Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	838
2	John	817
3	William	801
4	James	757
5	Charles	632
6	Joseph	385
7	Richard	383
8	George	374
9	Donald	319
10	Thomas	302
11	Ronald	273
12	David	265
13	Edward	240
14	Paul	168
15	Kenneth	160
16	Michael	146
17	Walter	134
18	Frank	127
18	Harry	127
20	Raymond	122
21	Francis	116
22	Wayne	102
23	Howard	91
24	Albert	90
25	Henry	89

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	88
27	Melvin	86
28	Samuel	82
29	Lawrence	81
29	Louis	81
31	Ralph	80
32	Harold	78
33	Carl	77
34	Gary	76
35	Earl	75
36	Clarence	74
37	Frederick	72
38	Stanley	71
39	Norman	70
40	Bernard	69
41	Daniel	64
42	Ernest	63
43	Gerald	62
43	Larry	62
45	Eugene	59
46	Herbert	57
47	Leroy	55
48	Jerome	54
49	Anthony	53
49	Jerry	53
49	Leonard	53
52	Dennis	50
53	Philip	48
54	Roger	44
55	Jack	41
55	Milton	41
57	Gordon	40
57	Theodore	40
59	Allen	39
59	Franklin	39
59	Marvin	39
62	Calvin	38
62	Carroll	38
62	Vernon	38
65	Andrew	37
65	Phillip	37
65	Russell	37
68	Roy	36
69	Fred	35
69	Stephen	35
71	Benjamin	34
71	Gilbert	34
73	Alfred	33
74	Edwin	31
74	Roland	31
76	Clifton	29
76	Edgar	29
76	Gene	29
76	Patrick	29
80	Martin	28
81	Elmer	27
81	Irvin	27
81	Lloyd	27
81	Peter	27
85	Harvey	26
85	Warren	26
87	Douglas	25
87	Lee	25
87	Leo	25
87	Leon	25
87	Lewis	25
92	Alan	23
92	Alvin	23
92	Lester	23
95	Clyde	22
95	Curtis	22
95	Glenn	22
95	Herman	22
99	Arnold	21
99	Terry	21