Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,213
2	Christopher	1,059
3	Matthew	786
4	David	680
5	James	644
6	Daniel	634
7	John	632
8	Robert	623
9	Joshua	607
10	Jason	543
11	Brandon	541
12	Joseph	526
13	Andrew	521
14	William	520
15	Brian	496
16	Ryan	494
17	Kevin	444
18	Justin	428
19	Jonathan	387
20	Timothy	368
21	Anthony	353
21	Eric	353
23	Thomas	349
24	Nicholas	342
25	Steven	336

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	330
27	Stephen	280
28	Richard	267
29	Mark	264
30	Adam	250
31	Patrick	248
31	Sean	248
33	Jeffrey	243
34	Gregory	232
35	Benjamin	208
36	Kyle	204
37	Kenneth	197
38	Paul	196
39	Aaron	185
40	Bryan	175
41	Scott	174
42	Jeremy	155
42	Zachary	155
44	Shawn	150
45	Alexander	139
46	Jacob	128
47	Edward	125
48	Keith	121
49	Donald	118
50	Nathan	116
51	Ronald	115
52	Jesse	110
53	Marcus	107
53	Travis	107
55	Bradley	106
55	Gary	106
57	George	105
58	Samuel	103
59	Dustin	99
60	Raymond	96
61	Antonio	94
62	Corey	89
62	Derrick	89
64	Derek	88
65	Andre	85
66	Devin	82
66	Phillip	82
68	Tyler	80
69	Peter	78
70	Chad	77
70	Douglas	77
72	Craig	76
73	Philip	73
74	Erik	70
75	Ian	67
76	Jordan	65
76	Shane	65
78	Jared	64
78	Todd	64
80	Larry	63
80	Nathaniel	63
82	Evan	60
83	Maurice	58
84	Brett	57
84	Russell	57
86	Dominic	56
87	Tyrone	55
88	Wayne	54
89	Brendan	51
89	Brent	51
89	Randy	51
92	Vincent	49
93	Dennis	48
93	Frank	48
93	Rodney	48
93	Tavon	48
97	Cory	47
97	Jerome	47
99	Alan	46
99	Darryl	46
99	Terry	46