Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,739
2	John	1,434
3	Robert	1,397
4	James	1,345
5	David	1,340
6	William	1,152
7	Richard	847
8	Charles	811
9	Mark	792
10	Joseph	753
11	Thomas	691
12	Steven	472
13	Donald	462
14	Timothy	457
15	Kenneth	448
16	Kevin	431
17	Ronald	426
18	Jeffrey	406
19	Gary	393
20	George	365
21	Paul	358
22	Anthony	349
22	Stephen	349
24	Edward	345
25	Gregory	331

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	308
27	Daniel	285
28	Larry	273
29	Wayne	248
30	Keith	231
31	Bruce	222
32	Christopher	208
32	Douglas	208
34	Raymond	199
35	Dennis	187
36	Frank	175
37	Ricky	171
38	Scott	170
39	Lawrence	169
40	Eric	164
40	Patrick	164
42	Walter	152
43	Carl	150
44	Terry	148
45	Harry	129
46	Dale	127
47	Randy	121
47	Rodney	121
49	Martin	118
50	Jerry	114
51	Frederick	111
52	Russell	110
53	Alan	109
54	Steve	106
55	Andrew	105
55	Craig	105
57	Barry	104
57	Howard	104
59	Glenn	102
59	Peter	102
59	Philip	102
62	Jay	96
62	Samuel	96
64	Mike	94
64	Tony	94
66	Tyrone	93
67	Melvin	92
68	Henry	87
68	Jerome	87
70	Bernard	86
71	Eugene	85
71	Louis	85
71	Ralph	85
74	Stanley	84
75	Arthur	83
76	Allen	82
76	Gerald	82
76	Reginald	82
79	Jack	80
80	Andre	79
81	Roger	78
81	Warren	78
83	Curtis	76
84	Matthew	74
84	Vincent	74
86	Jonathan	73
86	Leonard	73
86	Marvin	73
89	Albert	71
89	Ernest	71
89	Harold	71
89	Jeffery	71
93	Bryan	69
93	Roy	69
95	Clarence	68
96	Norman	67
96	Ronnie	67
98	Francis	65
99	Earl	64
99	Herbert	64