Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,161
2	Christopher	775
3	Jason	770
4	David	705
4	James	705
6	John	681
7	Robert	623
8	Matthew	545
9	Brian	480
10	Joseph	469
11	William	468
12	Daniel	379
13	Justin	376
14	Kevin	345
15	Timothy	341
16	Joshua	337
17	Charles	332
18	Eric	326
19	Thomas	320
20	Ryan	309
21	Andrew	300
22	Richard	280
23	Nicholas	272
24	Jonathan	250
25	Steven	230

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	229
26	Jeffrey	229
26	Mark	229
29	Adam	227
30	Paul	221
31	Scott	212
32	Stephen	204
33	Patrick	202
34	Gregory	190
35	Aaron	187
36	Jeremy	182
37	Kenneth	173
38	Benjamin	162
39	Shawn	154
40	Brandon	152
41	Edward	135
42	Bryan	131
42	Ronald	131
42	Sean	131
45	Donald	122
46	Keith	119
47	George	117
48	Travis	115
49	Jesse	112
50	Raymond	104
51	Gary	101
52	Douglas	96
53	Nathan	94
54	Derek	93
55	Peter	89
56	Bradley	84
57	Antonio	80
58	Dennis	79
59	Derrick	77
60	Chad	75
60	Samuel	75
62	Larry	74
63	Philip	70
64	Craig	69
64	Phillip	69
66	Todd	65
67	Nathaniel	63
67	Wayne	63
69	Andre	61
69	Marcus	61
71	Shaun	60
72	Corey	59
72	Jacob	59
74	Erik	58
75	Frank	55
75	Troy	55
77	Carl	54
78	Russell	53
79	Bruce	52
80	Allen	51
81	Jeremiah	50
81	Zachary	50
83	Jared	49
84	Shane	48
85	Dustin	47
86	Alexander	46
86	Ian	46
86	Tavon	46
89	Marc	45
90	Damien	44
90	Jermaine	44
90	Tony	44
93	Devin	43
93	Earl	43
95	Arthur	42
95	Jerome	42
95	Terry	42
98	Alan	41
98	Dwayne	41
98	Lawrence	41
98	Tyrone	41