State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,630 Maryland births in 1988 across 1,200 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#69Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#92Tierraoutside the national top 200
#93Cierraoutside the national top 200
#93Jamaloutside the national top 200
#99Davonoutside the national top 200
#90Maurice#186 nationally
#97Devon#190 nationally
#96Sierra#181 nationally
#89Ebony#164 nationally
#81Brendan#153 nationally
#99Colleen#167 nationally
#89Lawrence#150 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,002US #2
#2Jessica866US #1
#3Amanda737US #3
#4Brittany637US #6
#5Sarah617US #4
#6Jennifer527US #5
#7Lauren450US #11
#8Stephanie394US #7
#9Samantha385US #8
#10Nicole371US #9
#11Megan370US #12
#12Tiffany363US #13
#13Rachel341US #19
#14Elizabeth325US #10
#15Heather325US #14
#16Emily295US #18
#17Christina282US #22
#18Danielle281US #17
#19Amber267US #15
#20Rebecca265US #26
#21Laura262US #23
#22Katherine241US #27
#23Melissa237US #16
#24Michelle230US #21
#25Kelly220US #32
#26Courtney213US #24
#27Shannon213US #56
#28Kristen207US #36
#29Sara206US #30
#30Kimberly203US #25
#31Erin201US #37
#32Amy190US #29
#33Erica170US #31
#34Mary167US #34
#35Crystal158US #28
#36Alexandra142US #49
#37Caitlin142US #44
#38Lisa141US #43
#39Kristin140US #58
#40Victoria139US #42
#41Jasmine137US #53
#42Allison136US #46
#43Lindsay135US #57
#44Angela132US #38
#45Brittney126US #52
#46Christine125US #51
#47Kayla125US #20
#48Chelsea122US #33
#49Katie121US #40
#50Andrea119US #35
#51Lindsey117US #48
#52Jamie115US #45
#53Whitney112US #39
#54Catherine111US #69
#55Jacqueline101US #62
#56Kathryn100US #55
#57Julie93US #71
#58Kathleen93US #75
#59Kristina90US #68
#60Anna89US #54
#61Meghan88US #81
#62Julia87US #88
#63April86US #65
#64Hannah85US #61
#65Kelsey85US #64
#66Natalie85US #63
#67Alicia80US #50
#68Tara80US #67
#69Tiara79
#70Holly78US #72
#71Kendra77US #80
#72Katelyn73US #84
#73Leah69US #82
#74Casey68US #92
#75Stacey68US #119
#76Brooke67US #87
#77Caroline65US #122
#78Jenna65US #66
#79Dana64US #90
#80Kara63US #95
#81Molly62US #86
#82Bethany61US #89
#83Erika61US #76
#84Brandy59US #107
#85Candice58US #130
#86Karen58US #111
#87Morgan58US #78
#88Alyssa57US #47
#89Ebony57US #164
#90Melanie55US #99
#91Patricia55US #77
#92Tierra55
#93Cierra54
#94Kaitlin53US #98
#95Margaret53US #93
#96Sierra53US #181
#97Alison52US #113
#98Krystal52US #74
#99Colleen51US #167
#100Abigail50US #118

Boys

#1Michael1,332US #1
#2Christopher1,036US #2
#3Matthew900US #3
#4James713US #9
#5Joshua694US #4
#6David674US #6
#7Andrew666US #5
#8Daniel661US #8
#9Robert657US #10
#10Justin647US #7
#11John612US #11
#12William591US #16
#13Joseph584US #12
#14Kevin521US #20
#15Ryan520US #13
#16Brandon450US #17
#17Brian428US #22
#18Anthony417US #18
#19Nicholas417US #14
#20Thomas404US #23
#21Steven387US #24
#22Jonathan384US #15
#23Eric377US #19
#24Timothy377US #25
#25Jason305US #27
#26Richard298US #32
#27Sean287US #38
#28Zachary285US #29
#29Benjamin283US #30
#30Charles276US #37
#31Alexander270US #34
#32Adam260US #26
#33Patrick257US #42
#34Kyle251US #21
#35Mark248US #39
#36Stephen235US #40
#37Jeffrey228US #36
#38Gregory225US #50
#39Aaron205US #31
#40Bryan202US #54
#41Travis202US #41
#42Paul193US #46
#43Jacob192US #28
#44Kenneth184US #51
#45Samuel177US #45
#46Scott175US #47
#47Jeremy174US #35
#48Edward152US #62
#49Marcus138US #66
#50Corey137US #56
#51Tyler136US #33
#52Dustin134US #48
#53Ronald126US #79
#54Keith125US #70
#55Jesse124US #55
#56Nathan124US #44
#57Bradley123US #57
#58Shawn116US #61
#59Jordan115US #52
#60George106US #78
#61Derek105US #53
#62Donald104US #76
#63Devin99US #98
#64Antonio98US #72
#65Philip97US #94
#66Phillip93US #71
#67Cory92US #59
#68Shane91US #67
#69Gary85US #100
#70Brett83US #73
#71Chad82US #65
#72Raymond82US #84
#73Douglas80US #88
#74Ian80US #77
#75Evan79US #74
#76Christian75US #86
#77Vincent74US #82
#78Peter72US #64
#79Andre70US #138
#80Cody69US #43
#81Brendan65US #153
#82Carl63US #126
#83Craig63US #96
#84Jared63US #60
#85Alex61US #58
#86Frank61US #99
#87Nathaniel61US #81
#88Derrick59US #97
#89Lawrence59US #150
#90Maurice58US #186
#91Austin57US #63
#92Wesley57US #93
#93Jamal56
#94Cameron55US #69
#95Troy52US #124
#96Russell51US #128
#97Devon50US #190
#98Colin49US #131
#99Davon49
#100Larry49US #123

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑44Jasmine#41
↑26Katelyn#72
↑20Brooke#76
↑18Chelsea#48
↑13Courtney#26
↑13Kayla#47
↑13Frank#86
↑12Lisa#38

Falling

↓26Derrick#88
↓21Margaret#95
↓20Davon#99
↓19Sierra#96
↓17Colin#98
↓14Krystal#98
↓14Peter#78
↓13Alicia#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.