Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	772
2	John	732
3	Charles	618
4	James	532
5	Joseph	404
6	George	396
7	Robert	350
8	Edward	313
9	Thomas	210
10	Harry	167
11	Walter	158
12	Frank	155
12	Paul	155
14	Albert	152
15	Howard	124
16	Richard	121
17	Henry	117
18	Samuel	113
19	Louis	101
20	Francis	99
21	Arthur	96
22	Clarence	94
23	Earl	93
24	Raymond	92
25	David	90

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Melvin	80
26	Ralph	80
28	Frederick	74
29	Elmer	72
30	Harold	70
31	Ernest	67
32	Bernard	66
33	Donald	65
33	Leonard	65
35	Carl	63
36	Leroy	60
37	Vernon	58
38	Norman	57
38	Stanley	57
40	Benjamin	56
40	Edwin	56
40	Lawrence	56
43	Daniel	52
44	Andrew	51
44	Herbert	51
46	Milton	50
47	Herman	49
48	Theodore	46
49	Kenneth	45
50	Philip	44
51	Michael	43
52	Leon	42
53	Eugene	41
53	Lewis	41
55	Roland	40
56	Russell	38
57	Chester	36
58	Roy	35
59	Carroll	34
59	Irvin	34
59	Woodrow	34
62	Alfred	33
62	Anthony	33
62	Leo	33
62	Vincent	33
66	Edgar	32
66	Wilbur	32
68	Martin	31
69	Lloyd	30
70	Jack	29
70	Lester	29
70	Morris	29
70	Stephen	29
74	Alexander	28
74	Franklin	28
74	Fred	28
74	Gilbert	28
74	Lee	28
79	Gordon	25
79	Peter	25
79	Wilson	25
82	Alvin	24
83	Oscar	23
83	Roger	23
85	August	22
85	Harvey	22
87	Clyde	21
87	Jerome	21
89	Allen	20
89	Nelson	20
91	Calvin	19
91	Guy	19
91	Maurice	19
91	Sidney	19
91	Willard	19
96	Clifton	18
96	Gerald	18
96	Luther	18
96	Ray	18
100	Jacob	17