Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1927

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,200
2	Dorothy	581
3	Betty	576
4	Margaret	469
5	Helen	377
6	Doris	346
7	Ruth	328
8	Catherine	272
9	Anna	270
10	Elizabeth	267
11	Virginia	200
12	Frances	195
13	Shirley	194
14	Mildred	193
15	Evelyn	182
16	Marie	168
17	Alice	144
18	Gloria	142
19	Lillian	132
20	Jean	131
21	Thelma	123
22	Charlotte	114
22	Dolores	114
24	Audrey	109
25	Louise	96

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	93
27	Ethel	92
27	Florence	92
27	Rose	92
30	Grace	91
31	Edna	90
31	Sarah	90
33	Lorraine	89
34	Norma	87
35	Jane	84
36	Gladys	83
37	Barbara	82
38	Agnes	81
38	Pauline	81
40	Irene	80
41	Eleanor	79
41	Rita	79
43	Bernice	78
44	Martha	77
45	June	76
45	Theresa	76
47	Phyllis	74
48	Geraldine	72
48	Josephine	72
48	Patricia	72
51	Elsie	70
52	Hazel	69
52	Lois	69
54	Nancy	68
55	Gertrude	65
55	Marian	65
57	Hilda	64
58	Beatrice	61
58	Clara	61
60	Ida	60
60	Katherine	60
62	Bertha	59
62	Julia	59
64	Marion	58
65	Lucille	57
66	Emma	56
67	Peggy	53
68	Annie	52
68	Esther	52
68	Jeanne	52
68	Marjorie	52
72	Elaine	50
72	Vivian	50
74	Ann	49
75	Anne	48
76	Carolyn	47
76	Naomi	47
78	Ellen	43
79	Carrie	42
79	Ella	42
81	Alma	41
81	Bessie	41
81	Kathleen	41
84	Eva	40
84	Regina	40
86	Mabel	39
86	Viola	39
88	Eileen	38
88	Laura	38
88	Ruby	38
91	Roberta	37
92	Jacqueline	36
92	Janet	36
92	Juanita	36
92	Marguerite	36
92	Rosalie	36
92	Sylvia	36
98	Emily	35
99	Joan	34
99	Joyce	34
99	Myrtle	34