Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,158
2	Christopher	755
3	James	746
4	John	733
5	David	687
6	Brian	659
7	Robert	653
8	William	573
9	Jason	497
10	Matthew	399
11	Charles	391
12	Joseph	385
13	Kevin	375
14	Richard	362
15	Daniel	343
16	Thomas	331
17	Eric	322
18	Jeffrey	307
19	Mark	297
20	Steven	269
21	Anthony	251
22	Scott	250
23	Timothy	246
24	Gregory	224
25	Paul	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	206
27	Kenneth	199
28	Andrew	193
29	Stephen	190
30	Keith	183
31	Ronald	181
32	Sean	176
33	Edward	156
34	George	151
35	Donald	143
36	Patrick	136
37	Ryan	132
38	Jonathan	126
39	Douglas	120
39	Todd	120
41	Craig	117
42	Gary	115
43	Bryan	112
44	Joshua	110
45	Aaron	106
46	Adam	102
47	Larry	99
48	Raymond	96
49	Chad	89
50	Jeremy	83
50	Troy	83
52	Wayne	72
53	Benjamin	71
53	Justin	71
55	Rodney	68
56	Dennis	67
57	Brandon	65
57	Lawrence	65
59	Jerry	63
60	Walter	62
61	Damon	61
62	Shane	59
63	Andre	57
63	Marc	57
63	Phillip	57
66	Jermaine	56
67	Frank	55
67	Samuel	55
69	Dwayne	54
69	Nicholas	54
69	Terry	54
72	Marcus	53
73	Derek	52
73	Henry	52
73	Philip	52
76	Eugene	51
77	Frederick	50
78	Albert	49
78	Peter	49
78	Roger	49
78	Russell	49
82	Carl	48
83	Louis	47
84	Bernard	46
84	Nathan	46
84	Vincent	46
87	Bradley	45
87	Derrick	45
89	Antonio	44
90	Erik	43
90	Jerome	43
92	Christian	42
93	Curtis	40
93	Dale	40
93	Glenn	40
93	Maurice	40
97	Bruce	39
97	Carlos	39
97	Ernest	39
97	Martin	39
97	Melvin	39