State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,495 Maryland births in 1983 across 1,030 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#77Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#82Tavonoutside the national top 200
#93Dominicoutside the national top 200
#73Wayne#171 nationally
#97Jerome#194 nationally
#81Maurice#162 nationally
#98Angel#174 nationally
#96Jermaine#165 nationally
#95Rodney#161 nationally
#75Ebony#135 nationally
#88Devin#142 nationally
#100Caitlin#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer857US #1
#2Jessica758US #2
#3Ashley533US #4
#4Amanda447US #3
#5Sarah422US #5
#6Heather404US #9
#7Nicole379US #7
#8Stephanie368US #8
#9Crystal351US #11
#10Melissa349US #6
#11Christina341US #16
#12Lauren341US #24
#13Elizabeth324US #10
#14Erin323US #18
#15Tiffany310US #14
#16Kimberly280US #15
#17Laura265US #23
#18Amy263US #12
#19Kelly259US #26
#20Rachel259US #20
#21Michelle258US #13
#22Megan256US #21
#23Rebecca245US #19
#24Angela216US #22
#25Emily215US #25
#26Shannon205US #38
#27Lisa203US #27
#28Katherine201US #34
#29Danielle195US #29
#30Amber177US #17
#31Kristen173US #37
#32Mary169US #32
#33Erica154US #33
#34April153US #39
#35Lindsay147US #36
#36Kristin146US #42
#37Samantha146US #40
#38Jamie142US #28
#39Sara140US #31
#40Christine121US #47
#41Kathleen114US #73
#42Andrea109US #30
#43Meghan109US #75
#44Kathryn106US #50
#45Tara103US #51
#46Holly101US #48
#47Alicia100US #41
#48Katie99US #45
#49Julie98US #46
#50Karen92US #77
#51Stacey89US #76
#52Stacy88US #61
#53Lindsey87US #35
#54Catherine86US #66
#55Courtney84US #44
#56Carrie81US #65
#57Patricia81US #60
#58Brandi79US #56
#59Candice79US #84
#60Latoya79US #90
#61Natalie79US #52
#62Allison77US #59
#63Julia77US #85
#64Monica76US #54
#65Victoria76US #58
#66Jacqueline72US #53
#67Kristina72US #63
#68Melanie72US #79
#69Anna70US #55
#70Brandy68US #57
#71Dawn68US #106
#72Theresa68US #122
#73Margaret67US #92
#74Marquita67US #112
#75Ebony64US #135
#76Candace63US #104
#77Diana62US #69
#78Nichole62US #93
#79Valerie62US #74
#80Dana61US #72
#81Pamela61US #91
#82Maria59US #43
#83Sheena56US #107
#84Rachael55US #123
#85Alexis54US #83
#86Krystal54US #78
#87Natasha54US #71
#88Teresa53US #103
#89Monique52US #117
#90Tracy52US #89
#91Erika51US #80
#92Cynthia50US #62
#93Leslie50US #67
#94Renee50US #97
#95Sabrina49US #111
#96Tina48US #100
#97Kristy47US #133
#98Angel46US #174
#99Susan46US #86
#100Caitlin45US #153

Boys

#1Michael1,268US #1
#2Christopher964US #2
#3Matthew822US #3
#4James724US #6
#5David713US #4
#6Robert652US #10
#7John621US #9
#8Jason581US #7
#9Daniel563US #8
#10William557US #16
#11Joseph532US #11
#12Brian519US #14
#13Joshua474US #5
#14Andrew447US #15
#15Justin442US #12
#16Ryan422US #13
#17Brandon380US #17
#18Kevin376US #25
#19Steven356US #23
#20Charles332US #33
#21Timothy332US #26
#22Thomas328US #24
#23Jonathan320US #19
#24Eric313US #20
#25Adam301US #18
#26Anthony299US #22
#27Richard288US #27
#28Nicholas255US #21
#29Mark252US #31
#30Stephen250US #35
#31Jeffrey241US #28
#32Gregory233US #42
#33Kenneth199US #45
#34Sean198US #44
#35Paul194US #39
#36Patrick191US #37
#37Bryan185US #47
#38Benjamin182US #32
#39Aaron180US #29
#40Scott179US #38
#41Jeremy143US #30
#42Travis137US #41
#43Donald136US #60
#44Shawn136US #53
#45Keith127US #61
#46George126US #65
#47Kyle123US #34
#48Jacob115US #36
#49Edward114US #55
#50Nathan113US #40
#51Marcus102US #58
#52Ronald102US #64
#53Gary100US #68
#54Jesse100US #46
#55Derek97US #51
#56Bradley96US #52
#57Samuel92US #54
#58Zachary88US #50
#59Douglas87US #69
#60Raymond87US #71
#61Craig84US #70
#62Phillip82US #66
#63Dustin78US #43
#64Alexander77US #63
#65Chad77US #49
#66Ian76US #77
#67Philip74US #82
#68Antonio73US #76
#69Dennis69US #92
#70Derrick65US #78
#71Larry65US #85
#72Peter64US #59
#73Wayne64US #171
#74Corey63US #74
#75Jared59US #56
#76Todd58US #87
#77Tyrone57
#78Andre56US #126
#79Carl56US #106
#80Troy55US #113
#81Maurice53US #162
#82Tavon53
#83Frank52US #86
#84Shane52US #84
#85Evan51US #93
#86Tyler49US #57
#87Brett48US #73
#88Devin47US #142
#89Tony47US #119
#90Erik46US #80
#91Terry46US #110
#92Nathaniel45US #79
#93Dominic44
#94Jordan44US #72
#95Rodney43US #161
#96Jermaine42US #165
#97Jerome42US #194
#98Alan41US #102
#99Curtis41US #100
#100Lawrence41US #132

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑48Meghan#43
↑30Ashley#3
↑22Alicia#47
↑18Maurice#81
↑17Kyle#47
↑16Samantha#37
↑16Monica#64
↑15Kathleen#41

Falling

↓33Susan#99
↓22Brandy#70
↓22Tina#96
↓21Dana#80
↓21Leslie#93
↓19Nathaniel#92
↓18Melanie#68
↓18Lawrence#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.