Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,359
2	James	1,288
3	Robert	1,233
4	William	1,153
5	Charles	884
6	Michael	829
7	Richard	739
8	David	710
9	Thomas	708
10	Joseph	572
11	Ronald	499
12	George	439
13	Donald	435
14	Larry	372
15	Gary	365
16	Edward	337
17	Paul	323
18	Stephen	311
19	Kenneth	294
20	Dennis	256
21	Raymond	220
22	Steven	207
23	Wayne	204
24	Daniel	198
25	Mark	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	183
27	Frank	168
28	Bruce	163
29	Walter	158
30	Lawrence	157
31	Anthony	148
31	Howard	148
33	Harry	130
34	Albert	125
35	Douglas	121
36	Louis	117
37	Gerald	115
38	Jeffrey	114
39	Samuel	113
40	Roger	112
41	Patrick	110
41	Timothy	110
43	Frederick	109
44	Philip	108
45	Arthur	107
46	Henry	106
47	Ralph	100
48	Bernard	98
48	Carl	98
48	Jerry	98
51	Francis	97
52	Alan	96
52	Harold	96
54	Melvin	93
55	Ernest	92
55	Stanley	92
55	Terry	92
58	Barry	90
58	Eugene	90
60	Glenn	89
61	Earl	84
62	Russell	83
63	Jerome	81
64	Norman	74
65	Christopher	73
66	Clarence	72
66	Leonard	72
66	Martin	72
66	Peter	72
70	Allen	70
70	Calvin	70
72	Andrew	68
73	Phillip	67
74	Roy	66
75	Jack	65
76	Eric	64
76	Leroy	64
76	Theodore	64
79	Vernon	63
80	Reginald	60
81	Dale	58
82	Craig	57
83	Brian	56
84	Tyrone	54
85	Herbert	53
86	Gilbert	52
86	Gordon	52
86	Rodney	52
89	Warren	48
90	Benjamin	47
91	Carroll	46
91	Marvin	46
93	Alvin	45
93	Harvey	45
95	Edwin	43
95	Jesse	43
95	Lee	43
95	Roland	43
99	Leon	42
99	Milton	42