Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	619
2	John	549
3	James	449
4	Charles	427
5	Joseph	312
6	George	306
7	Robert	218
8	Edward	196
9	Harry	160
10	Thomas	139
11	Walter	132
12	Frank	127
13	Albert	123
14	Henry	101
15	Paul	95
16	Howard	94
17	Raymond	93
17	Richard	93
19	Arthur	84
20	Louis	79
21	Samuel	75
22	Bernard	67
23	Francis	62
24	Melvin	58
25	Clarence	56

Rank	Name	Babies
25	David	56
27	Milton	55
28	Earl	53
29	Ernest	51
30	Herbert	50
31	Frederick	49
31	Lawrence	49
33	Daniel	48
34	Elmer	47
35	Carl	46
36	Alfred	43
36	Russell	43
38	Harold	42
39	Norman	41
40	Andrew	40
40	Donald	40
42	Herman	38
43	Leroy	37
44	Michael	34
45	Benjamin	33
45	Eugene	33
45	Theodore	33
45	Vernon	33
49	Kenneth	32
49	Roland	32
51	Edwin	31
51	Maurice	31
51	Ralph	31
54	Anthony	30
55	Leon	29
56	Franklin	28
56	Jack	28
56	Leonard	28
59	Calvin	27
59	Edgar	27
61	Carroll	26
61	Irvin	26
63	Martin	25
63	Philip	25
65	Alexander	24
65	Gordon	24
65	Wilbur	24
65	Wilson	24
69	Leo	23
69	Lewis	23
69	Morris	23
72	Elwood	22
72	Jesse	22
72	Sidney	22
75	Oliver	21
75	Stanley	21
75	Woodrow	21
78	Harvey	20
78	Peter	20
78	Vincent	20
81	Gilbert	19
81	Jacob	19
83	Alvin	18
83	Lester	18
85	Irving	17
85	Roger	17
85	Roy	17
88	Allen	16
88	Emory	16
88	Fred	16
88	Marshall	16
88	Marvin	16
93	Everett	15
93	Oscar	15
95	Jerome	14
95	Lloyd	14
95	Nathaniel	14
95	Preston	14
95	Stephen	14
100	Abraham	13
100	August	13
100	Chester	13
100	Clifton	13
100	Lee	13
100	Marion	13
100	Warren	13