Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,044
2	Betty	557
3	Dorothy	443
4	Doris	336
4	Margaret	336
6	Helen	316
7	Shirley	280
8	Ruth	264
9	Elizabeth	229
10	Dolores	222
11	Anna	201
12	Catherine	193
13	Jean	170
14	Virginia	169
15	Evelyn	163
16	Frances	162
17	Mildred	158
18	Nancy	155
19	Patricia	129
20	Marie	127
21	Gloria	125
22	Joan	123
23	Lillian	112
23	Thelma	112
25	Barbara	109

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlotte	104
27	Alice	99
28	Phyllis	98
29	Delores	96
30	Audrey	92
31	Ann	91
32	Rose	86
33	Eleanor	85
33	June	85
33	Lorraine	85
33	Louise	85
37	Jane	80
38	Geraldine	77
39	Agnes	76
39	Norma	76
41	Janet	75
42	Edith	74
42	Edna	74
42	Irene	74
45	Ethel	73
46	Martha	72
46	Peggy	72
48	Lois	71
49	Florence	70
49	Sarah	70
51	Theresa	69
52	Pauline	65
53	Gladys	64
54	Elsie	62
54	Grace	62
56	Elaine	60
56	Joyce	60
58	Anne	57
58	Beatrice	57
60	Hilda	56
61	Carolyn	55
61	Esther	55
63	Bernice	54
64	Ida	53
65	Marian	52
66	Josephine	51
66	Marion	51
68	Juanita	50
69	Beverly	49
70	Bertha	46
70	Ellen	46
72	Clara	45
72	Hazel	45
72	Rita	45
75	Annie	43
75	Katherine	43
75	Marjorie	43
78	Ella	42
78	Lucille	42
80	Kathleen	41
81	Gertrude	40
82	Jacqueline	39
82	Julia	39
84	Emma	38
85	Naomi	37
86	Genevieve	36
87	Marilyn	34
87	Nellie	34
89	Eva	33
89	Rosalie	33
89	Sylvia	33
92	Viola	32
93	Regina	31
94	Emily	30
94	Rosemary	30
96	Loretta	29
96	Pearl	29
96	Violet	29
96	Vivian	29
100	Alma	28
100	Laura	28