Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,183
2	Patricia	828
3	Barbara	825
4	Linda	674
5	Carol	508
6	Nancy	503
7	Sharon	426
8	Carolyn	386
9	Sandra	377
10	Margaret	374
11	Susan	364
12	Joyce	319
13	Shirley	307
14	Betty	283
15	Donna	278
16	Judith	264
17	Joan	257
18	Elizabeth	241
19	Dorothy	240
20	Diane	227
21	Kathleen	217
22	Gloria	204
23	Janet	199
24	Beverly	198
25	Karen	182
26	Brenda	178
27	Helen	172
28	Bonnie	159
29	Judy	158
30	Frances	156
31	Janice	152
32	Virginia	149
33	Catherine	140
34	Phyllis	135
34	Ruth	135
36	Doris	131
37	Jean	126
38	Jane	121
39	Alice	120
40	Darlene	119
40	Pamela	119
42	Jacqueline	117
43	Charlotte	115
44	Cheryl	114
45	Ann	111
45	Diana	111
47	Peggy	109
48	Cynthia	107
49	Elaine	104
49	Ellen	104

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,342
1	Robert	1,342
3	James	1,317
4	William	1,225
5	Charles	906
6	Richard	828
7	Thomas	588
8	Ronald	565
9	Joseph	547
10	Michael	520
11	David	495
12	George	490
13	Edward	390
14	Donald	367
15	Paul	324
16	Gary	321
17	Larry	297
18	Kenneth	279
19	Dennis	258
20	Wayne	221
21	Raymond	198
22	Walter	191
23	Stephen	178
24	Frank	177
24	Howard	177
26	Harry	173
27	Lawrence	162
28	Daniel	151
29	Roger	129
30	Albert	118
31	Gerald	117
32	Harold	115
32	Jerry	115
34	Henry	113
35	Frederick	112
36	Anthony	106
37	Carl	105
38	Douglas	104
38	Ralph	104
40	Louis	103
41	Samuel	100
42	Melvin	98
43	Francis	97
43	Terry	97
45	Eugene	95
46	Gregory	94
47	Arthur	92
48	Alan	91
49	Bernard	90
49	Clarence	90