Popular baby names in Maryland, 1950

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1950 were Linda for girls (1,179 babies) and John for boys (1,286). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,224 babies born in Maryland in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1950

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

Girls

Roslyn: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bernadette: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosalind: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Agnes: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Angela: 63 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeannette: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darlene: 143 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Yvonne: 93 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gertrude: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Francine: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyrone: 55 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sterling: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Andre: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Maurice: 64 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Irvin: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clifton: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Preston: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 97 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Reginald: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	1,179	–	1
2	Mary	1,028	–	2
3	Patricia	852	↑1	3
4	Barbara	771	↓1	4
5	Deborah	614	↑3	7
6	Sharon	586	↓1	11
7	Susan	482	↓1	5
8	Sandra	464	↑2	8
9	Nancy	456	↓2	6
10	Carol	343	↑1	9
11	Donna	339	↑3	13
12	Margaret	321	↓3	15
13	Karen	319	↑7	12
14	Brenda	306	↓2	14
15	Kathleen	298	↓2	10
16	Carolyn	272	↓1	20
17	Joyce	263	↑1	27
18	Shirley	255	↓2	19
19	Janet	252	–	18
20	Diane	244	↓3	16
21	Elizabeth	240	–	24
22	Bonnie	223	↑6	33
23	Cynthia	203	↑4	23
24	Judith	193	↓2	21
25	Christine	192	↑5	28
26	Janice	184	↑10	22
27	Pamela	183	↑5	17
28	Joan	176	↓2	40
29	Betty	174	↓5	26
30	Catherine	171	↑1	34
31	Dorothy	169	↓6	35
32	Beverly	168	↓3	31
33	Gloria	160	↓10	30
34	Gail	148	↑10	42
35	Jacqueline	145	↑6	55
36	Cheryl	143	↓3	29
37	Darlene	143	↓3	79
38	Ruth	134	↓1	49
39	Jane	133	↑4	39
40	Helen	124	↓5	50
41	Ann	123	↑6	45
42	Virginia	123	↑3	43
43	Diana	119	↑6	47
44	Jean	115	↑4	48
45	Frances	114	↓7	51
46	Ellen	113	↓4	66
47	Phyllis	112	↓7	53
48	Sheila	110	new	70
49	Martha	107	new	32
50	Judy	103	↓4	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	John	1,286	–	3
2	Robert	1,279	↑1	2
3	James	1,267	↓1	1
4	William	1,152	–	6
5	Michael	978	↑1	4
6	Charles	838	↓1	9
7	David	782	↑1	5
8	Richard	714	↓1	7
9	Thomas	704	–	8
10	Joseph	563	–	13
11	Ronald	463	–	12
12	Larry	431	↑2	11
13	Donald	422	–	14
14	George	414	↓2	20
15	Gary	394	–	10
16	Stephen	355	↑2	19
17	Paul	342	–	18
18	Edward	332	↓2	22
19	Kenneth	286	–	15
20	Steven	270	↑2	16
21	Dennis	269	↓1	17
22	Wayne	227	↑1	35
23	Raymond	209	↓2	31
24	Mark	208	↑1	23
25	Gregory	204	↑1	25
26	Daniel	203	↓2	21
27	Lawrence	193	↑3	33
28	Bruce	184	–	26
29	Frank	175	↓2	29
30	Harry	159	↑3	61
31	Walter	153	↓2	40
32	Douglas	149	↑3	28
33	Timothy	142	↑9	32
34	Carl	134	↑15	44
35	Anthony	130	↓4	36
36	Patrick	129	↑5	38
37	Albert	123	↓3	56
38	Howard	120	↓6	63
39	Ralph	120	↑8	52
40	Roger	117	–	27
41	Jerry	114	↑9	24
42	Glenn	111	new	59
43	Samuel	111	↓4	62
44	Henry	109	↑2	47
45	Francis	107	new	86
46	Louis	107	↓10	66
47	Terry	106	new	30
48	Frederick	103	↓5	75
49	Arthur	102	↓4	46
50	Gerald	102	↓13	34

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