Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,141
2	Christopher	813
3	Jason	745
4	David	702
5	James	679
6	John	632
7	Robert	620
8	Matthew	507
9	Brian	505
10	William	490
11	Joseph	474
12	Daniel	410
13	Timothy	329
14	Kevin	320
15	Thomas	316
16	Charles	310
17	Joshua	308
18	Eric	299
19	Andrew	279
20	Richard	268
21	Ryan	267
22	Anthony	252
23	Steven	249
24	Nicholas	246
25	Jeffrey	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	233
27	Scott	215
28	Justin	199
28	Stephen	199
30	Jonathan	195
31	Jeremy	192
31	Paul	192
33	Kenneth	187
34	Adam	184
34	Gregory	184
36	Aaron	168
37	Patrick	167
38	Donald	151
39	Sean	145
40	Edward	139
40	George	139
42	Benjamin	136
43	Shawn	134
44	Keith	129
45	Gary	121
46	Bryan	119
47	Travis	114
48	Ronald	113
49	Brandon	110
50	Bradley	104
51	Antonio	92
52	Nathan	90
53	Peter	89
54	Douglas	88
54	Todd	88
56	Raymond	86
57	Dennis	80
58	Jesse	77
58	Shane	77
60	Chad	76
60	Samuel	76
62	Erik	72
63	Corey	69
64	Larry	68
64	Shaun	68
66	Derrick	66
67	Craig	64
67	Troy	64
69	Wayne	63
70	Phillip	60
71	Rodney	59
72	Jacob	57
73	Zachary	55
74	Carl	53
74	Philip	53
76	Alexander	51
77	Derek	50
77	Lawrence	50
77	Marcus	50
77	Russell	50
81	Curtis	49
81	Frank	49
81	Tyrone	49
81	Vincent	49
85	Walter	48
86	Andre	47
87	Damon	46
87	Jerry	46
87	Maurice	46
87	Nathaniel	46
91	Terry	45
92	Eugene	43
92	Jermaine	43
94	Cory	42
94	Dominic	42
94	Donte	42
94	Ian	42
98	Melvin	41
98	Reginald	41
100	Gerald	40