Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,462
2	John	1,443
3	James	1,345
4	William	1,311
5	Michael	1,250
6	David	951
7	Richard	902
8	Charles	892
9	Thomas	747
10	Joseph	592
11	Gary	563
12	Ronald	479
13	George	441
14	Donald	438
15	Stephen	405
16	Steven	390
17	Paul	372
18	Larry	364
19	Kenneth	362
20	Edward	346
21	Mark	327
22	Dennis	304
23	Daniel	270
24	Gregory	253
25	Bruce	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	224
27	Raymond	207
28	Douglas	203
29	Lawrence	200
30	Timothy	191
31	Anthony	180
32	Jeffrey	168
33	Walter	163
34	Harry	155
35	Frank	145
36	Roger	138
37	Frederick	134
37	Howard	134
39	Patrick	125
40	Samuel	123
41	Terry	117
42	Glenn	115
43	Jerry	114
44	Carl	111
45	Ralph	109
46	Melvin	106
47	Henry	105
48	Francis	104
49	Louis	103
50	Gerald	102
51	Harold	100
51	Kevin	100
53	Arthur	99
53	Brian	99
55	Earl	98
55	Peter	98
57	Allen	97
58	Alan	96
58	Albert	96
58	Barry	96
61	Keith	95
62	Christopher	94
62	Philip	94
62	Stanley	94
65	Eric	88
65	Leonard	88
67	Eugene	85
67	Russell	85
69	Bernard	83
70	Andrew	81
71	Norman	79
72	Warren	77
73	Craig	76
73	Rodney	76
75	Martin	75
76	Roy	73
77	Dale	72
78	Calvin	69
79	Tyrone	68
80	Ernest	67
80	Jack	67
80	Jerome	67
80	Scott	67
80	Theodore	67
85	Phillip	65
86	Leroy	61
87	Reginald	60
88	Dwight	57
88	Randy	57
90	Marvin	56
91	Jonathan	55
92	Jay	54
93	Maurice	52
93	Vincent	52
95	Franklin	49
96	Clarence	48
97	Benjamin	47
98	Gordon	46
99	Herbert	45
99	Milton	45
99	Roland	45
99	Victor	45