Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,020
2	John	895
3	James	744
4	Charles	727
5	Robert	495
6	Joseph	479
7	George	465
8	Edward	389
9	Thomas	274
10	Harry	227
11	Walter	215
12	Paul	192
13	Henry	188
14	Richard	186
15	Albert	179
16	Frank	173
17	Francis	147
17	Raymond	147
19	Harold	133
20	Arthur	126
20	Howard	126
22	Earl	122
23	Bernard	121
24	Melvin	113
25	Clarence	112

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	109
27	Donald	107
28	Samuel	99
29	David	94
29	Kenneth	94
31	Ralph	92
32	Ernest	83
32	Milton	83
34	Elmer	80
34	Frederick	80
34	Leroy	80
37	Herbert	79
38	Lawrence	78
39	Daniel	74
40	Carl	73
41	Norman	72
42	Leonard	68
42	Vernon	68
44	Eugene	66
45	Stanley	64
45	Warren	64
47	Russell	56
48	Alfred	54
48	Carroll	54
50	Roland	53
51	Philip	52
52	Anthony	51
52	Herman	51
54	Gordon	50
55	Andrew	49
56	Edgar	46
57	Benjamin	45
57	Jack	45
59	Franklin	43
60	Roy	40
61	Maurice	38
61	Michael	38
63	Leo	37
63	Lloyd	37
63	Vincent	37
66	Theodore	36
67	Edwin	35
68	Gilbert	34
69	Jerome	33
70	Calvin	32
70	Martin	32
72	Allen	31
72	Harvey	31
72	Lester	31
72	Wilbur	31
76	Chester	30
76	Irvin	30
76	Leon	30
76	Lewis	30
80	Alvin	29
80	Irving	29
82	Roger	28
83	Fred	27
84	Oliver	26
85	Morris	25
85	Nelson	25
85	Sidney	25
88	Clyde	24
88	Ray	24
88	Stephen	24
91	Claude	23
91	Clifton	23
91	Jesse	23
91	Wallace	23
95	Alexander	22
96	Oscar	21
96	Wilbert	21
98	Douglas	20
98	Emory	20
100	Clifford	19
100	Edmund	19
100	Marion	19
100	Marshall	19
100	Marvin	19