Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,066
2	Christopher	711
3	James	693
4	Jason	678
5	David	657
6	John	617
7	Robert	588
8	William	507
9	Brian	485
10	Matthew	438
11	Joseph	394
12	Daniel	332
13	Charles	308
14	Eric	305
15	Kevin	292
16	Thomas	274
17	Timothy	270
18	Steven	267
19	Richard	260
20	Mark	254
21	Jeffrey	229
22	Andrew	209
23	Anthony	207
24	Shawn	196
25	Scott	192

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Stephen	192
27	Paul	183
28	Jeremy	180
29	Gregory	178
30	Ryan	171
31	Joshua	168
32	Kenneth	163
33	Sean	162
34	Jonathan	159
35	Keith	155
36	Ronald	153
37	Donald	137
38	Justin	130
39	Edward	127
40	Benjamin	121
41	Bryan	115
42	Aaron	114
43	Adam	112
44	George	111
45	Gary	103
46	Patrick	97
47	Larry	94
48	Todd	93
49	Chad	91
50	Brandon	81
51	Craig	80
52	Raymond	79
53	Damon	77
54	Corey	75
54	Douglas	75
56	Bradley	73
56	Dennis	73
58	Wayne	71
59	Troy	69
60	Samuel	66
61	Nathan	65
62	Peter	61
62	Shane	61
64	Andre	59
65	Antonio	57
66	Jesse	56
67	Frank	55
67	Lawrence	55
69	Alexander	52
70	Derrick	51
70	Marcus	51
70	Tyrone	51
73	Nicholas	50
73	Russell	50
73	Travis	50
76	Phillip	49
76	Rodney	49
78	Jermaine	47
79	Micheal	44
79	Randy	44
81	Antoine	43
81	Jerry	43
83	Carl	42
83	Erik	42
83	Terry	42
86	Derek	41
87	Jamie	40
87	Vincent	40
89	Curtis	39
89	Frederick	39
89	Harry	39
92	Albert	38
92	Jacob	38
92	Roger	38
92	Walter	38
96	Allen	37
96	Christian	37
96	Dwayne	37
96	Melvin	37
96	Philip	37