Popular baby names in Maryland, 1935

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1935 were Mary for girls (882 babies) and Robert for boys (748). Social Security records list 23,023 babies born in Maryland in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1935

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: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hilda: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Iris: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosetta: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Naomi: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Agnes: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Blanche: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Catherine: 127 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charlotte: 93 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marian: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Wilmer: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Carroll: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Irvin: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jacob: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clifton: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harry: 134 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Melvin: 97 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Benjamin: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francis: 100 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Samuel: 81 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	882	–	1
2	Shirley	809	–	2
3	Joan	351	↑2	7
4	Betty	340	↓1	4
5	Patricia	334	↑2	5
6	Margaret	311	↑2	8
7	Barbara	283	↓1	3
8	Dorothy	272	↓4	6
9	Nancy	236	↑1	9
10	Doris	207	↓1	13
11	Helen	184	–	10
12	Elizabeth	171	–	17
13	Ruth	155	↑1	15
14	Jean	134	↑1	18
15	Catherine	127	↓2	42
16	Janet	125	↑8	22
17	Frances	124	↓1	19
18	Dolores	118	↑5	26
19	Anna	116	↓2	34
20	Gloria	115	↑1	32
21	Virginia	110	↓3	16
22	Evelyn	108	↓3	31
23	Alice	101	↓3	25
24	Ann	95	↑3	30
25	Mildred	94	↓3	35
26	Charlotte	93	–	65
27	Phyllis	92	↓2	27
28	Joyce	87	↑5	12
29	Carolyn	84	–	28
30	Marie	84	↑1	33
31	Carol	83	↓1	11
32	Norma	83	–	29
33	Eleanor	75	↑2	48
34	Audrey	72	↑16	64
35	Lois	68	↑5	21
36	Marlene	66	↑5	39
37	Delores	65	↑1	57
38	Martha	65	↑7	24
39	Sylvia	65	new	60
40	Geraldine	64	↓1	40
41	Beverly	63	↑8	20
42	Elaine	63	new	51
43	June	59	↓15	55
44	Marian	59	new	>100
45	Lillian	58	↓3	66
46	Rose	58	new	37
47	Thelma	57	↓11	76
48	Gladys	55	new	78
49	Peggy	54	↓15	36
50	Bernice	53	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	748	↑2	1
2	John	742	–	3
3	William	738	↓2	4
4	James	705	–	2
5	Charles	572	–	6
6	Joseph	423	–	10
7	Donald	394	–	7
8	Richard	376	–	5
9	George	347	–	8
10	Thomas	280	–	9
11	Edward	256	–	13
12	Paul	172	–	14
13	Ronald	158	↑1	12
14	David	152	↓1	11
15	Raymond	144	↑2	17
16	Harry	134	–	37
17	Kenneth	133	↑2	15
18	Frank	119	↓3	16
19	Walter	115	↓1	23
20	Francis	100	↑2	53
21	Melvin	97	↑11	57
22	Howard	96	↓2	39
23	Henry	94	↑4	27
24	Louis	89	↑2	42
25	Albert	83	↓4	31
26	Lawrence	83	↓3	35
27	Samuel	81	↑20	62
28	Norman	78	↑7	38
29	Harold	77	↑5	20
30	Clarence	75	↑11	48
31	Bernard	73	↓7	67
32	Michael	73	↑13	41
33	Ralph	72	↑6	32
34	Eugene	71	↓1	26
35	Stanley	71	↑3	56
36	Arthur	70	↓8	29
37	Carl	68	↓7	28
38	Daniel	68	↓2	43
39	Leroy	66	↓10	50
40	Earl	65	↓15	46
41	Frederick	65	↑3	73
42	Leonard	65	↑1	54
43	Herbert	61	↓1	58
44	Jack	58	↓7	18
45	Ernest	51	↑3	55
46	Anthony	45	new	52
47	Gerald	45	↑3	21
48	Philip	45	new	65
49	Russell	45	new	68
50	Carroll	44	↓4	>100

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