Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,562
2	John	1,433
3	David	1,267
4	James	1,251
5	Robert	1,244
6	William	994
7	Richard	752
8	Mark	684
9	Kevin	643
10	Joseph	634
11	Charles	613
12	Jeffrey	565
13	Thomas	556
14	Brian	515
15	Steven	482
16	Timothy	478
17	Kenneth	463
18	Anthony	447
19	Christopher	423
20	Paul	411
21	Daniel	376
22	Ronald	345
23	Donald	336
24	Eric	330
25	Edward	323

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Gregory	323
27	Stephen	306
28	Scott	303
29	Gary	284
30	George	280
31	Keith	231
32	Rodney	220
33	Douglas	212
33	Patrick	212
35	Raymond	182
36	Matthew	173
37	Andrew	162
38	Wayne	160
39	Larry	145
40	Darryl	135
41	Craig	131
42	Todd	125
43	Dennis	123
44	Bruce	122
45	Bryan	121
45	Frank	121
47	Sean	117
48	Jerry	110
49	Lawrence	104
50	Troy	101
51	Darren	100
52	Carl	99
52	Peter	99
54	Randy	98
55	Vincent	97
55	Walter	97
57	Terry	96
58	Howard	91
58	Jonathan	91
60	Curtis	89
61	Alan	88
62	Russell	87
63	Tony	85
64	Shawn	83
65	Phillip	82
66	Frederick	81
66	Martin	81
66	Philip	81
69	Samuel	80
70	Harry	79
71	Gerald	78
72	Glenn	76
73	Jeffery	75
74	Roger	74
75	Marvin	72
76	Dale	71
77	Dwayne	70
77	Eugene	70
79	Darrin	68
80	Melvin	67
80	Norman	67
82	Louis	65
83	Bernard	64
83	Earl	64
83	Maurice	64
86	Arthur	63
86	Ernest	63
86	Kirk	63
89	Barry	62
89	Francis	62
89	Steve	62
92	Jerome	61
93	Albert	60
93	Darrell	60
93	Henry	60
96	Chris	59
96	Mike	59
96	Reginald	59
96	Tyrone	59
96	Victor	59