State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,148 Maryland births in 1981 across 1,012 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#75Tavonoutside the national top 200
#77Antoineoutside the national top 200
#81Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#97Tiaoutside the national top 200
#87Ebony#178 nationally
#67Wayne#156 nationally
#58Andre#133 nationally
#97Maurice#163 nationally
#96Jermaine#161 nationally
#62Jaime#124 nationally
#73Rodney#135 nationally
#67Meghan#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer893US #1
#2Jessica706US #2
#3Amanda426US #3
#4Sarah383US #4
#5Melissa370US #5
#6Nicole357US #7
#7Heather343US #10
#8Christina322US #17
#9Rebecca316US #12
#10Tiffany306US #14
#11Amy302US #6
#12Stephanie289US #8
#13Kimberly278US #13
#14Elizabeth273US #9
#15Angela270US #15
#16Erin266US #19
#17Crystal265US #16
#18Lisa256US #18
#19Kelly247US #23
#20Michelle246US #11
#21Laura242US #21
#22Lauren217US #35
#23Shannon210US #32
#24Danielle196US #30
#25Mary191US #27
#26April185US #25
#27Rachel182US #22
#28Jamie173US #28
#29Kristen168US #38
#30Erica158US #36
#31Kristin154US #31
#32Megan151US #33
#33Christine148US #42
#34Katherine145US #39
#35Emily136US #29
#36Amber133US #20
#37Julie131US #37
#38Sara126US #26
#39Andrea114US #24
#40Lindsay109US #47
#41Katie108US #44
#42Dawn106US #79
#43Brandy104US #41
#44Courtney97US #43
#45Kathryn97US #48
#46Karen96US #64
#47Carrie93US #55
#48Stacey92US #83
#49Ashley90US #34
#50Julia90US #88
#51Kathleen89US #82
#52Tara89US #45
#53Latoya86US #69
#54Catherine85US #73
#55Dana82US #70
#56Melanie80US #66
#57Alicia78US #46
#58Patricia78US #53
#59Theresa75US #100
#60Candice74US #86
#61Stacy74US #65
#62Jaime72US #124
#63Samantha71US #51
#64Tina71US #80
#65Holly70US #63
#66Allison68US #57
#67Meghan67US #116
#68Robin67US #102
#69Brooke66US #52
#70Susan66US #71
#71Tracy65US #77
#72Jacqueline64US #67
#73Kristina64US #72
#74Monique64US #103
#75Anna63US #54
#76Brandi62US #50
#77Cynthia59US #59
#78Pamela57US #76
#79Tammy56US #117
#80Maria55US #40
#81Victoria54US #87
#82Natalie53US #60
#83Diana52US #75
#84Lindsey52US #58
#85Leslie51US #56
#86Valerie51US #89
#87Ebony50US #178
#88Katrina50US #95
#89Denise49US #96
#90Michele49US #127
#91Monica49US #49
#92Wendy49US #90
#93Jill48US #78
#94Leah47US #81
#95Natasha46US #85
#96Teresa46US #97
#97Tia45
#98Erika44US #93
#99Anne43US #105
#100Candace43US #118

Boys

#1Michael1,204US #1
#2Christopher806US #2
#3James706US #7
#4David680US #5
#5Jason665US #4
#6Matthew654US #3
#7Robert640US #9
#8John616US #8
#9William526US #15
#10Brian497US #14
#11Joseph480US #11
#12Daniel448US #10
#13Joshua418US #6
#14Justin373US #12
#15Kevin369US #25
#16Ryan355US #13
#17Charles346US #31
#18Timothy335US #24
#19Eric320US #17
#20Jonathan316US #16
#21Richard302US #27
#22Steven302US #28
#23Thomas302US #26
#24Andrew291US #18
#25Nicholas268US #21
#26Anthony253US #23
#27Adam247US #20
#28Brandon244US #19
#29Jeffrey239US #29
#30Kenneth210US #41
#31Mark210US #33
#32Patrick206US #38
#33Aaron204US #30
#34Stephen201US #39
#35Gregory191US #46
#36Jeremy188US #22
#37Paul187US #35
#38Sean181US #44
#39Scott170US #34
#40Benjamin156US #32
#41Ronald139US #59
#42Keith138US #58
#43Donald136US #56
#44Edward133US #51
#45Shawn125US #49
#46George123US #61
#47Jesse116US #37
#48Nathan110US #36
#49Travis110US #40
#50Bryan108US #48
#51Larry97US #73
#52Gary94US #62
#53Peter91US #55
#54Derek89US #53
#55Derrick87US #78
#56Samuel84US #54
#57Bradley81US #50
#58Andre78US #133
#59Craig78US #72
#60Raymond77US #68
#61Alexander75US #70
#62Corey69US #69
#63Dennis69US #83
#64Philip68US #84
#65Douglas67US #64
#66Jacob63US #43
#67Wayne61US #156
#68Phillip60US #66
#69Shaun60US #86
#70Todd60US #74
#71Chad59US #47
#72Marcus59US #67
#73Rodney58US #135
#74Zachary58US #63
#75Tavon57
#76Antonio56US #75
#77Antoine55
#78Dustin55US #42
#79Lawrence55US #125
#80Ian53US #101
#81Tyrone53
#82Carl52US #106
#83Kyle52US #52
#84Curtis51US #94
#85Shane51US #81
#86Troy51US #114
#87Jared50US #57
#88Roger49US #120
#89Russell49US #98
#90Walter48US #138
#91Brett47US #79
#92Frank47US #82
#93Tony47US #111
#94Erik45US #76
#95Nathaniel45US #80
#96Jermaine44US #161
#97Maurice44US #163
#98Randy43US #91
#99Vincent43US #107
#100Terry41US #105

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑36Julia#50
↑33Lindsay#40
↑25Alexander#61
↑21Lawrence#79
↑19Alicia#57
↑17Meghan#67
↑16Ashley#49
↑13Tavon#75

Falling

↓40Monica#91
↓28Natasha#95
↓28Nathaniel#95
↓22Michele#90
↓21Maria#80
↓20Monique#74
↓20Erik#94
↓19Antonio#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.