Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,407
2	John	1,383
3	James	1,334
4	William	1,281
5	Michael	1,066
6	David	854
7	Charles	841
8	Richard	806
9	Thomas	769
10	Joseph	584
11	Gary	503
12	George	478
13	Ronald	476
14	Donald	419
15	Stephen	379
16	Edward	377
17	Larry	371
18	Kenneth	364
19	Paul	346
20	Steven	324
21	Dennis	302
22	Bruce	256
23	Daniel	254
24	Gregory	239
25	Mark	238

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	217
27	Douglas	207
28	Frank	194
29	Raymond	192
30	Lawrence	175
31	Timothy	170
32	Walter	169
33	Harry	165
34	Howard	150
35	Anthony	145
36	Jeffrey	142
37	Melvin	131
38	Frederick	128
39	Jerry	127
40	Francis	126
41	Albert	124
42	Henry	123
42	Patrick	123
44	Philip	120
45	Stanley	119
46	Roger	118
47	Arthur	117
47	Ralph	117
49	Louis	111
49	Terry	111
51	Eugene	107
52	Gerald	106
53	Carl	104
53	Harold	104
53	Samuel	104
56	Christopher	101
57	Alan	100
58	Earl	92
59	Martin	91
60	Barry	90
61	Bernard	89
61	Glenn	89
63	Jerome	87
63	Leonard	87
65	Dale	85
66	Andrew	83
67	Allen	82
68	Peter	81
69	Vernon	80
70	Craig	77
71	Ernest	75
72	Jack	73
72	Russell	73
74	Norman	71
75	Roy	69
76	Leroy	68
77	Keith	67
78	Reginald	66
79	Eric	64
79	Herbert	64
81	Kevin	63
82	Clarence	61
83	Rodney	60
83	Theodore	60
85	Tyrone	59
86	Brian	57
86	Edwin	57
86	Phillip	57
89	Alfred	55
89	Alvin	55
89	Marvin	55
92	Warren	54
93	Leon	53
94	Calvin	50
94	Jay	50
96	Roland	49
97	Victor	46
98	Benjamin	45
98	Lee	45
98	Leslie	45
98	Scott	45