State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,309 Maryland births in 2001 across 1,561 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#96Malik#197 nationally
#81Corey#168 nationally
#82Diamond#167 nationally
#92Shannon#171 nationally
#81Meghan#159 nationally
#97Jordyn#174 nationally
#86Heather#146 nationally
#69Jalen#127 nationally
#64Margaret#118 nationally
#93Bradley#145 nationally
#86Travis#134 nationally
#77Kelly#124 nationally

Girls

#1Emily450US #1
#2Kayla373US #17
#3Madison353US #2
#4Hannah342US #3
#5Sarah329US #6
#6Taylor299US #12
#7Alexis286US #5
#8Abigail276US #8
#9Samantha266US #7
#10Emma256US #13
#11Ashley251US #4
#12Olivia235US #10
#13Grace233US #16
#14Rachel230US #24
#15Lauren220US #15
#16Elizabeth219US #9
#17Jessica209US #11
#18Victoria193US #21
#19Brianna189US #18
#20Julia189US #27
#21Morgan189US #29
#22Anna187US #19
#23Alyssa186US #14
#24Megan186US #20
#25Sydney183US #23
#26Destiny179US #22
#27Katherine176US #35
#28Hailey153US #33
#29Alexandra152US #38
#30Gabrielle149US #50
#31Jasmine146US #25
#32Sophia146US #37
#33Jordan145US #47
#34Jenna137US #45
#35Caroline135US #62
#36Erin132US #60
#37Kaitlyn132US #31
#38Allison131US #44
#39Nicole129US #36
#40Jennifer128US #26
#41Isabella127US #28
#42Brooke126US #57
#43Mackenzie125US #40
#44Mary123US #48
#45Chloe122US #30
#46Faith121US #53
#47Amanda117US #39
#48Rebecca115US #46
#49Natalie111US #32
#50Danielle106US #63
#51Sara104US #58
#52Jada103US #75
#53Autumn102US #72
#54Savannah100US #42
#55Amber98US #51
#56Katelyn95US #52
#57Haley93US #34
#58Sierra93US #55
#59Leah92US #87
#60Madeline92US #56
#61Courtney90US #73
#62Catherine87US #81
#63Maria87US #41
#64Margaret86US #118
#65Paige86US #71
#66Stephanie82US #43
#67Trinity82US #67
#68Claire81US #82
#69Christina79US #80
#70Molly78US #90
#71Makayla76US #54
#72Zoe75US #65
#73Aaliyah74US #96
#74Laura70US #86
#75Alexa66US #78
#76Kathryn65US #97
#77Kelly65US #124
#78Maya65US #110
#79Michelle65US #59
#80Isabelle63US #113
#81Meghan63US #159
#82Diamond62US #167
#83Kelsey62US #100
#84Mariah62US #85
#85Caitlin60US #89
#86Heather59US #146
#87Jade59US #98
#88Kimberly59US #61
#89Shelby59US #68
#90Andrea57US #49
#91Gabriella57US #83
#92Shannon57US #171
#93Angel55US #104
#94Angela55US #77
#95Jillian55US #120
#96Katie55US #99
#97Jordyn54US #174
#98Lydia53US #140
#99Riley53US #106
#100Summer53US #142

Boys

#1Michael600US #2
#2Matthew536US #3
#3Joshua520US #4
#4Jacob505US #1
#5Nicholas457US #6
#6Christopher436US #5
#7William432US #10
#8Andrew425US #7
#9Ryan414US #15
#10John399US #14
#11James366US #19
#12Tyler366US #13
#13Brandon355US #18
#14Zachary354US #16
#15Joseph352US #8
#16Daniel347US #9
#17Justin345US #22
#18Alexander338US #20
#19David313US #12
#20Anthony307US #11
#21Benjamin307US #27
#22Ethan288US #17
#23Samuel270US #26
#24Dylan264US #21
#25Thomas264US #33
#26Robert257US #30
#27Kevin252US #32
#28Noah247US #28
#29Christian240US #24
#30Austin230US #25
#31Jonathan227US #23
#32Jordan227US #39
#33Cameron224US #35
#34Kyle224US #40
#35Jason222US #41
#36Nathan210US #31
#37Sean198US #57
#38Logan191US #29
#39Gabriel177US #38
#40Brian169US #46
#41Charles169US #55
#42Caleb168US #37
#43Eric166US #44
#44Connor164US #49
#45Timothy161US #67
#46Aaron156US #42
#47Jack150US #48
#48Luke150US #50
#49Evan143US #56
#50Isaiah143US #43
#51Hunter138US #36
#52Elijah127US #45
#53Patrick127US #72
#54Nathaniel126US #61
#55Adam125US #51
#56Ian125US #70
#57Mason116US #54
#58Garrett114US #80
#59Devin113US #71
#60Richard110US #73
#61Chase105US #79
#62Mark105US #84
#63Jared101US #65
#64Stephen99US #102
#65Steven99US #63
#66Aidan97US #86
#67Jackson97US #60
#68Gavin92US #78
#69Jalen91US #127
#70Dominic90US #106
#71Cole89US #74
#72Isaac89US #47
#73Cody86US #64
#74Brendan85US #115
#75Jeremy85US #89
#76Trevor84US #76
#77Colby83US #99
#78Marcus83US #104
#79Seth83US #68
#80Bryan81US #69
#81Corey79US #168
#82Alex78US #62
#83Jeremiah77US #90
#84Colin76US #125
#85Paul76US #109
#86Travis75US #134
#87Kenneth73US #97
#88Shane73US #128
#89Liam72US #131
#90Antonio71US #85
#91Jeffrey71US #119
#92Lucas71US #83
#93Bradley67US #145
#94Collin67US #136
#95Henry66US #120
#96Malik66US #197
#97Xavier66US #94
#98Julian65US #82
#99Bryce64US #92
#100Edward63US #113

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑31Aidan#66
↑30Molly#70
↑29Gabriel#39
↑28Isabella#41
↑24Makayla#71
↑20Hailey#28
↑19Autumn#53
↑19Isaac#72

Falling

↓26Malik#96
↓22Paul#85
↓22Edward#100
↓21Rebecca#48
↓21Haley#57
↓19Stephanie#66
↓19Angel#93
↓17Michelle#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.