Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,082
2	Barbara	693
3	Patricia	664
4	Linda	460
5	Carol	441
6	Nancy	376
7	Margaret	360
8	Sandra	339
9	Carolyn	332
10	Joyce	314
11	Betty	305
12	Shirley	281
13	Joan	276
14	Judith	259
15	Sharon	258
16	Dorothy	249
17	Elizabeth	244
18	Gloria	221
19	Janet	204
20	Donna	201
21	Susan	198
22	Ruth	191
23	Frances	171
24	Brenda	170
24	Helen	170
26	Catherine	165
27	Beverly	156
28	Virginia	154
29	Kathleen	153
30	Bonnie	143
31	Carole	142
32	Doris	138
33	Diane	136
33	Phyllis	136
35	Alice	124
35	Charlotte	124
37	Jean	122
38	Judy	120
39	Karen	115
39	Martha	115
41	Jane	111
42	Ann	107
43	Geraldine	102
44	Janice	100
45	Ellen	94
46	Darlene	93
47	Evelyn	92
48	Joanne	85
49	Pamela	84
50	Delores	83

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,270
2	John	1,142
3	William	1,105
4	Robert	1,080
5	Charles	777
6	Richard	646
7	Thomas	495
8	David	477
9	Joseph	472
10	George	447
11	Ronald	440
12	Donald	358
13	Edward	352
14	Michael	336
15	Paul	289
16	Kenneth	212
17	Gary	207
18	Raymond	191
19	Larry	182
20	Walter	165
21	Frank	161
22	Wayne	155
23	Harry	130
24	Jerry	129
25	Lawrence	125
26	Carl	123
27	Dennis	121
28	Daniel	109
28	Howard	109
30	Albert	108
31	Harold	104
31	Melvin	104
33	Douglas	103
34	Gerald	102
35	Bernard	101
36	Arthur	100
37	Stephen	99
38	Henry	96
39	Eugene	95
40	Francis	94
41	Louis	93
41	Roger	93
43	Ralph	91
44	Frederick	88
44	Leroy	88
46	Leonard	85
47	Earl	83
48	Norman	82
49	Anthony	80
50	Samuel	79