State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,824 Maryland births in 1986 across 1,109 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#72Tierraoutside the national top 200
#79Sadeoutside the national top 200
#88Tavonoutside the national top 200
#61Sierra#169 nationally
#94Davonoutside the national top 200
#95Ashleighoutside the national top 200
#81Maurice#176 nationally
#97Dominic#187 nationally
#96Brendan#185 nationally
#96Ebony#165 nationally
#90Caroline#157 nationally
#72Andre#133 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley982US #2
#2Jessica875US #1
#3Amanda698US #3
#4Jennifer639US #4
#5Sarah561US #5
#6Lauren427US #14
#7Nicole405US #7
#8Heather403US #9
#9Brittany402US #8
#10Stephanie377US #6
#11Megan370US #11
#12Danielle316US #16
#13Christina307US #19
#14Elizabeth304US #10
#15Rachel285US #15
#16Laura275US #20
#17Kimberly265US #18
#18Kelly259US #29
#19Samantha257US #21
#20Amy256US #22
#21Amber250US #13
#22Tiffany250US #17
#23Melissa246US #12
#24Michelle236US #23
#25Shannon234US #44
#26Emily224US #24
#27Katherine221US #28
#28Rebecca218US #26
#29Crystal216US #25
#30Erin200US #30
#31Mary180US #37
#32Erica165US #31
#33Angela157US #33
#34Sara153US #27
#35Allison151US #42
#36Lindsay150US #46
#37Christine148US #47
#38Kristen148US #41
#39Lisa146US #40
#40Jamie145US #34
#41Katie138US #38
#42Courtney130US #35
#43Kristin129US #50
#44Whitney126US #32
#45Kathleen120US #68
#46Julie115US #58
#47Lindsey114US #39
#48Andrea112US #36
#49Kathryn109US #48
#50April103US #53
#51Caitlin101US #69
#52Anna95US #51
#53Catherine94US #67
#54Stacey93US #94
#55Holly90US #63
#56Victoria89US #54
#57Kristina88US #62
#58Alicia82US #45
#59Alexandra80US #72
#60Julia80US #88
#61Sierra80US #169
#62Natalie79US #52
#63Krystal78US #61
#64Patricia78US #66
#65Latoya75US #111
#66Jacqueline74US #57
#67Margaret73US #90
#68Melanie73US #97
#69Meghan72US #71
#70Tara72US #56
#71Jenna70US #55
#72Tierra69
#73Brittney68US #65
#74Brandi67US #79
#75Kara67US #102
#76Leah64US #78
#77Natasha63US #70
#78Candice61US #108
#79Sade60
#80Casey59US #80
#81Karen59US #100
#82Maria59US #49
#83Krista58US #93
#84Alison57US #96
#85Dana57US #92
#86Brandy56US #84
#87Dominique56US #98
#88Monica56US #59
#89Erika55US #74
#90Caroline54US #157
#91Bethany52US #91
#92Katelyn52US #149
#93Tracy51US #117
#94Rachael50US #103
#95Ashleigh49
#96Ebony49US #165
#97Kendra49US #101
#98Renee49US #127
#99Diana46US #75
#100Abigail45US #143

Boys

#1Michael1,219US #1
#2Christopher1,075US #2
#3Matthew878US #3
#4David709US #5
#5Robert697US #9
#6James658US #7
#7Daniel638US #6
#8John613US #10
#9Andrew583US #8
#10William548US #15
#11Joshua543US #4
#12Joseph540US #12
#13Brandon502US #13
#14Ryan501US #11
#15Justin463US #14
#16Kevin447US #21
#17Brian433US #20
#18Jason406US #18
#19Jonathan394US #16
#20Charles367US #34
#21Nicholas363US #17
#22Anthony342US #19
#23Steven342US #25
#24Timothy335US #27
#25Thomas323US #26
#26Eric308US #22
#27Sean276US #37
#28Stephen276US #36
#29Richard270US #29
#30Jeffrey253US #32
#31Adam252US #24
#32Patrick243US #39
#33Kyle240US #23
#34Benjamin235US #30
#35Gregory227US #46
#36Mark222US #35
#37Alexander220US #41
#38Aaron211US #33
#39Paul206US #45
#40Jeremy201US #28
#41Bryan194US #47
#42Kenneth187US #50
#43Zachary184US #38
#44Scott169US #44
#45Shawn146US #55
#46Travis137US #49
#47Dustin129US #42
#48Jesse127US #48
#49Donald125US #71
#50Edward125US #61
#51George122US #74
#52Keith122US #66
#53Samuel121US #52
#54Jacob120US #31
#55Bradley118US #54
#56Marcus117US #63
#57Jordan116US #53
#58Nathan110US #43
#59Ronald110US #75
#60Tyler108US #40
#61Corey103US #62
#62Antonio101US #73
#63Gary98US #84
#64Derek96US #57
#65Raymond95US #77
#66Phillip90US #70
#67Philip87US #86
#68Shane82US #67
#69Devin77US #113
#70Derrick75US #87
#71Douglas73US #82
#72Andre72US #133
#73Evan72US #81
#74Peter72US #60
#75Chad71US #59
#76Craig68US #80
#77Brett66US #69
#78Dennis64US #104
#79Cory59US #68
#80Ian59US #85
#81Maurice59US #176
#82Brent58US #94
#83Carl58US #114
#84Larry58US #108
#85Jared57US #58
#86Vincent57US #93
#87Nathaniel56US #78
#88Tavon52
#89Alex51US #64
#90Russell51US #116
#91Wesley50US #96
#92Todd49US #110
#93Lawrence47US #151
#94Davon46
#95Joel46US #72
#96Brendan45US #185
#97Dominic45US #187
#98Frank45US #91
#99Curtis44US #100
#100Troy44US #123

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑19Jordan#57
↑18Cory#79
↑17Sierra#61
↑15Alexandra#59
↑15Dennis#78
↑13Brittany#9
↑13Margaret#67
↑12Samantha#19

Falling

↓23Dominique#87
↓22Meghan#69
↓20Jenna#71
↓15Karen#81
↓14Maria#82
↓13Todd#92
↓12April#50
↓12Dana#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.