Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,463
2	John	1,225
3	David	1,129
4	James	1,108
5	Robert	1,101
6	William	865
7	Richard	650
8	Mark	586
9	Charles	564
10	Christopher	549
11	Thomas	543
12	Joseph	537
13	Brian	523
14	Kevin	508
15	Jeffrey	490
16	Timothy	457
17	Steven	445
18	Paul	369
19	Eric	354
20	Scott	339
21	Kenneth	335
22	Anthony	333
22	Ronald	333
24	Daniel	329
25	Stephen	307

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	292
27	Matthew	283
28	Edward	254
29	George	247
30	Donald	246
31	Keith	241
32	Gary	217
33	Andrew	209
34	Patrick	208
35	Sean	192
36	Todd	173
37	Douglas	170
38	Raymond	147
39	Craig	142
40	Rodney	139
41	Dennis	133
42	Bryan	132
43	Troy	131
44	Shawn	125
44	Wayne	125
46	Larry	119
47	Jonathan	115
48	Peter	112
49	Carl	103
50	Frank	102
51	Russell	88
51	Terry	88
53	Lawrence	85
54	Bruce	84
55	Glenn	81
55	Jason	81
57	Jerry	80
58	Roger	79
59	Philip	74
60	Frederick	73
61	Walter	72
62	Samuel	71
63	Harold	70
63	Tony	70
65	Jeffery	68
66	Andre	67
66	Vincent	67
68	Darren	66
68	Marc	66
68	Martin	66
68	Phillip	66
72	Allen	65
72	Benjamin	65
74	Aaron	64
74	Dale	64
76	Howard	63
76	Melvin	63
78	Dwayne	62
78	Gerald	62
78	Roy	62
81	Arthur	59
81	Barry	59
83	Antonio	58
83	Earl	58
83	Harry	58
86	Jon	57
87	Alan	56
87	Chris	56
89	Albert	54
89	Ernest	54
91	Jay	53
92	Curtis	52
92	Derrick	52
92	Duane	52
95	Darrell	51
96	Darrin	50
96	Dean	50
98	Jerome	49
98	Micheal	49
100	Henry	48
100	Maurice	48
100	Randy	48