Popular baby names in Maryland, 1919

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,069 babies) and William for boys (966). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,807 babies born in Maryland in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1919

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

Girls

Bernadette: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hilda: 85 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Naomi: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Catherine: 288 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosalie: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Regina: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Audrey: 69 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Selma: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Irma: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doris: 262 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 37 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Morton: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wilmer: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Irvin: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Preston: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Calvin: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wilbert: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Franklin: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jerome: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elwood: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,069	–	1
2	Dorothy	572	↑1	3
3	Margaret	563	↓1	4
4	Helen	522	–	2
5	Ruth	412	–	5
6	Anna	361	–	10
7	Mildred	300	↑1	6
8	Catherine	288	↑2	23
9	Elizabeth	283	↓2	8
10	Virginia	265	↑1	7
11	Doris	262	↑3	18
12	Evelyn	260	↓3	11
13	Marie	253	–	12
14	Frances	238	↓2	9
15	Lillian	197	–	17
16	Alice	167	↑1	13
17	Ethel	164	↑1	28
18	Louise	152	↑1	20
19	Thelma	142	↓3	31
20	Edna	141	–	22
21	Florence	136	–	14
22	Gladys	133	↑3	21
23	Eleanor	118	↑9	30
24	Grace	113	↑2	34
25	Katherine	106	↓2	51
26	Martha	106	↑2	25
27	Edith	101	↓5	29
28	Pauline	101	↑1	36
29	Gertrude	99	↓2	39
30	Emma	96	↑8	45
31	Sarah	94	–	46
32	Rose	91	↓8	19
33	Irene	89	↑14	16
34	Agnes	88	↓1	50
35	Betty	88	new	15
36	Charlotte	88	↑6	79
37	Hazel	88	↓1	32
38	Bertha	86	↓4	52
39	Elsie	86	–	47
40	Hilda	85	↓10	>100
41	Esther	82	↓6	38
42	Beatrice	81	↓1	41
43	Josephine	81	↑2	26
44	Jane	80	↓1	53
45	Ida	78	↓5	57
46	Laura	72	new	71
47	Clara	71	↓10	43
48	Audrey	69	↑1	>100
49	Bernice	69	new	42
50	Julia	69	↓6	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	William	966	–	2
2	John	847	–	1
3	Charles	699	–	5
4	James	677	–	3
5	Robert	466	↑2	4
6	Joseph	445	↓1	7
7	George	420	↓1	6
8	Edward	311	–	8
9	Thomas	230	↑1	10
10	Harry	217	↓1	20
11	Frank	190	↑1	9
12	Walter	188	↓1	11
13	Richard	186	↑4	12
14	Albert	181	↑1	18
15	Paul	162	↓1	15
16	Raymond	146	↑2	14
17	Henry	134	↓4	16
18	Francis	130	↑2	34
19	Howard	125	↓3	24
20	Arthur	111	↑2	19
21	Samuel	111	↑5	43
22	Donald	105	↓1	17
23	Harold	100	↑6	13
24	Melvin	95	↑1	56
25	Clarence	94	↓6	25
26	Louis	90	↓3	28
27	Bernard	87	–	45
28	Leonard	85	↑13	39
29	Frederick	84	↑1	64
30	Leroy	82	↑12	55
31	Earl	79	↓7	31
32	David	77	↓4	27
33	Ernest	76	↑1	36
34	Ralph	74	↓2	22
35	Lawrence	72	↓4	38
36	Milton	70	↑1	73
37	Stanley	66	↑11	37
38	Kenneth	65	↑1	26
39	Daniel	64	↑4	51
40	Norman	64	↓4	48
41	Carl	59	↑6	29
42	Herbert	59	↓7	40
43	Benjamin	55	new	79
44	Herman	55	↓4	61
45	Philip	54	new	71
46	Elmer	53	↓13	44
47	Anthony	50	↓1	41
48	Edwin	50	new	52
49	Theodore	49	new	54
50	Vernon	49	↓12	65

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