State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,882 Maryland births in 1982 across 1,041 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#87Tavonoutside the national top 200
#88Tyrone#195 nationally
#69Wayne#159 nationally
#81Deborah#160 nationally
#92Colin#171 nationally
#97Angel#166 nationally
#86Latasha#153 nationally
#99Maurice#165 nationally
#70Andre#124 nationally
#83Michele#135 nationally
#84Ebony#132 nationally
#82Lawrence#128 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer972US #1
#2Jessica677US #2
#3Amanda464US #3
#4Sarah395US #4
#5Nicole385US #6
#6Stephanie378US #7
#7Heather367US #12
#8Melissa359US #5
#9Christina329US #19
#10Crystal326US #9
#11Lauren322US #26
#12Kimberly304US #14
#13Kelly300US #25
#14Elizabeth292US #8
#15Tiffany283US #13
#16Erin277US #20
#17Amy276US #10
#18Angela275US #16
#19Michelle270US #11
#20Laura259US #22
#21Rebecca248US #15
#22Shannon236US #38
#23Rachel221US #21
#24Lisa214US #23
#25Danielle210US #31
#26Mary199US #30
#27Kristen194US #33
#28Kristin185US #37
#29April182US #32
#30Megan181US #34
#31Emily169US #24
#32Katherine168US #36
#33Ashley157US #17
#34Sara149US #28
#35Christine148US #46
#36Erica148US #35
#37Amber141US #18
#38Jamie140US #29
#39Lindsay131US #39
#40Andrea124US #27
#41Julie118US #41
#42Courtney116US #43
#43Kathryn114US #48
#44Katie107US #45
#45Karen105US #68
#46Stacey104US #85
#47Tara98US #47
#48Brandy97US #50
#49Brandi95US #55
#50Melanie95US #65
#51Jacqueline94US #54
#52Latoya94US #91
#53Samantha90US #44
#54Patricia87US #59
#55Dawn84US #95
#56Kathleen83US #77
#57Lindsey77US #40
#58Holly76US #61
#59Dana75US #67
#60Candice73US #78
#61Kristina72US #70
#62Natalie72US #51
#63Carrie71US #57
#64Katrina70US #87
#65Stacy70US #72
#66Susan70US #76
#67Catherine69US #73
#68Julia69US #84
#69Alicia68US #53
#70Maria68US #42
#71Allison67US #58
#72Leslie67US #60
#73Theresa67US #109
#74Tina67US #90
#75Krystal66US #83
#76Victoria65US #66
#77Pamela63US #82
#78Margaret62US #97
#79Alison60US #111
#80Monica60US #52
#81Deborah59US #160
#82Anna58US #56
#83Michele58US #135
#84Ebony57US #132
#85Linda57US #107
#86Latasha56US #153
#87Candace54US #103
#88Monique54US #116
#89Diana52US #63
#90Natasha52US #71
#91Meghan51US #110
#92Tammy51US #134
#93Cassandra50US #62
#94Cynthia50US #64
#95Tracy50US #88
#96Alexis48US #93
#97Angel48US #166
#98Leah48US #79
#99Robin47US #108
#100Brooke46US #92

Boys

#1Michael1,230US #1
#2Christopher995US #2
#3James743US #6
#4Jason732US #4
#5David691US #5
#6Matthew690US #3
#7Robert680US #9
#8John648US #8
#9William573US #15
#10Joseph529US #11
#11Daniel491US #10
#12Brian480US #14
#13Justin473US #12
#14Joshua432US #7
#15Ryan394US #13
#16Kevin374US #25
#17Andrew367US #17
#18Jonathan361US #16
#19Charles342US #31
#20Eric309US #20
#21Richard308US #27
#22Thomas307US #23
#23Timothy307US #24
#24Steven302US #26
#25Brandon277US #18
#26Anthony265US #21
#27Nicholas261US #22
#28Stephen260US #38
#29Adam251US #19
#30Mark241US #32
#31Gregory224US #40
#32Jeffrey224US #29
#33Aaron198US #30
#34Kenneth197US #45
#35Benjamin196US #33
#36Jeremy194US #28
#37Scott194US #34
#38Paul187US #35
#39Patrick185US #37
#40Sean183US #44
#41Ronald149US #60
#42Donald143US #58
#43Shawn143US #52
#44Edward134US #53
#45Bryan131US #49
#46Jesse122US #43
#47George120US #62
#48Gary114US #64
#49Keith113US #59
#50Travis112US #39
#51Nathan100US #36
#52Bradley93US #51
#53Jacob91US #41
#54Raymond91US #70
#55Zachary91US #55
#56Derek86US #50
#57Phillip86US #67
#58Alexander85US #65
#59Douglas85US #68
#60Philip84US #79
#61Samuel83US #56
#62Chad79US #48
#63Dustin79US #42
#64Kyle75US #47
#65Marcus74US #63
#66Larry71US #77
#67Antonio70US #76
#68Peter70US #57
#69Wayne70US #159
#70Andre64US #124
#71Craig64US #73
#72Todd64US #82
#73Nathaniel63US #75
#74Russell63US #97
#75Shane62US #84
#76Dennis61US #87
#77Corey60US #74
#78Ian58US #83
#79Derrick57US #78
#80Shaun57US #96
#81Frank55US #81
#82Lawrence55US #128
#83Brett52US #72
#84Carl52US #104
#85Troy49US #115
#86Jared48US #54
#87Tavon48
#88Tyrone48US #195
#89Brent47US #91
#90Vincent47US #103
#91Curtis45US #101
#92Colin44US #171
#93Cory44US #93
#94Erik44US #80
#95Evan44US #108
#96Joel44US #69
#97Randy44US #94
#98Jeffery43US #92
#99Maurice43US #165
#100Jordan42US #85

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑27Brandi#49
↑27Lindsey#57
↑24Katrina#64
↑22Nathaniel#73
↑21Jacqueline#51
↑20Natalie#62
↑19Zachary#55
↑19Kyle#64

Falling

↓31Robin#99
↓31Brooke#100
↓24Meghan#91
↓24Tracy#95
↓24Derrick#79
↓18Julia#68
↓17Cynthia#94
↓16Carrie#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.