Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,060
2	James	753
3	David	727
4	John	702
5	Christopher	699
6	Robert	667
7	Jason	631
8	William	584
9	Brian	565
10	Matthew	397
11	Joseph	374
12	Charles	360
13	Kevin	348
14	Richard	332
15	Eric	331
16	Daniel	317
17	Thomas	316
18	Steven	290
19	Jeffrey	272
20	Mark	269
21	Scott	258
22	Anthony	251
23	Timothy	234
24	Andrew	200
25	Shawn	192

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	191
27	Ronald	185
28	Kenneth	183
29	Paul	180
30	Sean	167
31	Stephen	156
32	Donald	149
33	Ryan	144
34	Jonathan	141
35	Edward	137
36	Aaron	136
36	Keith	136
38	Joshua	114
39	Todd	112
40	Adam	111
41	Craig	109
42	Bryan	107
42	George	107
42	Patrick	107
45	Gary	104
46	Jeremy	103
47	Chad	95
47	Larry	95
49	Raymond	92
50	Benjamin	87
51	Troy	85
52	Dennis	83
52	Douglas	83
54	Peter	78
55	Shane	77
56	Damon	75
57	Frank	72
58	Justin	71
59	Samuel	69
60	Philip	65
61	Lawrence	62
62	Nathan	60
62	Wayne	60
64	Jerry	59
65	Antonio	58
65	Derrick	58
67	Brandon	57
68	Bradley	56
69	Andre	55
70	Phillip	52
71	Maurice	51
71	Walter	51
73	Corey	50
73	Erik	50
73	Rodney	50
76	Derek	47
77	Carl	46
77	Jerome	46
79	Russell	45
80	Curtis	44
80	Howard	44
80	Marc	44
80	Marcus	44
80	Vincent	44
85	Eugene	43
85	Jermaine	43
85	Jesse	43
85	Nicholas	43
89	Terry	42
89	Tyrone	42
91	Alexander	41
92	Frederick	40
92	Micheal	40
92	Randy	40
95	Dwayne	39
95	Tony	39
97	Albert	38
97	Jeffery	38
99	Henry	37
99	Martin	37