Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,247
2	Christopher	1,066
3	Matthew	849
4	David	742
5	James	686
6	Andrew	671
7	Daniel	619
8	Robert	616
9	Joshua	612
10	John	605
11	William	554
12	Justin	541
13	Joseph	524
14	Ryan	501
15	Brandon	482
16	Kevin	469
17	Brian	457
18	Eric	401
19	Anthony	390
19	Steven	390
21	Timothy	376
22	Jason	359
23	Thomas	357
24	Nicholas	348
25	Jonathan	330

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	317
27	Charles	306
28	Benjamin	283
29	Sean	261
30	Kyle	255
30	Stephen	255
32	Adam	247
33	Gregory	245
34	Mark	241
35	Jeffrey	239
36	Alexander	231
37	Patrick	227
38	Scott	200
39	Zachary	194
40	Jeremy	192
41	Kenneth	189
42	Paul	186
43	Aaron	180
44	Bryan	168
45	Travis	162
46	Edward	138
46	Jacob	138
48	Samuel	132
49	Corey	129
49	Shawn	129
51	Ronald	125
52	Bradley	124
53	Dustin	123
54	Jordan	120
55	Donald	117
55	Tyler	117
57	Keith	116
58	Antonio	115
59	Derek	104
59	Marcus	104
61	Phillip	102
62	Derrick	101
63	Nathan	98
64	Peter	97
65	George	94
65	Jesse	94
67	Douglas	90
68	Gary	89
69	Devin	88
70	Philip	86
70	Raymond	86
72	Cory	84
72	Shane	84
74	Chad	78
75	Alex	75
76	Ian	71
77	Andre	67
77	Craig	67
79	Davon	66
79	Evan	66
81	Colin	64
82	Brett	63
83	Dennis	61
83	Jared	61
83	Rodney	61
86	Wayne	59
87	Jamal	58
88	Brendan	55
88	Lawrence	55
90	Nathaniel	54
90	Wesley	54
92	Maurice	52
92	Tyrone	52
94	Randy	51
94	Troy	51
96	Dominic	50
97	Russell	49
97	Tavon	49
99	Frank	47
99	Seth	47