Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,132
2	Betty	579
3	Dorothy	480
4	Margaret	432
5	Doris	398
6	Helen	339
7	Ruth	287
8	Anna	250
9	Elizabeth	236
10	Shirley	195
11	Catherine	192
12	Mildred	181
13	Frances	178
13	Virginia	178
15	Evelyn	174
16	Dolores	166
17	Marie	159
18	Jean	151
19	Gloria	142
20	Alice	125
21	Lillian	122
22	Thelma	118
23	Patricia	108
24	Eleanor	106
25	Charlotte	103

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Norma	103
27	Barbara	99
28	Gladys	97
29	Audrey	95
30	Florence	94
31	Louise	93
32	Rose	91
33	Lois	90
34	Irene	88
34	Martha	88
36	Jane	86
37	Edith	83
38	Ethel	80
38	Lorraine	80
40	Edna	79
40	Phyllis	79
42	Agnes	75
42	Marion	75
44	Bernice	74
44	Geraldine	74
46	Ann	73
47	Theresa	71
48	June	69
49	Nancy	68
49	Sarah	68
51	Grace	66
52	Hazel	65
52	Joan	65
52	Josephine	65
55	Peggy	64
56	Delores	61
56	Esther	61
56	Katherine	61
59	Beatrice	60
59	Marian	60
61	Bertha	57
61	Emma	57
63	Elsie	56
63	Hilda	56
65	Pauline	55
66	Anne	54
66	Clara	54
68	Rita	53
69	Carolyn	52
70	Lucille	50
71	Marjorie	49
72	Elaine	48
72	Julia	48
74	Gertrude	45
75	Annie	43
75	Ella	43
75	Ellen	43
75	Regina	43
75	Viola	43
80	Sylvia	41
80	Vera	41
82	Jeanne	40
82	Juanita	40
82	Laura	40
82	Naomi	40
86	Eileen	39
86	Ida	39
86	Joyce	39
86	Kathleen	39
86	Vivian	39
91	Alma	38
91	Beverly	38
91	Pearl	38
94	Eva	37
95	Jacqueline	36
95	Rosalie	36
97	Bessie	35
97	Kathryn	35
97	Mabel	35
97	Ruby	35