Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,229
2	Christopher	995
3	James	743
4	Jason	732
5	David	691
6	Matthew	690
7	Robert	680
8	John	648
9	William	573
10	Joseph	529
11	Daniel	491
12	Brian	480
13	Justin	473
14	Joshua	432
15	Ryan	394
16	Kevin	374
17	Andrew	367
18	Jonathan	361
19	Charles	342
20	Eric	309
21	Richard	308
22	Thomas	307
22	Timothy	307
24	Steven	302
25	Brandon	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	265
27	Nicholas	261
28	Stephen	260
29	Adam	251
30	Mark	241
31	Gregory	224
31	Jeffrey	224
33	Aaron	198
34	Kenneth	197
35	Benjamin	196
36	Jeremy	194
36	Scott	194
38	Paul	187
39	Patrick	185
40	Sean	183
41	Ronald	149
42	Donald	143
42	Shawn	143
44	Edward	134
45	Bryan	131
46	Jesse	122
47	George	120
48	Gary	114
49	Keith	113
50	Travis	112
51	Nathan	100
52	Bradley	93
53	Jacob	91
53	Raymond	91
53	Zachary	91
56	Derek	86
56	Phillip	86
58	Alexander	85
58	Douglas	85
60	Philip	84
61	Samuel	83
62	Chad	79
62	Dustin	79
64	Kyle	75
65	Marcus	74
66	Larry	71
67	Antonio	70
67	Peter	70
67	Wayne	70
70	Andre	64
70	Craig	64
70	Todd	64
73	Nathaniel	63
73	Russell	63
75	Shane	62
76	Dennis	61
77	Corey	60
78	Ian	58
79	Derrick	57
79	Shaun	57
81	Frank	55
81	Lawrence	55
83	Brett	52
83	Carl	52
85	Troy	49
86	Jared	48
86	Tavon	48
86	Tyrone	48
89	Brent	47
89	Vincent	47
91	Curtis	45
92	Colin	44
92	Cory	44
92	Erik	44
92	Evan	44
92	Joel	44
92	Randy	44
98	Jeffery	43
98	Maurice	43
100	Jordan	42