Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	822
2	John	740
3	Charles	665
4	James	558
5	George	447
6	Joseph	417
7	Robert	383
8	Edward	284
9	Thomas	213
10	Harry	205
11	Frank	169
12	Walter	164
13	Richard	144
14	Henry	138
15	Albert	135
16	Paul	130
17	Howard	122
18	Francis	120
18	Raymond	120
20	Arthur	108
21	Melvin	107
22	Louis	98
23	Samuel	94
24	Bernard	89
25	Harold	84

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	82
27	Clarence	81
28	Carl	77
29	Earl	76
30	Ernest	73
31	Lawrence	72
31	Leroy	72
33	Elmer	71
33	Vernon	71
35	David	69
35	Frederick	69
35	Norman	69
38	Leonard	68
38	Ralph	68
40	Milton	64
41	Herbert	63
42	Stanley	59
43	Roland	56
44	Daniel	54
45	Andrew	53
45	Anthony	53
47	Russell	52
48	Edwin	51
48	Herman	51
50	Kenneth	47
51	Eugene	46
52	Roy	44
53	Alfred	41
54	Philip	39
55	Benjamin	38
55	Chester	38
55	Marion	38
58	Leo	37
59	Carroll	36
59	Jack	36
61	Franklin	35
61	Jerome	35
63	Irvin	34
64	Theodore	33
65	Leon	32
65	Woodrow	32
67	Alvin	31
67	Edgar	31
67	Gilbert	31
67	Martin	31
71	Lewis	30
72	Michael	29
73	Lester	28
73	Vincent	28
75	Fred	27
75	Jesse	27
75	Maurice	27
75	Wilbur	27
79	Gordon	25
80	Morris	24
81	Calvin	23
81	Lloyd	23
81	Sidney	23
81	Wilson	23
85	Phillip	22
85	Willard	22
87	Clifton	21
87	Oliver	21
89	Alexander	20
89	Allen	20
89	Irving	20
92	Elwood	19
92	Harvey	19
92	Peter	19
92	Wallace	19
96	Lee	18
97	Roger	17
98	Claude	16
98	Douglas	16
98	Ellsworth	16
98	Horace	16
98	Nathan	16
98	Stephen	16