Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,492
2	David	1,111
3	John	1,105
4	James	1,079
5	Robert	1,059
6	William	920
7	Christopher	664
8	Brian	606
9	Charles	559
10	Richard	541
11	Thomas	528
12	Kevin	523
13	Joseph	511
14	Jeffrey	491
14	Mark	491
16	Steven	459
17	Eric	453
18	Timothy	415
19	Scott	380
20	Paul	367
21	Matthew	360
22	Kenneth	338
23	Daniel	336
24	Anthony	319
25	Gregory	298

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	293
27	Stephen	280
28	Jason	274
29	Edward	232
29	George	232
31	Donald	220
32	Sean	218
33	Shawn	206
34	Keith	205
35	Andrew	198
35	Craig	198
37	Patrick	183
38	Todd	174
39	Gary	170
40	Douglas	168
41	Troy	167
42	Raymond	147
43	Wayne	133
44	Jonathan	132
45	Larry	128
46	Frank	123
47	Bryan	122
48	Dennis	118
49	Rodney	117
50	Lawrence	105
51	Aaron	103
52	Peter	91
53	Russell	90
54	Carl	86
55	Walter	82
56	Samuel	80
57	Gerald	79
57	Jerry	79
57	Roger	79
60	Marc	77
61	Allen	75
62	Frederick	71
62	Philip	71
62	Tyrone	71
65	Dwayne	69
65	Vincent	69
67	Benjamin	67
68	Bruce	65
68	Terry	65
70	Andre	64
70	Derrick	64
72	Bradley	63
72	Corey	63
74	Adam	61
74	Alan	61
74	Howard	61
77	Antonio	60
77	Maurice	60
79	Marcus	59
80	Darren	58
81	Derek	57
82	Glenn	54
82	Leonard	54
82	Phillip	54
82	Tony	54
86	Christian	53
86	Martin	53
86	Randy	53
86	Reginald	53
90	Jay	51
90	Jerome	51
92	Darrell	50
92	Jeremy	50
94	Albert	48
94	Harry	48
94	Louis	48
94	Randall	48
98	Duane	47
98	Ernest	47
98	Warren	47