State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,335 Maryland births in 1999 across 1,505 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#83Darius#199 nationally
#92Asiaoutside the national top 200
#63Malik#165 nationally
#58Diamond#150 nationally
#79Camryn#158 nationally
#96Lindsay#169 nationally
#81Corey#135 nationally
#59Margaret#110 nationally
#63Maya#113 nationally
#67Shawn#117 nationally
#89Brett#137 nationally
#99Lillian#147 nationally

Girls

#1Emily476US #1
#2Sarah394US #4
#3Taylor379US #8
#4Hannah363US #2
#5Kayla355US #13
#6Samantha305US #5
#7Alexis297US #3
#8Madison276US #7
#9Jessica274US #9
#10Rachel267US #19
#11Ashley254US #6
#12Elizabeth252US #10
#13Lauren247US #12
#14Megan231US #15
#15Alyssa228US #11
#16Morgan223US #24
#17Abigail221US #18
#18Emma211US #17
#19Julia207US #30
#20Brianna204US #14
#21Olivia203US #20
#22Sydney201US #23
#23Grace192US #27
#24Destiny185US #28
#25Nicole183US #25
#26Alexandra179US #32
#27Victoria178US #16
#28Jasmine172US #26
#29Katherine168US #36
#30Rebecca167US #38
#31Anna166US #29
#32Amanda160US #22
#33Gabrielle154US #46
#34Allison153US #40
#35Brooke141US #47
#36Brittany140US #35
#37Erin137US #58
#38Natalie136US #34
#39Kaitlyn133US #33
#40Caroline130US #71
#41Jordan129US #48
#42Amber127US #41
#43Danielle124US #43
#44Courtney119US #44
#45Jennifer118US #21
#46Stephanie108US #37
#47Sophia107US #53
#48Haley101US #31
#49Jenna101US #61
#50Faith100US #76
#51Katelyn98US #55
#52Mary98US #45
#53Sierra97US #49
#54Maria93US #39
#55Christina92US #75
#56Madeline91US #70
#57Sara90US #50
#58Diamond86US #150
#59Margaret86US #110
#60Savannah86US #42
#61Shelby84US #62
#62Paige82US #67
#63Maya81US #113
#64Jada80US #111
#65Michelle80US #56
#66Chloe79US #63
#67Hailey78US #54
#68Kelly78US #95
#69Kelsey77US #72
#70Makayla76US #66
#71Mackenzie75US #52
#72Kiara74US #78
#73Leah74US #103
#74Autumn73US #77
#75Caitlin72US #93
#76Claire72US #86
#77Catherine71US #98
#78Kathryn70US #91
#79Camryn69US #158
#80Andrea68US #59
#81Molly67US #102
#82Shannon67US #118
#83Erica66US #106
#84Amy64US #105
#85Meghan63US #127
#86Zoe63US #104
#87Briana61US #82
#88Isabella61US #60
#89Kimberly61US #51
#90Mariah61US #68
#91Marissa61US #73
#92Asia60
#93Mikayla60US #85
#94Tiffany60US #80
#95Bethany58US #140
#96Lindsay58US #169
#97Cheyenne56US #84
#98Laura56US #81
#99Lillian55US #147
#100Angel54US #121

Boys

#1Michael687US #2
#2Matthew600US #3
#3Jacob566US #1
#4Joshua542US #4
#5Ryan505US #12
#6Nicholas497US #5
#7John459US #15
#8Christopher458US #6
#9Andrew456US #7
#10William440US #14
#11Tyler405US #10
#12Joseph401US #8
#13James396US #19
#14Daniel385US #9
#15Brandon371US #11
#16David358US #16
#17Zachary342US #17
#18Justin336US #20
#19Alexander319US #21
#20Robert312US #26
#21Austin300US #13
#22Kyle299US #28
#23Anthony289US #18
#24Thomas288US #31
#25Benjamin279US #29
#26Jordan274US #30
#27Jonathan270US #22
#28Samuel260US #27
#29Noah256US #24
#30Dylan253US #23
#31Kevin242US #34
#32Cameron239US #33
#33Christian215US #25
#34Brian208US #43
#35Nathan205US #32
#36Sean203US #56
#37Timothy190US #49
#38Charles178US #50
#39Eric174US #39
#40Jason174US #40
#41Ethan166US #37
#42Hunter165US #36
#43Patrick158US #63
#44Aaron147US #38
#45Adam146US #44
#46Connor143US #48
#47Steven143US #47
#48Ian139US #72
#49Isaiah134US #51
#50Jack130US #52
#51Luke126US #67
#52Jared121US #54
#53Mark121US #69
#54Cody120US #45
#55Logan120US #42
#56Nathaniel117US #62
#57Evan115US #57
#58Richard115US #61
#59Garrett110US #78
#60Caleb109US #41
#61Kenneth106US #89
#62Devin103US #68
#63Malik101US #165
#64Paul100US #94
#65Elijah95US #60
#66Stephen95US #85
#67Shawn93US #117
#68Antonio89US #80
#69Chase89US #76
#70Alex88US #58
#71Mason85US #71
#72Trevor85US #66
#73Brendan83US #96
#74Seth83US #65
#75Gabriel82US #53
#76Colin81US #119
#77Cole80US #75
#78Gregory80US #122
#79Jeremy79US #81
#80Bradley77US #104
#81Corey77US #135
#82Jackson76US #83
#83Darius75US #199
#84Marcus74US #98
#85George73US #123
#86Bryan72US #74
#87Spencer71US #92
#88Travis69US #102
#89Brett67US #137
#90Jesse67US #82
#91Lucas67US #90
#92Dominic66US #118
#93Scott64US #140
#94Bryce63US #93
#95Carlos63US #59
#96Collin62US #130
#97Jake62US #97
#98Jeffrey59US #100
#99Edward58US #103
#100Liam58US #141

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑30Chloe#66
↑28Jada#64
↑27Diamond#58
↑25Faith#50
↑23Mason#71
↑22Grace#23
↑22Maria#54
↑20Cole#77

Falling

↓35Shannon#82
↓31Tiffany#94
↓19Jeffrey#98
↓18Cheyenne#97
↓18Devin#62
↓17Mary#52
↓17Autumn#74
↓17Kimberly#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.