Popular baby names in Maryland, 1910

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1910 were Mary for girls (393 babies) and John for boys (193). Social Security records list 7,002 babies born in Maryland in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Maryland that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Hilda: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Regina: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Henrietta: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Naomi: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Catherine: 100 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rebecca: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elsie: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Madeline: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Margaret: 208 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Elizabeth: 150 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Vernon: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Charles: 160 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Benjamin: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Norman: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Samuel: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Howard: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leroy: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	393	1
2	Margaret	208	3
3	Helen	174	2
4	Elizabeth	150	7
5	Anna	131	6
6	Mildred	122	8
7	Dorothy	113	4
8	Ruth	107	5
9	Catherine	100	22
10	Lillian	93	14
11	Evelyn	92	17
12	Marie	89	9
13	Alice	74	10
14	Florence	72	12
15	Ethel	68	13
16	Frances	68	11
17	Edna	65	18
18	Grace	64	23
19	Elsie	60	44
20	Virginia	59	29
21	Gladys	58	15
22	Sarah	53	40
23	Louise	52	20
24	Agnes	48	41
25	Bertha	48	33
26	Rose	47	16
27	Emma	46	34
28	Gertrude	46	26
29	Martha	45	28
30	Thelma	43	25
31	Edith	42	35
32	Hilda	42	>100
33	Mabel	40	46
34	Clara	39	32
35	Hazel	37	24
36	Beatrice	36	36
37	Myrtle	36	43
38	Pearl	33	39
39	Bessie	32	37
40	Irene	32	21
41	Nellie	32	51
42	Eleanor	31	55
43	Katherine	31	57
44	Julia	30	49
45	Esther	29	38
46	Ida	29	47
47	Carrie	28	70
48	Ella	28	62
49	Viola	26	48
50	Annie	24	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	193	1
2	James	186	2
3	William	174	3
4	Charles	160	7
5	George	112	5
6	Joseph	109	6
7	Robert	77	4
8	Thomas	63	12
9	Edward	59	9
10	Harry	45	16
11	Frank	41	8
12	Walter	41	13
13	Henry	35	10
14	Howard	33	27
15	Samuel	31	32
16	Albert	29	14
17	Richard	27	21
18	Clarence	26	20
19	Arthur	25	17
20	Paul	24	15
21	Ralph	20	28
22	Harold	19	18
23	Louis	19	24
24	Raymond	19	19
25	Benjamin	18	70
26	Leroy	18	50
27	David	17	30
28	Norman	17	63
29	Earl	16	33
30	Elmer	16	48
31	Francis	16	36
32	Lawrence	15	35
33	Vernon	15	94
34	Ernest	14	31
35	Herbert	14	41
36	Alfred	13	38
37	Donald	13	44
38	Herman	13	52
39	Leonard	13	46
40	Melvin	13	75
41	Daniel	12	53
42	Frederick	12	69
43	Stanley	12	47
44	Carl	11	26
45	Edgar	11	80
46	Milton	11	76
47	Roy	11	29
48	Russell	11	58
49	Theodore	11	54
50	Alexander	10	>100

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