Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	989
2	John	851
3	James	760
4	Charles	709
5	Robert	646
6	George	454
7	Joseph	448
8	Edward	296
8	Thomas	296
10	Richard	261
11	Donald	242
12	Paul	192
13	Harry	190
14	Albert	180
15	Raymond	163
16	Walter	153
17	Kenneth	135
18	Frank	131
19	Francis	129
20	Howard	126
21	Bernard	125
22	Harold	116
22	Louis	116
24	Henry	115
25	David	114

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	103
27	Earl	100
28	Melvin	97
29	Samuel	93
30	Arthur	90
31	Ralph	88
32	Leroy	86
32	Norman	86
34	Frederick	81
35	Stanley	78
36	Jack	76
37	Carl	75
38	Lawrence	73
39	Ernest	72
39	Leonard	72
41	Clarence	69
41	Vernon	69
43	Calvin	66
44	Daniel	65
45	Herbert	63
46	Milton	62
47	Roland	57
48	Benjamin	52
48	Elmer	52
50	Herman	50
51	Alfred	47
51	Edwin	47
53	Anthony	46
54	Theodore	45
55	Marvin	44
56	Carroll	42
56	Irvin	42
56	Philip	42
59	Lewis	41
60	Andrew	40
60	Russell	40
62	Gilbert	39
62	Jerome	39
62	Martin	39
65	Gordon	38
65	Roy	38
67	Alvin	37
67	Franklin	37
69	Floyd	36
69	Michael	36
71	Edgar	34
71	Marion	34
73	Leon	33
74	Lloyd	30
75	Gerald	29
75	Lester	29
77	Leo	28
77	Rudolph	28
79	Fred	27
79	Warren	27
81	Glenn	26
81	Wilbur	26
83	Harvey	25
83	Ronald	25
85	Clifton	23
85	Morris	23
85	Sidney	23
85	Vincent	23
89	Allen	22
89	Gene	22
89	Lee	22
89	Oliver	22
89	Roger	22
89	Willie	22
95	Hugh	21
95	Jesse	21
95	Maurice	21
98	Douglas	20
98	Jacob	20
100	Chester	19