Popular baby names in Maryland, 1951

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,136 babies) and Robert for boys (1,407). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,226 babies born in Maryland in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1951

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: 27 babies, 8× the national rate
Agnes: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Iris: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Saundra: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeannette: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Regina: 78 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eleanor: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cecelia: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cassandra: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 44 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tyrone: 59 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Irvin: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Andre: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Reginald: 66 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wilson: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Edgar: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elmer: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alonzo: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vernon: 80 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,136	–	1
2	Mary	1,063	–	2
3	Patricia	1,028	–	3
4	Deborah	886	↑1	4
5	Barbara	721	↓1	5
6	Susan	586	↑1	6
7	Sharon	568	↓1	13
8	Nancy	468	↑1	7
9	Donna	382	↑2	12
10	Sandra	382	↓2	9
11	Carol	370	↓1	11
12	Kathleen	350	↑3	10
13	Margaret	349	↓1	17
14	Karen	346	↓1	8
15	Diane	325	↑5	15
16	Brenda	315	↓2	14
17	Joyce	258	–	28
18	Elizabeth	238	↑3	23
19	Carolyn	235	↓3	22
20	Shirley	224	↓2	27
21	Cynthia	220	↑2	20
22	Bonnie	215	–	37
23	Christine	215	↑2	24
24	Pamela	212	↑3	16
25	Janet	210	↓6	19
26	Janice	209	–	21
27	Beverly	202	↑5	33
28	Joan	193	–	39
29	Judith	191	↓5	25
30	Catherine	184	–	34
31	Gail	172	↑3	36
32	Denise	170	new	48
33	Betty	166	↓4	29
34	Dorothy	160	↓3	42
35	Debra	156	new	18
36	Darlene	155	↑1	79
37	Jacqueline	155	↓2	56
38	Gloria	148	↓5	31
39	Sheila	139	↑9	69
40	Frances	138	↑5	59
41	Ann	133	–	46
42	Cheryl	133	↓6	30
43	Peggy	131	new	40
44	Ruth	128	↓6	53
45	Jane	127	↓6	43
46	Helen	126	↓6	54
47	Phyllis	125	–	57
48	Jean	120	↓4	49
49	Judy	119	↑1	26
50	Ellen	116	↓4	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	1,407	↑1	2
2	John	1,383	↓1	3
3	James	1,334	–	1
4	William	1,281	–	6
5	Michael	1,066	–	4
6	David	854	↑1	5
7	Charles	841	↓1	9
8	Richard	806	–	7
9	Thomas	769	–	8
10	Joseph	584	–	14
11	Gary	503	↑4	10
12	George	478	↑2	22
13	Ronald	476	↓2	12
14	Donald	419	↓1	15
15	Stephen	379	↑1	19
16	Edward	377	↑2	23
17	Larry	371	↓5	11
18	Kenneth	364	↑1	16
19	Paul	346	↓2	18
20	Steven	324	–	13
21	Dennis	302	–	17
22	Bruce	256	↑6	26
23	Daniel	254	↑3	21
24	Gregory	239	↑1	25
25	Mark	238	↓1	20
26	Wayne	217	↓4	37
27	Douglas	207	↑5	27
28	Frank	194	↑1	31
29	Raymond	192	↓6	32
30	Lawrence	175	↓3	33
31	Timothy	170	↑2	28
32	Walter	169	↓1	42
33	Harry	165	↓3	70
34	Howard	150	↑4	74
35	Anthony	145	–	34
36	Jeffrey	142	new	35
37	Melvin	131	new	88
38	Frederick	128	↑10	78
39	Jerry	127	↑2	24
40	Francis	126	↑5	85
41	Albert	124	↓4	60
42	Henry	123	↑2	47
43	Patrick	123	↓7	39
44	Philip	120	new	55
45	Stanley	119	new	54
46	Roger	118	↓6	29
47	Arthur	117	↑2	44
48	Ralph	117	↓9	51
49	Louis	111	↓3	76
50	Terry	111	↓3	30

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