Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,043
2	Jason	792
3	Christopher	679
4	James	676
5	David	654
6	Robert	619
7	John	591
8	Brian	545
9	William	524
10	Joseph	455
11	Matthew	448
12	Kevin	415
13	Daniel	387
14	Charles	336
15	Eric	334
16	Richard	299
17	Timothy	289
18	Thomas	273
19	Steven	259
20	Jeffrey	252
21	Anthony	232
22	Mark	228
23	Andrew	226
24	Ryan	220
25	Gregory	210

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joshua	209
27	Scott	207
28	Kenneth	183
29	Jeremy	181
29	Jonathan	181
31	Stephen	180
32	Shawn	178
33	Paul	175
34	Benjamin	158
35	Sean	154
36	Keith	151
37	Ronald	143
38	Donald	136
39	Edward	132
40	Patrick	128
41	George	127
42	Aaron	126
42	Bryan	126
44	Justin	122
45	Gary	119
46	Adam	116
47	Corey	101
48	Todd	97
49	Douglas	92
50	Brandon	91
50	Peter	91
52	Chad	90
53	Nicholas	89
54	Nathan	85
55	Larry	83
56	Bradley	76
57	Raymond	74
58	Antonio	72
59	Troy	70
60	Philip	69
61	Craig	68
62	Damon	67
62	Wayne	67
64	Samuel	64
65	Shane	63
66	Dennis	62
66	Jesse	62
68	Derrick	58
69	Carl	54
69	Cory	54
69	Phillip	54
72	Wesley	53
73	Bruce	52
73	Frank	52
73	Randy	52
76	Jacob	51
76	Nathaniel	51
78	Jermaine	50
78	Walter	50
80	Alexander	49
80	Marc	49
80	Russell	49
83	Andre	48
83	Rodney	48
83	Travis	48
86	Lawrence	47
87	Tony	46
88	Dwayne	43
88	Eugene	43
90	Derek	42
90	Tyrone	42
92	Earl	41
92	Frederick	41
92	Jerry	41
92	Marcus	41
92	Zachary	41
97	Antoine	40
97	Terry	40
99	Allen	39
99	Ian	39
99	Maurice	39
99	Shannon	39
99	Vincent	39