State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,743 Maryland births in 1997 across 1,431 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#80Asia#195 nationally
#96Dejaoutside the national top 200
#77Diamond#181 nationally
#94Maya#182 nationally
#95Cierra#180 nationally
#94Darius#177 nationally
#92Keith#169 nationally
#87Brady#159 nationally
#97Ronald#164 nationally
#48Malik#111 nationally
#98Kara#161 nationally
#65Colin#125 nationally

Girls

#1Emily458US #1
#2Taylor426US #7
#3Sarah370US #4
#4Samantha343US #6
#5Hannah340US #5
#6Kayla326US #12
#7Ashley325US #3
#8Rachel324US #13
#9Alexis314US #8
#10Megan288US #11
#11Jessica274US #2
#12Elizabeth259US #9
#13Lauren235US #14
#14Morgan231US #22
#15Brianna228US #17
#16Amanda224US #16
#17Rebecca213US #25
#18Madison212US #10
#19Brittany205US #20
#20Jasmine205US #24
#21Victoria195US #19
#22Abigail194US #26
#23Jennifer193US #18
#24Alexandra190US #30
#25Julia184US #37
#26Alyssa183US #15
#27Danielle178US #34
#28Jordan174US #40
#29Amber173US #29
#30Katherine170US #32
#31Olivia160US #27
#32Courtney158US #28
#33Emma155US #36
#34Nicole152US #21
#35Sydney150US #35
#36Mary149US #46
#37Anna148US #33
#38Brooke146US #45
#39Allison145US #39
#40Caroline139US #75
#41Gabrielle133US #51
#42Destiny132US #42
#43Stephanie132US #23
#44Erin127US #52
#45Grace124US #69
#46Kaitlyn121US #41
#47Natalie120US #48
#48Shannon112US #85
#49Savannah106US #47
#50Katelyn102US #63
#51Christina100US #62
#52Haley100US #31
#53Madeline98US #59
#54Tiffany98US #61
#55Shelby97US #43
#56Kelly96US #83
#57Sierra94US #56
#58Caitlin92US #88
#59Laura92US #66
#60Sara90US #50
#61Briana89US #72
#62Jenna88US #76
#63Andrea86US #58
#64Cheyenne86US #68
#65Kelsey84US #57
#66Catherine83US #96
#67Margaret82US #110
#68Molly82US #98
#69Sabrina82US #53
#70Melissa81US #44
#71Kathryn80US #86
#72Kristen80US #82
#73Michelle80US #55
#74Maria79US #38
#75Sophia79US #94
#76Paige75US #64
#77Diamond74US #181
#78Leah73US #104
#79Mariah73US #67
#80Asia72US #195
#81Autumn72US #91
#82Erica71US #84
#83Mackenzie67US #71
#84Marissa67US #60
#85Meghan66US #113
#86Amy65US #92
#87Kimberly65US #49
#88Breanna64US #74
#89Angela62US #93
#90Miranda62US #70
#91Casey61US #146
#92Monica61US #79
#93Dominique60US #118
#94Maya58US #182
#95Cierra57US #180
#96Deja57
#97Faith57US #124
#98Kara57US #161
#99Carly56US #137
#100Alexa55US #106

Boys

#1Michael762US #1
#2Matthew648US #3
#3Joshua547US #5
#4Nicholas532US #6
#5Christopher529US #4
#6Jacob494US #2
#7John490US #15
#8Brandon469US #8
#9Ryan458US #16
#10Andrew456US #7
#11William446US #19
#12Joseph436US #12
#13Daniel432US #11
#14Tyler423US #10
#15James419US #17
#16Zachary419US #13
#17David397US #14
#18Austin365US #9
#19Justin358US #20
#20Kyle344US #24
#21Kevin309US #28
#22Robert306US #23
#23Anthony302US #18
#24Alexander297US #22
#25Thomas288US #31
#26Benjamin286US #29
#27Jordan285US #26
#28Jonathan264US #21
#29Samuel238US #27
#30Aaron234US #33
#31Brian210US #37
#32Eric208US #35
#33Timothy202US #43
#34Sean194US #48
#35Christian193US #25
#36Charles191US #49
#37Patrick181US #50
#38Dylan177US #30
#39Noah167US #38
#40Steven164US #40
#41Jason155US #41
#42Mark140US #58
#43Nathan140US #34
#44Richard140US #51
#45Cody139US #36
#46Devin137US #59
#47Connor136US #52
#48Malik132US #111
#49Adam131US #39
#50Cameron125US #45
#51Stephen125US #68
#52Hunter122US #44
#53Jared120US #56
#54Ethan113US #46
#55Travis108US #81
#56Garrett106US #85
#57Gregory106US #103
#58Logan105US #42
#59Evan104US #61
#60Paul104US #79
#61Bradley102US #94
#62Luke102US #78
#63Jeffrey99US #84
#64Isaiah98US #60
#65Colin96US #125
#66Ian96US #70
#67Nathaniel96US #65
#68Shawn96US #109
#69Corey95US #110
#70Jeremy95US #64
#71Kenneth93US #83
#72Brendan91US #107
#73Caleb90US #47
#74Elijah84US #74
#75Alex83US #55
#76Trevor82US #62
#77Jack81US #76
#78Gabriel80US #57
#79Marcus79US #93
#80Collin76US #122
#81Bryan75US #69
#82Jesse74US #63
#83Scott74US #113
#84Shane73US #114
#85Antonio72US #75
#86Edward72US #100
#87Brady71US #159
#88Cole70US #72
#89Brett68US #116
#90Devon66US #119
#91Peter66US #102
#92Keith65US #169
#93Dominic64US #129
#94Darius62US #177
#95George62US #121
#96Jake62US #101
#97Ronald62US #164
#98Raymond61US #138
#99Carlos60US #67
#100Chase58US #77

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑38Savannah#49
↑37Ethan#54
↑33Jared#53
↑26Cheyenne#64
↑24Alyssa#26
↑23Molly#68
↑19Grace#45
↑19Katelyn#50

Falling

↓31Kelsey#65
↓30Kimberly#87
↓28Marcus#79
↓21Brett#89
↓20Casey#91
↓19Chase#100
↓17Michelle#73
↓17Kenneth#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.