Popular baby names in Maryland, 1943

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,192 babies) and James for boys (1,291). Social Security records list 38,475 babies born in Maryland in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1943

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: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanna: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephanie: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gertrude: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Genevieve: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Agnes: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catherine: 179 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Veronica: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mabel: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rosalie: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carroll: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elwood: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Randolph: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Irvin: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Reginald: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sylvester: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Preston: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernard: 100 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,192	–	1
2	Barbara	778	↑1	2
3	Patricia	712	↓1	3
4	Nancy	447	–	9
5	Linda	417	↑4	4
6	Carol	406	–	5
7	Margaret	381	↓2	14
8	Carolyn	376	↓1	11
9	Sandra	338	↑4	6
10	Joyce	325	↓2	16
11	Shirley	307	↓1	12
12	Betty	306	–	10
13	Dorothy	290	↓2	19
14	Judith	287	↑1	7
15	Joan	283	↓1	21
16	Elizabeth	255	–	23
17	Sharon	241	↑17	8
18	Janet	208	↑1	20
19	Frances	202	↑1	31
20	Donna	201	↑3	17
21	Ruth	196	↑1	33
22	Virginia	195	↑2	25
23	Helen	191	↓5	28
24	Susan	190	↑2	18
25	Gloria	181	↓4	30
26	Catherine	179	↑1	48
27	Doris	174	↑2	40
28	Brenda	164	–	35
29	Beverly	155	↑1	32
30	Diane	148	↑5	24
31	Carole	144	↓14	42
32	Alice	142	↑9	38
33	Charlotte	140	↓1	47
34	Jean	139	↓9	36
35	Bonnie	136	↓4	34
36	Phyllis	134	↑3	39
37	Ann	129	↑1	37
38	Kathleen	128	↓5	22
39	Judy	125	↑7	13
40	Lois	124	↑3	43
41	Janice	108	↓4	26
42	Anna	102	↓6	64
43	Evelyn	98	↑5	53
44	Geraldine	96	↓2	51
45	Joanne	96	↓5	49
46	Martha	96	↓2	29
47	Peggy	95	–	41
48	Rose	92	new	50
49	Darlene	91	new	73
50	Marie	89	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,291	↑3	1
2	John	1,214	–	3
3	Robert	1,152	↓2	2
4	William	1,150	↓1	4
5	Charles	916	–	7
6	Richard	588	–	5
7	Thomas	573	↑2	8
8	Joseph	524	↓1	13
9	Ronald	520	↑1	9
10	David	500	↑1	6
11	George	451	↓3	14
12	Edward	357	–	18
13	Donald	354	–	11
14	Michael	323	–	10
15	Paul	250	–	19
16	Kenneth	204	–	15
17	Raymond	200	–	22
18	Walter	189	↑3	26
19	Larry	186	↑3	12
20	Harry	185	↓2	50
21	Frank	182	↓2	21
22	Dennis	165	↑1	20
23	Gary	156	↓3	16
24	Howard	156	–	48
25	Wayne	154	↑9	41
26	Lawrence	138	–	32
27	Albert	133	↑1	43
28	Francis	131	↓3	64
29	Jerry	124	↑9	17
30	Daniel	117	↓3	25
31	Henry	117	↑5	31
32	Carl	116	↓2	33
33	Harold	114	↑7	27
34	Melvin	114	↑3	63
35	Earl	113	↑4	60
36	Gerald	110	↓7	23
37	Stephen	110	↑4	29
38	Samuel	109	↑5	62
39	Roger	108	↑11	24
40	Arthur	106	↓9	30
41	Norman	106	↑5	56
42	Eugene	105	↑5	47
43	Frederick	102	↑2	70
44	Ralph	101	↓11	40
45	Bernard	100	↓1	92
46	Douglas	99	↓11	28
47	Louis	99	↓15	53
48	Stanley	93	new	54
49	Clarence	89	new	68
50	Roy	88	new	38

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