Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,286
2	Robert	1,279
3	James	1,267
4	William	1,152
5	Michael	978
6	Charles	838
7	David	782
8	Richard	714
9	Thomas	704
10	Joseph	563
11	Ronald	463
12	Larry	431
13	Donald	422
14	George	414
15	Gary	394
16	Stephen	355
17	Paul	342
18	Edward	332
19	Kenneth	286
20	Steven	270
21	Dennis	269
22	Wayne	227
23	Raymond	209
24	Mark	208
25	Gregory	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	203
27	Lawrence	193
28	Bruce	184
29	Frank	175
30	Harry	159
31	Walter	153
32	Douglas	149
33	Timothy	142
34	Carl	134
35	Anthony	130
36	Patrick	129
37	Albert	123
38	Howard	120
38	Ralph	120
40	Roger	117
41	Jerry	114
42	Glenn	111
42	Samuel	111
44	Henry	109
45	Francis	107
45	Louis	107
47	Terry	106
48	Frederick	103
49	Arthur	102
49	Gerald	102
51	Jeffrey	99
52	Alan	98
52	Eugene	98
54	Bernard	97
54	Melvin	97
56	Harold	94
57	Philip	93
58	Earl	92
59	Stanley	89
60	Ernest	85
61	Allen	83
61	Barry	83
63	Leonard	82
63	Norman	82
65	Jerome	77
66	Roy	76
67	Brian	75
68	Andrew	74
69	Phillip	73
70	Theodore	72
71	Warren	71
72	Dale	69
73	Leroy	67
74	Martin	64
74	Maurice	64
76	Alfred	63
76	Christopher	63
76	Eric	63
76	Herbert	63
80	Clarence	61
81	Peter	60
82	Vernon	59
83	Jack	58
83	Russell	58
85	Vincent	57
86	Calvin	56
87	Tyrone	55
88	Craig	54
88	Gordon	54
90	Marvin	53
90	Milton	53
92	Franklin	48
93	Reginald	47
94	Edwin	45
95	Leon	44
96	Benjamin	43
96	Clifton	43
96	Keith	43
96	Roland	43
96	Scott	43