Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,226
2	James	883
3	David	851
4	Christopher	821
5	John	817
6	Robert	803
7	Brian	711
8	William	693
9	Jason	426
10	Kevin	416
11	Joseph	412
12	Thomas	395
13	Charles	392
14	Richard	376
15	Eric	375
16	Jeffrey	365
17	Matthew	363
18	Mark	353
19	Scott	338
20	Steven	302
21	Daniel	300
22	Timothy	264
23	Anthony	258
24	Gregory	238
25	Kenneth	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	226
27	Sean	225
28	Ronald	215
29	Paul	208
30	Andrew	202
31	Donald	199
32	Stephen	197
33	George	188
34	Keith	187
35	Edward	184
36	Gary	162
37	Douglas	148
38	Patrick	143
39	Todd	140
40	Jonathan	129
41	Bryan	122
42	Craig	119
43	Troy	115
44	Ryan	111
45	Adam	106
46	Larry	105
47	Dennis	104
48	Chad	99
49	Raymond	97
50	Aaron	96
51	Jeremy	85
52	Wayne	82
53	Frank	78
53	Peter	78
55	Joshua	77
56	Samuel	72
57	Carl	71
57	Jermaine	71
59	Lawrence	70
60	Damon	69
61	Russell	68
62	Andre	66
63	Antonio	65
64	Erik	64
64	Rodney	64
66	Marc	60
66	Shane	60
68	Derek	59
69	Jerry	58
70	Benjamin	57
71	Terry	56
72	Christian	54
72	Eugene	54
74	Frederick	53
74	Gerald	53
76	Brandon	52
76	Walter	52
78	Derrick	51
78	Lamont	51
78	Louis	51
81	Bruce	50
82	Darren	49
82	Dwayne	49
84	Justin	48
84	Melvin	48
86	Albert	47
86	Bradley	47
86	Duane	47
86	Marcus	47
86	Randy	47
86	Roger	47
92	Tyrone	46
93	Alan	45
93	Harry	45
93	Philip	45
96	Marvin	44
97	Phillip	43
97	Reginald	43
99	Glenn	42
99	Tony	42