Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	901
2	John	824
3	James	753
4	Robert	706
5	Charles	693
6	Joseph	448
7	George	443
8	Richard	326
9	Donald	321
10	Edward	298
11	Thomas	275
12	Paul	186
13	Walter	150
14	Raymond	146
15	Harry	142
16	David	130
17	Bernard	123
18	Francis	121
18	Howard	121
20	Henry	118
21	Albert	114
22	Kenneth	110
23	Melvin	107
24	Frank	106
24	Louis	106

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	105
27	Eugene	95
28	Norman	87
29	Ralph	85
30	Jack	82
31	Harold	81
32	Arthur	80
32	Herbert	80
32	Samuel	80
35	Clarence	77
35	Leroy	77
37	Ernest	72
38	Stanley	70
39	Daniel	69
40	Lawrence	64
41	Frederick	62
42	Calvin	61
42	Leonard	61
44	Vernon	60
45	Theodore	58
46	Carl	54
47	Carroll	52
48	Anthony	51
48	Milton	51
50	Gilbert	49
51	Elmer	48
51	Herman	48
53	Jerome	46
53	Russell	46
55	Ronald	45
56	Alfred	44
57	Fred	43
57	Michael	43
57	Roland	43
60	Gerald	42
60	Philip	42
62	Andrew	41
63	Edwin	38
63	Leon	38
65	Allen	35
65	Franklin	35
65	Roy	35
68	Leo	34
68	Lewis	34
70	Marvin	33
71	Alvin	31
72	Benjamin	30
72	Warren	30
74	Edgar	29
74	Martin	29
76	Maurice	28
76	Roger	28
78	Phillip	27
78	Vincent	27
80	Lester	26
80	Wilbur	26
82	Glenn	25
82	Gordon	25
84	Lloyd	24
85	Irvin	23
85	Marion	23
87	Douglas	21
88	Nelson	20
88	Rudolph	20
90	Chester	19
90	Victor	19
90	Willard	19
93	Alexander	18
93	Jesse	18
93	Wayne	18
93	Wilson	18
97	Elwood	17
97	Lee	17
97	Oscar	17
97	Preston	17