Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	433
2	John	384
3	James	314
4	Charles	311
5	George	219
6	Joseph	204
7	Robert	157
8	Edward	139
9	Thomas	108
10	Walter	89
11	Henry	88
12	Harry	86
13	Howard	77
14	Frank	76
15	Albert	65
16	Louis	63
17	Richard	61
18	Paul	58
18	Samuel	58
20	Raymond	57
21	Carl	48
21	Francis	48
23	Earl	44
24	Clarence	43
25	Arthur	42

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Leonard	42
27	Elmer	41
28	Bernard	40
29	Norman	39
30	Milton	38
31	Frederick	37
32	Roland	33
33	Harold	32
34	Ernest	31
34	Lawrence	31
34	Ralph	31
37	Anthony	30
37	David	30
37	Melvin	30
40	Benjamin	29
40	Kenneth	29
40	Vernon	29
43	Daniel	28
43	Stanley	28
45	Herbert	27
45	Leroy	27
47	Eugene	26
47	Herman	26
47	Theodore	26
47	Woodrow	26
51	Donald	25
51	Lewis	25
51	Morris	25
54	Leon	23
55	Philip	22
55	Sidney	22
57	Carroll	21
58	Edgar	20
59	Franklin	19
59	Lester	19
59	Lloyd	19
59	Wilson	19
63	Russell	18
64	Andrew	17
65	Jack	16
65	Leo	16
65	Michael	16
65	Peter	16
69	Alfred	15
69	Chester	15
69	Fred	15
69	Gilbert	15
69	Irvin	15
69	Maurice	15
69	Roy	15
69	Wilbur	15
77	Clifton	14
77	Elwood	14
77	Marshall	14
77	Roger	14
81	Calvin	13
81	Clinton	13
81	Guy	13
81	Oscar	13
81	Vincent	13
86	Gordon	12
86	Jacob	12
86	Martin	12
89	Allen	11
89	Clyde	11
89	Edwin	11
89	Horace	11
89	Marion	11
94	Jerome	10
94	Jesse	10
94	Max	10
97	Alexander	9
97	Claude	9
97	Everett	9
97	Isaac	9
97	Marvin	9
97	Nelson	9
97	Wallace	9
97	Wilbert	9