State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,545 Maryland births in 1990 across 1,353 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#87Davonoutside the national top 200
#96Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#100Jamaloutside the national top 200
#98Rodney#181 nationally
#91Brendan#155 nationally
#97Colleen#160 nationally
#95Devon#151 nationally
#93Sierra#141 nationally
#90Andre#137 nationally
#55Devin#98 nationally
#99Russell#142 nationally
#66Casey#106 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany904US #3
#2Ashley883US #2
#3Jessica798US #1
#4Amanda648US #4
#5Sarah561US #6
#6Samantha506US #5
#7Lauren499US #10
#8Emily448US #12
#9Stephanie411US #7
#10Jennifer406US #8
#11Megan393US #11
#12Rachel358US #16
#13Elizabeth356US #9
#14Rebecca323US #21
#15Nicole310US #13
#16Amber306US #15
#17Danielle284US #18
#18Heather276US #19
#19Jasmine276US #28
#20Tiffany248US #23
#21Katherine247US #26
#22Courtney245US #17
#23Kelly245US #41
#24Christina231US #25
#25Laura227US #29
#26Michelle227US #22
#27Chelsea223US #24
#28Melissa223US #20
#29Mary215US #35
#30Alexandra206US #37
#31Victoria200US #33
#32Erin198US #43
#33Kimberly195US #31
#34Kayla178US #14
#35Caitlin168US #50
#36Hannah168US #30
#37Allison165US #48
#38Amy162US #38
#39Shannon160US #68
#40Kelsey156US #32
#41Kristen156US #42
#42Crystal155US #39
#43Morgan155US #58
#44Erica154US #36
#45Sara145US #34
#46Lindsay139US #69
#47Kathryn131US #57
#48Christine130US #62
#49Anna120US #45
#50Taylor119US #46
#51Brittney117US #44
#52Kaitlyn117US #78
#53Kristin117US #65
#54Lindsey117US #51
#55Angela116US #52
#56Jamie116US #55
#57Andrea111US #40
#58Catherine111US #71
#59Kathleen111US #92
#60Brooke108US #70
#61Julia106US #83
#62Alyssa104US #27
#63Katie104US #53
#64Lisa95US #64
#65Jordan90US #59
#66Casey88US #106
#67Julie88US #93
#68Olivia88US #72
#69Melanie86US #86
#70Jenna85US #81
#71Meghan85US #91
#72Brianna84US #61
#73Whitney84US #60
#74Jacqueline83US #67
#75Natalie82US #63
#76Alexis81US #66
#77Alicia81US #54
#78Holly81US #89
#79Cassandra78US #49
#80Kara78US #110
#81Katelyn77US #75
#82Kristina77US #77
#83Maria77US #47
#84Molly76US #80
#85Kaitlin75US #101
#86Margaret75US #102
#87Caroline72US #116
#88Tara71US #85
#89Abigail70US #90
#90April69US #73
#91Rachael69US #111
#92Gabrielle67US #99
#93Sierra66US #141
#94Erika64US #74
#95Ariel63US #94
#96Patricia63US #97
#97Colleen59US #160
#98Leah59US #82
#99Bethany58US #107
#100Paige58US #79

Boys

#1Michael1,336US #1
#2Christopher1,081US #2
#3Matthew887US #3
#4Joshua769US #4
#5David708US #6
#6James699US #8
#7John651US #12
#8Andrew640US #7
#9Joseph630US #10
#10William628US #16
#11Robert626US #13
#12Daniel577US #5
#13Ryan574US #11
#14Justin508US #9
#15Nicholas503US #14
#16Kevin502US #23
#17Brandon489US #19
#18Brian459US #27
#19Anthony419US #15
#20Zachary405US #22
#21Eric384US #24
#22Thomas370US #26
#23Steven364US #25
#24Jonathan362US #17
#25Timothy349US #30
#26Kyle341US #18
#27Alexander331US #28
#28Charles318US #38
#29Benjamin309US #33
#30Stephen300US #39
#31Tyler289US #21
#32Patrick284US #36
#33Richard280US #35
#34Sean277US #37
#35Aaron253US #34
#36Adam253US #32
#37Mark242US #47
#38Jacob240US #20
#39Jeffrey228US #43
#40Jordan226US #29
#41Gregory218US #51
#42Kenneth216US #52
#43Travis203US #42
#44Jason186US #46
#45Samuel184US #45
#46Paul173US #49
#47Scott173US #53
#48Corey172US #56
#49Bryan163US #57
#50Jeremy150US #40
#51Shawn147US #69
#52Marcus138US #72
#53Keith129US #80
#54Edward126US #68
#55Devin125US #98
#56Bradley123US #65
#57Nathan122US #44
#58Ronald121US #97
#59Antonio114US #77
#60Cody114US #31
#61Derek114US #54
#62Ian113US #70
#63Jesse112US #48
#64Shane112US #73
#65Cory109US #67
#66Dustin105US #50
#67Vincent105US #78
#68Donald102US #87
#69Evan102US #71
#70Christian99US #60
#71Peter97US #74
#72Raymond93US #92
#73George92US #79
#74Austin91US #55
#75Phillip90US #81
#76Cameron83US #62
#77Douglas81US #103
#78Brett80US #84
#79Craig78US #117
#80Derrick78US #106
#81Alex75US #59
#82Colin74US #122
#83Ethan73US #58
#84Gary70US #114
#85Philip69US #111
#86Taylor69US #64
#87Davon68
#88Nathaniel68US #86
#89Jared67US #63
#90Andre66US #137
#91Brendan66US #155
#92Wesley62US #107
#93Dennis61US #129
#94Chad59US #85
#95Devon59US #151
#96Maurice59
#97Troy59US #128
#98Rodney58US #181
#99Russell57US #142
#100Jamal56

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑23Cameron#76
↑21Julia#61
↑21Jordan#65
↑19Morgan#43
↑19Cassandra#79
↑19Cody#60
↑19Brett#78
↑16Hannah#36

Falling

↓27April#90
↓18Chad#94
↓17Sara#45
↓17Katie#63
↓17Alicia#77
↓17Patricia#96
↓17Gary#84
↓16Brittney#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.