Popular baby names in Maryland, 1938

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1938 were Mary for girls (889 babies) and Robert for boys (864). Social Security records list 24,895 babies born in Maryland in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1938

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, 3.8× the national rate
Jeannette: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cecelia: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Catherine: 131 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosalie: 110 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brenda: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Veronica: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hilda: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Blanche: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Agnes: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Irvin: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carroll: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Reginald: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Calvin: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nelson: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerard: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nathaniel: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stuart: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernard: 74 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Frederick: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	889	–	1
2	Barbara	595	↑2	2
3	Patricia	431	–	3
4	Shirley	428	↓2	5
5	Margaret	307	–	9
6	Betty	283	↑2	4
7	Nancy	275	↑2	7
8	Joan	257	↓1	10
9	Dorothy	256	↓3	8
10	Elizabeth	188	↑3	17
11	Helen	175	–	13
12	Ruth	157	–	21
13	Jean	153	↑1	27
14	Doris	151	↓4	25
15	Frances	149	↑1	23
16	Joyce	145	↑9	11
17	Beverly	132	↑3	18
18	Catherine	131	↓3	48
19	Carol	124	↓1	6
20	Janet	124	↑3	16
21	Virginia	124	↓4	22
22	Gloria	114	–	36
23	Sandra	113	↑27	14
24	Alice	112	↑6	29
25	Rosalie	110	new	66
26	Anna	109	↓5	40
27	Phyllis	106	–	28
28	Carolyn	104	↓9	15
29	Evelyn	97	↓5	38
30	Martha	94	↑14	26
31	Charlotte	90	↑5	70
32	Janice	87	↑9	24
33	Lois	83	↓7	33
34	Delores	82	↓3	75
35	Eleanor	82	↑3	60
36	Norma	82	↓1	34
37	Ann	81	↓9	32
38	Dolores	80	↓9	43
39	Geraldine	80	–	45
40	Marie	76	↓6	37
41	Elaine	73	↑6	42
42	Lillian	73	↑7	88
43	Carole	71	↑2	46
44	Peggy	70	↓2	35
45	Mildred	66	↓13	52
46	Rose	66	↓13	39
47	Judith	64	new	12
48	Marlene	62	↓11	51
49	Florence	59	new	90
50	Jane	59	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	864	–	1
2	William	834	–	4
3	John	787	–	3
4	James	768	–	2
5	Charles	616	–	6
6	Richard	391	↑2	5
7	George	375	↑2	11
8	Joseph	362	↓2	12
9	Donald	328	↓2	7
10	Thomas	321	–	9
11	Ronald	295	↑3	10
12	Edward	280	↓1	13
13	David	236	↓1	8
14	Paul	171	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	165	–	14
16	Raymond	141	↑1	20
17	Walter	135	↑2	26
18	Harry	119	↓2	44
19	Michael	116	↑7	21
20	Howard	106	↑3	42
21	Lawrence	103	↑12	36
22	Frank	102	↓4	18
23	Francis	99	↓2	51
24	Albert	96	↓4	37
25	Henry	96	↑9	30
26	Louis	90	↓4	47
27	Arthur	88	↑9	32
28	Earl	86	↑1	50
29	Harold	84	↑3	23
30	Eugene	79	↑5	33
31	Wayne	79	↑17	40
32	Frederick	76	↓5	71
33	Ralph	75	↓5	35
34	Bernard	74	↓9	75
35	Samuel	74	↑6	62
36	Carl	73	↓5	29
37	Norman	73	↑7	43
38	Daniel	70	↓8	39
39	Leroy	68	–	61
40	Herbert	64	↑3	68
41	Clarence	63	↓3	58
42	Ernest	62	↓2	55
43	Leonard	59	new	57
44	Melvin	58	↓20	54
45	Theodore	58	new	84
46	Larry	56	new	16
47	Gerald	53	↓1	19
48	Stanley	52	↓11	59
49	Jack	51	↓7	25
50	Vernon	50	new	>100

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