Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,076
2	Margaret	592
3	Dorothy	538
4	Helen	516
5	Ruth	399
6	Anna	365
7	Elizabeth	326
8	Mildred	304
9	Evelyn	287
10	Catherine	279
11	Virginia	249
12	Frances	242
13	Marie	240
14	Doris	237
15	Lillian	185
16	Thelma	161
17	Alice	148
18	Ethel	147
19	Louise	138
20	Edna	137
20	Florence	137
22	Edith	125
23	Katherine	122
24	Rose	119
25	Gladys	114
25	Grace	114
27	Gertrude	110
28	Martha	107
28	Pauline	107
30	Hilda	106
30	Sarah	106
32	Eleanor	99
33	Agnes	93
34	Bertha	91
35	Esther	87
36	Hazel	86
37	Clara	85
37	Emma	85
39	Elsie	84
40	Ida	80
41	Beatrice	78
42	Charlotte	77
42	Jane	77
44	Julia	76
45	Josephine	74
46	Nellie	73
47	Irene	72
48	Rita	68
49	Audrey	67
50	Myrtle	66

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	929
2	John	860
3	Charles	705
4	James	575
5	Joseph	477
6	George	444
7	Robert	414
8	Edward	360
9	Harry	221
10	Thomas	209
11	Walter	193
12	Frank	179
13	Henry	178
14	Paul	174
15	Albert	170
16	Howard	156
17	Richard	154
18	Raymond	141
19	Clarence	133
20	Francis	126
21	Donald	113
22	Arthur	104
23	Louis	103
24	Earl	101
25	Melvin	99
26	Samuel	98
27	Bernard	93
27	David	93
29	Harold	86
30	Frederick	85
31	Lawrence	82
32	Ralph	81
33	Elmer	78
34	Ernest	74
35	Herbert	69
35	Norman	69
37	Milton	66
37	Vernon	66
39	Kenneth	60
40	Herman	56
40	Leonard	56
40	Leroy	56
43	Daniel	54
43	Roland	54
43	Russell	54
46	Anthony	53
46	Carl	53
48	Stanley	51
49	Edgar	49
50	Alfred	46