Maryland ★ 1947

Top names in Maryland, 1947

Linda led for girls with 1,505 babies ; John for boys with 1,536. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,505
2	Mary	1,255
3	Patricia	918
4	Barbara	879
5	Nancy	555
6	Sharon	553
7	Sandra	472
8	Susan	461
9	Carol	445
10	Margaret	413
11	Donna	357
12	Joyce	354
13	Carolyn	340
14	Shirley	276
15	Betty	274
16	Diane	262
17	Judith	256
18	Dorothy	245
19	Joan	240
20	Brenda	239
20	Gloria	239
22	Elizabeth	238
23	Beverly	215
24	Janet	214
25	Kathleen	213
26	Karen	200
27	Frances	199
28	Bonnie	192
29	Phyllis	175
30	Helen	171
31	Janice	164
31	Pamela	164
33	Catherine	162
33	Deborah	162
35	Darlene	158
35	Judy	158
37	Virginia	157
38	Cynthia	153
39	Jane	152
40	Cheryl	150
41	Ruth	147
42	Jean	142
43	Ann	139
43	Jacqueline	139
45	Peggy	131
46	Christine	130
47	Martha	122
48	Alice	119
49	Diana	114
49	Doris	114
51	Jo	113
52	Gail	112
53	Ellen	105
54	Joann	103
55	Charlotte	101
55	Rose	101
57	Marie	98
58	Paula	96
59	Elaine	94
60	Joanne	91
60	Katherine	91
62	Anna	90
62	Carole	90
64	Rebecca	88
65	Delores	86
66	Anne	85
67	Lois	84
68	Connie	83
69	Geraldine	78
70	Evelyn	77
70	Suzanne	77
72	Jeanne	74
72	Theresa	74
74	Laura	73
75	Rosemary	72
76	Kathryn	71
76	Marilyn	71
76	Roberta	71
79	Sheila	70
80	Constance	69
81	Norma	66
82	Rita	63
82	Yvonne	63
84	Mildred	62
84	Sally	62
86	Juanita	61
86	Louise	61
86	Regina	61
86	Sue	61
90	Eileen	60
90	Sylvia	60
90	Victoria	60
93	Charlene	58
93	Lynda	58
95	Lynn	56
95	Marsha	56
95	Sarah	56
95	Wanda	56
99	Marlene	54
100	Julia	53

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	1,536
2	James	1,486
3	Robert	1,475
4	William	1,362
5	Charles	935
6	Richard	868
7	Thomas	750
8	David	735
9	Michael	684
10	Joseph	636
11	Ronald	580
12	George	522
13	Donald	452
14	Edward	404
15	Larry	391
16	Paul	359
17	Gary	352
18	Kenneth	346
19	Dennis	267
20	Raymond	242
21	Wayne	235
22	Stephen	229
23	Frank	199
24	Lawrence	197
25	Harry	189
26	Daniel	174
27	Gregory	169
28	Bruce	155
29	Walter	154
30	Albert	151
31	Douglas	149
32	Howard	146
33	Harold	141
34	Steven	138
35	Ralph	137
36	Gerald	134
37	Arthur	132
38	Louis	131
39	Philip	128
40	Henry	121
41	Stanley	120
42	Melvin	119
43	Francis	117
44	Jerry	115
45	Earl	114
46	Carl	113
46	Eugene	113
48	Bernard	112
49	Alan	110
50	Roger	107
51	Anthony	105
52	Frederick	104
53	Roy	103
53	Samuel	103
55	Barry	100
56	Mark	98
57	Timothy	97
58	Ernest	95
59	Calvin	93
59	Norman	93
59	Terry	93
62	Clarence	88
62	Leonard	88
64	Glenn	83
65	Russell	81
66	Allen	78
67	Vernon	76
68	Jeffrey	73
69	Phillip	72
70	Patrick	71
71	Jack	69
71	Leroy	69
73	Martin	67
74	Jerome	66
75	Ronnie	65
76	Peter	64
77	Fred	63
78	Alfred	62
79	Andrew	61
80	Gordon	60
80	Roland	60
80	Theodore	60
83	Marvin	59
84	Herbert	58
85	Edwin	57
86	Franklin	56
87	Lewis	55
88	Alvin	53
88	Dale	53
88	Warren	53
91	Benjamin	50
92	Vincent	49
93	Willie	48
94	Milton	47
95	Eric	46
95	Maurice	46
97	Steve	44
98	Brian	43
98	Edgar	43
98	Lee	43