Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,429
2	James	1,346
3	Robert	1,296
4	William	1,236
5	Charles	954
6	Richard	755
7	Thomas	751
8	Michael	722
9	David	692
10	Joseph	584
11	Ronald	567
12	George	521
13	Donald	454
14	Edward	388
15	Larry	362
16	Gary	361
17	Paul	317
18	Kenneth	292
19	Dennis	241
20	Stephen	240
21	Raymond	196
22	Wayne	188
23	Frank	184
24	Daniel	183
25	Gregory	180

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	168
27	Steven	161
28	Bruce	160
29	Lawrence	154
30	Walter	144
31	Carl	141
32	Howard	140
33	Roger	133
34	Albert	127
35	Douglas	125
36	Timothy	124
37	Frederick	120
38	Jerry	115
39	Henry	113
39	Melvin	113
41	Anthony	110
41	Philip	110
43	Samuel	104
44	Harold	103
45	Louis	102
46	Patrick	101
47	Jeffrey	100
48	Ralph	99
49	Francis	98
50	Arthur	97
50	Mark	97
52	Alan	95
52	Terry	95
54	Bernard	93
54	Gerald	93
56	Clarence	92
57	Stanley	91
58	Earl	89
59	Russell	86
60	Norman	84
61	Martin	82
62	Allen	81
62	Roy	81
64	Barry	80
64	Phillip	80
66	Ernest	79
67	Eugene	78
68	Jack	75
69	Jerome	74
70	Leonard	73
71	Warren	71
72	Marvin	65
73	Andrew	64
73	Glenn	64
75	Dale	63
76	Christopher	62
76	Leroy	62
78	Peter	61
78	Vernon	61
80	Benjamin	57
80	Herbert	57
82	Eric	56
83	Theodore	55
84	Ronnie	54
85	Calvin	52
85	Milton	52
87	Craig	51
88	Reginald	50
89	Lee	49
89	Steve	49
91	Rodney	48
91	Vincent	48
93	Alfred	47
94	Dwight	44
94	Edwin	44
94	Franklin	44
97	Roland	43
97	Victor	43
99	Maurice	42
100	Fred	41
100	Gilbert	41
100	Lester	41
100	Lewis	41