Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,179
2	Mary	1,028
3	Patricia	852
4	Barbara	771
5	Deborah	614
6	Sharon	586
7	Susan	482
8	Sandra	464
9	Nancy	456
10	Carol	343
11	Donna	339
12	Margaret	321
13	Karen	319
14	Brenda	306
15	Kathleen	298
16	Carolyn	272
17	Joyce	263
18	Shirley	255
19	Janet	252
20	Diane	244
21	Elizabeth	240
22	Bonnie	223
23	Cynthia	203
24	Judith	193
25	Christine	192
26	Janice	184
27	Pamela	183
28	Joan	176
29	Betty	174
30	Catherine	171
31	Dorothy	169
32	Beverly	168
33	Gloria	160
34	Gail	148
35	Jacqueline	145
36	Cheryl	143
36	Darlene	143
38	Ruth	134
39	Jane	133
40	Helen	124
41	Ann	123
41	Virginia	123
43	Diana	119
44	Jean	115
45	Frances	114
46	Ellen	113
47	Phyllis	112
48	Sheila	110
49	Martha	107
50	Judy	103

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,286
2	Robert	1,279
3	James	1,267
4	William	1,152
5	Michael	978
6	Charles	838
7	David	782
8	Richard	714
9	Thomas	704
10	Joseph	563
11	Ronald	463
12	Larry	431
13	Donald	422
14	George	414
15	Gary	394
16	Stephen	355
17	Paul	342
18	Edward	332
19	Kenneth	286
20	Steven	270
21	Dennis	269
22	Wayne	227
23	Raymond	209
24	Mark	208
25	Gregory	204
26	Daniel	203
27	Lawrence	193
28	Bruce	184
29	Frank	175
30	Harry	159
31	Walter	153
32	Douglas	149
33	Timothy	142
34	Carl	134
35	Anthony	130
36	Patrick	129
37	Albert	123
38	Howard	120
38	Ralph	120
40	Roger	117
41	Jerry	114
42	Glenn	111
42	Samuel	111
44	Henry	109
45	Francis	107
45	Louis	107
47	Terry	106
48	Frederick	103
49	Arthur	102
49	Gerald	102