Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	875
2	Shirley	623
3	Barbara	359
4	Patricia	355
5	Betty	322
6	Joan	307
7	Margaret	277
8	Nancy	253
9	Dorothy	239
10	Helen	195
11	Doris	168
12	Elizabeth	160
13	Ruth	159
14	Frances	133
15	Jean	127
16	Virginia	124
17	Anna	117
18	Catherine	116
19	Ann	108
20	Joyce	99
21	Carolyn	94
22	Phyllis	92
23	Dolores	89
24	Alice	88
24	Janet	88
26	Charlotte	86
26	Delores	86
28	Evelyn	85
29	Gloria	82
30	Marie	77
30	Mildred	77
32	Carol	76
33	Lois	73
33	Rose	73
35	Peggy	71
36	Geraldine	70
36	Norma	70
38	Marlene	69
39	Beverly	65
39	Sylvia	65
41	Audrey	63
41	Eleanor	63
41	Jane	63
44	Lillian	61
44	Thelma	61
46	June	60
46	Martha	60
48	Edith	56
49	Ellen	53
50	Elaine	50

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	789
2	Robert	788
3	William	778
4	James	674
5	Charles	612
6	Donald	384
7	George	360
8	Richard	359
9	Joseph	358
10	Thomas	277
11	Edward	232
12	David	178
12	Ronald	178
14	Paul	175
15	Harry	130
16	Kenneth	126
17	Frank	121
17	Raymond	121
19	Walter	117
20	Howard	100
20	Louis	100
22	Carl	96
23	Francis	95
24	Earl	86
25	Albert	85
26	Henry	84
27	Melvin	82
28	Leroy	79
28	Ralph	79
30	Bernard	77
30	Daniel	77
32	Lawrence	76
33	Eugene	72
34	Frederick	68
34	Harold	68
34	Samuel	68
34	Stanley	68
38	Arthur	65
39	Ernest	64
39	Jack	64
41	Gerald	62
42	Michael	60
43	Clarence	58
43	Norman	58
45	Franklin	53
46	Herbert	50
46	Jerome	50
48	Wayne	49
49	Alfred	47
50	Vernon	46