Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	964
2	Robert	963
3	William	928
4	James	905
5	Charles	768
6	Richard	536
7	Joseph	464
8	Thomas	421
9	George	405
10	Ronald	380
11	David	365
12	Donald	312
13	Edward	302
14	Paul	211
15	Kenneth	179
16	Michael	170
17	Harry	155
17	Raymond	155
19	Albert	146
20	Frank	128
21	Wayne	124
22	Gary	122
23	Larry	120
24	Howard	118
25	Walter	117

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	115
27	Harold	107
28	Carl	103
28	Francis	103
30	Gerald	99
31	Ralph	98
32	Arthur	94
32	Melvin	94
34	Louis	91
35	Henry	90
36	Dennis	85
37	Norman	84
38	Daniel	82
39	Jerry	81
40	Frederick	80
41	Eugene	74
42	Stanley	71
43	Bernard	70
44	Philip	69
45	Clarence	68
46	Leroy	66
47	Stephen	65
48	Roy	61
48	Samuel	61
48	Vernon	61
51	Earl	60
52	Herbert	59
53	Alfred	58
53	Ernest	58
53	Jerome	58
53	Russell	58
57	Leonard	57
57	Roger	57
59	Allen	55
60	Theodore	53
61	Anthony	52
62	Franklin	46
63	Douglas	45
63	Jack	45
65	Calvin	44
65	Fred	44
67	Andrew	43
67	Roland	43
69	Carroll	42
70	Martin	40
71	Lee	39
72	Barry	38
72	Glenn	38
72	Harvey	38
72	Milton	38
72	Patrick	38
77	Leon	37
77	Lloyd	37
79	Alvin	36
79	Gene	36
79	Gilbert	36
79	Marvin	36
83	Benjamin	34
83	Edwin	34
85	Bruce	33
85	Vincent	33
87	Clifford	32
87	Phillip	32
89	Dale	31
89	Elmer	31
89	Gordon	31
89	Lewis	31
93	Irvin	30
94	Alan	29
94	Floyd	29
94	Herman	29
94	Lester	29
94	Victor	29
99	Peter	26
100	Allan	25
100	Ray	25