State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,426 Maryland births in 1998 across 1,487 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#78Asiaoutside the national top 200
#75Darius#162 nationally
#54Malik#138 nationally
#85Diamond#164 nationally
#93Brady#163 nationally
#47Shannon#104 nationally
#87Carly#141 nationally
#69Colin#122 nationally
#70Maya#123 nationally
#97Casey#150 nationally
#61Gregory#109 nationally
#76Scott#123 nationally

Girls

#1Emily477US #1
#2Taylor421US #7
#3Sarah416US #4
#4Alexis404US #6
#5Kayla381US #12
#6Hannah335US #2
#7Samantha315US #3
#8Jessica291US #8
#9Madison289US #9
#10Ashley286US #5
#11Megan265US #13
#12Rachel262US #15
#13Lauren258US #14
#14Morgan220US #23
#15Olivia213US #21
#16Elizabeth208US #10
#17Victoria203US #16
#18Emma188US #22
#19Katherine188US #33
#20Amanda187US #19
#21Brianna187US #17
#22Alexandra183US #27
#23Jasmine183US #26
#24Abigail182US #18
#25Julia180US #32
#26Alyssa177US #11
#27Rebecca176US #30
#28Allison168US #38
#29Brittany162US #25
#30Sydney161US #28
#31Destiny158US #34
#32Danielle150US #41
#33Amber149US #37
#34Courtney149US #39
#35Mary149US #44
#36Brooke146US #46
#37Nicole144US #24
#38Jennifer142US #20
#39Erin139US #57
#40Kaitlyn137US #35
#41Gabrielle136US #47
#42Jordan135US #42
#43Anna133US #31
#44Natalie129US #40
#45Grace119US #53
#46Caroline113US #75
#47Shannon108US #104
#48Sara107US #48
#49Jenna102US #65
#50Stephanie102US #29
#51Sierra98US #51
#52Katelyn97US #58
#53Kelly96US #90
#54Madeline95US #50
#55Haley94US #36
#56Shelby94US #49
#57Autumn93US #77
#58Michelle92US #55
#59Sophia88US #73
#60Kelsey87US #56
#61Savannah87US #45
#62Catherine86US #101
#63Tiffany85US #67
#64Caitlin84US #78
#65Paige84US #63
#66Mackenzie83US #64
#67Christina79US #69
#68Erica79US #92
#69Leah76US #106
#70Maya76US #123
#71Kathryn75US #89
#72Kimberly75US #54
#73Margaret75US #114
#74Briana74US #79
#75Faith71US #107
#76Maria71US #43
#77Sabrina71US #68
#78Asia69
#79Cheyenne69US #72
#80Jamie69US #112
#81Kristen68US #102
#82Molly68US #108
#83Zoe68US #122
#84Amy67US #96
#85Diamond66US #164
#86Andrea65US #61
#87Carly65US #141
#88Claire63US #91
#89Melissa62US #59
#90Michaela62US #103
#91Mikayla62US #82
#92Jada61US #119
#93Laura61US #74
#94Alexa59US #93
#95Caitlyn59US #115
#96Chloe59US #87
#97Casey58US #150
#98Isabella58US #84
#99Miranda58US #80
#100Angela56US #100

Boys

#1Michael713US #1
#2Jacob647US #2
#3Matthew607US #3
#4Nicholas537US #6
#5Joshua504US #4
#6Ryan470US #17
#7Christopher464US #5
#8John460US #15
#9Tyler456US #8
#10William447US #14
#11Joseph434US #11
#12Brandon422US #7
#13Andrew419US #9
#14Zachary403US #16
#15Daniel395US #12
#16James393US #18
#17David369US #13
#18Alexander347US #22
#19Kyle343US #24
#20Justin333US #20
#21Austin329US #10
#22Jordan319US #27
#23Robert311US #23
#24Anthony274US #19
#25Kevin272US #32
#26Thomas270US #31
#27Jonathan266US #21
#28Benjamin263US #30
#29Samuel245US #28
#30Noah232US #29
#31Dylan231US #25
#32Eric228US #39
#33Timothy225US #49
#34Brian209US #41
#35Cameron196US #35
#36Jason196US #40
#37Sean191US #50
#38Nathan186US #34
#39Charles184US #48
#40Christian184US #26
#41Aaron176US #37
#42Patrick171US #57
#43Hunter168US #36
#44Devin158US #62
#45Steven143US #46
#46Connor141US #47
#47Adam139US #45
#48Ethan139US #38
#49Jared139US #51
#50Isaiah138US #59
#51Evan129US #63
#52Nathaniel122US #60
#53Logan121US #44
#54Malik113US #138
#55Stephen113US #78
#56Luke111US #75
#57Richard108US #56
#58Ian107US #73
#59Jack107US #61
#60Cody106US #43
#61Gregory106US #109
#62Mark106US #64
#63Paul104US #89
#64Kenneth103US #87
#65Caleb101US #42
#66Garrett101US #80
#67Elijah96US #66
#68Trevor96US #58
#69Colin92US #122
#70Corey92US #115
#71Jeremy92US #68
#72Brendan89US #99
#73Shawn88US #113
#74Bryan85US #74
#75Darius84US #162
#76Scott84US #123
#77Jesse83US #70
#78Gabriel82US #54
#79Jeffrey82US #91
#80Dominic81US #120
#81Bradley80US #101
#82Antonio78US #79
#83Alex76US #55
#84Edward75US #105
#85Marcus74US #96
#86Shane73US #118
#87Chase71US #67
#88George70US #125
#89Peter69US #111
#90Vincent69US #121
#91Dakota68US #72
#92Seth68US #86
#93Brady67US #163
#94Mason67US #83
#95Spencer67US #84
#96Bryce66US #94
#97Cole64US #77
#98Collin64US #130
#99Travis64US #98
#100Jackson61US #100

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑24Autumn#57
↑24Maya#70
↑22Faith#75
↑19Darius#75
↑18Jack#59
↑17Mackenzie#66
↑16Olivia#15
↑16Sophia#59

Falling

↓44Travis#99
↓34Laura#93
↓23Andrea#86
↓20Mark#62
↓20Bradley#81
↓19Melissa#89
↓18Collin#98
↓16Christina#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.