Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,249
2	Christopher	1,045
3	Matthew	903
4	David	722
5	James	714
6	Robert	657
7	John	643
8	Daniel	599
9	Jason	574
10	Joseph	525
11	Joshua	510
12	Brian	503
13	William	502
14	Justin	466
14	Ryan	466
16	Andrew	418
16	Brandon	418
18	Kevin	395
19	Jonathan	348
20	Eric	344
20	Timothy	344
22	Steven	338
23	Anthony	324
24	Thomas	322
25	Adam	310

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	305
27	Richard	299
28	Charles	292
29	Mark	278
30	Stephen	259
31	Jeffrey	254
32	Patrick	231
33	Sean	223
34	Benjamin	220
35	Gregory	213
36	Paul	207
37	Kenneth	198
38	Aaron	188
39	Scott	183
40	Bryan	172
41	Travis	138
42	Jeremy	134
43	Edward	128
43	George	128
45	Shawn	122
46	Samuel	115
47	Zachary	114
48	Marcus	113
49	Bradley	112
50	Donald	109
51	Keith	108
52	Kyle	106
53	Alexander	102
54	Jacob	100
55	Jesse	99
56	Ronald	98
57	Derek	94
57	Dustin	94
59	Philip	92
60	Gary	91
61	Nathan	88
62	Antonio	83
62	Phillip	83
62	Raymond	83
65	Peter	82
66	Douglas	81
67	Chad	79
68	Corey	76
69	Wayne	71
70	Craig	69
70	Larry	69
72	Derrick	66
73	Devin	65
74	Russell	64
75	Andre	63
75	Tavon	63
77	Dennis	62
77	Tyler	62
79	Ian	61
79	Todd	61
79	Troy	61
82	Dominic	60
82	Randy	60
84	Maurice	58
85	Brett	57
85	Vincent	57
87	Nathaniel	55
88	Carl	54
89	Joel	53
90	Jordan	50
91	Rodney	49
91	Shane	49
93	Brent	48
93	Colin	48
93	Frank	48
96	Evan	47
97	Curtis	46
98	Jared	44
98	Tyrone	44
100	Jeffery	42
100	Reginald	42