Popular baby names in Maryland, 1927

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1927 were Mary for girls (1,200 babies) and William for boys (989). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,538 babies born in Maryland in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1927

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

Girls

Regina: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hilda: 64 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elva: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Catherine: 272 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cecelia: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harriett: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Charlotte: 114 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rosalie: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lenora: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Ellsworth: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Irvin: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carroll: 42 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Preston: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roland: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Wilson: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Franklin: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carlton: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernard: 125 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Frederick: 81 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	1,200	–	1
2	Dorothy	581	↑1	2
3	Betty	576	↓1	3
4	Margaret	469	–	5
5	Helen	377	–	4
6	Doris	346	–	7
7	Ruth	328	–	6
8	Catherine	272	↑1	31
9	Anna	270	↑1	16
10	Elizabeth	267	↓2	13
11	Virginia	200	↑3	8
12	Frances	195	–	12
13	Shirley	194	↑2	9
14	Mildred	193	↓3	11
15	Evelyn	182	↓2	15
16	Marie	168	–	20
17	Alice	144	↑4	17
18	Gloria	142	↑1	22
19	Lillian	132	↓1	32
20	Jean	131	↓3	14
21	Thelma	123	↓1	38
22	Charlotte	114	↑3	75
23	Dolores	114	↑18	34
24	Audrey	109	–	62
25	Louise	96	↓2	27
26	Edith	93	↓4	48
27	Ethel	92	↑5	47
28	Florence	92	↑1	28
29	Rose	92	↑4	23
30	Grace	91	↑7	50
31	Edna	90	↓3	40
32	Sarah	90	new	61
33	Lorraine	89	new	44
34	Norma	87	↑8	26
35	Jane	84	↑4	60
36	Gladys	83	↓9	37
37	Barbara	82	↑9	10
38	Agnes	81	↑5	81
39	Pauline	81	↓3	42
40	Irene	80	↓10	21
41	Eleanor	79	↓15	33
42	Rita	79	new	54
43	Bernice	78	↑2	49
44	Martha	77	↓13	24
45	June	76	↓11	43
46	Theresa	76	↓2	52
47	Phyllis	74	↓7	29
48	Geraldine	72	new	58
49	Josephine	72	↓14	39
50	Patricia	72	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	William	989	–	4
2	John	851	–	2
3	James	760	–	3
4	Charles	709	–	5
5	Robert	646	–	1
6	George	454	–	7
7	Joseph	448	–	9
8	Edward	296	–	10
9	Thomas	296	↑1	11
10	Richard	261	↓1	6
11	Donald	242	↑1	8
12	Paul	192	↓1	13
13	Harry	190	–	25
14	Albert	180	↑2	23
15	Raymond	163	↑2	15
16	Walter	153	↓2	17
17	Kenneth	135	↑9	18
18	Frank	131	↓3	12
19	Francis	129	↑2	36
20	Howard	126	↓1	28
21	Bernard	125	↑1	50
22	Harold	116	↑6	14
23	Louis	116	↑4	29
24	Henry	115	↓6	19
25	David	114	–	21
26	Eugene	103	↑3	20
27	Earl	100	↓4	33
28	Melvin	97	↓8	48
29	Samuel	93	↑8	49
30	Arthur	90	↓6	22
31	Ralph	88	↑5	24
32	Leroy	86	↑3	51
33	Norman	86	↓2	39
34	Frederick	81	↑5	64
35	Stanley	78	↑11	44
36	Jack	76	↓2	16
37	Carl	75	↓5	26
38	Lawrence	73	↑7	37
39	Ernest	72	↑10	41
40	Leonard	72	↓7	40
41	Clarence	69	↓11	32
42	Vernon	69	↓4	71
43	Calvin	66	↓1	73
44	Daniel	65	↑3	46
45	Herbert	63	↓2	42
46	Milton	62	↑2	88
47	Roland	57	new	>100
48	Benjamin	52	new	>100
49	Elmer	52	↓8	61
50	Herman	50	new	70

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