Popular baby names in Maryland, 1929

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,051 babies) and William for boys (894). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,629 babies born in Maryland in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1929

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

Girls

Rosalee: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Regina: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hilda: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dolly: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Annabelle: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rosalie: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Elva: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Catherine: 205 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Charlotte: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Naomi: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 56 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Sterling: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Irvin: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilson: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roland: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Calvin: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Franklin: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clifton: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernard: 113 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Frederick: 79 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,051	–	1
2	Betty	551	–	2
3	Dorothy	512	–	3
4	Margaret	376	–	5
5	Doris	348	–	6
6	Helen	318	–	4
7	Ruth	262	–	8
8	Elizabeth	244	↑1	15
9	Shirley	241	↑1	9
10	Anna	226	↓2	20
11	Catherine	205	–	34
12	Dolores	197	↑4	14
13	Frances	188	–	16
14	Mildred	174	↓2	18
15	Evelyn	163	–	19
16	Jean	162	↑2	12
17	Marie	156	–	22
18	Virginia	151	↓4	11
19	Gloria	128	–	28
20	Patricia	117	↑3	10
21	Thelma	117	↑1	41
22	Audrey	112	↑7	58
23	Alice	108	↓3	21
24	Charlotte	108	↑1	73
25	Nancy	108	↑24	32
26	Lillian	106	↓5	40
27	Barbara	94	–	7
28	Louise	93	↑3	31
29	Norma	93	↓3	25
30	Rose	92	↑2	26
31	Phyllis	90	↑10	24
32	Lorraine	89	↑7	42
33	Joan	88	new	13
34	Grace	87	new	54
35	Edna	83	↑5	51
36	Edith	81	↑1	59
37	Gladys	81	↓9	44
38	Irene	78	↓4	29
39	Jane	76	↓3	62
40	Delores	72	new	74
41	Eleanor	71	↓17	38
42	Peggy	71	new	70
43	Ethel	69	↓5	56
44	Geraldine	67	↑1	43
45	Martha	67	↓10	27
46	Pauline	66	new	50
47	Theresa	66	–	49
48	Agnes	65	↓6	94
49	June	64	↓1	48
50	Lois	63	↓17	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	William	894	↑1	4
2	John	834	↓1	3
3	James	720	–	2
4	Robert	677	↑1	1
5	Charles	629	↓1	5
6	Joseph	412	↑1	9
7	George	399	↓1	8
8	Richard	322	–	6
9	Edward	299	–	10
10	Donald	277	–	7
11	Thomas	255	–	11
12	Raymond	168	↑3	15
13	Walter	165	↓1	19
14	Harry	160	↓1	27
15	Paul	150	↓1	13
16	Howard	139	↑2	31
17	Frank	128	↑2	12
18	Henry	123	↑5	21
19	David	120	↑6	17
20	Albert	116	↓4	24
21	Bernard	113	↑9	52
22	Herbert	113	↓5	25
23	Kenneth	108	↓2	18
24	Francis	102	↓4	39
25	Harold	101	↓1	16
26	Louis	100	↑3	32
27	Melvin	99	↓5	49
28	Earl	97	↓1	36
29	Lawrence	90	↑11	38
30	Norman	90	↑4	40
31	Eugene	89	↓5	20
32	Arthur	88	↓1	22
33	Leonard	87	↑11	42
34	Clarence	85	↓2	37
35	Ralph	85	↓2	26
36	Carl	83	–	28
37	Jack	81	↓9	14
38	Leroy	81	↓1	51
39	Frederick	79	↑4	67
40	Stanley	77	↓5	48
41	Ernest	74	–	43
42	Samuel	74	↓4	53
43	Vernon	69	new	71
44	Daniel	65	↓2	47
45	Alfred	59	↓6	41
46	Roland	59	↑1	>100
47	Elmer	57	new	70
48	Carroll	56	–	>100
49	Calvin	54	↓3	>100
50	Theodore	52	↓5	65

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