State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,305 Maryland births in 1991 across 1,352 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#88Tavonoutside the national top 200
#93Jamaloutside the national top 200
#98Terrelloutside the national top 200
#100Ebony#195 nationally
#84Dominic#164 nationally
#79Andre#140 nationally
#89Brendan#147 nationally
#96Darius#152 nationally
#66Caroline#116 nationally
#86Devon#132 nationally
#95Colin#139 nationally
#62Ronald#101 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley794US #1
#2Jessica735US #2
#3Brittany652US #3
#4Sarah554US #6
#5Amanda548US #4
#6Samantha477US #5
#7Lauren461US #13
#8Megan437US #11
#9Emily433US #10
#10Rachel373US #14
#11Jennifer358US #8
#12Stephanie345US #7
#13Elizabeth341US #9
#14Jasmine309US #24
#15Rebecca295US #21
#16Amber294US #16
#17Katherine262US #25
#18Danielle257US #17
#19Nicole256US #15
#20Courtney253US #19
#21Chelsea245US #18
#22Michelle238US #22
#23Victoria234US #28
#24Heather231US #23
#25Melissa225US #20
#26Tiffany225US #27
#27Kayla217US #12
#28Alexandra206US #36
#29Mary202US #38
#30Erin201US #44
#31Kelsey196US #26
#32Kelly189US #42
#33Christina187US #31
#34Laura182US #35
#35Sara179US #37
#36Shannon171US #71
#37Taylor169US #32
#38Caitlin155US #55
#39Erica154US #40
#40Kimberly153US #34
#41Allison151US #50
#42Hannah150US #29
#43Amy149US #43
#44Kristen144US #48
#45Lindsay143US #77
#46Julia142US #67
#47Christine139US #73
#48Shelby134US #33
#49Morgan132US #49
#50Crystal123US #41
#51Alexis118US #47
#52Alyssa116US #30
#53Catherine115US #72
#54Brooke112US #65
#55Kaitlyn111US #82
#56Kathryn111US #57
#57Andrea108US #39
#58Katie107US #53
#59Ariel105US #66
#60Jamie105US #60
#61Angela103US #59
#62Anna103US #46
#63Katelyn103US #75
#64Lindsey103US #52
#65Brianna97US #51
#66Caroline97US #116
#67Kristin97US #86
#68Olivia94US #61
#69Kathleen93US #102
#70Molly92US #74
#71Brittney91US #58
#72Casey89US #111
#73Meghan88US #94
#74Natalie88US #64
#75Julie87US #98
#76Maria86US #45
#77Alicia85US #63
#78Bethany84US #109
#79Kara84US #106
#80Kaitlin83US #99
#81Jacqueline81US #70
#82Jordan81US #62
#83Leah78US #91
#84Lisa78US #83
#85Rachael77US #114
#86Jenna75US #80
#87Paige75US #76
#88Mariah74US #69
#89Abigail69US #92
#90Melanie69US #96
#91Gabrielle68US #97
#92Margaret68US #108
#93Erika67US #84
#94April65US #88
#95Tara65US #104
#96Emma64US #123
#97Holly64US #105
#98Kristina64US #87
#99Sierra63US #138
#100Ebony62US #195

Boys

#1Michael1,258US #1
#2Christopher906US #2
#3Matthew849US #3
#4Joshua745US #4
#5James655US #7
#6Andrew650US #5
#7David646US #8
#8John642US #10
#9Joseph627US #9
#10Robert599US #13
#11Brandon560US #15
#12William547US #19
#13Ryan543US #11
#14Daniel539US #6
#15Nicholas523US #12
#16Kevin520US #23
#17Justin484US #14
#18Zachary425US #22
#19Tyler415US #16
#20Eric382US #25
#21Anthony362US #18
#22Alexander357US #26
#23Thomas356US #28
#24Kyle351US #21
#25Jonathan349US #20
#26Brian345US #30
#27Timothy341US #32
#28Steven335US #27
#29Charles325US #38
#30Benjamin313US #33
#31Jacob306US #17
#32Patrick289US #35
#33Sean280US #40
#34Stephen271US #41
#35Richard266US #34
#36Aaron260US #31
#37Adam231US #36
#38Jordan228US #29
#39Samuel226US #39
#40Jeffrey210US #45
#41Mark210US #47
#42Gregory197US #55
#43Cody195US #24
#44Corey186US #58
#45Travis182US #44
#46Kenneth176US #54
#47Jeremy175US #43
#48Jason156US #49
#49Paul154US #53
#50Bryan149US #61
#51Scott147US #57
#52Christian140US #48
#53Marcus138US #76
#54Shawn138US #71
#55Nathan133US #42
#56Keith127US #89
#57Dylan120US #46
#58Devin118US #83
#59George115US #87
#60Edward114US #68
#61Bradley112US #67
#62Ronald112US #101
#63Jesse111US #51
#64Evan110US #70
#65Antonio109US #79
#66Shane107US #75
#67Taylor104US #52
#68Ian103US #73
#69Austin102US #50
#70Alex94US #63
#71Ethan94US #65
#72Donald90US #102
#73Derek84US #59
#74Derrick84US #111
#75Dustin84US #56
#76Raymond84US #97
#77Cory80US #74
#78Cameron79US #62
#79Andre77US #140
#80Peter77US #77
#81Phillip77US #98
#82Vincent76US #81
#83Nathaniel74US #84
#84Dominic72US #164
#85Douglas72US #109
#86Devon71US #132
#87Chad69US #104
#88Tavon69
#89Brendan68US #147
#90Brett68US #88
#91Garrett68US #91
#92Gary68US #124
#93Jamal68
#94Jared68US #64
#95Colin61US #139
#96Darius58US #152
#97Seth58US #99
#98Terrell58
#99Wesley57US #106
#100Casey56US #90

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑36Ariel#59
↑25Alexis#51
↑21Caroline#66
↑21Bethany#78
↑19Taylor#67
↑18Katelyn#63
↑18Christian#52
↑17Cody#43

Falling

↓21Melanie#90
↓20Brittney#71
↓20Lisa#84
↓19Holly#97
↓17Jordan#82
↓16Jenna#86
↓16Kristina#98
↓15Vincent#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.