State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,163 Maryland births in 1995 across 1,388 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#63Diamond#179 nationally
#91Dejaoutside the national top 200
#71Darius#169 nationally
#52Malik#131 nationally
#89Andre#162 nationally
#65Colin#134 nationally
#82Ronald#146 nationally
#79Dominic#138 nationally
#78Brendan#133 nationally
#100Kara#152 nationally
#94Julie#141 nationally
#95Kathleen#139 nationally

Girls

#1Emily475US #3
#2Jessica435US #1
#3Sarah421US #5
#4Ashley411US #2
#5Samantha406US #4
#6Taylor400US #6
#7Rachel362US #12
#8Megan325US #13
#9Brittany314US #8
#10Amanda305US #9
#11Hannah304US #7
#12Kayla303US #11
#13Elizabeth271US #10
#14Lauren266US #15
#15Victoria247US #20
#16Alexis245US #14
#17Katherine237US #30
#18Rebecca233US #28
#19Brianna228US #21
#20Courtney227US #17
#21Jennifer226US #18
#22Danielle221US #24
#23Jasmine216US #25
#24Morgan214US #23
#25Alexandra205US #26
#26Amber196US #22
#27Nicole194US #19
#28Stephanie184US #16
#29Allison177US #34
#30Erin174US #49
#31Kelsey164US #33
#32Brooke152US #52
#33Christina151US #45
#34Sydney151US #43
#35Mary149US #40
#36Jordan145US #50
#37Olivia144US #39
#38Kelly142US #64
#39Julia139US #62
#40Michelle139US #41
#41Shannon138US #73
#42Abigail137US #36
#43Anna133US #31
#44Kaitlyn133US #42
#45Madison128US #29
#46Tiffany122US #46
#47Katelyn118US #59
#48Sara115US #48
#49Haley114US #32
#50Caroline112US #92
#51Emma112US #67
#52Melissa112US #35
#53Natalie112US #51
#54Sierra112US #60
#55Kimberly111US #37
#56Kristen110US #65
#57Alyssa108US #27
#58Kathryn106US #83
#59Gabrielle103US #61
#60Paige103US #58
#61Chelsea102US #47
#62Miranda102US #57
#63Diamond101US #179
#64Destiny98US #66
#65Shelby98US #38
#66Laura97US #56
#67Catherine96US #90
#68Grace93US #97
#69Margaret93US #104
#70Madeline90US #79
#71Meghan89US #112
#72Erica88US #69
#73Briana84US #74
#74Heather84US #54
#75Savannah84US #68
#76Caitlin81US #81
#77Jenna81US #84
#78Casey75US #118
#79Mariah71US #71
#80Angela70US #85
#81Molly70US #98
#82Amy69US #75
#83Andrea68US #55
#84Christine68US #114
#85Crystal68US #80
#86Maria68US #44
#87Lindsay67US #125
#88Jacqueline66US #70
#89Rachael66US #120
#90Katie65US #77
#91Deja64
#92Melanie64US #117
#93Jamie62US #93
#94Julie61US #141
#95Kathleen61US #139
#96Kristina61US #130
#97Leah61US #103
#98Bethany60US #116
#99Claire59US #129
#100Kara59US #152

Boys

#1Michael846US #1
#2Matthew685US #2
#3Christopher622US #3
#4Joshua602US #5
#5Nicholas600US #7
#6Ryan556US #15
#7John541US #13
#8Brandon535US #8
#9Andrew534US #11
#10Tyler511US #6
#11James491US #17
#12Daniel461US #9
#13Zachary444US #14
#14Joseph443US #12
#15David440US #16
#16William427US #20
#17Jacob421US #4
#18Justin420US #18
#19Robert396US #22
#20Alexander387US #21
#21Kevin341US #25
#22Kyle339US #24
#23Anthony321US #19
#24Austin312US #10
#25Thomas311US #27
#26Brian290US #36
#27Benjamin281US #31
#28Samuel263US #33
#29Jonathan260US #23
#30Eric253US #32
#31Aaron247US #30
#32Jordan244US #29
#33Charles236US #44
#34Cody234US #26
#35Timothy226US #40
#36Sean215US #45
#37Patrick208US #43
#38Christian200US #28
#39Adam185US #38
#40Jason171US #41
#41Steven165US #37
#42Dylan159US #34
#43Nathan157US #39
#44Devin152US #58
#45Richard146US #42
#46Bradley140US #78
#47Stephen140US #57
#48Corey136US #74
#49Connor135US #55
#50Mark131US #52
#51Ian127US #67
#52Malik124US #131
#53Jeremy123US #48
#54Jeffrey122US #64
#55Evan117US #60
#56Kenneth116US #72
#57Paul116US #71
#58Bryan115US #70
#59Nathaniel115US #73
#60Travis111US #66
#61Cameron110US #49
#62Garrett107US #80
#63Gregory106US #84
#64Marcus106US #81
#65Colin102US #134
#66Shawn98US #100
#67Antonio97US #85
#68Logan94US #51
#69Scott94US #92
#70Shane94US #103
#71Darius90US #169
#72Edward90US #88
#73Jesse89US #46
#74Luke88US #82
#75Peter86US #89
#76Trevor83US #61
#77Alex82US #47
#78Brendan79US #133
#79Dominic75US #138
#80Taylor74US #69
#81Lucas72US #91
#82Ronald72US #146
#83Hunter71US #53
#84Jared70US #63
#85Noah69US #99
#86Ethan67US #75
#87George65US #115
#88Dustin64US #62
#89Andre63US #162
#90Caleb63US #54
#91Gabriel63US #65
#92Isaiah63US #109
#93Dakota62US #56
#94Cory61US #123
#95Phillip61US #137
#96Devon60US #119
#97Jack60US #110
#98Derek59US #83
#99Jake58US #108
#100Seth58US #97

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑53Madison#45
↑37Haley#49
↑27Miranda#62
↑23Sydney#34
↑19Jordan#36
↑19Darius#71
↑18Bryan#58
↑17Julia#39

Falling

↓35Heather#74
↓26Jesse#73
↓24Lindsay#87
↓23Bethany#98
↓22Erica#72
↓21Briana#73
↓21George#87
↓20Shelby#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.