Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	889
2	Barbara	595
3	Patricia	431
4	Shirley	428
5	Margaret	307
6	Betty	283
7	Nancy	275
8	Joan	257
9	Dorothy	256
10	Elizabeth	188
11	Helen	175
12	Ruth	157
13	Jean	153
14	Doris	151
15	Frances	149
16	Joyce	145
17	Beverly	132
18	Catherine	131
19	Carol	124
19	Janet	124
19	Virginia	124
22	Gloria	114
23	Sandra	113
24	Alice	112
25	Rosalie	110
26	Anna	109
27	Phyllis	106
28	Carolyn	104
29	Evelyn	97
30	Martha	94
31	Charlotte	90
32	Janice	87
33	Lois	83
34	Delores	82
34	Eleanor	82
34	Norma	82
37	Ann	81
38	Dolores	80
38	Geraldine	80
40	Marie	76
41	Elaine	73
41	Lillian	73
43	Carole	71
44	Peggy	70
45	Mildred	66
45	Rose	66
47	Judith	64
48	Marlene	62
49	Florence	59
49	Jane	59

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	864
2	William	834
3	John	787
4	James	768
5	Charles	616
6	Richard	391
7	George	375
8	Joseph	362
9	Donald	328
10	Thomas	321
11	Ronald	295
12	Edward	280
13	David	236
14	Paul	171
15	Kenneth	165
16	Raymond	141
17	Walter	135
18	Harry	119
19	Michael	116
20	Howard	106
21	Lawrence	103
22	Frank	102
23	Francis	99
24	Albert	96
24	Henry	96
26	Louis	90
27	Arthur	88
28	Earl	86
29	Harold	84
30	Eugene	79
30	Wayne	79
32	Frederick	76
33	Ralph	75
34	Bernard	74
34	Samuel	74
36	Carl	73
36	Norman	73
38	Daniel	70
39	Leroy	68
40	Herbert	64
41	Clarence	63
42	Ernest	62
43	Leonard	59
44	Melvin	58
44	Theodore	58
46	Larry	56
47	Gerald	53
48	Stanley	52
49	Jack	51
50	Vernon	50