Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	864
2	William	834
3	John	787
4	James	768
5	Charles	616
6	Richard	391
7	George	375
8	Joseph	362
9	Donald	328
10	Thomas	321
11	Ronald	295
12	Edward	280
13	David	236
14	Paul	171
15	Kenneth	165
16	Raymond	141
17	Walter	135
18	Harry	119
19	Michael	116
20	Howard	106
21	Lawrence	103
22	Frank	102
23	Francis	99
24	Albert	96
24	Henry	96

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	90
27	Arthur	88
28	Earl	86
29	Harold	84
30	Eugene	79
30	Wayne	79
32	Frederick	76
33	Ralph	75
34	Bernard	74
34	Samuel	74
36	Carl	73
36	Norman	73
38	Daniel	70
39	Leroy	68
40	Herbert	64
41	Clarence	63
42	Ernest	62
43	Leonard	59
44	Melvin	58
44	Theodore	58
46	Larry	56
47	Gerald	53
48	Stanley	52
49	Jack	51
50	Vernon	50
51	Calvin	48
52	Roy	47
53	Franklin	46
53	Gary	46
53	Philip	46
53	Russell	46
57	Alfred	43
57	Jerome	43
57	Jerry	43
60	Anthony	42
61	Martin	40
61	Roger	40
63	Gilbert	37
64	Douglas	36
64	Leon	36
66	Allen	35
66	Elmer	35
66	Marvin	35
66	Roland	35
70	Andrew	34
70	Edwin	34
70	Fred	34
73	Carroll	32
73	Dennis	32
75	Arnold	31
75	Gordon	31
75	Warren	31
78	Gene	30
78	Lewis	30
80	Harvey	29
80	Milton	29
80	Vincent	29
83	Lee	28
83	Leo	28
85	Lloyd	27
86	Alan	26
86	Alvin	26
88	Phillip	25
89	Joe	24
89	Nelson	24
89	Ray	24
92	Glenn	23
92	Stephen	23
94	Dale	22
94	Edgar	22
94	Herman	22
97	Benjamin	21
97	Jesse	21
97	Lester	21
97	Nathaniel	21
97	Peter	21