Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,205
2	Christopher	806
3	James	706
4	David	680
5	Jason	665
6	Matthew	654
7	Robert	640
8	John	616
9	William	526
10	Brian	497
11	Joseph	479
12	Daniel	448
13	Joshua	418
14	Justin	373
15	Kevin	368
16	Ryan	355
17	Charles	346
18	Timothy	335
19	Eric	320
20	Jonathan	316
21	Richard	302
21	Steven	302
21	Thomas	302
24	Andrew	291
25	Nicholas	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	253
27	Adam	247
28	Brandon	244
29	Jeffrey	239
30	Kenneth	210
30	Mark	210
32	Patrick	206
33	Aaron	204
34	Stephen	201
35	Gregory	191
36	Jeremy	188
37	Paul	187
38	Sean	181
39	Scott	170
40	Benjamin	156
41	Ronald	139
42	Keith	138
43	Donald	136
44	Edward	133
45	Shawn	125
46	George	123
47	Jesse	116
48	Nathan	110
48	Travis	110
50	Bryan	108
51	Larry	97
52	Gary	94
53	Derek	90
53	Peter	90
55	Derrick	87
56	Samuel	84
57	Bradley	81
58	Andre	78
58	Craig	78
60	Raymond	77
61	Alexander	75
62	Corey	69
62	Dennis	69
64	Philip	68
65	Douglas	67
66	Jacob	63
67	Wayne	61
68	Phillip	60
68	Shaun	60
68	Todd	60
71	Chad	59
71	Marcus	59
73	Rodney	58
74	Tavon	57
74	Zachary	57
76	Antonio	56
77	Antoine	55
77	Dustin	55
77	Lawrence	55
80	Tyrone	53
81	Carl	52
81	Ian	52
81	Kyle	52
84	Curtis	51
84	Shane	51
84	Troy	51
87	Jared	50
88	Roger	49
88	Russell	49
90	Walter	48
91	Brett	47
91	Frank	47
91	Tony	47
94	Erik	45
94	Nathaniel	45
96	Jermaine	44
96	Maurice	44
98	Randy	43
98	Vincent	43
100	Terry	41