29
98	Laura	29
98	Marian	29

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	William	869
2	John	868
2	Robert	868
4	James	828
5	Charles	682
6	Richard	478
7	George	359
8	Joseph	358
9	Thomas	346
10	Donald	286
11	Edward	285
12	David	283
12	Ronald	283
14	Paul	192
15	Kenneth	180
16	Raymond	158
17	Michael	152
18	Walter	141
19	Harry	135
20	Frank	133
21	Howard	121
22	Albert	112
23	Melvin	111
24	Francis	110
25	Lawrence	109
26	Wayne	101
27	Louis	96
28	Gerald	92
29	Arthur	90
29	Harold	90
31	Frederick	87
32	Eugene	84
33	Earl	82
34	Carl	81
35	Henry	78
36	Larry	76
37	Bernard	72
37	Daniel	72
37	Gary	72
40	Norman	71
40	Philip	71
42	Ralph	69
42	Samuel	69
44	Dennis	68
45	Stanley	66
46	Jerry	65
47	Anthony	63
48	Jerome	61
49	Ernest	58
50	Clarence	56
50	Russell	56
52	Herbert	55
53	Leroy	53
54	Roger	52
55	Jack	49
55	Stephen	49
57	Allen	48
57	Calvin	48
57	Leonard	48
57	Theodore	48
61	Marvin	47
62	Alfred	45
63	Vernon	44
64	Phillip	43
65	Franklin	42
65	Gilbert	42
67	Carroll	41
68	Milton	39
69	Patrick	37
69	Roland	37
69	Roy	37
72	Andrew	35
72	Barry	35
72	Fred	35
72	Leon	35
76	Glenn	34
76	Martin	34
78	Elmer	32
78	Gene	32
80	Edwin	31
80	Warren	31
82	Alan	30
82	Benjamin	30
82	Gordon	30
82	Harvey	30
86	Douglas	29
87	Herman	28
88	Lewis	27
89	Allan	26
89	Alvin	26
91	Maurice	25
91	Nelson	25
91	Vincent	25
94	Ray	24
95	Bruce	23
95	Lee	23
95	Lloyd	23
98	Edgar	22
98	Jesse	22
98	Wilbur	22