Popular baby names in Maryland, 1942

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,064 babies) and Robert for boys (1,152). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,037 babies born in Maryland in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1942

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

Girls

Dale: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harriett: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cecelia: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Veronica: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christina: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephanie: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosalie: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Blanche: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Delores: 97 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Regina: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 66 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Linwood: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Irvin: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyrone: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roland: 70 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Oliver: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Maurice: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nelson: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vernon: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Reginald: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,064	–	1
2	Patricia	798	–	3
3	Barbara	786	–	2
4	Nancy	400	–	8
5	Margaret	374	↑2	14
6	Carol	369	↑5	5
7	Carolyn	345	↑5	10
8	Joyce	329	↑1	13
9	Linda	325	↑4	4
10	Shirley	300	↓5	12
11	Dorothy	298	↓3	17
12	Betty	284	↓2	9
13	Sandra	278	↑1	6
14	Joan	276	↓8	18
15	Judith	222	↑1	7
16	Elizabeth	214	↓1	22
17	Carole	204	↑13	35
18	Helen	203	↓1	26
19	Janet	199	↑3	19
20	Frances	193	–	30
21	Gloria	193	–	31
22	Ruth	187	↓4	33
23	Donna	172	↑14	20
24	Virginia	161	↓5	23
25	Jean	160	↑2	36
26	Susan	154	↑6	21
27	Catherine	152	↓4	49
28	Brenda	146	–	40
29	Doris	142	↓4	41
30	Beverly	138	↓6	32
31	Bonnie	136	↑3	34
32	Charlotte	133	↓6	51
33	Kathleen	133	↑9	24
34	Sharon	131	new	11
35	Diane	116	new	28
36	Anna	114	↑11	59
37	Janice	112	↑7	25
38	Ann	111	↓2	38
39	Phyllis	110	↓10	37
40	Joanne	108	new	48
41	Alice	105	↓8	39
42	Geraldine	104	↓11	47
43	Lois	100	↓8	44
44	Martha	98	↓5	29
45	Delores	97	↓5	86
46	Judy	97	new	15
47	Peggy	97	↓4	42
48	Evelyn	94	↓2	53
49	Ellen	93	↓4	64
50	Elaine	91	↓2	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	1,152	↑1	2
2	John	1,141	↓1	3
3	William	1,135	–	4
4	James	1,113	–	1
5	Charles	902	–	7
6	Richard	605	–	5
7	Joseph	525	–	11
8	George	486	↑1	14
9	Thomas	477	↓1	8
10	Ronald	456	–	9
11	David	421	–	6
12	Edward	372	↑1	17
13	Donald	339	↓1	10
14	Michael	274	↑2	13
15	Paul	232	↓1	19
16	Kenneth	217	↓1	15
17	Raymond	186	↑1	24
18	Harry	169	↓1	48
19	Frank	167	↑1	21
20	Gary	166	↑2	18
21	Walter	165	↑4	26
22	Larry	164	↑1	12
23	Dennis	141	↑13	20
24	Howard	140	–	49
25	Francis	131	↑4	58
26	Lawrence	124	–	30
27	Daniel	122	↑11	28
28	Albert	117	↓9	40
29	Gerald	115	↑1	22
30	Carl	114	↓2	36
31	Arthur	113	↑1	29
32	Louis	113	↑2	51
33	Ralph	113	↓2	38
34	Wayne	113	↓13	41
35	Douglas	112	new	23
36	Henry	112	↓1	31
37	Melvin	107	↓4	60
38	Jerry	104	↑1	16
39	Earl	99	new	62
40	Harold	99	↓13	27
41	Stephen	94	↑6	32
42	Ernest	92	new	61
43	Samuel	91	↑6	59
44	Bernard	87	↓1	90
45	Frederick	86	↓5	68
46	Norman	86	↓9	53
47	Eugene	85	↓6	45
48	Philip	84	↓4	54
49	Russell	80	new	70
50	Roger	79	new	25

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