Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	878
2	Shirley	497
3	Patricia	443
4	Barbara	386
5	Margaret	318
6	Dorothy	296
7	Joan	269
8	Betty	263
9	Nancy	242
10	Doris	216
11	Helen	184
12	Ruth	171
13	Elizabeth	168
14	Jean	154
15	Catherine	142
16	Frances	137
17	Virginia	133
18	Carol	116
18	Carolyn	116
20	Beverly	114
21	Anna	113
22	Gloria	111
23	Janet	110
24	Evelyn	108
24	Joyce	108
26	Lois	98
27	Phyllis	94
28	Ann	93
28	Dolores	93
30	Alice	84
30	Delores	84
30	Mildred	84
33	Rose	83
34	Marie	81
35	Norma	79
36	Charlotte	78
36	Marlene	78
38	Eleanor	72
39	Geraldine	70
40	Sylvia	69
41	Janice	66
41	Peggy	66
43	Edith	63
44	Martha	60
45	Carole	59
45	Louise	59
47	Elaine	57
48	Audrey	55
49	Lillian	54
50	Sandra	53

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	834
2	William	819
3	John	745
4	James	707
5	Charles	564
6	Joseph	375
7	Donald	361
8	Richard	352
9	George	324
10	Thomas	299
11	Edward	284
12	David	242
13	Paul	215
14	Ronald	208
15	Kenneth	152
16	Harry	124
17	Raymond	113
18	Frank	109
19	Walter	105
20	Albert	101
21	Francis	97
21	Louis	97
23	Howard	96
24	Melvin	86
25	Bernard	83
25	Michael	83
27	Frederick	82
28	Ralph	81
29	Earl	79
30	Daniel	78
31	Carl	77
31	Harold	77
33	Lawrence	74
34	Henry	73
35	Eugene	67
36	Arthur	65
36	Stanley	65
38	Clarence	63
38	Leroy	63
40	Ernest	62
41	Samuel	56
42	Jack	55
43	Herbert	54
43	Norman	54
45	Anthony	52
45	Gerald	52
45	Jerry	52
48	Wayne	50
49	Franklin	48
50	Gary	45