Popular baby names in Maryland, 1947

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,505 babies) and John for boys (1,536). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,773 babies born in Maryland in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1947

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: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Blanche: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ina: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Regina: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Myra: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Fay: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosalind: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elsie: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Saundra: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Agnes: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Irvin: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Linwood: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carroll: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Reginald: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nelson: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roland: 60 babies, 3× the national rate
Maurice: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Edgar: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernard: 112 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,505	↑3	1
2	Mary	1,255	↓1	2
3	Patricia	918	↓1	3
4	Barbara	879	↓1	4
5	Nancy	555	↑1	7
6	Sharon	553	↑1	9
7	Sandra	472	↑2	5
8	Susan	461	↑3	8
9	Carol	445	↓4	6
10	Margaret	413	–	16
11	Donna	357	↑4	10
12	Joyce	354	–	20
13	Carolyn	340	↓5	15
14	Shirley	276	↓1	19
15	Betty	274	↓1	17
16	Diane	262	↑4	18
17	Judith	256	↓1	12
18	Dorothy	245	↑1	26
19	Joan	240	↓2	30
20	Brenda	239	↑6	21
21	Gloria	239	↑1	27
22	Elizabeth	238	↓4	25
23	Beverly	215	↑1	31
24	Janet	214	↓1	23
25	Kathleen	213	↓4	11
26	Karen	200	↓1	13
27	Frances	199	↑3	39
28	Bonnie	192	–	35
29	Phyllis	175	↑5	37
30	Helen	171	↓3	38
31	Janice	164	–	22
32	Pamela	164	↑9	28
33	Catherine	162	–	46
34	Deborah	162	new	62
35	Darlene	158	↑5	71
36	Judy	158	↓7	14
37	Virginia	157	↓5	34
38	Cynthia	153	↑10	33
39	Jane	152	↓1	36
40	Cheryl	150	↑4	24
41	Ruth	147	↓6	44
42	Jean	142	↓5	40
43	Ann	139	↑2	41
44	Jacqueline	139	↓2	59
45	Peggy	131	↑2	42
46	Christine	130	new	45
47	Martha	122	new	32
48	Alice	119	↓9	47
49	Diana	114	↓3	48
50	Doris	114	↓14	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	John	1,536	–	3
2	James	1,486	↑1	1
3	Robert	1,475	↓1	2
4	William	1,362	–	4
5	Charles	935	–	9
6	Richard	868	–	5
7	Thomas	750	–	8
8	David	735	↑3	6
9	Michael	684	↑1	7
10	Joseph	636	↓1	14
11	Ronald	580	↓3	11
12	George	522	–	16
13	Donald	452	↑1	13
14	Edward	404	↓1	19
15	Larry	391	↑2	10
16	Paul	359	↓1	18
17	Gary	352	↓1	12
18	Kenneth	346	–	15
19	Dennis	267	–	17
20	Raymond	242	↑1	27
21	Wayne	235	↓1	30
22	Stephen	229	↑1	21
23	Frank	199	↑1	23
24	Lawrence	197	↑3	32
25	Harry	189	↑1	54
26	Daniel	174	↑2	22
27	Gregory	169	↑19	33
28	Bruce	155	new	29
29	Walter	154	↓7	34
30	Albert	151	–	55
31	Douglas	149	↑7	31
32	Howard	146	↓7	62
33	Harold	141	↓1	35
34	Steven	138	new	24
35	Ralph	137	↑4	50
36	Gerald	134	↓5	28
37	Arthur	132	↑10	38
38	Louis	131	↑2	64
39	Philip	128	new	57
40	Henry	121	↓6	46
41	Stanley	120	new	67
42	Melvin	119	–	85
43	Francis	117	–	84
44	Jerry	115	↓11	20
45	Earl	114	new	83
46	Carl	113	↓9	40
47	Eugene	113	↓2	59
48	Bernard	112	↑1	100
49	Alan	110	↓1	45
50	Roger	107	↓21	25

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