Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,003
2	John	922
3	James	701
4	Charles	690
5	Robert	526
6	George	500
7	Joseph	493
8	Edward	305
9	Thomas	274
10	Paul	220
11	Richard	218
12	Harry	193
13	Walter	179
14	Frank	176
15	Albert	172
16	Donald	161
16	Raymond	161
18	Henry	152
19	Louis	138
20	Howard	134
21	Francis	131
22	Bernard	125
23	Kenneth	121
24	Earl	107
25	Arthur	104

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Clarence	104
27	Harold	102
27	Melvin	102
29	David	99
30	Ralph	96
31	Eugene	94
31	Norman	94
33	Daniel	83
34	Lawrence	82
34	Samuel	82
36	Elmer	79
37	Herbert	76
38	Vernon	75
39	Warren	73
40	Leonard	72
41	Leroy	71
41	Stanley	71
43	Ernest	70
44	Andrew	66
45	Carl	65
46	Calvin	63
47	Anthony	62
48	Jack	61
48	Milton	61
50	Frederick	57
51	Jerome	55
52	Carroll	54
52	Russell	54
54	Edwin	52
54	Philip	52
56	Herman	51
57	Roland	50
58	Irvin	49
59	Theodore	48
60	Alfred	47
61	Edgar	44
62	Wilbur	42
63	Benjamin	40
64	Alvin	39
64	Franklin	39
66	Lewis	38
66	Michael	38
68	Martin	37
69	Gilbert	36
69	Leo	36
71	Lloyd	33
72	Lester	32
72	Roy	32
74	Allen	31
74	Gerald	31
74	Leon	31
77	Fred	30
78	Vincent	29
79	Morris	27
80	Harvey	26
81	Gordon	25
81	Morton	25
83	Chester	24
83	Marvin	24
83	Roger	24
83	Sidney	24
87	Alexander	23
87	Emory	23
89	Claude	22
89	Elwood	22
89	Irving	22
89	Nelson	22
93	Homer	21
93	Lee	21
93	Maurice	21
96	Clyde	20
96	Horace	20
96	Jesse	20
96	Oliver	20
100	Marion	19