Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,548
2	Michael	1,541
3	James	1,393
4	Robert	1,346
5	David	1,341
6	William	1,032
7	Mark	889
8	Charles	684
9	Richard	666
10	Thomas	660
11	Joseph	632
12	Jeffrey	578
13	Kevin	552
14	Steven	470
15	Timothy	456
16	Kenneth	410
17	Brian	399
18	Paul	388
19	Anthony	386
20	Donald	379
21	Ronald	371
22	Scott	339
23	Gregory	332
24	Gary	325
25	Stephen	317

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	305
27	Daniel	301
28	George	289
29	Douglas	268
30	Christopher	265
31	Eric	245
32	Keith	211
33	Raymond	183
34	Wayne	174
35	Patrick	163
36	Larry	162
37	Bruce	161
38	Dennis	157
39	Glenn	156
40	Frank	147
41	Barry	135
42	Terry	125
43	Lawrence	124
44	Andrew	122
45	Craig	120
46	Jerry	117
47	Troy	115
47	Vincent	115
49	Jeffery	113
49	Roger	113
51	Alan	112
51	Darryl	112
51	Matthew	112
51	Philip	112
55	Carl	108
55	Randy	108
55	Russell	108
58	Bryan	105
59	Todd	104
60	Walter	101
61	Rodney	99
61	Tony	99
63	Howard	98
64	Dwayne	97
65	Ricky	96
66	Gerald	94
67	Samuel	93
67	Steve	93
69	Dale	92
70	Martin	91
71	Phillip	90
72	Harry	89
72	Mike	89
74	Marvin	85
75	Warren	84
76	Albert	82
76	Frederick	82
78	Danny	77
78	Jay	77
80	Francis	75
80	Jeff	75
82	Curtis	74
82	Eugene	74
82	Peter	74
82	Ralph	74
86	Allen	73
86	Henry	73
86	Melvin	73
89	Jonathan	72
90	Maurice	68
90	Stanley	68
92	Jerome	67
92	Tyrone	67
94	Darrell	66
94	Leonard	66
96	Bernard	65
97	Arthur	64
97	Louis	64
99	Andre	62
99	Benjamin	62
99	Norman	62
99	Randall	62