Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	875
2	William	866
3	James	729
4	Charles	696
5	Robert	662
6	George	450
7	Joseph	412
8	Richard	334
9	Edward	292
10	Donald	284
11	Thomas	268
12	Walter	202
13	Harry	187
14	Paul	179
15	Raymond	174
16	Albert	141
17	Herbert	138
18	Howard	134
19	Frank	131
20	Francis	124
21	Kenneth	123
22	Melvin	117
23	Henry	114
24	Harold	111
25	David	104

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	103
27	Earl	102
28	Jack	101
29	Louis	99
30	Bernard	98
31	Arthur	94
32	Clarence	92
33	Ralph	87
34	Norman	85
35	Stanley	84
36	Carl	80
36	Leroy	80
36	Samuel	80
39	Alfred	78
39	Lawrence	78
41	Ernest	75
42	Daniel	70
43	Frederick	69
44	Leonard	61
44	Theodore	61
46	Calvin	59
46	Roland	59
48	Carroll	58
49	Gilbert	52
49	Irvin	52
49	Leon	52
49	Milton	52
53	Elmer	51
54	Edwin	50
55	Anthony	49
55	Vernon	49
57	Lewis	47
57	Philip	47
59	Herman	46
59	Roy	46
61	Michael	44
62	Russell	43
63	Ronald	42
64	Gerald	40
65	Alvin	39
65	Andrew	39
65	Jerome	39
68	Warren	38
69	Benjamin	36
69	Fred	36
69	Martin	36
72	Gordon	34
72	Leo	34
74	Allen	33
75	Edgar	32
76	Lloyd	30
76	Marvin	30
78	Wilbur	29
79	Franklin	28
79	Harvey	28
81	Chester	26
81	Maurice	26
83	Gene	25
83	Marion	25
85	Vincent	24
86	Oliver	23
87	Douglas	22
87	Lester	22
89	Clyde	21
89	Glenn	21
89	Peter	21
89	Phillip	21
89	Roger	21
94	Clifton	20
94	Ray	20
96	Floyd	19
96	Willard	19
98	Elwood	18
98	Hugh	18
98	Rudolph	18
98	Wallace	18