Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	869
2	John	868
2	Robert	868
4	James	828
5	Charles	682
6	Richard	478
7	George	359
8	Joseph	358
9	Thomas	346
10	Donald	286
11	Edward	285
12	David	283
12	Ronald	283
14	Paul	192
15	Kenneth	180
16	Raymond	158
17	Michael	152
18	Walter	141
19	Harry	135
20	Frank	133
21	Howard	121
22	Albert	112
23	Melvin	111
24	Francis	110
25	Lawrence	109

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	101
27	Louis	96
28	Gerald	92
29	Arthur	90
29	Harold	90
31	Frederick	87
32	Eugene	84
33	Earl	82
34	Carl	81
35	Henry	78
36	Larry	76
37	Bernard	72
37	Daniel	72
37	Gary	72
40	Norman	71
40	Philip	71
42	Ralph	69
42	Samuel	69
44	Dennis	68
45	Stanley	66
46	Jerry	65
47	Anthony	63
48	Jerome	61
49	Ernest	58
50	Clarence	56
50	Russell	56
52	Herbert	55
53	Leroy	53
54	Roger	52
55	Jack	49
55	Stephen	49
57	Allen	48
57	Calvin	48
57	Leonard	48
57	Theodore	48
61	Marvin	47
62	Alfred	45
63	Vernon	44
64	Phillip	43
65	Franklin	42
65	Gilbert	42
67	Carroll	41
68	Milton	39
69	Patrick	37
69	Roland	37
69	Roy	37
72	Andrew	35
72	Barry	35
72	Fred	35
72	Leon	35
76	Glenn	34
76	Martin	34
78	Elmer	32
78	Gene	32
80	Edwin	31
80	Warren	31
82	Alan	30
82	Benjamin	30
82	Gordon	30
82	Harvey	30
86	Douglas	29
87	Herman	28
88	Lewis	27
89	Allan	26
89	Alvin	26
91	Maurice	25
91	Nelson	25
91	Vincent	25
94	Ray	24
95	Bruce	23
95	Lee	23
95	Lloyd	23
98	Edgar	22
98	Jesse	22
98	Wilbur	22