State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,586 Maryland births in 1980 across 989 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maryland more than they say America.

#88Tavonoutside the national top 200
#93Devinoutside the national top 200
#94Earloutside the national top 200
#99Dwayneoutside the national top 200
#90Damien#182 nationally
#96Jerome#178 nationally
#68Wayne#146 nationally
#79Bruce#157 nationally
#69Andre#133 nationally
#68Michele#126 nationally
#91Jermaine#149 nationally
#98Carla#152 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer904US #1
#2Jessica539US #3
#3Melissa433US #4
#4Amanda379US #2
#5Christina368US #15
#6Heather336US #6
#7Sarah336US #5
#8Nicole334US #7
#9Kimberly318US #11
#10Kelly301US #19
#11Tiffany292US #14
#12Amy291US #8
#13Angela279US #12
#14Stephanie278US #13
#15Michelle270US #10
#16Crystal269US #18
#17Erin259US #20
#18Elizabeth257US #9
#19Lisa255US #16
#20Laura230US #21
#21Rebecca229US #17
#22Shannon213US #29
#23Mary194US #25
#24Lauren190US #38
#25Megan180US #30
#26April178US #26
#27Rachel173US #23
#28Danielle164US #33
#29Jamie160US #24
#30Katherine143US #35
#31Kristen143US #39
#32Sara142US #27
#33Erica138US #34
#34Julie134US #32
#35Christine131US #41
#36Andrea130US #28
#37Dawn130US #67
#38Kristin125US #37
#39Emily117US #31
#40Amber111US #22
#41Carrie109US #46
#42Kathryn101US #50
#43Stacey99US #74
#44Dana94US #68
#45Tara92US #43
#46Karen89US #54
#47Kathleen88US #82
#48Stacy88US #53
#49Katie87US #44
#50Brandy85US #42
#51Monica75US #45
#52Courtney73US #48
#53Melanie72US #60
#54Monique72US #93
#55Patricia72US #51
#56Tina72US #72
#57Kristina71US #73
#58Holly70US #52
#59Maria70US #36
#60Susan66US #62
#61Allison64US #59
#62Catherine64US #77
#63Brooke63US #57
#64Pamela63US #86
#65Ashley62US #40
#66Tammy62US #96
#67Natasha61US #89
#68Michele60US #126
#69Robin60US #109
#70Theresa60US #104
#71Samantha59US #58
#72Jaime58US #116
#73Lindsay58US #71
#74Anna57US #55
#75Jacqueline56US #81
#76Alicia55US #47
#77Kristy54US #78
#78Leslie53US #61
#79Tracy53US #56
#80Brandi52US #63
#81Erika51US #87
#82Kara51US #127
#83Katrina51US #90
#84Meghan51US #114
#85Victoria51US #103
#86Julia50US #98
#87Nichole50US #102
#88Teresa50US #94
#89Krista48US #121
#90Anne47US #112
#91Cheryl47US #119
#92Margaret47US #105
#93Meredith47US #140
#94Colleen46US #137
#95Jill46US #66
#96Lori45US #76
#97Wendy45US #75
#98Carla44US #152
#99Melinda44US #92
#100Tanya44US #88

Boys

#1Michael1,161US #1
#2Christopher775US #2
#3Jason771US #3
#4David706US #4
#5James705US #5
#6John681US #8
#7Robert623US #9
#8Matthew545US #6
#9Brian480US #12
#10Joseph469US #10
#11William468US #14
#12Daniel379US #11
#13Justin376US #13
#14Kevin345US #23
#15Timothy341US #20
#16Joshua337US #7
#17Charles332US #29
#18Eric326US #16
#19Thomas320US #25
#20Ryan309US #15
#21Andrew300US #19
#22Richard280US #26
#23Nicholas271US #17
#24Jonathan250US #21
#25Jeffrey230US #27
#26Steven230US #28
#27Anthony229US #24
#28Mark229US #30
#29Adam227US #22
#30Paul221US #35
#31Scott212US #33
#32Stephen204US #40
#33Patrick202US #38
#34Gregory190US #42
#35Aaron187US #34
#36Jeremy182US #18
#37Kenneth173US #41
#38Benjamin162US #32
#39Shawn154US #47
#40Brandon152US #31
#41Edward135US #52
#42Bryan131US #49
#43Ronald131US #58
#44Sean131US #48
#45Donald122US #53
#46Keith119US #56
#47George117US #60
#48Travis115US #37
#49Jesse112US #45
#50Raymond104US #66
#51Gary101US #63
#52Douglas96US #62
#53Nathan94US #36
#54Derek93US #50
#55Peter89US #55
#56Bradley84US #51
#57Antonio80US #77
#58Dennis79US #80
#59Derrick77US #74
#60Chad75US #39
#61Samuel75US #54
#62Larry74US #70
#63Philip70US #82
#64Craig69US #73
#65Phillip69US #65
#66Todd65US #75
#67Nathaniel63US #86
#68Wayne63US #146
#69Andre61US #133
#70Marcus61US #71
#71Shaun60US #79
#72Corey59US #68
#73Jacob59US #43
#74Erik58US #64
#75Frank55US #81
#76Troy55US #106
#77Carl54US #103
#78Russell53US #92
#79Bruce52US #157
#80Allen51US #124
#81Jeremiah50US #76
#82Zachary50US #72
#83Jared49US #61
#84Shane48US #69
#85Dustin47US #44
#86Alexander46US #91
#87Ian46US #104
#88Tavon46
#89Marc45US #119
#90Damien44US #182
#91Jermaine44US #149
#92Tony44US #108
#93Devin43
#94Earl43
#95Arthur42US #147
#96Jerome42US #178
#97Terry42US #101
#98Alan41US #112
#99Dwayne41
#100Lawrence41US #129

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑25Kristen#31
↑25Maria#59
↑25Allison#61
↑24Monique#54
↑24Lindsay#73
↑23Derek#54
↑23Nathaniel#67
↑20Kristin#38

Falling

↓31Wendy#97
↓29Kristy#77
↓29Lori#96
↓26Shane#84
↓23Jaime#72
↓22Jill#95
↓22Lawrence#100
↓18Tracy#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.