Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,152
2	John	1,141
3	William	1,135
4	James	1,113
5	Charles	902
6	Richard	605
7	Joseph	525
8	George	486
9	Thomas	477
10	Ronald	456
11	David	421
12	Edward	372
13	Donald	339
14	Michael	274
15	Paul	232
16	Kenneth	217
17	Raymond	186
18	Harry	169
19	Frank	167
20	Gary	166
21	Walter	165
22	Larry	164
23	Dennis	141
24	Howard	140
25	Francis	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	124
27	Daniel	122
28	Albert	117
29	Gerald	115
30	Carl	114
31	Arthur	113
31	Louis	113
31	Ralph	113
31	Wayne	113
35	Douglas	112
35	Henry	112
37	Melvin	107
38	Jerry	104
39	Earl	99
39	Harold	99
41	Stephen	94
42	Ernest	92
43	Samuel	91
44	Bernard	87
45	Frederick	86
45	Norman	86
47	Eugene	85
48	Philip	84
49	Russell	80
50	Roger	79
50	Stanley	79
52	Anthony	74
52	Leroy	74
54	Roland	70
55	Jerome	69
55	Leonard	69
55	Vernon	69
58	Carroll	66
59	Franklin	63
60	Barry	62
60	Clarence	62
62	Alfred	58
63	Herbert	57
64	Roy	56
65	Fred	52
65	Jack	52
67	Allen	49
68	Andrew	47
68	Bruce	47
68	Edwin	47
68	Theodore	47
72	Patrick	46
72	Terry	46
74	Martin	45
74	Marvin	45
76	Warren	44
77	Leon	43
78	Milton	40
78	Peter	40
80	Gordon	38
80	Maurice	38
82	Calvin	37
82	Harvey	37
84	Alan	36
84	Benjamin	36
84	Victor	36
87	Alvin	35
87	Ray	35
89	Allan	34
89	Dale	34
89	Elmer	34
89	Lewis	34
93	Clyde	33
93	Glenn	33
95	Herman	32
95	Leo	32
95	Lester	32
98	Clifford	31
98	Nelson	31
98	Phillip	31
98	Rodney	31
98	Vincent	31