Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,270
2	John	1,142
3	William	1,105
4	Robert	1,080
5	Charles	777
6	Richard	646
7	Thomas	495
8	David	477
9	Joseph	472
10	George	447
11	Ronald	440
12	Donald	358
13	Edward	352
14	Michael	336
15	Paul	289
16	Kenneth	212
17	Gary	207
18	Raymond	191
19	Larry	182
20	Walter	165
21	Frank	161
22	Wayne	155
23	Harry	130
24	Jerry	129
25	Lawrence	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	123
27	Dennis	121
28	Daniel	109
28	Howard	109
30	Albert	108
31	Harold	104
31	Melvin	104
33	Douglas	103
34	Gerald	102
35	Bernard	101
36	Arthur	100
37	Stephen	99
38	Henry	96
39	Eugene	95
40	Francis	94
41	Louis	93
41	Roger	93
43	Ralph	91
44	Frederick	88
44	Leroy	88
46	Leonard	85
47	Earl	83
48	Norman	82
49	Anthony	80
50	Samuel	79
51	Jack	77
52	Russell	76
53	Philip	72
53	Stanley	72
55	Ernest	69
56	Andrew	67
57	Roy	65
58	Barry	61
59	Allen	60
59	Calvin	60
59	Herbert	60
62	Jerome	57
63	Theodore	56
64	Clarence	54
64	Steven	54
64	Vernon	54
67	Peter	52
68	Bruce	51
68	Fred	51
70	Carroll	49
71	Martin	48
71	Milton	48
73	Edwin	47
73	Timothy	47
75	Marvin	46
76	Alan	45
76	Phillip	45
76	Willie	45
79	Lewis	44
80	Mark	43
80	Warren	43
82	Patrick	42
82	Terry	42
84	Franklin	40
84	Gordon	40
84	Lee	40
84	Lloyd	40
88	Roland	39
89	Vincent	38
90	Alfred	36
91	Benjamin	35
92	Glenn	34
92	Herman	34
94	Harvey	33
95	Clifton	31
96	Clyde	30
96	Dale	30
98	Gilbert	29
99	Johnny	28
99	Leo	28
99	Rodney	28