Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	965
2	Barbara	702
3	Patricia	631
4	Linda	515
5	Carol	445
6	Nancy	385
7	Margaret	341
8	Sandra	336
9	Carolyn	307
10	Joyce	300
11	Shirley	289
12	Sharon	286
13	Betty	269
14	Susan	260
15	Joan	245
16	Dorothy	221
17	Judith	215
18	Gloria	205
19	Elizabeth	196
20	Frances	192
21	Donna	191
22	Janet	186
23	Brenda	169
24	Helen	156
25	Diane	155
26	Kathleen	145
27	Ruth	141
27	Virginia	141
29	Judy	137
30	Beverly	135
31	Jean	134
32	Bonnie	132
33	Catherine	131
34	Janice	129
35	Phyllis	121
36	Ann	120
37	Doris	117
38	Karen	114
39	Carole	108
40	Jane	104
41	Anna	102
42	Martha	101
43	Charlotte	100
44	Pamela	97
45	Diana	96
46	Darlene	95
47	Jacqueline	86
47	Rose	86
49	Alice	84
49	Peggy	84

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,203
2	James	1,173
3	Robert	1,101
4	William	1,057
5	Charles	754
6	Richard	667
7	Thomas	504
8	David	503
9	Joseph	481
10	George	457
11	Ronald	431
12	Michael	423
13	Donald	358
14	Edward	320
15	Paul	274
16	Larry	252
17	Gary	234
18	Kenneth	203
19	Raymond	185
20	Frank	178
21	Dennis	157
21	Harry	157
23	Wayne	141
24	Walter	136
25	Lawrence	131
26	Daniel	128
27	Howard	119
28	Albert	118
29	Stephen	117
30	Henry	114
31	Roger	108
32	Ralph	107
33	Harold	104
34	Carl	101
34	Douglas	101
34	Francis	101
37	Jerry	98
38	Samuel	95
39	Louis	93
40	Gerald	90
41	Leroy	85
41	Melvin	85
43	Norman	84
44	Arthur	82
45	Frederick	81
46	Alan	80
47	Bernard	78
47	Eugene	78
49	Anthony	77
49	Bruce	77