Popular baby names in Maryland, 1941

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1941 were Mary for girls (988 babies) and John for boys (964). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,913 babies born in Maryland in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1941

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: 61 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Regina: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Blanche: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Iris: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Agnes: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephanie: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cecelia: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Catherine: 139 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Delores: 88 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Hilda: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Irvin: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Carroll: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tyrone: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Preston: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilson: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roland: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Reginald: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harry: 155 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vernon: 61 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nelson: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	988	–	1
2	Patricia	644	–	3
3	Barbara	641	–	2
4	Nancy	375	↑2	8
5	Shirley	321	↑2	10
6	Joan	314	↓1	17
7	Margaret	314	↓3	12
8	Dorothy	265	–	14
9	Joyce	262	↑1	13
10	Betty	255	↓1	7
11	Carol	255	↑2	4
12	Carolyn	241	–	11
13	Linda	215	↑5	5
14	Sandra	197	↑3	9
15	Elizabeth	195	↓4	21
16	Judith	176	↓1	6
17	Helen	172	↓3	24
18	Ruth	161	↓2	28
19	Virginia	161	↑4	23
20	Frances	149	↑2	31
21	Gloria	147	↑3	26
22	Janet	143	↑3	18
23	Catherine	139	↓4	51
24	Beverly	136	↓4	29
25	Doris	133	↓4	38
26	Charlotte	125	↑7	55
27	Jean	124	↓1	32
28	Brenda	119	↓1	41
29	Phyllis	113	↑2	35
30	Carole	112	↑5	48
31	Geraldine	111	↓2	45
32	Susan	110	↑11	27
33	Alice	105	↓3	34
34	Bonnie	105	↑15	33
35	Lois	104	↑10	43
36	Ann	101	↓8	37
37	Donna	99	new	20
38	Marie	96	↑10	42
39	Martha	91	↓1	25
40	Delores	88	↓1	80
41	Dolores	86	new	57
42	Kathleen	86	↑8	36
43	Peggy	86	↓9	39
44	Janice	84	↓3	22
45	Ellen	79	↑2	67
46	Evelyn	78	↓6	50
47	Anna	77	↓15	56
48	Elaine	77	↓4	44
49	Rose	76	↓12	49
50	Mildred	72	↓14	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	John	964	↑1	3
2	Robert	963	↑1	2
3	William	928	↓2	4
4	James	905	–	1
5	Charles	768	–	6
6	Richard	536	–	5
7	Joseph	464	↑1	12
8	Thomas	421	↑1	8
9	George	405	↓2	13
10	Ronald	380	↑3	9
11	David	365	↑1	7
12	Donald	312	↓2	10
13	Edward	302	↓2	17
14	Paul	211	–	18
15	Kenneth	179	–	15
16	Michael	170	↑1	16
17	Harry	155	↑2	48
18	Raymond	155	↓2	22
19	Albert	146	↑3	40
20	Frank	128	–	21
21	Wayne	124	↑5	37
22	Gary	122	↑17	19
23	Larry	120	↑13	11
24	Howard	118	↓3	47
25	Walter	117	↓7	26
26	Lawrence	115	↓1	34
27	Harold	107	↑3	24
28	Carl	103	↑6	29
29	Francis	103	↓5	60
30	Gerald	99	↓2	20
31	Ralph	98	↑11	38
32	Arthur	94	↓3	33
33	Melvin	94	↓10	56
34	Louis	91	↓7	50
35	Henry	90	–	28
36	Dennis	85	↑8	23
37	Norman	84	↑3	49
38	Daniel	82	–	31
39	Jerry	81	↑7	14
40	Frederick	80	↓9	69
41	Eugene	74	↓9	42
42	Stanley	71	↑3	57
43	Bernard	70	↓6	87
44	Philip	69	↓3	52
45	Clarence	68	↑5	62
46	Leroy	66	new	67
47	Stephen	65	new	41
48	Roy	61	new	39
49	Samuel	61	↓6	65
50	Vernon	61	new	>100

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