State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,615 Maryland births in 1987 across 1,153 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#79Davonoutside the national top 200
#86Wayne#200 nationally
#87Jamaloutside the national top 200
#92Cierraoutside the national top 200
#93Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#98Tavonoutside the national top 200
#96Dominic#196 nationally
#77Sierra#173 nationally
#92Maurice#187 nationally
#85Rodney#171 nationally
#88Brendan#156 nationally
#77Andre#136 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,057US #2
#2Jessica901US #1
#3Amanda819US #3
#4Jennifer593US #4
#5Brittany575US #7
#6Sarah526US #5
#7Lauren424US #16
#8Stephanie383US #6
#9Heather373US #9
#10Nicole356US #8
#11Rachel350US #17
#12Megan332US #12
#13Christina313US #20
#14Danielle311US #14
#15Elizabeth308US #10
#16Samantha304US #11
#17Amber279US #15
#18Tiffany276US #18
#19Emily266US #19
#20Kelly266US #30
#21Rebecca261US #25
#22Kimberly246US #23
#23Laura235US #22
#24Melissa231US #13
#25Michelle224US #21
#26Erin205US #34
#27Shannon202US #45
#28Erica201US #31
#29Amy197US #24
#30Katherine186US #28
#31Crystal185US #26
#32Allison158US #44
#33Sara155US #29
#34Angela153US #35
#35Christine152US #48
#36Kristen146US #42
#37Lindsay146US #49
#38Mary144US #37
#39Courtney136US #33
#40Alexandra133US #59
#41Caitlin131US #63
#42Whitney129US #32
#43Jamie128US #39
#44Lindsey127US #41
#45Katie124US #38
#46Kathryn123US #51
#47Kristin122US #55
#48Anna118US #52
#49Brittney115US #61
#50Lisa115US #40
#51Victoria113US #50
#52Kathleen110US #72
#53Andrea106US #36
#54Alicia98US #46
#55Kristina94US #62
#56Jacqueline93US #54
#57Catherine91US #74
#58Meghan91US #78
#59April88US #58
#60Kayla83US #27
#61Julie81US #65
#62Kendra79US #77
#63Julia78US #86
#64Monica78US #64
#65Hannah76US #66
#66Chelsea73US #47
#67Jenna73US #57
#68Holly66US #71
#69Leah66US #82
#70Maria66US #53
#71Erika64US #75
#72Kara64US #104
#73Dana63US #83
#74Margaret63US #90
#75Natalie63US #56
#76Tara63US #69
#77Sierra62US #173
#78Candice61US #121
#79Patricia61US #76
#80Casey60US #81
#81Dominique60US #114
#82Latoya60US #128
#83Monique59US #130
#84Krystal58US #70
#85Jasmine57US #79
#86Stacey57US #103
#87Melanie56US #102
#88Bethany55US #87
#89Alison54US #100
#90Brandy54US #92
#91Candace54US #120
#92Cierra54
#93Natasha54US #73
#94Alyssa52US #60
#95Rachael52US #98
#96Brooke51US #94
#97Gina50US #123
#98Katelyn50US #127
#99Morgan50US #95
#100Sabrina50US #110

Boys

#1Michael1,248US #1
#2Christopher1,066US #2
#3Matthew849US #3
#4David742US #5
#5James687US #8
#6Andrew671US #6
#7Daniel619US #7
#8Robert616US #10
#9Joshua612US #4
#10John605US #11
#11William554US #15
#12Justin541US #9
#13Joseph524US #12
#14Ryan501US #13
#15Brandon481US #14
#16Kevin469US #19
#17Brian457US #20
#18Eric401US #21
#19Anthony390US #17
#20Steven390US #25
#21Timothy376US #26
#22Jason359US #23
#23Thomas357US #24
#24Nicholas348US #16
#25Jonathan330US #18
#26Richard317US #30
#27Charles306US #35
#28Benjamin283US #28
#29Sean261US #40
#30Stephen256US #38
#31Kyle255US #22
#32Adam247US #27
#33Gregory245US #47
#34Mark241US #36
#35Jeffrey239US #32
#36Alexander231US #37
#37Patrick227US #41
#38Scott200US #43
#39Zachary194US #33
#40Jeremy191US #29
#41Kenneth189US #53
#42Paul186US #46
#43Aaron179US #34
#44Bryan168US #51
#45Travis162US #42
#46Edward138US #61
#47Jacob138US #31
#48Samuel132US #50
#49Corey129US #57
#50Shawn129US #59
#51Ronald125US #73
#52Bradley124US #56
#53Dustin123US #44
#54Jordan120US #52
#55Donald117US #70
#56Tyler117US #39
#57Keith116US #69
#58Antonio115US #72
#59Derek104US #54
#60Marcus104US #67
#61Phillip102US #68
#62Derrick101US #86
#63Nathan98US #45
#64Peter97US #64
#65George94US #77
#66Jesse94US #55
#67Douglas90US #85
#68Gary89US #87
#69Devin88US #99
#70Philip86US #84
#71Raymond86US #79
#72Cory84US #62
#73Shane84US #65
#74Chad78US #63
#75Alex75US #60
#76Ian71US #81
#77Andre67US #136
#78Craig67US #88
#79Davon66
#80Evan66US #83
#81Colin64US #134
#82Brett63US #71
#83Dennis61US #107
#84Jared61US #58
#85Rodney61US #171
#86Wayne59US #200
#87Jamal58
#88Brendan55US #156
#89Lawrence55US #146
#90Nathaniel54US #78
#91Wesley54US #92
#92Maurice52US #187
#93Tyrone52
#94Randy51US #105
#95Troy51US #122
#96Dominic50US #196
#97Russell49US #119
#98Tavon49
#99Frank47US #97
#100Seth47US #89

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑35Kendra#62
↑24Brittney#49
↑24Monica#64
↑19Alexandra#40
↑18Erika#71
↑15Davon#79
↑14Alex#75
↑12Maria#70

Falling

↓32Stacey#86
↓21Krystal#84
↓19Melanie#87
↓18Jesse#66
↓17Latoya#82
↓16Sierra#77
↓16Natasha#93
↓15Julie#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.