State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,330 Maryland births in 1994 across 1,376 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#78Unknownoutside the national top 200
#80Unknownoutside the national top 200
#93Briaoutside the national top 200
#65Diamond#170 nationally
#87Brady#173 nationally
#90Darius#155 nationally
#86Andre#148 nationally
#68Colin#124 nationally
#72Dominic#128 nationally
#83Ronald#137 nationally
#80Donald#132 nationally
#81Keith#126 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley488US #2
#2Jessica477US #1
#3Emily475US #3
#4Sarah474US #5
#5Samantha401US #4
#6Taylor391US #6
#7Amanda365US #8
#8Rachel358US #13
#9Brittany339US #7
#10Megan335US #10
#11Lauren332US #14
#12Nicole290US #11
#13Elizabeth274US #9
#14Jasmine268US #23
#15Amber266US #21
#16Kayla265US #12
#17Rebecca263US #24
#18Jennifer246US #17
#19Danielle235US #20
#20Victoria234US #19
#21Courtney219US #22
#22Stephanie219US #15
#23Alexandra218US #28
#24Alexis217US #18
#25Hannah216US #16
#26Katherine215US #30
#27Morgan209US #25
#28Kelsey198US #29
#29Mary185US #37
#30Allison176US #34
#31Christina167US #39
#32Brianna165US #27
#33Kelly163US #62
#34Shannon160US #60
#35Erin146US #45
#36Michelle142US #33
#37Tiffany142US #35
#38Anna135US #41
#39Heather135US #44
#40Alyssa134US #26
#41Kimberly133US #32
#42Melissa133US #31
#43Brooke131US #54
#44Sara127US #43
#45Shelby124US #40
#46Olivia120US #50
#47Laura119US #46
#48Abigail118US #42
#49Chelsea117US #38
#50Erica117US #57
#51Kristen117US #55
#52Briana115US #68
#53Kaitlyn111US #48
#54Caroline110US #94
#55Jordan110US #52
#56Julia108US #72
#57Sydney107US #76
#58Sierra105US #71
#59Gabrielle101US #67
#60Katelyn101US #58
#61Emma98US #74
#62Catherine97US #84
#63Lindsay96US #107
#64Caitlin91US #78
#65Diamond90US #170
#66Jenna90US #80
#67Meghan90US #100
#68Natalie90US #56
#69Amy89US #77
#70Angela89US #81
#71Paige88US #63
#72Andrea86US #49
#73Kathryn86US #79
#74Grace84US #103
#75Bethany83US #116
#76Molly80US #96
#77Destiny78US #86
#78Margaret78US #106
#79Erika73US #90
#80Unknown72
#81Christine71US #104
#82Crystal71US #64
#83Leah71US #101
#84Lindsey71US #69
#85Maria71US #47
#86Haley70US #36
#87Katie70US #70
#88Rachael70US #124
#89Miranda69US #61
#90Casey68US #118
#91Julie68US #129
#92Mariah68US #75
#93Bria67
#94Kara67US #134
#95Brittney66US #89
#96Holly65US #112
#97Kathleen65US #130
#98Madison64US #51
#99Marissa63US #53
#100Breanna61US #85

Boys

#1Michael948US #1
#2Matthew724US #3
#3Christopher705US #2
#4Ryan583US #16
#5Joshua577US #4
#6Brandon575US #6
#7John562US #15
#8Tyler545US #5
#9Nicholas543US #9
#10Daniel538US #8
#11James538US #14
#12Zachary511US #12
#13David507US #13
#14William496US #19
#15Joseph486US #11
#16Andrew467US #10
#17Kevin420US #26
#18Robert413US #21
#19Alexander384US #22
#20Jacob380US #7
#21Justin352US #20
#22Anthony327US #18
#23Kyle327US #24
#24Thomas317US #27
#25Benjamin289US #31
#26Jonathan281US #23
#27Eric274US #30
#28Aaron263US #28
#29Brian260US #37
#30Austin258US #17
#31Charles245US #43
#32Jordan245US #29
#33Samuel242US #33
#34Sean241US #44
#35Timothy239US #39
#36Patrick224US #42
#37Steven214US #34
#38Adam203US #38
#39Cody200US #25
#40Richard195US #41
#41Stephen176US #49
#42Christian166US #35
#43Jason159US #46
#44Dylan155US #32
#45Nathan155US #40
#46Mark148US #48
#47Jesse144US #45
#48Gregory141US #76
#49Marcus138US #75
#50Devin136US #61
#51Connor134US #59
#52Jeffrey134US #55
#53Jeremy131US #47
#54Corey130US #73
#55Paul130US #64
#56Kenneth129US #65
#57Travis122US #53
#58Evan116US #62
#59Bradley115US #83
#60Edward113US #84
#61Scott112US #80
#62Ian110US #74
#63Cameron101US #52
#64Shawn98US #86
#65Alex97US #50
#66George93US #110
#67Nathaniel91US #78
#68Colin90US #124
#69Peter90US #87
#70Taylor89US #54
#71Logan88US #70
#72Dominic87US #128
#73Shane87US #92
#74Luke86US #91
#75Antonio85US #88
#76Bryan85US #66
#77Garrett85US #82
#78Unknown84
#79Trevor82US #58
#80Donald80US #132
#81Keith78US #126
#82Troy76US #123
#83Ronald74US #137
#84Vincent73US #100
#85Devon72US #117
#86Andre71US #148
#87Brady71US #173
#88Mitchell70US #71
#89Brendan68US #129
#90Darius67US #155
#91Derek67US #77
#92Dustin67US #56
#93Hunter66US #67
#94Phillip66US #131
#95Wesley66US #118
#96Cory64US #102
#97Caleb63US #60
#98Jared62US #63
#99Seth61US #90
#100Brett59US #107

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑34Sydney#57
↑23Destiny#77
↑21Jesse#47
↑20Bethany#75
↑20George#66
↑18Angela#70
↑17Colin#68
↑16Gabrielle#59

Falling

↓37Bria#93
↓24Lindsey#84
↓22Haley#86
↓22Brittney#95
↓20Keith#81
↓17Derek#91
↓16Caitlin#64
↓16Holly#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.