Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,476
2	John	1,464
2	Robert	1,464
4	James	1,421
5	David	1,333
6	William	1,244
7	Charles	883
8	Richard	831
9	Thomas	758
10	Joseph	669
11	Mark	567
12	Gary	524
13	Donald	492
14	Ronald	465
15	Steven	463
16	George	451
17	Paul	419
18	Kenneth	381
19	Stephen	375
20	Edward	362
21	Jeffrey	354
22	Larry	335
23	Gregory	329
24	Daniel	308
25	Timothy	263

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	262
27	Kevin	253
28	Dennis	250
29	Anthony	241
30	Raymond	225
31	Douglas	206
32	Bruce	189
33	Brian	188
34	Keith	174
35	Terry	162
36	Patrick	159
37	Frank	157
38	Lawrence	150
39	Christopher	147
40	Roger	134
41	Barry	132
41	Walter	132
43	Glenn	129
44	Carl	128
45	Howard	126
46	Jerry	122
47	Randy	118
48	Rodney	116
49	Bernard	115
50	Louis	112
51	Harry	111
51	Philip	111
51	Samuel	111
54	Arthur	110
55	Melvin	109
56	Andrew	107
56	Ralph	107
58	Craig	106
58	Henry	106
60	Gerald	104
60	Russell	104
62	Alan	103
63	Eugene	99
64	Stanley	97
65	Roy	96
66	Earl	93
67	Peter	91
67	Scott	91
69	Eric	88
70	Allen	85
70	Francis	85
70	Frederick	85
73	Albert	83
73	Harold	83
73	Marvin	83
76	Dale	82
76	Leonard	82
78	Reginald	79
79	Norman	77
80	Martin	76
81	Clarence	75
82	Ernest	73
82	Jerome	73
82	Warren	73
85	Ricky	70
86	Jack	69
87	Phillip	68
88	Theodore	67
89	Calvin	65
90	Curtis	64
90	Tyrone	64
92	Danny	62
93	Jeffery	61
94	Herbert	59
95	Benjamin	58
96	Vincent	57
97	Leroy	55
98	Franklin	53
98	Randall	53
100	Steve	52