Popular baby names in Maryland, 1936

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1936 were Mary for girls (875 babies) and John for boys (789). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,399 babies born in Maryland in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1936

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: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cecelia: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rosalie: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosetta: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angela: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catherine: 116 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Constance: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Agnes: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Charlotte: 86 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marguerite: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Irvin: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Carroll: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Reginald: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clifton: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Oliver: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Milton: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nathaniel: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernard: 77 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Barry: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nelson: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	875	–	1
2	Shirley	623	–	2
3	Barbara	359	↑4	3
4	Patricia	355	↑1	5
5	Betty	322	↓1	4
6	Joan	307	↓3	7
7	Margaret	277	↓1	9
8	Nancy	253	↑1	8
9	Dorothy	239	↓1	6
10	Helen	195	↑1	11
11	Doris	168	↓1	15
12	Elizabeth	160	–	18
13	Ruth	159	–	16
14	Frances	133	↑3	19
15	Jean	127	↓1	20
16	Virginia	124	↑5	14
17	Anna	117	↑2	36
18	Catherine	116	↓3	44
19	Ann	108	↑5	28
20	Joyce	99	↑8	12
21	Carolyn	94	↑8	23
22	Phyllis	92	↑5	25
23	Dolores	89	↓5	30
24	Alice	88	↓1	27
25	Janet	88	↓9	21
26	Charlotte	86	–	61
27	Delores	86	↑10	58
28	Evelyn	85	↓6	34
29	Gloria	82	↓9	32
30	Marie	77	–	33
31	Mildred	77	↓6	40
32	Carol	76	↓1	10
33	Lois	73	↑2	26
34	Rose	73	↑12	37
35	Peggy	71	↑14	35
36	Geraldine	70	↑4	41
37	Norma	70	↓5	29
38	Marlene	69	↓2	39
39	Beverly	65	↑2	17
40	Sylvia	65	↓1	53
41	Audrey	63	↓7	68
42	Eleanor	63	↓9	47
43	Jane	63	new	42
44	Lillian	61	↑1	79
45	Thelma	61	↑2	74
46	June	60	↓3	62
47	Martha	60	↓9	24
48	Edith	56	new	87
49	Ellen	53	new	99
50	Elaine	50	↓8	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	John	789	↑1	3
2	Robert	788	↓1	1
3	William	778	–	4
4	James	674	–	2
5	Charles	612	–	6
6	Donald	384	↑1	7
7	George	360	↑2	9
8	Richard	359	–	5
9	Joseph	358	↓3	11
10	Thomas	277	–	8
11	Edward	232	–	13
12	David	178	↑2	10
13	Ronald	178	–	12
14	Paul	175	↓2	15
15	Harry	130	↑1	39
16	Kenneth	126	↑1	14
17	Frank	121	↑1	16
18	Raymond	121	↓3	17
19	Walter	117	–	26
20	Howard	100	↑2	40
21	Louis	100	↑3	44
22	Carl	96	↑15	27
23	Francis	95	↓3	50
24	Earl	86	↑16	47
25	Albert	85	–	34
26	Henry	84	↓3	28
27	Melvin	82	↓6	53
28	Leroy	79	↑11	57
29	Ralph	79	↑4	31
30	Bernard	77	↑1	68
31	Daniel	77	↑7	41
32	Lawrence	76	↓6	37
33	Eugene	72	↑1	29
34	Frederick	68	↑7	70
35	Harold	68	↓6	21
36	Samuel	68	↓9	67
37	Stanley	68	↓2	58
38	Arthur	65	↓2	30
39	Ernest	64	↑6	55
40	Jack	64	↑4	20
41	Gerald	62	↑6	19
42	Michael	60	↓10	33
43	Clarence	58	↓13	52
44	Norman	58	↓16	43
45	Franklin	53	new	64
46	Herbert	50	↓3	62
47	Jerome	50	new	98
48	Wayne	49	new	45
49	Alfred	47	new	60
50	Vernon	46	new	93

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