Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,647
2	John	1,553
3	Robert	1,471
4	James	1,453
5	William	1,296
6	David	1,274
7	Richard	839
8	Charles	806
9	Thomas	732
10	Mark	684
11	Joseph	671
12	Steven	516
13	Gary	502
14	Donald	486
15	Ronald	437
16	George	428
17	Kenneth	412
18	Paul	409
19	Jeffrey	395
20	Kevin	394
21	Stephen	387
22	Edward	361
23	Gregory	357
24	Anthony	313
25	Daniel	310

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	307
27	Larry	276
28	Brian	260
29	Dennis	248
30	Wayne	232
31	Douglas	227
32	Keith	217
33	Bruce	207
33	Lawrence	207
35	Raymond	204
36	Terry	168
37	Frank	158
38	Patrick	148
39	Randy	133
40	Carl	132
40	Walter	132
42	Philip	128
43	Barry	126
44	Scott	125
45	Glenn	123
46	Russell	122
47	Rodney	120
48	Christopher	119
48	Howard	119
50	Martin	110
51	Henry	109
51	Stanley	109
53	Eric	108
53	Harry	108
55	Craig	107
56	Samuel	105
57	Earl	104
57	Gerald	104
57	Roger	104
60	Andrew	102
60	Francis	102
60	Jerry	102
63	Albert	101
63	Ralph	101
65	Alan	100
66	Melvin	98
67	Leonard	96
67	Tyrone	96
69	Louis	94
70	Frederick	93
71	Eugene	89
72	Arthur	88
73	Bernard	85
74	Jay	84
75	Roy	83
76	Warren	81
77	Dale	80
78	Allen	78
79	Ricky	77
80	Peter	76
81	Harold	75
82	Phillip	74
83	Clarence	73
84	Reginald	72
85	Jeffery	71
86	Jerome	70
87	Calvin	69
87	Ernest	69
89	Jack	67
90	Curtis	66
91	Andre	63
91	Norman	63
93	Leroy	62
93	Marvin	62
95	Alfred	61
96	Jonathan	60
96	Steve	60
98	Bryan	59
98	Matthew	59
100	Victor	58