Popular baby names in Maryland, 1933

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1933 were Mary for girls (904 babies) and William for boys (738). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,451 babies born in Maryland in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1933

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: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cecelia: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hilda: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Catherine: 162 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Constance: 73 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosalie: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Madeline: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marguerite: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Blanche: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Charlotte: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Irvin: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carroll: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Frederick: 72 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wilbur: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clifton: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roland: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Calvin: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernard: 84 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jerome: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	904	–	1
2	Betty	486	–	2
3	Dorothy	354	–	4
4	Margaret	313	–	7
5	Joan	300	–	5
6	Patricia	267	↑4	6
7	Shirley	258	↓1	9
8	Doris	255	↓1	10
9	Barbara	254	–	3
10	Helen	220	↓2	8
11	Nancy	188	↑3	11
12	Ruth	178	↓1	13
13	Anna	168	↑3	29
14	Catherine	162	↑7	44
15	Jean	154	↓2	14
16	Virginia	146	↑2	15
17	Elizabeth	140	↓2	17
18	Dolores	138	↓6	21
19	Frances	136	↓2	18
20	Gloria	129	–	31
21	Janet	122	↑8	25
22	Evelyn	120	↓3	30
23	Mildred	118	–	32
24	Alice	108	↓2	22
25	Joyce	103	↑1	12
26	Lois	100	↑4	19
27	Ann	98	↑8	34
28	Peggy	90	↑5	36
29	Eleanor	85	↑17	38
30	Delores	78	↓6	52
31	June	78	↓6	45
32	Norma	78	↑8	23
33	Charlotte	77	↓6	79
34	Marlene	76	new	50
35	Phyllis	76	↓4	28
36	Constance	73	new	>100
37	Louise	73	↑4	39
38	Thelma	71	↓1	57
39	Geraldine	69	↓11	42
40	Marie	69	↓8	33
41	Martha	69	↓3	27
42	Lillian	68	↓3	51
43	Lorraine	67	–	54
44	Carolyn	66	↑1	40
45	Rose	62	↓9	35
46	Elsie	60	new	99
47	Gladys	60	↓5	60
48	Edna	59	↑1	55
49	Ethel	59	↓1	71
50	Jane	59	↓6	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	William	738	–	4
2	Robert	719	↑1	1
3	John	712	↓1	3
4	James	709	–	2
5	Charles	612	–	6
6	Donald	375	↑2	7
7	Joseph	356	↓1	9
8	George	342	↓1	8
9	Richard	316	–	5
10	Thomas	275	–	10
11	Edward	240	–	11
12	Paul	189	–	14
13	Raymond	140	–	19
14	Frank	134	↑5	16
15	Ronald	133	↑1	12
16	David	132	↑4	13
17	Kenneth	121	–	15
18	Harry	106	↓4	35
19	Franklin	104	↑18	33
20	Francis	100	↑4	45
21	Albert	99	–	30
22	Howard	96	↓4	36
23	Walter	94	↓8	21
24	Carl	93	↑12	28
25	Henry	87	↑1	24
26	Bernard	84	↑4	63
27	Lawrence	81	↑5	38
28	Melvin	80	–	51
29	Earl	78	↑4	41
30	Harold	78	↓3	18
31	Louis	78	↓8	40
32	Norman	78	↑3	37
33	Eugene	76	↓11	23
34	Daniel	73	↓3	42
35	Samuel	73	↑5	61
36	Frederick	72	↑5	78
37	Jack	69	↓12	17
38	Ralph	69	↑5	29
39	Leroy	65	↑3	56
40	Arthur	61	↓2	25
41	Ernest	61	↓2	50
42	Leonard	59	new	47
43	Stanley	58	↑1	55
44	Clarence	54	↓15	43
45	Herbert	52	↓11	49
46	Russell	49	new	67
47	Jerome	47	new	>100
48	Fred	45	new	34
49	Roland	44	new	>100
50	Calvin	43	new	>100

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