Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,219
2	Christopher	1,075
3	Matthew	878
4	David	709
5	Robert	697
6	James	658
7	Daniel	638
8	John	613
9	Andrew	582
10	William	548
11	Joshua	543
12	Joseph	540
13	Brandon	502
14	Ryan	501
15	Justin	463
16	Kevin	447
17	Brian	433
18	Jason	406
19	Jonathan	395
20	Charles	368
21	Nicholas	363
22	Anthony	342
23	Steven	341
24	Timothy	335
25	Thomas	323

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	308
27	Sean	276
27	Stephen	276
29	Richard	270
30	Jeffrey	253
31	Adam	252
32	Patrick	243
33	Kyle	240
34	Benjamin	235
35	Gregory	227
36	Mark	222
37	Alexander	220
38	Aaron	211
39	Paul	206
40	Jeremy	201
41	Bryan	194
42	Kenneth	187
43	Zachary	184
44	Scott	169
45	Shawn	146
46	Travis	137
47	Dustin	129
48	Jesse	127
49	Donald	125
49	Edward	125
51	George	122
51	Keith	122
53	Samuel	121
54	Jacob	120
55	Bradley	118
56	Marcus	117
57	Jordan	116
58	Nathan	110
58	Ronald	110
60	Tyler	108
61	Corey	103
62	Antonio	101
63	Gary	98
64	Derek	96
65	Raymond	95
66	Phillip	90
67	Philip	87
68	Shane	82
69	Devin	77
70	Derrick	75
71	Douglas	73
72	Andre	72
72	Evan	72
72	Peter	72
75	Chad	71
76	Craig	68
77	Brett	66
78	Dennis	64
79	Cory	59
79	Ian	59
79	Maurice	59
82	Brent	58
82	Carl	58
82	Larry	58
85	Jared	57
85	Vincent	57
87	Nathaniel	56
88	Tavon	52
89	Alex	51
89	Russell	51
91	Wesley	50
92	Todd	49
93	Lawrence	47
94	Davon	46
94	Joel	46
96	Brendan	45
96	Dominic	45
96	Frank	45
99	Curtis	44
99	Troy	44