Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,347
2	Mary	1,023
3	Barbara	782
4	Patricia	756
5	Sharon	589
6	Susan	547
7	Nancy	430
8	Deborah	414
9	Margaret	380
9	Sandra	380
11	Carol	340
12	Brenda	313
13	Kathleen	307
14	Donna	303
15	Carolyn	281
16	Shirley	266
17	Diane	262
18	Joyce	250
19	Janet	241
20	Karen	234
21	Elizabeth	224
22	Judith	214
23	Gloria	204
24	Betty	195
24	Dorothy	195
26	Joan	187
27	Cynthia	183
28	Bonnie	174
29	Beverly	172
30	Christine	164
31	Catherine	162
32	Pamela	153
33	Cheryl	150
34	Darlene	148
35	Helen	146
36	Janice	138
37	Ruth	132
38	Frances	131
38	Peggy	131
40	Phyllis	128
41	Jacqueline	127
42	Ellen	125
43	Jane	123
44	Gail	121
44	Virginia	121
46	Judy	120
47	Ann	117
48	Jean	114
49	Diana	111
50	Theresa	105

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,359
2	James	1,288
3	Robert	1,233
4	William	1,153
5	Charles	884
6	Michael	829
7	Richard	739
8	David	710
9	Thomas	708
10	Joseph	572
11	Ronald	499
12	George	439
13	Donald	435
14	Larry	372
15	Gary	365
16	Edward	337
17	Paul	323
18	Stephen	311
19	Kenneth	294
20	Dennis	256
21	Raymond	220
22	Steven	207
23	Wayne	204
24	Daniel	198
25	Mark	185
26	Gregory	183
27	Frank	168
28	Bruce	163
29	Walter	158
30	Lawrence	157
31	Anthony	148
31	Howard	148
33	Harry	130
34	Albert	125
35	Douglas	121
36	Louis	117
37	Gerald	115
38	Jeffrey	114
39	Samuel	113
40	Roger	112
41	Patrick	110
41	Timothy	110
43	Frederick	109
44	Philip	108
45	Arthur	107
46	Henry	106
47	Ralph	100
48	Bernard	98
48	Carl	98
48	Jerry	98