Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,291
2	John	1,214
3	Robert	1,152
4	William	1,150
5	Charles	916
6	Richard	588
7	Thomas	573
8	Joseph	524
9	Ronald	520
10	David	500
11	George	451
12	Edward	357
13	Donald	354
14	Michael	323
15	Paul	250
16	Kenneth	204
17	Raymond	200
18	Walter	189
19	Larry	186
20	Harry	185
21	Frank	182
22	Dennis	165
23	Gary	156
23	Howard	156
25	Wayne	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	138
27	Albert	133
28	Francis	131
29	Jerry	124
30	Daniel	117
30	Henry	117
32	Carl	116
33	Harold	114
33	Melvin	114
35	Earl	113
36	Gerald	110
36	Stephen	110
38	Samuel	109
39	Roger	108
40	Arthur	106
40	Norman	106
42	Eugene	105
43	Frederick	102
44	Ralph	101
45	Bernard	100
46	Douglas	99
46	Louis	99
48	Stanley	93
49	Clarence	89
50	Roy	88
51	Leroy	81
52	Leonard	80
53	Ernest	79
53	Philip	79
55	Anthony	74
56	Jack	71
57	Vernon	70
58	Herbert	66
59	Barry	64
59	Jerome	64
61	Allen	63
62	Russell	60
63	Andrew	59
64	Marvin	56
64	Patrick	56
66	Alfred	55
66	Bruce	55
66	Franklin	55
69	Calvin	53
69	Terry	53
71	Martin	52
71	Steven	52
73	Carroll	51
73	Leon	51
75	Phillip	48
76	Edwin	47
77	Roland	46
78	Benjamin	45
78	Timothy	45
80	Theodore	43
81	Alvin	42
81	Fred	42
83	Gordon	40
83	Milton	40
85	Gilbert	39
85	Lewis	39
87	Warren	38
88	Elmer	37
88	Harvey	37
88	Jeffrey	37
88	Lee	37
88	Ray	37
93	Herman	36
93	Lester	36
93	Victor	36
96	Glenn	35
96	Mark	35
96	Peter	35
99	Alan	34
99	Randolph	34
99	Vincent	34