Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,639
2	James	1,433
3	John	1,398
4	David	1,373
5	Robert	1,325
6	William	1,221
7	Mark	944
8	Richard	800
9	Charles	791
10	Thomas	704
11	Joseph	646
12	Kevin	461
13	Steven	454
14	Timothy	450
15	Donald	446
16	Kenneth	445
17	Jeffrey	400
18	Paul	399
19	Gary	389
20	Ronald	383
21	Anthony	379
22	George	353
23	Brian	347
24	Stephen	322
25	Daniel	321

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	315
26	Gregory	315
28	Larry	293
29	Keith	254
30	Wayne	237
31	Dennis	235
32	Douglas	231
33	Raymond	216
34	Bruce	208
35	Christopher	200
36	Eric	188
37	Frank	183
38	Scott	182
39	Craig	166
40	Terry	165
41	Patrick	152
42	Ricky	150
43	Walter	148
44	Jerry	143
45	Dale	133
46	Russell	128
47	Lawrence	126
48	Carl	121
49	Randy	116
50	Andrew	115
50	Glenn	115
52	Barry	114
53	Howard	113
54	Alan	112
55	Mike	111
56	Harry	109
56	Peter	109
58	Philip	107
59	Steve	104
60	Matthew	102
61	Louis	101
62	Roger	98
63	Curtis	97
64	Bryan	96
65	Gerald	95
65	Rodney	95
67	Martin	94
68	Jeffery	93
69	Tyrone	92
70	Arthur	91
71	Frederick	90
71	Tony	90
73	Albert	87
73	Melvin	87
75	Earl	85
76	Harold	84
76	Jay	84
78	Roy	83
79	Francis	82
80	Stanley	81
81	Ralph	79
82	Samuel	78
83	Danny	75
84	Allen	73
84	Ronnie	73
86	Leonard	72
87	Henry	71
87	Reginald	71
89	Chris	70
89	Jack	70
89	Jerome	70
89	Micheal	70
93	Eugene	69
93	Phillip	69
95	Bernard	68
95	Maurice	68
97	Ernest	67
97	Norman	67
99	Vincent	66
100	Jeff	65