Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,109
2	Jason	734
3	Christopher	703
4	James	690
5	David	635
6	John	601
7	Robert	595
8	William	514
9	Brian	493
10	Matthew	454
11	Joseph	410
12	Daniel	400
13	Kevin	394
14	Charles	318
15	Timothy	312
16	Eric	306
17	Thomas	303
18	Richard	290
19	Ryan	274
20	Steven	266
21	Joshua	255
22	Mark	250
23	Andrew	246
24	Anthony	230
25	Jeffrey	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	204
27	Scott	185
28	Stephen	183
29	Paul	178
30	Shawn	175
31	Jonathan	174
32	Adam	170
33	Gregory	163
34	Jeremy	158
35	Justin	153
36	Sean	147
37	Kenneth	141
38	Aaron	139
39	Benjamin	138
40	Donald	132
40	George	132
42	Patrick	126
43	Ronald	123
44	Edward	117
45	Keith	114
46	Brandon	111
46	Shaun	111
48	Bryan	108
49	Gary	104
50	Todd	94
51	Douglas	93
52	Larry	89
53	Raymond	84
54	Chad	83
55	Antonio	81
56	Nathan	79
57	Corey	73
58	Derrick	72
59	Dennis	71
59	Samuel	71
61	Peter	70
62	Craig	69
63	Phillip	66
64	Andre	63
65	Bradley	62
66	Marcus	61
67	Troy	59
68	Derek	58
68	Nathaniel	58
70	Jesse	57
71	Philip	55
71	Wayne	55
73	Russell	54
74	Lawrence	52
74	Shane	52
76	Jacob	51
77	Alexander	49
77	Dwayne	49
77	Tyrone	49
80	Antoine	48
80	Cory	48
80	Damon	48
83	Maurice	47
84	Randy	46
85	Tony	45
86	Frank	44
87	Bruce	43
87	Zachary	43
89	Erik	42
89	Jamie	42
89	Jerry	42
92	Donte	41
93	Carl	40
93	Jermaine	40
93	Marc	40
93	Rodney	40
93	Walter	40
93	Wesley	40
99	Damien	39
100	Brett	38
100	Curtis	38