Popular baby names in Maryland, 1934

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1934 were Mary for girls (886 babies) and William for boys (761). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,773 babies born in Maryland in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1934

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

Girls

Rosalie: 46 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Regina: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hilda: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Catherine: 180 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Agnes: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dorothea: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Estelle: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 95 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Blanche: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Irma: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Elwood: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Irvin: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Clifton: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernard: 93 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vernon: 63 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roland: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jerome: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harry: 128 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	886	–	1
2	Shirley	461	↑5	4
3	Betty	421	↓1	2
4	Dorothy	312	↓1	5
5	Joan	308	–	7
6	Barbara	307	↑3	3
7	Patricia	291	↓1	6
8	Margaret	282	↓4	8
9	Doris	235	↓1	11
10	Nancy	219	↑1	10
11	Helen	202	↓1	9
12	Elizabeth	198	↑5	18
13	Catherine	180	↑1	42
14	Ruth	165	↓2	13
15	Jean	162	–	16
16	Frances	160	↑3	19
17	Anna	134	↓4	31
18	Virginia	123	↓2	15
19	Evelyn	121	↑3	29
20	Alice	118	↑4	25
21	Gloria	114	↓1	30
22	Mildred	111	↑1	35
23	Dolores	109	↓5	26
24	Janet	106	↓3	21
25	Phyllis	97	↑10	28
26	Charlotte	95	↑7	72
27	Ann	93	–	32
28	June	91	↑3	46
29	Carolyn	88	↑15	33
30	Carol	83	new	14
31	Marie	83	↑9	34
32	Norma	82	–	24
33	Joyce	77	↓8	12
34	Peggy	77	↓6	36
35	Eleanor	75	↓6	44
36	Thelma	73	↑2	65
37	Agnes	71	new	>100
38	Delores	71	↓8	51
39	Geraldine	70	–	43
40	Lois	70	↓14	20
41	Marlene	70	↓7	57
42	Lillian	69	–	52
43	Florence	68	new	61
44	Louise	67	↓7	40
45	Martha	66	↓4	27
46	Ethel	65	↑3	78
47	Edna	63	↑1	55
48	Jane	63	↑2	48
49	Beverly	61	new	22
50	Audrey	60	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	William	761	–	4
2	John	738	↑1	3
3	Robert	703	↓1	1
4	James	699	–	2
5	Charles	618	–	7
6	Joseph	415	↑1	10
7	Donald	388	↓1	6
8	Richard	373	↑1	5
9	George	332	↓1	8
10	Thomas	264	–	9
11	Edward	246	–	13
12	Paul	171	–	14
13	David	168	↑3	12
14	Ronald	133	↑1	11
15	Frank	131	↓1	16
16	Harry	128	↑2	36
17	Raymond	124	↓4	19
18	Walter	120	↑5	21
19	Kenneth	118	↓2	15
20	Howard	115	↑2	37
21	Albert	100	–	32
22	Francis	98	↓2	49
23	Lawrence	94	↑4	34
24	Bernard	93	↑2	65
25	Earl	90	↑4	41
26	Louis	90	↑5	40
27	Henry	89	↓2	27
28	Arthur	84	↑12	29
29	Leroy	84	↑10	54
30	Carl	80	↓6	28
31	Franklin	76	↓12	46
32	Melvin	75	↓4	55
33	Eugene	74	–	24
34	Harold	72	↓4	18
35	Norman	71	↓3	38
36	Daniel	67	↓2	42
37	Jack	66	–	17
38	Stanley	64	↑5	58
39	Ralph	63	↓1	31
40	Vernon	63	new	89
41	Clarence	60	↑3	45
42	Herbert	58	↑3	57
43	Leonard	56	↓1	53
44	Frederick	52	↓8	77
45	Michael	52	new	47
46	Carroll	51	new	>100
47	Samuel	51	↓12	66
48	Ernest	49	↓7	51
49	Marvin	47	new	44
50	Gerald	46	new	22

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