Popular baby names in Maryland, 1946

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,183 babies) and John for boys (1,342). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,066 babies born in Maryland in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1946

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

Girls

Genevieve: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deborah: 85 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Regina: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ernestine: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Faith: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Iris: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeannette: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marguerite: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sondra: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 60 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Preston: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilson: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Reginald: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 90 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nelson: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Milton: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Howard: 177 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clifton: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,183	–	1
2	Patricia	828	↑1	3
3	Barbara	825	↓1	4
4	Linda	674	–	2
5	Carol	508	–	5
6	Nancy	503	–	7
7	Sharon	426	↑5	9
8	Carolyn	386	↑1	12
9	Sandra	377	↓1	6
10	Margaret	374	↓3	17
11	Susan	364	↑3	8
12	Joyce	319	↓2	20
13	Shirley	307	↓2	18
14	Betty	283	↓1	14
15	Donna	278	↑6	13
16	Judith	264	↑1	10
17	Joan	257	↓2	28
18	Elizabeth	241	↑1	25
19	Dorothy	240	↓3	23
20	Diane	227	↑5	19
21	Kathleen	217	↑5	16
22	Gloria	204	↓4	26
23	Janet	199	↓1	21
24	Beverly	198	↑6	30
25	Karen	182	↑13	15
26	Brenda	178	↓3	24
27	Helen	172	↓3	36
28	Bonnie	159	↑4	33
29	Judy	158	–	11
30	Frances	156	↓10	39
31	Janice	152	↑3	22
32	Virginia	149	↓4	31
33	Catherine	140	–	48
34	Phyllis	135	↑1	41
35	Ruth	135	↓8	38
36	Doris	131	↑1	51
37	Jean	126	↓6	37
38	Jane	121	↑2	35
39	Alice	120	↑10	44
40	Darlene	119	↑6	71
41	Pamela	119	↑3	34
42	Jacqueline	117	↑5	62
43	Charlotte	115	–	64
44	Cheryl	114	new	27
45	Ann	111	↓9	40
46	Diana	111	↓1	42
47	Peggy	109	↑3	43
48	Cynthia	107	new	46
49	Elaine	104	new	47
50	Ellen	104	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	John	1,342	–	3
2	Robert	1,342	↑1	2
3	James	1,317	↓1	1
4	William	1,225	–	4
5	Charles	906	–	9
6	Richard	828	–	5
7	Thomas	588	–	8
8	Ronald	565	↑3	10
9	Joseph	547	–	14
10	Michael	520	↑2	7
11	David	495	↓3	6
12	George	490	↓2	16
13	Edward	390	↑1	19
14	Donald	367	↓1	13
15	Paul	324	–	18
16	Gary	321	↑1	12
17	Larry	297	↓1	11
18	Kenneth	279	–	15
19	Dennis	258	↑2	17
20	Wayne	221	↑3	29
21	Raymond	198	↓2	25
22	Walter	191	↑2	30
23	Stephen	178	↑6	24
24	Frank	177	↓4	22
25	Howard	177	↑2	55
26	Harry	173	↓4	50
27	Lawrence	162	↓2	31
28	Daniel	151	↓2	21
29	Roger	129	↑2	23
30	Albert	118	↓2	52
31	Gerald	117	↑9	27
32	Harold	115	↑1	33
33	Jerry	115	↑4	20
34	Henry	113	↓4	41
35	Frederick	112	↑10	75
36	Anthony	106	↑13	44
37	Carl	105	↓3	39
38	Douglas	104	↓3	34
39	Ralph	104	↓7	48
40	Louis	103	↓1	63
41	Samuel	100	↓3	70
42	Melvin	98	–	86
43	Francis	97	↓7	80
44	Terry	97	new	26
45	Eugene	95	↑3	57
46	Gregory	94	new	56
47	Arthur	92	↓3	36
48	Alan	91	↓2	49
49	Bernard	90	↓2	>100
50	Clarence	90	new	89

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