State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,345 Maryland births in 2000 across 1,562 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#82Dariusoutside the national top 200
#91Asiaoutside the national top 200
#70Malik#176 nationally
#87Diamond#162 nationally
#86Corey#149 nationally
#93Shannon#152 nationally
#96Michaela#154 nationally
#90Liam#140 nationally
#66Maya#113 nationally
#71Colin#117 nationally
#89Shawn#135 nationally
#65Margaret#110 nationally

Girls

#1Emily459US #1
#2Kayla397US #13
#3Hannah389US #2
#4Sarah356US #5
#5Taylor352US #10
#6Madison349US #3
#7Alexis289US #6
#8Elizabeth266US #9
#9Jessica265US #8
#10Samantha265US #7
#11Abigail259US #14
#12Olivia259US #16
#13Lauren255US #11
#14Ashley251US #4
#15Rachel241US #21
#16Grace229US #19
#17Sydney228US #23
#18Megan219US #18
#19Julia208US #29
#20Emma207US #17
#21Brianna203US #15
#22Destiny203US #24
#23Alexandra201US #36
#24Morgan201US #25
#25Alyssa195US #12
#26Victoria190US #20
#27Rebecca185US #39
#28Katherine178US #33
#29Anna174US #22
#30Jordan169US #50
#31Jasmine153US #27
#32Amanda150US #32
#33Caroline142US #65
#34Mary141US #46
#35Gabrielle139US #49
#36Haley135US #28
#37Sophia133US #42
#38Erin132US #61
#39Brooke129US #51
#40Mackenzie129US #43
#41Danielle128US #48
#42Kaitlyn126US #30
#43Natalie125US #34
#44Jennifer124US #26
#45Allison121US #44
#46Nicole117US #31
#47Stephanie117US #40
#48Hailey113US #35
#49Jenna109US #63
#50Sara108US #57
#51Amber107US #47
#52Brittany106US #60
#53Madeline103US #56
#54Savannah98US #37
#55Christina97US #73
#56Catherine96US #81
#57Sierra96US #53
#58Jada93US #84
#59Courtney92US #59
#60Chloe91US #38
#61Faith90US #66
#62Michelle87US #52
#63Katelyn85US #54
#64Paige84US #69
#65Margaret83US #110
#66Maya82US #113
#67Leah80US #97
#68Maria78US #41
#69Isabella77US #45
#70Trinity77US #74
#71Kathryn76US #89
#72Autumn75US #77
#73Zoe75US #82
#74Angel74US #119
#75Kelly69US #111
#76Shelby69US #70
#77Caitlin67US #76
#78Lindsey67US #103
#79Mariah67US #75
#80Briana66US #83
#81Claire66US #86
#82Kimberly66US #58
#83Sabrina66US #92
#84Kelsey63US #88
#85Mia63US #93
#86Jillian61US #120
#87Diamond60US #162
#88Erica60US #102
#89Laura59US #85
#90Amy58US #105
#91Asia57
#92Katie57US #95
#93Shannon57US #152
#94Breanna56US #80
#95Makayla56US #67
#96Michaela56US #154
#97Cheyenne55US #99
#98Heather55US #125
#99Kaylee55US #72
#100Molly55US #96

Boys

#1Michael618US #2
#2Joshua554US #4
#3Jacob541US #1
#4Matthew531US #3
#5Ryan525US #13
#6Nicholas479US #6
#7Andrew474US #7
#8Christopher431US #5
#9William431US #11
#10John425US #14
#11Joseph409US #8
#12James399US #18
#13Tyler380US #10
#14Zachary372US #15
#15Daniel363US #9
#16Brandon360US #12
#17Alexander347US #20
#18David346US #16
#19Justin329US #19
#20Anthony315US #17
#21Benjamin299US #26
#22Kyle298US #37
#23Jordan296US #36
#24Kevin282US #32
#25Samuel275US #28
#26Robert273US #29
#27Noah258US #27
#28Cameron254US #31
#29Christian251US #22
#30Dylan248US #24
#31Jonathan243US #21
#32Thomas237US #33
#33Nathan222US #30
#34Ethan214US #25
#35Austin197US #23
#36Brian197US #43
#37Jason194US #39
#38Sean191US #57
#39Aaron179US #41
#40Hunter179US #35
#41Connor168US #50
#42Eric160US #42
#43Luke160US #59
#44Charles159US #51
#45Timothy158US #58
#46Evan149US #55
#47Jack141US #46
#48Nathaniel141US #61
#49Garrett139US #74
#50Patrick139US #68
#51Logan138US #40
#52Isaiah137US #47
#53Adam135US #45
#54Steven129US #54
#55Richard123US #65
#56Caleb122US #38
#57Devin117US #69
#58Jared114US #56
#59Ian110US #73
#60Elijah108US #52
#61Mason107US #64
#62Cody105US #60
#63Paul105US #100
#64Jeremy103US #84
#65Cole100US #71
#66Mark100US #79
#67Chase99US #77
#68Gabriel97US #44
#69Seth95US #63
#70Malik94US #176
#71Colin92US #117
#72Jackson92US #72
#73Brendan90US #101
#74Kenneth89US #94
#75Antonio87US #82
#76Shane87US #116
#77Jalen85US #106
#78Edward82US #108
#79Stephen82US #95
#80Marcus81US #99
#81Dominic80US #118
#82Darius77
#83Lucas77US #83
#84Alex76US #62
#85Bryan76US #70
#86Corey76US #149
#87Peter74US #125
#88Travis74US #115
#89Shawn73US #135
#90Liam72US #140
#91Isaac70US #53
#92Jeffrey69US #104
#93Trevor69US #75
#94Bradley67US #131
#95Bryce66US #92
#96Julian66US #87
#97Aidan64US #114
#98Gregory64US #138
#99Blake63US #80
#100Jeremiah63US #102

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑31Mackenzie#40
↑26Angel#74
↑21Catherine#56
↑21Edward#78
↑19Hailey#48
↑19Isabella#69
↑18Mary#34
↑15Jeremy#64

Falling

↓29Diamond#87
↓25Makayla#95
↓22Shawn#89
↓21Nicole#46
↓21Trevor#93
↓20Gregory#98
↓19Molly#100
↓16Brittany#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.