Popular baby names in Maryland, 1945

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1945 were Mary for girls (965 babies) and John for boys (1,203). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,050 babies born in Maryland in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1945

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

Girls

Harriett: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gertrude: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Cecelia: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Pearl: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harriet: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephanie: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Anna: 102 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Deborah: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Elwood: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carroll: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Stuart: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Reginald: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Franklin: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Woodrow: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernard: 78 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jerome: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nelson: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	965	–	1
2	Barbara	702	–	3
3	Patricia	631	–	4
4	Linda	515	–	2
5	Carol	445	–	5
6	Nancy	385	–	7
7	Margaret	341	–	15
8	Sandra	336	–	6
9	Carolyn	307	–	12
10	Joyce	300	–	18
11	Shirley	289	↑1	14
12	Sharon	286	↑3	8
13	Betty	269	↓2	11
14	Susan	260	↑7	10
15	Joan	245	↓2	25
16	Dorothy	221	–	21
17	Judith	215	↓3	9
18	Gloria	205	–	23
19	Elizabeth	196	↓2	26
20	Frances	192	↑3	34
21	Donna	191	↓1	17
22	Janet	186	↓3	20
23	Brenda	169	↑1	29
24	Helen	156	↑1	31
25	Diane	155	↑8	22
26	Kathleen	145	↑3	19
27	Ruth	141	↓5	33
28	Virginia	141	–	28
29	Judy	137	↑9	13
30	Beverly	135	↓3	37
31	Jean	134	↑6	38
32	Bonnie	132	↓2	35
33	Catherine	131	↓7	50
34	Janice	129	↑10	24
35	Phyllis	121	↓1	40
36	Ann	120	↑6	39
37	Doris	117	↓5	46
38	Karen	114	↑1	16
39	Carole	108	↓8	51
40	Jane	104	↑1	36
41	Anna	102	new	73
42	Martha	101	↓2	30
43	Charlotte	100	↓7	55
44	Pamela	97	↑5	42
45	Diana	96	new	43
46	Darlene	95	–	71
47	Jacqueline	86	new	63
48	Rose	86	new	54
49	Alice	84	↓14	41
50	Peggy	84	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	John	1,203	↑1	3
2	James	1,173	↓1	1
3	Robert	1,101	↑1	2
4	William	1,057	↓1	4
5	Charles	754	–	7
6	Richard	667	–	5
7	Thomas	504	–	8
8	David	503	–	6
9	Joseph	481	–	14
10	George	457	–	15
11	Ronald	431	–	10
12	Michael	423	↑2	9
13	Donald	358	↓1	12
14	Edward	320	↓1	18
15	Paul	274	–	17
16	Larry	252	↑3	11
17	Gary	234	–	13
18	Kenneth	203	↓2	16
19	Raymond	185	↓1	23
20	Frank	178	↑1	21
21	Dennis	157	↑6	19
22	Harry	157	↑1	47
23	Wayne	141	↓1	35
24	Walter	136	↓4	27
25	Lawrence	131	–	30
26	Daniel	128	↑2	24
27	Howard	119	↑2	54
28	Albert	118	↑2	49
29	Stephen	117	↑8	26
30	Henry	114	↑8	37
31	Roger	108	↑11	22
32	Ralph	107	↑11	44
33	Harold	104	↓2	28
34	Carl	101	↓8	39
35	Douglas	101	↓2	29
36	Francis	101	↑4	76
37	Jerry	98	↓13	20
38	Samuel	95	↑12	62
39	Louis	93	↑2	55
40	Gerald	90	↓6	25
41	Leroy	85	↑4	83
42	Melvin	85	↓10	78
43	Norman	84	↑5	65
44	Arthur	82	↓8	34
45	Frederick	81	↓1	77
46	Alan	80	new	52
47	Bernard	78	↓12	98
48	Eugene	78	↓9	50
49	Anthony	77	–	46
50	Bruce	77	new	48

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