Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,192
2	Barbara	778
3	Patricia	712
4	Nancy	447
5	Linda	417
6	Carol	406
7	Margaret	381
8	Carolyn	376
9	Sandra	338
10	Joyce	325
11	Shirley	307
12	Betty	306
13	Dorothy	290
14	Judith	287
15	Joan	283
16	Elizabeth	255
17	Sharon	241
18	Janet	208
19	Frances	202
20	Donna	201
21	Ruth	196
22	Virginia	195
23	Helen	191
24	Susan	190
25	Gloria	181
26	Catherine	179
27	Doris	174
28	Brenda	164
29	Beverly	155
30	Diane	148
31	Carole	144
32	Alice	142
33	Charlotte	140
34	Jean	139
35	Bonnie	136
36	Phyllis	134
37	Ann	129
38	Kathleen	128
39	Judy	125
40	Lois	124
41	Janice	108
42	Anna	102
43	Evelyn	98
44	Geraldine	96
44	Joanne	96
44	Martha	96
47	Peggy	95
48	Rose	92
49	Darlene	91
50	Marie	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,291
2	John	1,214
3	Robert	1,152
4	William	1,150
5	Charles	916
6	Richard	588
7	Thomas	573
8	Joseph	524
9	Ronald	520
10	David	500
11	George	451
12	Edward	357
13	Donald	354
14	Michael	323
15	Paul	250
16	Kenneth	204
17	Raymond	200
18	Walter	189
19	Larry	186
20	Harry	185
21	Frank	182
22	Dennis	165
23	Gary	156
23	Howard	156
25	Wayne	154
26	Lawrence	138
27	Albert	133
28	Francis	131
29	Jerry	124
30	Daniel	117
30	Henry	117
32	Carl	116
33	Harold	114
33	Melvin	114
35	Earl	113
36	Gerald	110
36	Stephen	110
38	Samuel	109
39	Roger	108
40	Arthur	106
40	Norman	106
42	Eugene	105
43	Frederick	102
44	Ralph	101
45	Bernard	100
46	Douglas	99
46	Louis	99
48	Stanley	93
49	Clarence	89
50	Roy	88