Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	770
2	Matthew	645
3	Christopher	585
4	Nicholas	546
5	Joshua	544
6	Jacob	498
7	Brandon	492
8	William	482
9	James	477
10	Tyler	476
11	Andrew	471
11	Ryan	471
13	John	467
13	Joseph	467
15	Zachary	438
16	Daniel	429
17	David	411
18	Alexander	383
19	Robert	380
20	Justin	371
21	Anthony	331
22	Kevin	330
23	Kyle	316
24	Thomas	313
25	Benjamin	301

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Austin	299
27	Jonathan	272
28	Jordan	253
29	Samuel	244
30	Brian	238
31	Timothy	225
32	Charles	223
33	Christian	221
34	Eric	219
35	Patrick	213
36	Sean	193
37	Aaron	191
38	Adam	181
39	Malik	179
40	Nathan	170
41	Dylan	169
42	Steven	160
43	Cody	159
44	Devin	153
45	Jason	146
46	Richard	145
47	Mark	134
48	Cameron	133
49	Connor	129
50	Noah	128
51	Marcus	126
52	Paul	123
53	Evan	121
54	Kenneth	120
55	Gregory	118
56	Stephen	117
57	Jeremy	114
58	Ian	111
59	Corey	110
60	Hunter	107
60	Logan	107
62	Luke	105
63	Bradley	103
64	Travis	100
65	Nathaniel	98
66	Alex	97
67	Garrett	95
68	Brett	94
68	Jack	94
70	Isaiah	93
70	Jesse	93
72	Collin	90
73	Edward	87
74	Bryan	85
75	Jeffrey	84
76	Caleb	83
76	Colin	83
78	Shawn	82
79	Antonio	81
80	Scott	79
81	Chase	76
82	Peter	75
83	Darius	74
84	Elijah	73
85	Lucas	71
86	Jared	70
87	Trevor	68
88	Gabriel	67
89	Brendan	66
89	Donald	66
89	Ethan	66
89	Shane	66
93	Brady	64
93	Keith	64
93	Tristan	64
96	Dustin	63
97	Vincent	62
98	Andre	61
99	Dominic	60
99	Seth	60
99	Troy	60