Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,328
2	Robert	1,004
3	John	990
4	David	909
5	James	905
6	Christopher	772
7	William	771
8	Brian	610
9	Charles	502
10	Joseph	492
11	Kevin	490
12	Richard	456
12	Thomas	456
14	Eric	434
15	Scott	428
16	Jeffrey	419
17	Matthew	413
18	Mark	397
19	Steven	396
20	Daniel	367
21	Jason	347
22	Paul	320
23	Timothy	316
24	Anthony	312
25	Gregory	306

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	275
27	Ronald	248
28	Sean	243
29	Stephen	242
30	Shawn	238
31	Edward	228
32	Donald	222
33	Keith	214
34	Andrew	211
35	George	206
36	Patrick	176
37	Douglas	157
37	Todd	157
39	Gary	142
40	Aaron	141
40	Craig	141
42	Troy	136
43	Larry	134
44	Jonathan	130
45	Bryan	122
46	Dennis	116
47	Raymond	115
48	Adam	108
49	Wayne	103
50	Ryan	88
51	Frank	87
51	Rodney	87
51	Walter	87
54	Jeremy	86
55	Chad	85
56	Lawrence	82
57	Benjamin	78
57	Jerry	78
59	Terry	77
60	Peter	76
61	Carl	71
62	Frederick	70
63	Derrick	69
63	Marcus	69
63	Philip	69
66	Antonio	68
66	Samuel	68
68	Derek	67
68	Harry	67
70	Phillip	62
70	Russell	62
70	Vincent	62
73	Andre	61
74	Erik	60
75	Allen	58
75	Dwayne	58
75	Tyrone	58
78	Marc	57
78	Marvin	57
80	Bradley	56
80	Corey	56
80	Tony	56
83	Bruce	54
84	Earl	52
85	Roger	51
86	Curtis	50
87	Harold	49
87	Leonard	49
87	Roy	49
90	Barry	48
90	Eugene	48
90	Jeffery	48
90	Joshua	48
90	Louis	48
95	Howard	47
95	Martin	47
95	Reginald	47
95	Shane	47
99	Albert	46
99	Arthur	46
99	Darrell	46
99	Ernest	46
99	Henry	46