Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	713
2	Jacob	647
3	Matthew	607
4	Nicholas	537
5	Joshua	504
6	Ryan	470
7	Christopher	464
8	John	460
9	Tyler	456
10	William	447
11	Joseph	434
12	Brandon	422
13	Andrew	419
14	Zachary	403
15	Daniel	395
16	James	393
17	David	369
18	Alexander	347
19	Kyle	343
20	Justin	333
21	Austin	329
22	Jordan	319
23	Robert	311
24	Anthony	274
25	Kevin	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	270
27	Jonathan	266
28	Benjamin	263
29	Samuel	245
30	Noah	232
31	Dylan	231
32	Eric	228
33	Timothy	225
34	Brian	209
35	Cameron	196
35	Jason	196
37	Sean	191
38	Nathan	186
39	Charles	184
39	Christian	184
41	Aaron	176
42	Patrick	170
43	Hunter	168
44	Devin	158
45	Steven	143
46	Connor	141
47	Adam	139
47	Ethan	139
47	Jared	139
50	Isaiah	138
51	Evan	129
52	Nathaniel	122
53	Logan	121
54	Malik	113
54	Stephen	113
56	Luke	111
57	Richard	108
58	Ian	107
58	Jack	107
60	Cody	106
60	Gregory	106
60	Mark	106
63	Paul	104
64	Kenneth	103
65	Caleb	101
65	Garrett	101
67	Elijah	96
67	Trevor	96
69	Colin	92
69	Corey	92
69	Jeremy	92
72	Brendan	89
73	Shawn	88
74	Bryan	85
75	Darius	84
75	Scott	84
77	Jesse	83
78	Gabriel	82
78	Jeffrey	82
80	Dominic	81
81	Bradley	80
82	Antonio	78
83	Alex	76
84	Edward	75
85	Marcus	74
86	Shane	73
87	Chase	71
88	George	70
89	Peter	69
89	Vincent	69
91	Dakota	68
91	Seth	68
93	Brady	67
93	Mason	67
93	Spencer	67
96	Bryce	66
97	Cole	64
97	Collin	64
97	Travis	64
100	Jackson	61