Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	886
2	Shirley	461
3	Betty	421
4	Dorothy	312
5	Joan	308
6	Barbara	307
7	Patricia	291
8	Margaret	282
9	Doris	235
10	Nancy	219
11	Helen	202
12	Elizabeth	198
13	Catherine	180
14	Ruth	165
15	Jean	162
16	Frances	160
17	Anna	134
18	Virginia	123
19	Evelyn	121
20	Alice	118
21	Gloria	114
22	Mildred	111
23	Dolores	109
24	Janet	106
25	Phyllis	97

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlotte	95
27	Ann	93
28	June	91
29	Carolyn	88
30	Carol	83
30	Marie	83
32	Norma	82
33	Joyce	77
33	Peggy	77
35	Eleanor	75
36	Thelma	73
37	Agnes	71
37	Delores	71
39	Geraldine	70
39	Lois	70
39	Marlene	70
42	Lillian	69
43	Florence	68
44	Louise	67
45	Martha	66
46	Ethel	65
47	Edna	63
47	Jane	63
49	Beverly	61
50	Audrey	60
51	Sylvia	55
52	Rose	54
53	Grace	53
54	Gladys	50
54	Lorraine	50
56	Edith	49
57	Constance	48
58	Elsie	47
59	Joann	46
59	Josephine	46
59	Rosalie	46
59	Sarah	46
63	Jacqueline	45
63	Vivian	45
65	Anne	44
66	Irene	42
66	Marian	42
66	Marion	42
69	Emma	41
69	Esther	41
69	Theresa	41
72	Katherine	40
73	Pauline	39
74	Gertrude	37
75	Ida	36
75	Juanita	36
75	Kathleen	36
75	Patsy	36
79	Elaine	35
79	Hilda	35
79	Loretta	35
82	Bertha	34
82	Marjorie	34
84	Ellen	33
84	Hazel	33
86	Bernice	31
86	Joanne	31
88	Eva	30
89	Annie	29
89	Julia	29
89	Regina	29
89	Rita	29
93	Clara	28
93	Sara	28
95	Carole	27
95	Ella	27
95	Kathryn	27
95	Marilyn	27
95	Sally	27
100	Beatrice	26