Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,000
2	John	883
3	James	742
4	Charles	691
5	Robert	682
6	George	486
7	Joseph	464
8	Edward	320
9	Richard	300
10	Thomas	277
11	Paul	220
12	Donald	217
13	Harry	178
14	Walter	173
15	Frank	170
16	Albert	156
17	Raymond	155
18	Henry	146
19	Howard	133
20	Melvin	131
21	Francis	130
22	Bernard	128
23	Earl	119
24	Arthur	110
25	David	109

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	105
27	Louis	102
28	Harold	101
29	Eugene	94
30	Clarence	93
31	Norman	92
32	Carl	89
33	Leonard	88
34	Jack	86
34	Leroy	86
36	Ralph	85
37	Samuel	82
38	Vernon	81
39	Frederick	79
40	Alfred	75
41	Elmer	73
42	Calvin	70
42	Herbert	70
42	Russell	70
45	Lawrence	68
46	Stanley	65
47	Daniel	64
48	Milton	62
49	Ernest	60
49	Irvin	60
51	Roland	59
52	Benjamin	58
53	Anthony	57
54	Edwin	56
54	Leon	56
56	Carroll	46
56	Jerome	46
58	Herman	45
58	Philip	45
60	Franklin	40
61	Fred	39
61	Gerald	39
61	Marvin	39
61	Roy	39
65	Michael	38
65	Warren	38
67	Allen	37
67	Vincent	37
69	Andrew	36
69	Gordon	36
71	Alvin	35
71	Theodore	35
73	Edgar	34
73	Floyd	34
75	Gilbert	33
75	Lloyd	33
77	Roger	31
78	Douglas	30
78	Martin	30
80	Leo	29
80	Lester	29
80	Wilbur	29
83	Oliver	28
84	Jesse	27
84	Lewis	27
84	Maurice	27
87	Irving	26
87	Willard	26
89	Harvey	23
89	Lee	23
89	Rudolph	23
89	Sidney	23
93	Clyde	22
93	Oscar	22
93	Ray	22
96	Morris	21
97	Nelson	20
98	Alexander	19
98	Chester	19
98	Gene	19
98	Julius	19
98	Marion	19
98	Wallace	19