Popular baby names in Maryland, 1911

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1911 were Mary for girls (425 babies) and William for boys (228). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,559 babies born in Maryland in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1911

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: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Naomi: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rebecca: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Amelia: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Catherine: 110 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mildred: 149 babies, 2× the national rate
Evelyn: 98 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Frederick: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Melvin: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Morris: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Charles: 159 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Daniel: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harry: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Howard: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Norman: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bernard: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	425	–	1
2	Margaret	215	–	3
3	Helen	185	–	2
4	Mildred	149	↑2	8
5	Dorothy	148	↑2	4
6	Anna	145	↓1	6
7	Elizabeth	133	↓3	7
8	Catherine	110	↑1	20
9	Ruth	109	↓1	5
10	Marie	100	↑2	9
11	Evelyn	98	–	16
12	Lillian	85	↓2	13
13	Alice	82	–	11
14	Edna	72	↑3	17
15	Thelma	72	↑15	27
16	Ethel	65	↓1	15
17	Grace	59	↑1	23
18	Frances	58	↓2	10
19	Virginia	58	↑1	26
20	Florence	54	↓6	12
21	Louise	52	↑2	19
22	Hilda	51	↑10	>100
23	Agnes	48	↑1	39
24	Elsie	47	↓5	41
25	Martha	47	↑4	28
26	Edith	46	↑5	31
27	Gertrude	46	↑1	30
28	Myrtle	44	↑9	50
29	Bertha	43	↓4	36
30	Rose	43	↓4	14
31	Clara	42	↑3	33
32	Gladys	42	↓11	18
33	Hazel	40	↑2	25
34	Nellie	40	↑7	54
35	Emma	39	↓8	35
36	Sarah	39	↓14	42
37	Katherine	38	↑6	55
38	Eleanor	37	↑4	49
39	Ida	35	↑7	45
40	Mabel	34	↓7	43
41	Josephine	33	new	29
42	Irene	32	↓2	21
43	Eva	30	new	46
44	Pearl	29	↓6	48
45	Doris	27	new	56
46	Julia	27	↓2	44
47	Bessie	26	↓8	40
48	Ella	26	–	63
49	Viola	26	–	47
50	Kathryn	25	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	William	228	↑2	2
2	John	200	↓1	1
3	James	193	↓1	3
4	Charles	159	–	7
5	Joseph	127	↑1	6
6	George	111	↓1	4
7	Robert	91	–	5
8	Thomas	69	–	10
9	Edward	66	–	9
10	Harry	65	–	13
11	Henry	46	↑2	11
12	Albert	44	↑4	15
13	Louis	43	↑10	21
14	Frank	42	↓3	8
15	Howard	37	↓1	28
16	Paul	34	↑4	17
17	Walter	33	↓5	12
18	Arthur	32	↑1	18
19	Frederick	31	↑23	52
20	Richard	31	↓3	20
21	Earl	29	↑8	34
22	Raymond	28	↑2	19
23	David	26	↑4	27
24	Francis	24	↑7	33
25	Samuel	24	↓10	30
26	Alfred	23	↑10	39
27	Clarence	23	↓9	23
28	Daniel	22	↑13	53
29	Lawrence	21	↑3	37
30	Ernest	20	↑4	32
31	Melvin	20	↑9	73
32	Bernard	19	new	54
33	Elmer	19	↓3	48
34	Ralph	19	↓13	24
35	Norman	18	↓7	63
36	Eugene	17	new	43
37	Russell	17	↑11	55
38	Andrew	15	new	42
39	Carl	15	↑5	26
40	Morris	15	new	85
41	Theodore	15	↑8	56
42	Herman	14	↓4	49
43	Leonard	14	↓4	46
44	Leroy	14	↓18	59
45	Roy	14	↑2	31
46	Roland	13	new	>100
47	Benjamin	12	↓22	64
48	Herbert	12	↓13	41
49	Lewis	12	new	66
50	Milton	12	↓4	70

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