Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	889
2	Barbara	595
3	Patricia	431
4	Shirley	428
5	Margaret	307
6	Betty	283
7	Nancy	275
8	Joan	257
9	Dorothy	256
10	Elizabeth	188
11	Helen	175
12	Ruth	157
13	Jean	153
14	Doris	151
15	Frances	149
16	Joyce	145
17	Beverly	132
18	Catherine	131
19	Carol	124
19	Janet	124
19	Virginia	124
22	Gloria	114
23	Sandra	113
24	Alice	112
25	Rosalie	110

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	109
27	Phyllis	106
28	Carolyn	104
29	Evelyn	97
30	Martha	94
31	Charlotte	90
32	Janice	87
33	Lois	83
34	Delores	82
34	Eleanor	82
34	Norma	82
37	Ann	81
38	Dolores	80
38	Geraldine	80
40	Marie	76
41	Elaine	73
41	Lillian	73
43	Carole	71
44	Peggy	70
45	Mildred	66
45	Rose	66
47	Judith	64
48	Marlene	62
49	Florence	59
49	Jane	59
51	Thelma	57
52	Audrey	55
52	Ethel	55
52	Kathleen	55
55	Ellen	53
56	Irene	52
56	Julia	52
56	June	52
59	Sarah	51
60	Constance	50
60	Sylvia	50
62	Joanne	49
62	Loretta	49
62	Louise	49
65	Donna	48
65	Jacqueline	48
65	Josephine	48
65	Katherine	48
69	Anne	47
70	Linda	46
71	Joann	45
71	Marjorie	45
73	Marian	43
74	Edna	41
75	Bernice	40
75	Gladys	40
75	Grace	40
78	Clara	39
78	Elsie	39
78	Jeannette	39
78	Pauline	39
78	Theresa	39
83	Eileen	38
84	Agnes	37
85	Patsy	36
86	Beatrice	35
86	Juanita	35
86	Roberta	35
89	Edith	34
89	Esther	34
91	Bertha	33
91	Laura	33
91	Lorraine	33
91	Marilyn	33
95	Wanda	32
96	Arlene	31
96	Diane	31
98	Yvonne	30
99	Emma	29
99	Gertrude	29
99	Jeanette	29
99	Regina	29
99	Rita	29