Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,526
2	John	1,310
3	David	1,236
4	James	1,231
5	Robert	1,114
6	William	953
7	Richard	689
8	Charles	607
9	Jeffrey	580
10	Thomas	574
11	Joseph	572
12	Mark	570
13	Brian	558
14	Kevin	540
15	Timothy	514
16	Christopher	479
17	Steven	460
18	Paul	393
19	Kenneth	390
20	Anthony	373
21	Ronald	356
22	Daniel	351
23	Stephen	330
24	Edward	325
25	Scott	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	315
26	Gregory	315
28	Eric	305
29	George	283
30	Rodney	273
31	Gary	261
32	Keith	252
33	Andrew	208
34	Patrick	201
35	Douglas	193
36	Matthew	168
37	Raymond	160
38	Sean	147
39	Wayne	139
40	Bryan	138
41	Todd	132
42	Craig	129
42	Larry	129
44	Frank	128
45	Bruce	123
46	Terry	118
47	Carl	116
48	Lawrence	110
49	Troy	109
50	Darryl	106
51	Randy	102
52	Dennis	100
53	Peter	99
54	Russell	97
55	Roger	94
55	Shawn	94
57	Samuel	93
58	Tony	89
58	Walter	89
60	Harry	88
61	Gerald	86
62	Jerry	85
62	Jonathan	85
64	Allen	84
65	Philip	83
66	Vincent	82
67	Phillip	79
68	Alan	77
68	Darren	77
68	Glenn	77
68	Howard	77
68	Tyrone	77
73	Marvin	75
74	Curtis	73
74	Frederick	73
76	Darrin	71
76	Jeffery	71
78	Arthur	70
79	Andre	69
79	Dale	69
81	Barry	67
81	Jerome	67
81	Louis	67
81	Martin	67
85	Dean	66
85	Norman	66
87	Harold	64
88	Dwayne	62
89	Roy	61
90	Ralph	60
91	Henry	59
92	Albert	58
92	Derek	58
92	Duane	58
92	Eugene	58
96	Derrick	56
96	Maurice	56
98	Ernest	55
98	Jason	55
98	Steve	55