Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	834
2	William	819
3	John	745
4	James	707
5	Charles	564
6	Joseph	375
7	Donald	361
8	Richard	352
9	George	324
10	Thomas	299
11	Edward	284
12	David	242
13	Paul	215
14	Ronald	208
15	Kenneth	152
16	Harry	124
17	Raymond	113
18	Frank	109
19	Walter	105
20	Albert	101
21	Francis	97
21	Louis	97
23	Howard	96
24	Melvin	86
25	Bernard	83

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Michael	83
27	Frederick	82
28	Ralph	81
29	Earl	79
30	Daniel	78
31	Carl	77
31	Harold	77
33	Lawrence	74
34	Henry	73
35	Eugene	67
36	Arthur	65
36	Stanley	65
38	Clarence	63
38	Leroy	63
40	Ernest	62
41	Samuel	56
42	Jack	55
43	Herbert	54
43	Norman	54
45	Anthony	52
45	Gerald	52
45	Jerry	52
48	Wayne	50
49	Franklin	48
50	Gary	45
51	Vernon	42
52	Jerome	41
52	Theodore	41
54	Leonard	40
54	Roger	40
54	Roland	40
57	Allen	39
58	Benjamin	38
58	Carroll	38
58	Russell	38
61	Gordon	36
62	Gilbert	35
63	Alfred	34
63	Leon	34
63	Marvin	34
63	Philip	34
67	Larry	33
68	Irvin	32
69	Milton	31
70	Roy	30
71	Calvin	29
71	Edwin	29
71	Glenn	29
74	Alvin	28
74	Andrew	28
74	Fred	28
74	Stephen	28
78	Harvey	27
78	Herman	27
78	Lewis	27
81	Bruce	26
81	Martin	26
83	Elmer	25
83	Lee	25
83	Maurice	25
83	Warren	25
87	Wilbert	24
88	Alan	22
88	Phillip	22
90	Clifton	21
90	Floyd	21
90	Jesse	21
90	Lloyd	21
94	Clyde	20
94	Douglas	20
94	Gene	20
94	Peter	20
98	Leo	19
98	Vincent	19
100	Arnold	18
100	Dale	18
100	Ray	18