Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	847
2	Barbara	498
3	Patricia	422
4	Shirley	339
5	Nancy	326
6	Joan	298
7	Margaret	289
8	Betty	287
9	Dorothy	228
10	Catherine	181
10	Elizabeth	181
12	Helen	163
13	Joyce	156
14	Carol	155
15	Frances	144
16	Carolyn	143
17	Ruth	142
18	Doris	133
19	Beverly	126
20	Janet	122
21	Jean	119
21	Phyllis	119
23	Virginia	113
24	Judith	111
25	Sandra	107
26	Gloria	100
27	Marie	96
28	Anna	94
29	Ann	91
30	Alice	89
31	Delores	84
32	Linda	78
33	Elaine	76
33	Evelyn	76
33	Lois	76
36	Charlotte	75
36	Geraldine	75
38	Eleanor	72
38	Mildred	72
40	Martha	68
41	Rose	67
42	Janice	64
43	Donna	63
44	Marlene	62
45	Constance	61
46	Norma	60
46	Peggy	60
48	Carole	59
49	Rosalie	58
50	June	57

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	838
2	John	817
3	William	801
4	James	757
5	Charles	632
6	Joseph	385
7	Richard	383
8	George	374
9	Donald	319
10	Thomas	302
11	Ronald	273
12	David	265
13	Edward	240
14	Paul	168
15	Kenneth	160
16	Michael	146
17	Walter	134
18	Frank	127
18	Harry	127
20	Raymond	122
21	Francis	116
22	Wayne	102
23	Howard	91
24	Albert	90
25	Henry	89
26	Arthur	88
27	Melvin	86
28	Samuel	82
29	Lawrence	81
29	Louis	81
31	Ralph	80
32	Harold	78
33	Carl	77
34	Gary	76
35	Earl	75
36	Clarence	74
37	Frederick	72
38	Stanley	71
39	Norman	70
40	Bernard	69
41	Daniel	64
42	Ernest	63
43	Gerald	62
43	Larry	62
45	Eugene	59
46	Herbert	57
47	Leroy	55
48	Jerome	54
49	Anthony	53
49	Jerry	53