Popular baby names in Maryland, 1948

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,419 babies) and John for boys (1,429). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,596 babies born in Maryland in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1948

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

Girls

Dorothea: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gertrude: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Laverne: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Agnes: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Deborah: 308 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darlene: 133 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Veronica: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Saundra: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Delores: 76 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Irvin: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carroll: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Linwood: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reginald: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vaughn: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyrone: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Preston: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maurice: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clifton: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilbur: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,419	–	1
2	Mary	1,041	–	2
3	Barbara	902	↑1	3
4	Patricia	792	↓1	4
5	Sharon	541	↑1	9
6	Susan	450	↑2	5
7	Nancy	422	↓2	7
8	Sandra	419	↓1	6
9	Carol	390	–	8
10	Margaret	386	–	13
11	Carolyn	328	↑2	14
12	Joyce	314	–	21
13	Donna	310	↓2	11
14	Deborah	308	↑20	30
15	Kathleen	280	↑10	10
16	Diane	262	–	19
17	Shirley	261	↓3	20
18	Brenda	226	↑2	17
19	Karen	226	↑7	12
20	Beverly	215	↑3	31
21	Elizabeth	215	↑1	26
22	Gloria	214	↓1	28
23	Dorothy	212	↓5	29
24	Betty	206	↓9	18
25	Janet	202	↓1	24
26	Judith	202	↓9	15
27	Bonnie	196	↑1	34
28	Joan	195	↓9	37
29	Frances	160	↓2	42
30	Catherine	159	↑3	41
31	Ruth	158	↑10	45
32	Cynthia	154	↑6	27
33	Christine	151	↑13	35
34	Janice	148	↓3	23
35	Helen	144	↓5	40
36	Pamela	141	↓4	22
37	Phyllis	137	↓8	46
38	Jacqueline	136	↑6	58
39	Darlene	133	↓4	77
40	Ann	129	↑3	44
41	Virginia	128	↓4	36
42	Peggy	126	↑3	38
43	Jean	123	↓1	47
44	Judy	123	↓8	16
45	Cheryl	122	↓5	25
46	Martha	116	↑1	32
47	Doris	114	↑3	64
48	Sheila	112	new	71
49	Theresa	110	new	63
50	Alice	107	↓2	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	John	1,429	–	3
2	James	1,346	–	1
3	Robert	1,296	–	2
4	William	1,236	–	4
5	Charles	954	–	9
6	Richard	755	–	7
7	Thomas	751	–	8
8	Michael	722	↑1	6
9	David	692	↓1	5
10	Joseph	584	–	13
11	Ronald	567	–	10
12	George	521	–	16
13	Donald	454	–	14
14	Edward	388	–	19
15	Larry	362	–	11
16	Gary	361	↑1	12
17	Paul	317	↓1	18
18	Kenneth	292	–	15
19	Dennis	241	–	17
20	Stephen	240	↑2	20
21	Raymond	196	↓1	27
22	Wayne	188	↓1	34
23	Frank	184	–	25
24	Daniel	183	↑2	22
25	Gregory	180	↑2	32
26	Harry	168	↓1	57
27	Steven	161	↑7	23
28	Bruce	160	–	28
29	Lawrence	154	↓5	31
30	Walter	144	↓1	35
31	Carl	141	↑15	42
32	Howard	140	–	63
33	Roger	133	↑17	24
34	Albert	127	↓4	55
35	Douglas	125	↓4	33
36	Timothy	124	new	38
37	Frederick	120	new	75
38	Jerry	115	↑6	21
39	Henry	113	↑1	45
40	Melvin	113	↑2	81
41	Anthony	110	new	41
42	Philip	110	↓3	54
43	Samuel	104	new	70
44	Harold	103	↓11	36
45	Louis	102	↓7	64
46	Patrick	101	new	48
47	Jeffrey	100	new	58
48	Ralph	99	↓13	51
49	Francis	98	↓6	80
50	Arthur	97	↓13	44

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