Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,343
2	Christopher	1,062
3	Matthew	901
4	Joshua	761
5	David	720
6	James	715
7	John	668
8	Robert	657
9	Andrew	652
10	Daniel	615
11	Justin	614
12	Joseph	580
13	William	548
14	Kevin	544
15	Ryan	535
16	Nicholas	508
17	Brandon	489
18	Brian	411
19	Thomas	403
20	Anthony	388
21	Jonathan	383
22	Timothy	378
23	Eric	346
24	Charles	335
25	Steven	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Zachary	323
27	Kyle	316
28	Benjamin	311
29	Alexander	301
30	Sean	289
31	Adam	288
32	Patrick	280
33	Stephen	263
34	Richard	258
35	Mark	254
36	Jeffrey	252
37	Gregory	243
38	Jason	217
39	Aaron	214
40	Tyler	213
41	Paul	204
42	Samuel	193
43	Kenneth	192
44	Bryan	182
44	Travis	182
46	Corey	174
47	Jacob	170
47	Scott	170
49	Jeremy	169
50	Shawn	142
51	Jordan	141
52	Marcus	134
53	Keith	133
54	Bradley	130
55	Jesse	128
56	Dustin	126
56	Edward	126
58	Nathan	125
59	Ronald	121
60	Derek	116
60	Donald	116
62	George	114
63	Unknown	110
64	Devin	108
65	Antonio	99
66	Ian	98
67	Gary	93
68	Cory	90
69	Vincent	88
70	Peter	87
71	Shane	86
72	Evan	83
73	Phillip	82
74	Douglas	81
74	Jared	81
76	Chad	78
76	Raymond	78
78	Philip	77
79	Cody	76
79	Nathaniel	76
79	Troy	76
82	Derrick	75
83	Christian	72
83	Craig	72
85	Brendan	68
86	Austin	67
86	Colin	67
88	Alex	66
88	Erik	66
90	Maurice	63
90	Russell	63
90	Wesley	63
93	Andre	61
94	Davon	60
95	Brent	59
95	Dennis	59
97	Brett	58
98	Jamal	57
99	Cameron	56
99	Terrell	56