Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,332
2	Christopher	1,036
3	Matthew	900
4	James	713
5	Joshua	694
6	David	674
7	Andrew	666
8	Daniel	661
9	Robert	657
10	Justin	647
11	John	612
12	William	591
13	Joseph	584
14	Kevin	521
15	Ryan	520
16	Brandon	450
17	Brian	428
18	Anthony	417
18	Nicholas	417
20	Thomas	404
21	Steven	387
22	Jonathan	384
23	Eric	377
23	Timothy	377
25	Jason	305

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	298
27	Sean	287
28	Zachary	285
29	Benjamin	283
30	Charles	275
31	Alexander	270
32	Adam	260
33	Patrick	257
34	Kyle	251
35	Mark	248
36	Stephen	235
37	Jeffrey	228
38	Gregory	225
39	Aaron	205
40	Bryan	202
40	Travis	202
42	Paul	193
43	Jacob	192
44	Kenneth	184
45	Samuel	177
46	Scott	175
47	Jeremy	173
48	Edward	152
49	Marcus	138
50	Corey	137
51	Tyler	136
52	Dustin	134
53	Ronald	126
54	Keith	125
55	Jesse	124
55	Nathan	124
57	Bradley	123
58	Shawn	116
59	Jordan	115
60	George	106
61	Derek	105
62	Donald	104
63	Devin	99
64	Antonio	98
65	Philip	97
66	Phillip	93
67	Cory	92
68	Shane	91
69	Gary	85
70	Brett	83
71	Chad	82
71	Raymond	82
73	Douglas	80
73	Ian	80
75	Evan	79
76	Christian	75
77	Vincent	74
78	Peter	72
79	Andre	70
80	Cody	69
81	Brendan	65
82	Carl	63
82	Craig	63
82	Jared	63
85	Alex	61
85	Frank	61
85	Nathaniel	61
88	Derrick	59
88	Lawrence	59
90	Maurice	58
91	Austin	57
91	Wesley	57
93	Jamal	56
94	Cameron	55
95	Troy	52
96	Russell	51
97	Devon	50
98	Colin	49
98	Davon	49
98	Larry	49
98	Wayne	49