Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	906
2	Patricia	566
3	Barbara	546
4	Margaret	324
5	Joan	297
6	Nancy	290
7	Shirley	276
8	Dorothy	272
9	Betty	260
10	Joyce	211
11	Elizabeth	190
12	Carolyn	181
13	Carol	170
13	Helen	170
15	Judith	166
16	Ruth	158
17	Sandra	153
18	Linda	149
19	Catherine	145
20	Beverly	142
20	Doris	142
22	Frances	133
23	Virginia	132
24	Gloria	122
24	Janet	122
26	Jean	121
27	Brenda	116
28	Ann	112
29	Geraldine	101
30	Alice	100
31	Phyllis	96
32	Anna	95
33	Charlotte	93
34	Peggy	92
35	Carole	84
36	Mildred	83
36	Rose	83
38	Martha	82
39	Delores	80
40	Evelyn	77
40	Janice	77
42	Jane	71
42	Susan	71
44	Elaine	70
45	Lois	68
45	Norma	68
47	Ellen	67
48	Marie	66
49	Bonnie	64
50	Kathleen	63

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	869
2	John	868
2	Robert	868
4	James	828
5	Charles	682
6	Richard	478
7	George	359
8	Joseph	358
9	Thomas	346
10	Donald	286
11	Edward	285
12	David	283
12	Ronald	283
14	Paul	192
15	Kenneth	180
16	Raymond	158
17	Michael	152
18	Walter	141
19	Harry	135
20	Frank	133
21	Howard	121
22	Albert	112
23	Melvin	111
24	Francis	110
25	Lawrence	109
26	Wayne	101
27	Louis	96
28	Gerald	92
29	Arthur	90
29	Harold	90
31	Frederick	87
32	Eugene	84
33	Earl	82
34	Carl	81
35	Henry	78
36	Larry	76
37	Bernard	72
37	Daniel	72
37	Gary	72
40	Norman	71
40	Philip	71
42	Ralph	69
42	Samuel	69
44	Dennis	68
45	Stanley	66
46	Jerry	65
47	Anthony	63
48	Jerome	61
49	Ernest	58
50	Clarence	56