State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,868 Maryland births in 1985 across 1,066 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#71Tierraoutside the national top 200
#78Sierraoutside the national top 200
#87Tyrone#198 nationally
#95Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#96Tavonoutside the national top 200
#98Jerome#200 nationally
#86Dominic#187 nationally
#100Darryloutside the national top 200
#88Wayne#184 nationally
#89Brendan#185 nationally
#83Maurice#173 nationally
#84Dawn#165 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley879US #2
#2Jennifer760US #3
#3Jessica752US #1
#4Amanda633US #4
#5Sarah444US #5
#6Nicole440US #7
#7Heather423US #8
#8Stephanie401US #6
#9Lauren388US #15
#10Christina369US #12
#11Megan359US #10
#12Elizabeth314US #9
#13Rachel308US #13
#14Laura303US #14
#15Danielle295US #18
#16Kimberly293US #19
#17Amy281US #20
#18Melissa280US #11
#19Kelly264US #28
#20Crystal263US #21
#21Tiffany261US #23
#22Brittany249US #17
#23Michelle227US #22
#24Rebecca225US #25
#25Erin220US #26
#26Amber219US #16
#27Emily216US #24
#28Katherine211US #32
#29Shannon198US #41
#30Erica178US #34
#31Samantha177US #29
#32Lisa175US #36
#33Lindsay169US #40
#34Kristen168US #38
#35Mary166US #35
#36Angela163US #31
#37Jamie163US #27
#38April147US #47
#39Sara145US #30
#40Katie136US #39
#41Courtney134US #43
#42Allison131US #46
#43Christine131US #44
#44Kristin124US #49
#45Kathryn122US #48
#46Julie113US #55
#47Meghan113US #63
#48Andrea110US #33
#49Kristina108US #57
#50Holly102US #56
#51Jenna102US #50
#52Victoria100US #59
#53Kathleen97US #68
#54Lindsey97US #37
#55Caitlin95US #77
#56Catherine92US #65
#57Alicia91US #45
#58Jacqueline91US #60
#59Krystal91US #53
#60Tara90US #51
#61Latoya89US #81
#62Stacey89US #89
#63Anna86US #54
#64Dominique79US #83
#65Julia78US #85
#66Karen77US #87
#67Natalie73US #58
#68Maria70US #52
#69Melanie67US #88
#70Patricia65US #64
#71Tierra65
#72Candice63US #86
#73Dana63US #82
#74Alexandra62US #92
#75Stacy62US #67
#76Krystle61US #111
#77Erika58US #80
#78Sierra58
#79Susan58US #106
#80Margaret57US #90
#81Monica57US #61
#82Natasha56US #79
#83Tina56US #110
#84Dawn55US #165
#85Leah55US #78
#86Carrie54US #96
#87Casey54US #114
#88Theresa54US #136
#89Valerie54US #71
#90Ebony53US #160
#91Katrina53US #93
#92Caroline51US #164
#93Cynthia51US #66
#94Nichole51US #95
#95Tiara51
#96Alison50US #97
#97Brandy50US #70
#98Jaclyn50US #123
#99Monique50US #140
#100Diana49US #74

Boys

#1Michael1,213US #1
#2Christopher1,059US #2
#3Matthew786US #3
#4David680US #6
#5James644US #7
#6Daniel635US #5
#7John632US #9
#8Robert623US #8
#9Joshua607US #4
#10Jason543US #14
#11Brandon541US #13
#12Joseph526US #10
#13Andrew521US #11
#14William520US #16
#15Brian496US #18
#16Ryan494US #12
#17Kevin444US #23
#18Justin428US #15
#19Jonathan387US #17
#20Timothy367US #26
#21Anthony353US #20
#22Eric353US #21
#23Thomas349US #25
#24Nicholas342US #19
#25Steven336US #24
#26Charles330US #34
#27Stephen280US #36
#28Richard267US #28
#29Mark264US #32
#30Adam250US #22
#31Patrick248US #37
#32Sean248US #38
#33Jeffrey243US #29
#34Gregory232US #45
#35Benjamin208US #31
#36Kyle204US #27
#37Kenneth197US #47
#38Paul196US #42
#39Aaron185US #33
#40Bryan175US #48
#41Scott174US #44
#42Jeremy155US #30
#43Zachary155US #39
#44Shawn150US #55
#45Alexander139US #50
#46Jacob128US #35
#47Edward125US #59
#48Keith121US #64
#49Donald118US #66
#50Nathan116US #40
#51Ronald115US #71
#52Jesse110US #51
#53Marcus107US #61
#54Travis107US #46
#55Bradley106US #53
#56Gary106US #82
#57George105US #72
#58Samuel103US #54
#59Dustin99US #41
#60Raymond96US #75
#61Antonio94US #73
#62Corey89US #63
#63Derrick89US #83
#64Derek88US #56
#65Andre85US #124
#66Devin82US #121
#67Phillip82US #69
#68Tyler80US #43
#69Peter78US #60
#70Chad77US #57
#71Douglas77US #76
#72Craig76US #79
#73Philip73US #84
#74Erik70US #87
#75Ian67US #78
#76Jordan65US #62
#77Shane65US #68
#78Jared64US #58
#79Todd64US #99
#80Larry63US #97
#81Nathaniel63US #77
#82Evan60US #91
#83Maurice58US #173
#84Brett57US #70
#85Russell57US #110
#86Dominic56US #187
#87Tyrone55US #198
#88Wayne54US #184
#89Brendan51US #185
#90Brent51US #89
#91Randy51US #102
#92Vincent49US #95
#93Dennis48US #103
#94Frank48US #90
#95Rodney48US #168
#96Tavon48
#97Cory47US #81
#98Jerome47US #200
#99Alan46US #109
#100Darryl46

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑23Brittany#22
↑20Jared#78
↑19Erika#77
↑18Tierra#71
↑16Kyle#36
↑15Kristina#49
↑15Caitlin#55
↑15Catherine#56

Falling

↓35Brandy#97
↓21Latoya#61
↓20Tavon#96
↓19Wayne#88
↓16Dennis#93
↓14Philip#73
↓13Alicia#57
↓13Candice#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.