Popular baby names in Maryland, 1925

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,181 babies) and William for boys (1,005). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,324 babies born in Maryland in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1925

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: 82 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Regina: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rosalie: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Catherine: 258 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Goldie: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Naomi: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Annabelle: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Charlotte: 95 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Elva: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doris: 405 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 56 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sterling: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Irvin: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Reginald: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nelson: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wilson: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Austin: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Franklin: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clifton: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jacob: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,181	–	1
2	Dorothy	574	–	2
3	Margaret	480	–	5
4	Betty	433	↑2	3
5	Helen	408	↓1	4
6	Doris	405	↑1	8
7	Ruth	348	↓2	6
8	Anna	280	↑1	13
9	Elizabeth	263	↓1	10
10	Catherine	258	–	29
11	Virginia	231	↑2	7
12	Mildred	223	↓1	9
13	Frances	200	↓1	11
14	Evelyn	197	↑1	12
15	Marie	188	↓1	16
16	Alice	164	↑1	15
17	Lillian	158	↓1	25
18	Gloria	155	↑20	20
19	Thelma	140	↓1	35
20	Shirley	132	↑2	17
21	Jean	126	↑2	14
22	Gladys	112	↓3	33
23	Eleanor	111	↑8	31
24	Florence	104	↓4	24
25	Edith	103	↑3	42
26	Edna	103	↑3	37
27	June	101	new	39
28	Ethel	100	↓7	43
29	Louise	100	↓5	27
30	Irene	98	↓5	19
31	Charlotte	95	↓4	77
32	Grace	91	↑3	44
33	Sarah	89	↓7	58
34	Bernice	88	new	46
35	Rose	88	↑6	26
36	Agnes	86	↓2	69
37	Emma	84	–	57
38	Norma	84	↓2	34
39	Hilda	82	↑1	>100
40	Josephine	81	↑2	36
41	Gertrude	80	↓9	70
42	Martha	80	↓3	23
43	Elsie	78	↑6	63
44	Jane	77	↓14	53
45	Geraldine	76	new	54
46	Marion	76	↑4	47
47	Dolores	74	new	64
48	Rita	73	new	48
49	Clara	70	↓5	55
50	Hazel	69	↓3	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	William	1,005	–	3
2	John	971	–	2
3	James	763	–	4
4	Charles	718	–	5
5	Robert	673	–	1
6	George	493	–	6
7	Joseph	476	–	7
8	Thomas	326	↑2	11
9	Edward	288	↓1	9
10	Richard	270	↓1	8
11	Harry	213	–	23
12	Walter	209	–	16
13	Paul	200	↑3	13
14	Donald	192	–	10
15	Frank	190	↓2	12
16	Raymond	173	↓1	15
17	Albert	170	–	21
18	Henry	153	↑1	18
19	Louis	137	↑10	29
20	Francis	135	↓2	35
21	Howard	131	↓1	26
22	Earl	128	↑3	31
23	Kenneth	125	↓1	19
24	David	123	↑7	22
25	Bernard	117	↓4	48
26	Harold	112	↓3	14
27	Melvin	109	↑1	50
28	Clarence	96	↓4	30
29	Ralph	95	↑4	25
30	Eugene	93	↑4	24
31	Arthur	91	↓1	20
32	Calvin	89	↓6	47
33	Samuel	88	↓6	46
34	Stanley	87	↑2	40
35	Vernon	80	↑11	67
36	Carl	77	↑4	28
37	Herbert	77	–	42
38	Lawrence	77	↓3	36
39	Norman	72	↓7	41
40	Russell	71	↑8	53
41	Leonard	70	–	38
42	Leroy	68	↑5	52
43	Milton	67	new	80
44	Frederick	65	↓6	65
45	Elmer	64	↓2	61
46	Daniel	62	↓4	44
47	Jack	62	↓2	17
48	Andrew	57	↑1	56
49	Carroll	56	new	>100
50	Alfred	54	↓6	43

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