Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,536
2	James	1,486
3	Robert	1,475
4	William	1,362
5	Charles	935
6	Richard	868
7	Thomas	750
8	David	735
9	Michael	684
10	Joseph	636
11	Ronald	580
12	George	522
13	Donald	452
14	Edward	404
15	Larry	391
16	Paul	359
17	Gary	352
18	Kenneth	346
19	Dennis	267
20	Raymond	242
21	Wayne	235
22	Stephen	229
23	Frank	199
24	Lawrence	197
25	Harry	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	174
27	Gregory	169
28	Bruce	155
29	Walter	154
30	Albert	151
31	Douglas	149
32	Howard	146
33	Harold	141
34	Steven	138
35	Ralph	137
36	Gerald	134
37	Arthur	132
38	Louis	131
39	Philip	128
40	Henry	121
41	Stanley	120
42	Melvin	119
43	Francis	117
44	Jerry	115
45	Earl	114
46	Carl	113
46	Eugene	113
48	Bernard	112
49	Alan	110
50	Roger	107
51	Anthony	105
52	Frederick	104
53	Roy	103
53	Samuel	103
55	Barry	100
56	Mark	98
57	Timothy	97
58	Ernest	95
59	Calvin	93
59	Norman	93
59	Terry	93
62	Clarence	88
62	Leonard	88
64	Glenn	83
65	Russell	81
66	Allen	78
67	Vernon	76
68	Jeffrey	73
69	Phillip	72
70	Patrick	71
71	Jack	69
71	Leroy	69
73	Martin	67
74	Jerome	66
75	Ronnie	65
76	Peter	64
77	Fred	63
78	Alfred	62
79	Andrew	61
80	Gordon	60
80	Roland	60
80	Theodore	60
83	Marvin	59
84	Herbert	58
85	Edwin	57
86	Franklin	56
87	Lewis	55
88	Alvin	53
88	Dale	53
88	Warren	53
91	Benjamin	50
92	Vincent	49
93	Willie	48
94	Milton	47
95	Eric	46
95	Maurice	46
97	Steve	44
98	Brian	43
98	Edgar	43
98	Lee	43
98	Rodney	43