Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,203
2	James	1,173
3	Robert	1,101
4	William	1,057
5	Charles	754
6	Richard	667
7	Thomas	504
8	David	503
9	Joseph	481
10	George	457
11	Ronald	431
12	Michael	423
13	Donald	358
14	Edward	320
15	Paul	274
16	Larry	252
17	Gary	234
18	Kenneth	203
19	Raymond	185
20	Frank	178
21	Dennis	157
21	Harry	157
23	Wayne	141
24	Walter	136
25	Lawrence	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	128
27	Howard	119
28	Albert	118
29	Stephen	117
30	Henry	114
31	Roger	108
32	Ralph	107
33	Harold	104
34	Carl	101
34	Douglas	101
34	Francis	101
37	Jerry	98
38	Samuel	95
39	Louis	93
40	Gerald	90
41	Leroy	85
41	Melvin	85
43	Norman	84
44	Arthur	82
45	Frederick	81
46	Alan	80
47	Bernard	78
47	Eugene	78
49	Anthony	77
49	Bruce	77
49	Earl	77
52	Clarence	74
53	Russell	72
54	Stanley	71
55	Barry	70
55	Ernest	70
57	Franklin	67
57	Leonard	67
59	Terry	62
60	Herbert	60
61	Steven	59
61	Timothy	59
63	Jerome	58
64	Philip	57
64	Roy	57
66	Vernon	53
67	Mark	52
67	Peter	52
67	Warren	52
70	Fred	51
70	Jack	51
72	Phillip	50
73	Martin	49
74	Allen	48
75	Andrew	46
75	Theodore	46
77	Patrick	45
78	Calvin	44
79	Jay	42
80	Marvin	41
81	Alvin	40
81	Jeffrey	40
81	Lloyd	40
84	Alfred	38
84	Benjamin	38
84	Edwin	38
87	Carroll	37
87	Dwight	37
89	Gregory	36
89	Willie	36
91	Lee	35
91	Stuart	35
93	Leo	33
93	Leon	33
95	Gilbert	32
95	Joe	32
95	Milton	32
95	Ronnie	32
95	Vincent	32
100	Glenn	31
100	Gordon	31