Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 2002

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	552
2	Jacob	519
3	Matthew	518
4	Joshua	501
5	Christopher	460
6	Andrew	430
7	Ethan	421
8	Nicholas	414
9	William	411
10	Ryan	394
11	John	393
12	Joseph	370
13	Tyler	345
13	Zachary	345
15	Daniel	336
16	David	326
17	James	323
18	Justin	317
19	Alexander	300
20	Brandon	295
21	Anthony	291
22	Benjamin	271
22	Samuel	271
24	Jordan	266
25	Dylan	260

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Robert	254
27	Nathan	248
28	Kevin	241
29	Christian	231
29	Jonathan	231
31	Thomas	225
32	Jason	221
33	Kyle	219
34	Austin	218
35	Noah	215
36	Logan	211
37	Sean	192
38	Cameron	188
39	Isaiah	181
40	Brian	180
41	Adam	175
41	Connor	175
43	Caleb	170
44	Gabriel	161
45	Aaron	159
46	Jack	157
47	Charles	155
47	Elijah	155
49	Eric	152
49	Evan	152
51	Hunter	149
51	Ian	149
53	Aidan	139
53	Luke	139
55	Timothy	126
56	Patrick	123
57	Gavin	122
58	Devin	117
59	Jackson	116
59	Nathaniel	116
61	Mason	108
62	Bryan	106
63	Colin	103
64	Cole	102
65	Steven	101
66	Jalen	99
67	Chase	97
67	Xavier	97
69	Richard	96
70	Garrett	94
71	Alex	93
71	Dominic	93
73	Seth	92
74	Antonio	91
74	Shane	91
76	Liam	89
76	Trevor	89
78	Stephen	87
79	Jaden	84
80	Mark	83
81	Jeremiah	79
82	Brendan	78
83	Isaac	76
84	George	75
84	Henry	75
86	Jeremy	74
87	Malik	73
87	Shawn	73
89	Blake	72
89	Cody	72
91	Kenneth	71
92	Bryce	69
92	Lucas	69
92	Paul	69
92	Vincent	69
96	Edward	68
96	Jose	68
98	Corey	66
98	Darius	66
98	Owen	66