Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,402
2	Robert	1,395
3	James	1,380
4	Michael	1,379
5	William	1,290
6	David	1,126
7	Charles	869
8	Richard	846
9	Thomas	737
10	Joseph	606
11	Gary	532
12	Donald	474
13	Steven	461
14	Ronald	453
15	Edward	413
16	George	408
17	Mark	407
18	Paul	386
19	Stephen	380
20	Kenneth	371
21	Dennis	328
22	Larry	314
23	Gregory	280
24	Daniel	261
25	Timothy	241

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	238
27	Wayne	221
28	Bruce	215
29	Douglas	208
30	Raymond	192
31	Anthony	186
32	Lawrence	176
33	Kevin	152
34	Frank	151
34	Roger	151
34	Walter	151
37	Keith	133
38	Patrick	129
39	Alan	122
39	Carl	122
39	Glenn	122
42	Harry	121
43	Philip	118
44	Arthur	117
44	Eugene	117
46	Ralph	115
47	Francis	112
47	Jerry	112
49	Terry	111
50	Rodney	110
51	Stanley	109
52	Frederick	108
52	Samuel	108
54	Gerald	107
54	Howard	107
56	Barry	103
56	Christopher	103
56	Henry	103
59	Louis	102
60	Albert	96
60	Andrew	96
60	Melvin	96
63	Earl	95
63	Harold	95
63	Russell	95
66	Peter	91
66	Roy	91
68	Leonard	88
68	Phillip	88
70	Brian	86
71	Martin	85
72	Bernard	84
73	Dale	81
74	Marvin	79
75	Jack	77
76	Clarence	75
76	Ernest	75
78	Scott	74
79	Norman	73
80	Allen	72
81	Leroy	71
82	Eric	70
82	Jerome	70
82	Tyrone	70
82	Warren	70
86	Craig	65
87	Reginald	63
88	Jay	62
89	Vincent	58
90	Calvin	55
91	Gordon	54
91	Herbert	54
91	Ricky	54
94	Benjamin	52
94	Randy	52
96	Vernon	51
97	Theodore	50
98	Alfred	49
98	Ronnie	49
100	Willie	48