State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,605 Maryland births in 1984 across 1,043 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#76Tavonoutside the national top 200
#82Dominic#195 nationally
#89Tierraoutside the national top 200
#69Wayne#174 nationally
#99Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#84Maurice#168 nationally
#91Rodney#165 nationally
#74Dawn#142 nationally
#79Ebony#137 nationally
#86Colleen#144 nationally
#94Colin#152 nationally
#73Devin#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer859US #1
#2Jessica710US #2
#3Ashley661US #3
#4Amanda534US #4
#5Heather459US #9
#6Sarah425US #5
#7Stephanie385US #6
#8Lauren378US #21
#9Nicole362US #7
#10Danielle332US #16
#11Christina326US #20
#12Melissa325US #8
#13Tiffany308US #14
#14Elizabeth307US #10
#15Megan301US #11
#16Laura300US #19
#17Rachel285US #15
#18Crystal274US #12
#19Kimberly270US #22
#20Shannon254US #37
#21Amy253US #13
#22Erin252US #25
#23Kelly244US #27
#24Rebecca234US #23
#25Michelle225US #17
#26Emily213US #24
#27Amber208US #18
#28Katherine204US #30
#29Angela181US #26
#30Kristen173US #38
#31Lisa168US #29
#32Erica163US #34
#33Mary159US #33
#34Lindsay155US #36
#35Jamie152US #31
#36Kristin152US #47
#37Christine149US #43
#38Sara149US #32
#39Andrea138US #28
#40Latoya119US #60
#41Samantha119US #39
#42Kathryn117US #48
#43April115US #42
#44Alicia112US #40
#45Brittany111US #41
#46Julie104US #52
#47Katie100US #44
#48Lindsey99US #35
#49Holly98US #53
#50Tara97US #49
#51Allison95US #51
#52Meghan95US #65
#53Kathleen94US #71
#54Brandi88US #61
#55Courtney85US #46
#56Julia85US #87
#57Stacey85US #79
#58Jacqueline83US #56
#59Candice82US #86
#60Victoria82US #59
#61Dana81US #73
#62Brandy79US #64
#63Jenna77US #54
#64Kristina76US #68
#65Natalie76US #55
#66Stacy76US #67
#67Karen75US #82
#68Maria74US #50
#69Patricia73US #66
#70Caitlin72US #118
#71Catherine72US #69
#72Margaret68US #92
#73Krystal67US #74
#74Dawn66US #142
#75Sheena64US #80
#76Anna63US #57
#77Candace62US #102
#78Melanie60US #85
#79Ebony59US #137
#80Monica59US #58
#81Tracy59US #91
#82Carrie58US #78
#83Pamela58US #104
#84Joanna56US #88
#85Natasha56US #77
#86Colleen55US #144
#87Cynthia54US #62
#88Bethany51US #93
#89Tierra50
#90Alexis49US #89
#91Denise49US #115
#92Diana49US #72
#93Nichole49US #97
#94Renee49US #108
#95Anne48US #127
#96Erika48US #81
#97Cassandra47US #63
#98Katrina47US #105
#99Alison46US #110
#100Leah46US #83

Boys

#1Michael1,249US #1
#2Christopher1,045US #2
#3Matthew903US #3
#4David722US #5
#5James714US #7
#6Robert657US #9
#7John643US #8
#8Daniel599US #6
#9Jason574US #11
#10Joseph525US #10
#11Joshua510US #4
#12Brian503US #17
#13William502US #16
#14Justin466US #13
#15Ryan466US #12
#16Andrew418US #14
#17Brandon418US #15
#18Kevin395US #24
#19Jonathan348US #19
#20Eric344US #22
#21Timothy344US #26
#22Steven338US #23
#23Anthony324US #21
#24Thomas322US #25
#25Adam310US #18
#26Nicholas305US #20
#27Richard299US #27
#28Charles292US #33
#29Mark278US #32
#30Stephen259US #35
#31Jeffrey254US #28
#32Patrick231US #36
#33Sean223US #43
#34Benjamin220US #30
#35Gregory213US #44
#36Paul207US #40
#37Kenneth198US #46
#38Aaron188US #29
#39Scott183US #39
#40Bryan172US #48
#41Travis138US #42
#42Jeremy134US #31
#43Edward128US #58
#44George128US #68
#45Shawn122US #56
#46Samuel115US #55
#47Zachary114US #45
#48Marcus113US #57
#49Bradley112US #53
#50Donald109US #63
#51Keith108US #61
#52Kyle106US #34
#53Alexander102US #54
#54Jacob100US #37
#55Jesse99US #50
#56Ronald98US #67
#57Derek95US #52
#58Dustin94US #41
#59Philip92US #81
#60Gary91US #76
#61Nathan88US #38
#62Antonio83US #77
#63Phillip83US #70
#64Raymond83US #73
#65Peter82US #60
#66Douglas81US #71
#67Chad79US #51
#68Corey76US #69
#69Wayne71US #174
#70Craig69US #75
#71Larry69US #91
#72Derrick66US #79
#73Devin65US #123
#74Russell64US #106
#75Andre63US #119
#76Tavon63
#77Dennis62US #97
#78Tyler62US #47
#79Ian61US #78
#80Todd61US #92
#81Troy61US #114
#82Dominic60US #195
#83Randy60US #100
#84Maurice58US #168
#85Brett57US #72
#86Vincent57US #95
#87Nathaniel55US #80
#88Carl54US #108
#89Joel53US #66
#90Jordan50US #65
#91Rodney49US #165
#92Shane49US #85
#93Brent48US #89
#94Colin48US #152
#95Frank48US #86
#96Evan47US #98
#97Curtis46US #96
#98Jared44US #59
#99Tyrone44
#100Jeffery42US #94

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑30Caitlin#70
↑20Latoya#40
↑19Danielle#10
↑19Dana#61
↑15Devin#73
↑14Maria#68
↑13Krystal#73
↑11Allison#51

Falling

↓26Carrie#82
↓23Jared#98
↓22Tyrone#99
↓17Karen#67
↓17Catherine#71
↓16Monica#80
↓15Diana#92
↓15Nichole#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.