Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,522
2	John	1,511
2	Robert	1,511
4	James	1,379
5	William	1,300
6	David	1,197
7	Charles	917
8	Richard	898
9	Thomas	726
10	Joseph	683
11	Gary	579
12	Donald	517
13	Mark	516
14	Steven	477
15	Ronald	475
16	George	412
17	Paul	403
17	Stephen	403
19	Kenneth	401
20	Edward	378
21	Larry	353
22	Daniel	307
23	Dennis	299
24	Gregory	274
25	Jeffrey	273

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	232
27	Anthony	228
28	Douglas	226
29	Timothy	223
30	Bruce	222
31	Kevin	213
32	Raymond	199
33	Terry	177
34	Walter	170
35	Frank	167
36	Patrick	160
37	Lawrence	158
38	Keith	135
39	Howard	134
40	Roger	131
41	Carl	128
42	Alan	127
43	Brian	121
44	Barry	119
44	Jerry	119
46	Glenn	118
47	Samuel	112
48	Russell	109
49	Scott	106
50	Arthur	105
50	Craig	105
50	Eugene	105
53	Gerald	104
53	Stanley	104
55	Christopher	101
55	Harry	101
55	Rodney	101
58	Albert	99
59	Francis	96
60	Melvin	95
61	Bernard	94
61	Jerome	94
61	Leonard	94
61	Philip	94
61	Ralph	94
66	Peter	91
67	Frederick	90
68	Earl	89
69	Martin	88
70	Louis	86
70	Ricky	86
72	Andrew	81
72	Reginald	81
74	Henry	80
75	Ernest	77
75	Randy	77
75	Warren	77
78	Dale	75
79	Clarence	73
79	Norman	73
79	Roy	73
79	Vernon	73
83	Eric	72
83	Harold	72
83	Tyrone	72
86	Marvin	71
87	Leroy	69
88	Phillip	68
89	Allen	67
90	Calvin	66
91	Jack	65
92	Theodore	63
92	Vincent	63
94	Curtis	56
94	Garry	56
96	Jonathan	55
96	Steve	55
98	Maurice	53
99	Herbert	52
100	Alvin	51
100	Stuart	51