Popular baby names in Maryland, 1949

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,347 babies) and John for boys (1,359). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,141 babies born in Maryland in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1949

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

Girls

Bernadine: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bernadette: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Gertrude: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laverne: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harriet: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darlene: 148 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Agnes: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Saundra: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carole: 76 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Regina: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Andre: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Linwood: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reginald: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Oliver: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Irvin: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Preston: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilbur: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernard: 98 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,347	–	1
2	Mary	1,023	–	2
3	Barbara	782	–	4
4	Patricia	756	–	3
5	Sharon	589	–	10
6	Susan	547	–	5
7	Nancy	430	–	7
8	Deborah	414	↑6	15
9	Margaret	380	↑1	14
10	Sandra	380	↓2	6
11	Carol	340	↓2	8
12	Brenda	313	↑6	13
13	Kathleen	307	↑2	9
14	Donna	303	↓1	12
15	Carolyn	281	↓4	17
16	Shirley	266	↑1	18
17	Diane	262	↓1	19
18	Joyce	250	↓6	26
19	Janet	241	↑6	23
20	Karen	234	↓1	11
21	Elizabeth	224	–	25
22	Judith	214	↑4	16
23	Gloria	204	↓1	29
24	Betty	195	–	22
25	Dorothy	195	↓2	32
26	Joan	187	↑2	36
27	Cynthia	183	↑5	27
28	Bonnie	174	↓1	35
29	Beverly	172	↓9	31
30	Christine	164	↑3	30
31	Catherine	162	↓1	37
32	Pamela	153	↑4	21
33	Cheryl	150	↑12	28
34	Darlene	148	↑5	75
35	Helen	146	–	46
36	Janice	138	↓2	24
37	Ruth	132	↓6	47
38	Frances	131	↓9	49
39	Peggy	131	↑3	38
40	Phyllis	128	↓3	50
41	Jacqueline	127	↓3	58
42	Ellen	125	new	64
43	Jane	123	new	41
44	Gail	121	new	51
45	Virginia	121	↓4	39
46	Judy	120	↓2	20
47	Ann	117	↓7	44
48	Jean	114	↓5	45
49	Diana	111	new	48
50	Theresa	105	↓1	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	John	1,359	–	3
2	James	1,288	–	1
3	Robert	1,233	–	2
4	William	1,153	–	4
5	Charles	884	–	9
6	Michael	829	↑2	5
7	Richard	739	↓1	7
8	David	710	↑1	6
9	Thomas	708	↓2	8
10	Joseph	572	–	14
11	Ronald	499	–	11
12	George	439	–	18
13	Donald	435	–	13
14	Larry	372	↑1	10
15	Gary	365	↑1	12
16	Edward	337	↓2	21
17	Paul	323	–	17
18	Stephen	311	↑2	19
19	Kenneth	294	↓1	15
20	Dennis	256	↓1	16
21	Raymond	220	–	30
22	Steven	207	↑5	20
23	Wayne	204	↓1	35
24	Daniel	198	–	22
25	Mark	185	new	24
26	Gregory	183	↓1	31
27	Frank	168	↓4	27
28	Bruce	163	–	26
29	Walter	158	↑1	37
30	Lawrence	157	↓1	32
31	Anthony	148	↑10	36
32	Howard	148	–	63
33	Harry	130	↓7	59
34	Albert	125	–	56
35	Douglas	121	–	29
36	Louis	117	↑9	64
37	Gerald	115	new	33
38	Jeffrey	114	↑9	48
39	Samuel	113	↑4	62
40	Roger	112	↓7	25
41	Patrick	110	↑5	39
42	Timothy	110	↓6	34
43	Frederick	109	↓6	70
44	Philip	108	↓2	55
45	Arthur	107	↑5	44
46	Henry	106	↓7	46
47	Ralph	100	↑1	50
48	Bernard	98	new	>100
49	Carl	98	↓18	43
50	Jerry	98	↓12	23

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