Popular baby names in Maryland, 1944

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,082 babies) and James for boys (1,270). Social Security records list 36,319 babies born in Maryland in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1944

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

Girls

Joanna: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Regina: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Catherine: 165 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deborah: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harriet: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Agnes: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gertrude: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Viola: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Delores: 83 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Thelma: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 49 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifton: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 101 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerard: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Oliver: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Reginald: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Calvin: 60 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wilson: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Milton: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,082	–	1
2	Barbara	693	–	2
3	Patricia	664	–	4
4	Linda	460	↑1	3
5	Carol	441	↑1	5
6	Nancy	376	↓2	7
7	Margaret	360	–	14
8	Sandra	339	↑1	6
9	Carolyn	332	↓1	11
10	Joyce	314	–	18
11	Betty	305	↑1	10
12	Shirley	281	↓1	15
13	Joan	276	↑2	22
14	Judith	259	–	9
15	Sharon	258	↑2	8
16	Dorothy	249	↓3	19
17	Elizabeth	244	↓1	23
18	Gloria	221	↑7	25
19	Janet	204	↓1	21
20	Donna	201	–	17
21	Susan	198	↑3	13
22	Ruth	191	↓1	32
23	Frances	171	↓4	33
24	Brenda	170	↑4	30
25	Helen	170	↓2	31
26	Catherine	165	–	49
27	Beverly	156	↑2	35
28	Virginia	154	↓6	26
29	Kathleen	153	↑9	20
30	Bonnie	143	↑5	34
31	Carole	142	–	43
32	Doris	138	↓5	42
33	Diane	136	↓3	24
34	Phyllis	136	↑2	40
35	Alice	124	↓3	38
36	Charlotte	124	↓3	50
37	Jean	122	↓3	37
38	Judy	120	↑1	12
39	Karen	115	new	16
40	Martha	115	↑6	29
41	Jane	111	new	41
42	Ann	107	↓5	39
43	Geraldine	102	↑1	53
44	Janice	100	↓3	28
45	Ellen	94	new	63
46	Darlene	93	↑3	76
47	Evelyn	92	↓4	57
48	Joanne	85	↓3	55
49	Pamela	84	new	44
50	Delores	83	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,270	–	1
2	John	1,142	–	3
3	William	1,105	↑1	4
4	Robert	1,080	↓1	2
5	Charles	777	–	7
6	Richard	646	–	5
7	Thomas	495	–	8
8	David	477	↑2	6
9	Joseph	472	↓1	13
10	George	447	↑1	14
11	Ronald	440	↓2	10
12	Donald	358	↑1	11
13	Edward	352	↓1	18
14	Michael	336	–	9
15	Paul	289	–	17
16	Kenneth	212	–	16
17	Gary	207	↑6	15
18	Raymond	191	↓1	22
19	Larry	182	–	12
20	Walter	165	↓2	26
21	Frank	161	–	21
22	Wayne	155	↑3	37
23	Harry	130	↓3	49
24	Jerry	129	↑5	19
25	Lawrence	125	↑1	32
26	Carl	123	↑6	36
27	Dennis	121	↓5	20
28	Daniel	109	↑2	25
29	Howard	109	↓5	53
30	Albert	108	↓3	44
31	Harold	104	↑2	27
32	Melvin	104	↑2	67
33	Douglas	103	↑13	34
34	Gerald	102	↑2	24
35	Bernard	101	↑10	94
36	Arthur	100	↑4	29
37	Stephen	99	–	28
38	Henry	96	↓7	35
39	Eugene	95	↑3	48
40	Francis	94	↓12	71
41	Louis	93	↑6	54
42	Roger	93	↓3	23
43	Ralph	91	↑1	42
44	Frederick	88	↓1	73
45	Leroy	88	new	78
46	Leonard	85	new	56
47	Earl	83	↓12	65
48	Norman	82	↓7	58
49	Anthony	80	new	46
50	Samuel	79	↓12	62

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