Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	789
2	Robert	788
3	William	778
4	James	674
5	Charles	612
6	Donald	384
7	George	360
8	Richard	359
9	Joseph	358
10	Thomas	277
11	Edward	232
12	David	178
12	Ronald	178
14	Paul	175
15	Harry	130
16	Kenneth	126
17	Frank	121
17	Raymond	121
19	Walter	117
20	Howard	100
20	Louis	100
22	Carl	96
23	Francis	95
24	Earl	86
25	Albert	85

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	84
27	Melvin	82
28	Leroy	79
28	Ralph	79
30	Bernard	77
30	Daniel	77
32	Lawrence	76
33	Eugene	72
34	Frederick	68
34	Harold	68
34	Samuel	68
34	Stanley	68
38	Arthur	65
39	Ernest	64
39	Jack	64
41	Gerald	62
42	Michael	60
43	Clarence	58
43	Norman	58
45	Franklin	53
46	Herbert	50
46	Jerome	50
48	Wayne	49
49	Alfred	47
50	Vernon	46
51	Russell	44
52	Leonard	42
52	Marvin	42
54	Milton	40
55	Gary	39
56	Fred	38
57	Anthony	37
58	Philip	36
59	Calvin	35
60	Carroll	34
61	Roger	33
61	Roy	33
63	Roland	32
64	Allen	31
64	Gilbert	31
64	Vincent	31
67	Andrew	30
67	Martin	30
69	Warren	29
70	Alvin	28
70	Elmer	28
70	Gordon	28
70	Jerry	28
70	Larry	28
70	Leon	28
70	Theodore	28
77	Maurice	27
78	Edwin	26
79	Benjamin	24
79	Harvey	24
79	Irvin	24
79	Patrick	24
79	Phillip	24
84	Glenn	23
85	Gene	22
85	Herman	22
85	Leo	22
88	Clifton	21
88	Edgar	21
88	Nathaniel	21
91	Bruce	20
91	Jay	20
91	Lewis	20
94	Alan	19
94	Barry	19
94	Oliver	19
97	Douglas	18
97	Marion	18
97	Stephen	18
97	Wilbur	18