Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,268
2	Christopher	964
3	Matthew	822
4	James	724
5	David	713
6	Robert	652
7	John	621
8	Jason	581
9	Daniel	563
10	William	557
11	Joseph	532
12	Brian	519
13	Joshua	474
14	Andrew	447
15	Justin	442
16	Ryan	422
17	Brandon	380
18	Kevin	376
19	Steven	355
20	Charles	332
20	Timothy	332
22	Thomas	328
23	Jonathan	320
24	Eric	313
25	Adam	301

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	299
27	Richard	288
28	Nicholas	254
29	Mark	252
30	Stephen	250
31	Jeffrey	241
32	Gregory	233
33	Kenneth	199
34	Sean	198
35	Paul	194
36	Patrick	190
37	Bryan	185
38	Benjamin	182
39	Aaron	180
40	Scott	179
41	Jeremy	143
42	Travis	137
43	Donald	136
43	Shawn	136
45	Keith	127
46	George	126
47	Kyle	123
48	Jacob	115
49	Edward	114
50	Nathan	113
51	Marcus	102
51	Ronald	102
53	Gary	100
53	Jesse	100
55	Derek	97
56	Bradley	96
57	Samuel	92
58	Zachary	88
59	Douglas	87
59	Raymond	87
61	Craig	84
62	Phillip	82
63	Dustin	78
64	Alexander	77
64	Chad	77
66	Ian	76
67	Philip	74
68	Antonio	73
69	Dennis	69
70	Derrick	65
70	Larry	65
72	Peter	64
72	Wayne	64
74	Corey	63
75	Jared	59
76	Todd	58
77	Tyrone	57
78	Andre	56
78	Carl	56
80	Troy	55
81	Maurice	53
81	Tavon	53
83	Frank	52
83	Shane	52
85	Evan	51
86	Tyler	49
87	Brett	48
88	Devin	47
88	Tony	47
90	Erik	46
90	Terry	46
92	Nathaniel	45
93	Dominic	44
93	Jordan	44
95	Rodney	43
96	Jermaine	42
96	Jerome	42
98	Alan	41
98	Curtis	41
98	Lawrence	41
98	Wesley	41