Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	894
2	John	834
3	James	720
4	Robert	677
5	Charles	629
6	Joseph	412
7	George	399
8	Richard	322
9	Edward	299
10	Donald	277
11	Thomas	255
12	Raymond	168
13	Walter	165
14	Harry	160
15	Paul	150
16	Howard	139
17	Frank	128
18	Henry	123
19	David	120
20	Albert	116
21	Bernard	113
21	Herbert	113
23	Kenneth	108
24	Francis	102
25	Harold	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	100
27	Melvin	99
28	Earl	97
29	Lawrence	90
29	Norman	90
31	Eugene	89
32	Arthur	88
33	Leonard	87
34	Clarence	85
34	Ralph	85
36	Carl	83
37	Jack	81
37	Leroy	81
39	Frederick	79
40	Stanley	77
41	Ernest	74
41	Samuel	74
43	Vernon	69
44	Daniel	65
45	Alfred	59
45	Roland	59
47	Elmer	57
48	Carroll	56
49	Calvin	54
50	Theodore	52
51	Russell	51
52	Anthony	46
52	Roy	46
54	Herman	45
55	Marvin	44
56	Ronald	43
57	Gerald	41
58	Edwin	40
58	Michael	40
60	Lloyd	39
60	Milton	39
62	Benjamin	38
62	Jerome	38
62	Philip	38
65	Gilbert	36
66	Lewis	35
67	Fred	34
68	Allen	33
68	Edgar	33
70	Franklin	32
70	Irvin	32
70	Leon	32
73	Warren	31
74	Alvin	30
74	Floyd	30
74	Harvey	30
77	Gordon	28
77	Vincent	28
79	Leo	27
80	Andrew	26
80	Lee	26
80	Martin	26
83	Roger	25
84	Clifton	24
84	Wilbur	24
86	Phillip	23
87	Clyde	22
87	Jerry	22
87	Peter	22
90	Lester	21
90	Marion	21
90	Rudolph	21
93	Glenn	20
94	Curtis	19
94	Oliver	19
94	Ray	19
97	Alexander	17
97	Jesse	17
97	Maurice	17
97	Oscar	17
97	Stephen	17
97	Wilbert	17
97	Wilson	17