Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,793
2	John	1,501
3	Robert	1,477
4	James	1,421
5	William	1,274
6	David	1,257
7	Charles	826
8	Richard	800
9	Mark	774
10	Thomas	770
11	Joseph	644
12	Donald	540
13	Steven	513
14	Ronald	489
15	Gary	450
15	Kenneth	450
17	Kevin	419
18	Paul	417
19	George	411
20	Jeffrey	387
21	Timothy	362
22	Stephen	355
23	Edward	334
24	Gregory	328
25	Daniel	324

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	320
27	Anthony	316
28	Larry	296
29	Douglas	253
30	Bruce	248
31	Dennis	240
32	Keith	237
33	Wayne	236
34	Raymond	205
35	Lawrence	185
36	Terry	170
37	Frank	165
38	Jerry	151
39	Scott	150
40	Christopher	147
41	Carl	143
42	Walter	141
43	Patrick	140
44	Eric	137
45	Howard	126
46	Glenn	125
47	Peter	117
48	Dale	116
49	Harry	115
49	Randy	115
49	Rodney	115
52	Alan	112
53	Philip	110
54	Martin	108
55	Samuel	107
56	Barry	106
56	Ralph	106
58	Roger	105
59	Russell	104
60	Eugene	103
61	Earl	102
61	Francis	102
63	Henry	100
64	Craig	98
65	Ricky	95
66	Andrew	94
67	Louis	93
67	Stanley	93
69	Albert	92
69	Reginald	92
69	Roy	92
72	Frederick	89
72	Gerald	89
72	Melvin	89
75	Allen	88
75	Arthur	88
77	Norman	87
78	Harold	86
78	Matthew	86
78	Vincent	86
81	Steve	84
82	Leonard	83
82	Phillip	83
84	Jay	79
84	Marvin	79
86	Jerome	78
87	Tyrone	76
88	Bryan	75
89	Jeffery	74
90	Jack	73
91	Andre	72
91	Tony	72
93	Bernard	70
93	Curtis	70
95	Calvin	68
96	Leroy	67
96	Ronnie	67
98	Danny	66
99	Maurice	65
100	Benjamin	62