Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,171
2	Christopher	705
3	Jason	664
4	David	655
5	James	640
6	Robert	612
7	John	592
8	Brian	546
9	William	520
10	Matthew	403
11	Joseph	381
12	Daniel	346
13	Kevin	335
14	Thomas	327
15	Richard	321
16	Charles	317
17	Jeffrey	307
18	Steven	287
19	Eric	280
20	Timothy	269
21	Mark	267
22	Scott	251
23	Anthony	242
24	Shawn	210
25	Gregory	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	205
27	Andrew	192
28	Stephen	165
29	Donald	162
30	Joshua	160
31	Ryan	158
32	Kenneth	156
33	Ronald	155
34	Sean	146
35	Jonathan	145
36	Adam	140
37	George	138
38	Keith	136
39	Edward	134
40	Benjamin	121
40	Patrick	121
42	Jeremy	106
42	Raymond	106
44	Todd	105
45	Aaron	104
45	Bryan	104
47	Gary	97
48	Chad	94
48	Larry	94
50	Douglas	88
50	Justin	88
52	Dennis	86
53	Damon	84
54	Brandon	80
55	Craig	76
55	Shane	76
57	Frank	73
57	Peter	73
57	Troy	73
60	Wayne	69
61	Bradley	68
62	Andre	64
63	Walter	61
64	Rodney	57
65	Philip	56
66	Terry	55
67	Samuel	54
68	Antonio	53
68	Lawrence	53
68	Phillip	53
68	Russell	53
72	Derrick	52
73	Jamie	51
73	Jerry	51
73	Nathan	51
76	Marcus	50
77	Carl	49
78	Corey	48
79	Tony	46
80	Jesse	45
80	Marc	45
80	Nicholas	45
83	Derek	44
84	Roger	43
84	Tyrone	43
86	Christian	41
86	Jermaine	41
86	Nathaniel	41
89	Alan	40
89	Albert	40
89	Antoine	40
92	Brad	39
93	Dante	38
93	Ian	38
95	Earl	37
95	Gerald	37
95	Harry	37
95	Reginald	37
99	Bruce	36
99	Curtis	36
99	Frederick	36
99	Howard	36
99	Micheal	36