Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	875
2	Shirley	623
3	Barbara	359
4	Patricia	355
5	Betty	322
6	Joan	307
7	Margaret	277
8	Nancy	253
9	Dorothy	239
10	Helen	195
11	Doris	168
12	Elizabeth	160
13	Ruth	159
14	Frances	133
15	Jean	127
16	Virginia	124
17	Anna	117
18	Catherine	116
19	Ann	108
20	Joyce	99
21	Carolyn	94
22	Phyllis	92
23	Dolores	89
24	Alice	88
24	Janet	88

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlotte	86
26	Delores	86
28	Evelyn	85
29	Gloria	82
30	Marie	77
30	Mildred	77
32	Carol	76
33	Lois	73
33	Rose	73
35	Peggy	71
36	Geraldine	70
36	Norma	70
38	Marlene	69
39	Beverly	65
39	Sylvia	65
41	Audrey	63
41	Eleanor	63
41	Jane	63
44	Lillian	61
44	Thelma	61
46	June	60
46	Martha	60
48	Edith	56
49	Ellen	53
50	Elaine	50
51	Anne	49
51	Edna	49
51	Lorraine	49
54	Louise	48
55	Florence	47
56	Janice	46
56	Yvonne	46
58	Katherine	45
59	Constance	44
59	Ethel	44
61	Eileen	42
61	Grace	42
61	Patsy	42
61	Sandra	42
65	Agnes	41
65	Irene	41
67	Clara	39
67	Jacqueline	39
67	Marjorie	39
67	Pauline	39
71	Emma	38
71	Loretta	38
73	Elsie	37
73	Theresa	37
75	Bertha	36
75	Sarah	36
77	Carole	35
78	Esther	34
78	Kathleen	34
80	Donna	33
80	Julia	33
80	Marian	33
80	Marilyn	33
84	Ella	32
84	Josephine	32
86	Hazel	31
86	Marion	31
86	Rosalie	31
89	Joann	29
89	Regina	29
89	Sally	29
92	Bernice	28
92	Gladys	28
94	Joanne	27
94	Vivian	27
96	Anita	26
96	Gertrude	26
96	Jeanette	26
96	Nellie	26
100	Annie	25
100	Harriet	25
100	Laura	25
100	Myrtle	25
100	Pearl	25
100	Ruby	25