Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,064
2	Patricia	798
3	Barbara	786
4	Nancy	400
5	Margaret	374
6	Carol	369
7	Carolyn	345
8	Joyce	329
9	Linda	325
10	Shirley	300
11	Dorothy	298
12	Betty	284
13	Sandra	278
14	Joan	276
15	Judith	222
16	Elizabeth	214
17	Carole	204
18	Helen	203
19	Janet	199
20	Frances	193
20	Gloria	193
22	Ruth	187
23	Donna	172
24	Virginia	161
25	Jean	160
26	Susan	154
27	Catherine	152
28	Brenda	146
29	Doris	142
30	Beverly	138
31	Bonnie	136
32	Charlotte	133
32	Kathleen	133
34	Sharon	131
35	Diane	116
36	Anna	114
37	Janice	112
38	Ann	111
39	Phyllis	110
40	Joanne	108
41	Alice	105
42	Geraldine	104
43	Lois	100
44	Martha	98
45	Delores	97
45	Judy	97
45	Peggy	97
48	Evelyn	94
49	Ellen	93
50	Elaine	91

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,152
2	John	1,141
3	William	1,135
4	James	1,113
5	Charles	902
6	Richard	605
7	Joseph	525
8	George	486
9	Thomas	477
10	Ronald	456
11	David	421
12	Edward	372
13	Donald	339
14	Michael	274
15	Paul	232
16	Kenneth	217
17	Raymond	186
18	Harry	169
19	Frank	167
20	Gary	166
21	Walter	165
22	Larry	164
23	Dennis	141
24	Howard	140
25	Francis	131
26	Lawrence	124
27	Daniel	122
28	Albert	117
29	Gerald	115
30	Carl	114
31	Arthur	113
31	Louis	113
31	Ralph	113
31	Wayne	113
35	Douglas	112
35	Henry	112
37	Melvin	107
38	Jerry	104
39	Earl	99
39	Harold	99
41	Stephen	94
42	Ernest	92
43	Samuel	91
44	Bernard	87
45	Frederick	86
45	Norman	86
47	Eugene	85
48	Philip	84
49	Russell	80
50	Roger	79