Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Maryland, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	988
2	Patricia	644
3	Barbara	641
4	Nancy	375
5	Shirley	321
6	Joan	314
6	Margaret	314
8	Dorothy	265
9	Joyce	262
10	Betty	255
10	Carol	255
12	Carolyn	241
13	Linda	215
14	Sandra	197
15	Elizabeth	195
16	Judith	176
17	Helen	172
18	Ruth	161
18	Virginia	161
20	Frances	149
21	Gloria	147
22	Janet	143
23	Catherine	139
24	Beverly	136
25	Doris	133
26	Charlotte	125
27	Jean	124
28	Brenda	119
29	Phyllis	113
30	Carole	112
31	Geraldine	111
32	Susan	110
33	Alice	105
33	Bonnie	105
35	Lois	104
36	Ann	101
37	Donna	99
38	Marie	96
39	Martha	91
40	Delores	88
41	Dolores	86
41	Kathleen	86
41	Peggy	86
44	Janice	84
45	Ellen	79
46	Evelyn	78
47	Anna	77
47	Elaine	77
49	Rose	76
50	Mildred	72

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	964
2	Robert	963
3	William	928
4	James	905
5	Charles	768
6	Richard	536
7	Joseph	464
8	Thomas	421
9	George	405
10	Ronald	380
11	David	365
12	Donald	312
13	Edward	302
14	Paul	211
15	Kenneth	179
16	Michael	170
17	Harry	155
17	Raymond	155
19	Albert	146
20	Frank	128
21	Wayne	124
22	Gary	122
23	Larry	120
24	Howard	118
25	Walter	117
26	Lawrence	115
27	Harold	107
28	Carl	103
28	Francis	103
30	Gerald	99
31	Ralph	98
32	Arthur	94
32	Melvin	94
34	Louis	91
35	Henry	90
36	Dennis	85
37	Norman	84
38	Daniel	82
39	Jerry	81
40	Frederick	80
41	Eugene	74
42	Stanley	71
43	Bernard	70
44	Philip	69
45	Clarence	68
46	Leroy	66
47	Stephen	65
48	Roy	61
48	Samuel	61
48	Vernon	61