Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,342
1	Robert	1,342
3	James	1,317
4	William	1,225
5	Charles	906
6	Richard	828
7	Thomas	588
8	Ronald	565
9	Joseph	547
10	Michael	520
11	David	495
12	George	490
13	Edward	390
14	Donald	367
15	Paul	324
16	Gary	321
17	Larry	297
18	Kenneth	279
19	Dennis	258
20	Wayne	221
21	Raymond	198
22	Walter	191
23	Stephen	178
24	Frank	177
24	Howard	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	173
27	Lawrence	162
28	Daniel	151
29	Roger	129
30	Albert	118
31	Gerald	117
32	Harold	115
32	Jerry	115
34	Henry	113
35	Frederick	112
36	Anthony	106
37	Carl	105
38	Douglas	104
38	Ralph	104
40	Louis	103
41	Samuel	100
42	Melvin	98
43	Francis	97
43	Terry	97
45	Eugene	95
46	Gregory	94
47	Arthur	92
48	Alan	91
49	Bernard	90
49	Clarence	90
49	Timothy	90
52	Mark	88
53	Ernest	87
54	Jack	86
55	Stanley	85
56	Philip	84
57	Earl	82
58	Bruce	81
59	Leonard	78
60	Norman	77
61	Leroy	74
61	Steven	74
63	Barry	71
64	Herbert	65
64	Marvin	65
66	Russell	63
67	Patrick	62
68	Allen	61
68	Jerome	61
70	Carroll	60
70	Dale	60
72	Fred	59
72	Martin	59
74	Andrew	58
75	Vernon	57
76	Theodore	56
77	Phillip	55
78	Peter	54
79	Warren	53
80	Calvin	52
80	Franklin	52
82	Glenn	51
82	Jeffrey	51
84	Milton	49
85	Roy	48
86	Gordon	47
86	Rodney	47
88	Alvin	44
88	Edwin	44
88	Gilbert	44
88	Lee	44
88	Ronnie	44
93	Leon	43
94	Benjamin	41
94	Lewis	41
96	Willie	40
97	Harvey	38
97	Roland	38
99	Allan	37
99	Lloyd	37