Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,063
2	John	895
3	Charles	765
4	James	717
5	Robert	534
6	George	533
7	Joseph	519
8	Edward	352
9	Thomas	263
10	Harry	235
11	Walter	214
12	Richard	197
13	Albert	195
14	Henry	176
15	Paul	174
16	Frank	165
17	Francis	164
18	Raymond	163
19	Howard	153
20	Donald	144
21	Louis	131
22	Clarence	127
23	Arthur	117
23	Melvin	117
25	Earl	115

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	113
27	Bernard	112
28	Ralph	100
29	David	97
30	Warren	96
31	Kenneth	95
32	Samuel	93
33	Norman	89
34	Vernon	88
35	Frederick	87
36	Leonard	84
37	Stanley	81
38	Ernest	79
39	Lawrence	78
39	Leroy	78
41	Herbert	77
42	Eugene	75
43	Elmer	74
43	Russell	74
45	Daniel	72
46	Milton	69
47	Carl	66
48	Jack	64
49	Alfred	61
50	Franklin	60
51	Philip	57
52	Anthony	53
52	Leon	53
52	Roland	53
55	Lloyd	52
56	Andrew	47
56	Herman	47
56	Jerome	47
59	Leo	46
60	Gilbert	44
60	Roy	44
62	Edwin	43
62	Irvin	43
64	Benjamin	42
64	Carroll	42
66	Allen	41
66	Edgar	41
68	Michael	39
69	Alvin	38
70	Clifton	37
70	Morris	37
72	Lewis	36
73	Vincent	35
74	Martin	34
75	Calvin	33
75	Lester	33
75	Marvin	33
78	Fred	32
78	Jacob	32
78	Lee	32
78	Marion	32
78	Maurice	32
78	Theodore	32
78	Wallace	32
85	Wilbur	31
86	Chester	29
87	Gordon	27
87	Jesse	27
87	Sidney	27
90	Harvey	26
90	Roger	26
92	Oliver	25
93	Gerald	24
93	Leslie	24
95	Irving	23
96	Luther	22
96	Stephen	22
98	Glenn	21
98	Homer	21
98	Nelson	21