Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,589
2	John	1,584
3	David	1,438
4	James	1,310
5	Robert	1,308
6	William	1,111
7	Mark	929
8	Charles	729
9	Richard	710
10	Joseph	649
11	Thomas	610
12	Kevin	558
13	Jeffrey	533
14	Steven	481
15	Kenneth	467
16	Timothy	444
17	Donald	430
18	Brian	420
19	Anthony	402
20	Paul	401
21	Gary	398
22	Ronald	355
23	George	347
24	Daniel	339
25	Gregory	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	316
27	Christopher	293
28	Stephen	292
29	Douglas	244
30	Eric	237
30	Keith	237
32	Scott	227
33	Larry	216
34	Wayne	210
35	Bruce	194
36	Frank	181
37	Raymond	176
38	Patrick	168
39	Dennis	164
40	Craig	158
41	Barry	146
42	Terry	140
43	Andrew	134
44	Glenn	133
44	Walter	133
46	Dale	132
47	Carl	129
48	Alan	126
48	Lawrence	126
50	Rodney	123
51	Ricky	120
52	Martin	114
53	Jerry	112
53	Randy	112
55	Darryl	110
56	Bryan	109
57	Dwayne	106
57	Matthew	106
57	Roger	106
60	Russell	103
61	Howard	102
62	Mike	101
62	Samuel	101
64	Jeffery	100
65	Philip	99
66	Tony	98
67	Steve	96
68	Harry	95
68	Peter	95
70	Louis	94
70	Melvin	94
72	Allen	89
72	Jonathan	89
74	Andre	87
74	Phillip	87
76	Gerald	85
77	Eugene	84
77	Ralph	84
79	Frederick	83
80	Jay	82
81	Curtis	81
81	Vincent	81
83	Jeff	77
83	Ronnie	77
85	Albert	76
85	Harold	76
85	Stanley	76
85	Todd	76
89	Arthur	75
90	Henry	74
91	Francis	73
92	Maurice	71
93	Earl	70
94	Danny	69
94	Leonard	69
96	Randall	68
96	Roy	68
98	Chris	67
98	Marvin	67
100	Dean	66
100	Vernon	66