Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	762
2	Matthew	648
3	Joshua	547
4	Nicholas	532
5	Christopher	529
6	Jacob	494
7	John	490
8	Brandon	469
9	Ryan	458
10	Andrew	456
11	William	446
12	Joseph	436
13	Daniel	432
14	Tyler	423
15	James	419
15	Zachary	419
17	David	397
18	Austin	365
19	Justin	358
20	Kyle	344
21	Kevin	309
22	Robert	306
23	Anthony	302
24	Alexander	297
25	Thomas	288

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	286
27	Jordan	285
28	Jonathan	264
29	Samuel	238
30	Aaron	234
31	Brian	210
32	Eric	208
33	Timothy	202
34	Sean	194
35	Christian	193
36	Charles	191
37	Patrick	181
38	Dylan	177
39	Noah	167
40	Steven	164
41	Jason	155
42	Mark	140
42	Nathan	140
42	Richard	140
45	Cody	139
46	Devin	137
47	Connor	136
48	Malik	132
49	Adam	131
50	Cameron	125
50	Stephen	125
52	Hunter	122
53	Jared	120
54	Ethan	113
55	Travis	108
56	Garrett	106
56	Gregory	106
58	Logan	105
59	Evan	104
59	Paul	104
61	Bradley	102
61	Luke	102
63	Jeffrey	99
64	Isaiah	98
65	Colin	96
65	Ian	96
65	Nathaniel	96
65	Shawn	96
69	Corey	95
69	Jeremy	95
71	Kenneth	93
72	Brendan	91
73	Caleb	90
74	Elijah	84
75	Alex	83
76	Trevor	82
77	Jack	81
78	Gabriel	80
79	Marcus	79
80	Collin	76
81	Bryan	75
82	Jesse	74
82	Scott	74
84	Shane	73
85	Antonio	72
85	Edward	72
87	Brady	71
88	Cole	70
89	Brett	68
90	Devon	66
90	Peter	66
92	Keith	65
93	Dominic	64
94	Darius	62
94	George	62
94	Jake	62
94	Ronald	62
98	Raymond	61
99	Carlos	60
100	Chase	58
100	Vincent	58