State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,044 Maryland births in 2002 across 1,593 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#87Malikoutside the national top 200
#90Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#99Dariusoutside the national top 200
#100Diamondoutside the national top 200
#98Shannon#184 nationally
#98Corey#181 nationally
#66Jalen#145 nationally
#88Shawn#152 nationally
#75Shane#130 nationally
#63Colin#116 nationally
#74Lindsey#122 nationally
#84George#131 nationally

Girls

#1Madison422US #2
#2Emily391US #1
#3Kayla331US #19
#4Sarah319US #8
#5Hannah314US #3
#6Abigail289US #7
#7Emma271US #4
#8Olivia259US #10
#9Taylor249US #18
#10Alexis241US #5
#11Samantha235US #9
#12Grace232US #15
#13Elizabeth230US #11
#14Alyssa226US #12
#15Ashley220US #6
#16Rachel219US #24
#17Brianna216US #17
#18Lauren203US #13
#19Sydney199US #23
#20Morgan197US #29
#21Megan189US #22
#22Anna185US #20
#23Julia183US #33
#24Jessica175US #16
#25Sophia175US #27
#26Katherine170US #36
#27Jasmine167US #26
#28Jordan165US #45
#29Alexandra160US #38
#30Victoria157US #21
#31Isabella151US #14
#32Chloe146US #25
#33Hailey140US #31
#34Destiny136US #34
#35Caroline135US #67
#36Natalie133US #30
#37Allison129US #44
#38Brooke125US #52
#39Nicole125US #37
#40Kaitlyn122US #32
#41Mackenzie122US #42
#42Jenna121US #47
#43Haley118US #35
#44Jennifer116US #28
#45Gabrielle113US #66
#46Zoe106US #60
#47Courtney102US #88
#48Faith101US #48
#49Rebecca100US #54
#50Sara99US #59
#51Madeline97US #56
#52Jada96US #78
#53Paige96US #51
#54Amanda95US #46
#55Trinity94US #70
#56Makayla92US #50
#57Mary92US #49
#58Aaliyah89US #64
#59Danielle87US #71
#60Savannah86US #39
#61Sierra83US #62
#62Catherine82US #101
#63Erin82US #72
#64Kylie82US #61
#65Leah80US #87
#66Katelyn79US #53
#67Maya78US #90
#68Stephanie78US #41
#69Alexa76US #69
#70Autumn76US #73
#71Amber75US #65
#72Maria73US #40
#73Riley73US #77
#74Lindsey70US #122
#75Mia69US #43
#76Jade67US #86
#77Ava66US #82
#78Kathryn65US #108
#79Kelly65US #119
#80Claire63US #95
#81Briana62US #102
#82Molly62US #107
#83Christina61US #97
#84Lillian61US #96
#85Amy59US #110
#86Angel59US #109
#87Angela59US #83
#88Caitlin59US #123
#89Gabriella59US #76
#90Jayla59
#91Michelle59US #58
#92Lily57US #79
#93Audrey56US #100
#94Ella56US #89
#95Kennedy56US #136
#96Andrea54US #55
#97Mikayla54US #124
#98Shannon54US #184
#99Shelby54US #75
#100Diamond53

Boys

#1Michael552US #2
#2Jacob519US #1
#3Matthew518US #4
#4Joshua501US #3
#5Christopher460US #8
#6Andrew430US #6
#7Ethan421US #5
#8Nicholas414US #9
#9William411US #11
#10Ryan394US #16
#11John393US #17
#12Joseph370US #7
#13Tyler345US #14
#14Zachary345US #19
#15Daniel336US #10
#16David326US #13
#17James323US #18
#18Justin317US #22
#19Alexander300US #15
#20Brandon295US #20
#21Anthony291US #12
#22Benjamin271US #27
#23Samuel271US #25
#24Jordan266US #37
#25Dylan260US #23
#26Robert254US #34
#27Nathan248US #28
#28Kevin241US #33
#29Christian231US #24
#30Jonathan231US #21
#31Thomas225US #36
#32Jason221US #42
#33Kyle219US #40
#34Austin218US #26
#35Noah215US #31
#36Logan211US #29
#37Sean192US #59
#38Cameron188US #39
#39Isaiah181US #45
#40Brian180US #51
#41Adam175US #55
#42Connor175US #47
#43Caleb170US #35
#44Gabriel161US #32
#45Aaron159US #43
#46Jack157US #44
#47Charles155US #58
#48Elijah155US #41
#49Eric152US #52
#50Evan152US #56
#51Hunter149US #38
#52Ian149US #67
#53Aidan139US #60
#54Luke139US #46
#55Timothy126US #70
#56Patrick123US #79
#57Gavin122US #61
#58Devin117US #74
#59Jackson116US #50
#60Nathaniel116US #62
#61Mason108US #53
#62Bryan106US #64
#63Colin103US #116
#64Cole102US #69
#65Steven101US #68
#66Jalen99US #145
#67Chase97US #82
#68Xavier97US #88
#69Richard96US #77
#70Garrett94US #91
#71Alex93US #63
#72Dominic93US #83
#73Seth92US #72
#74Antonio91US #85
#75Shane91US #130
#76Liam89US #113
#77Trevor89US #81
#78Stephen87US #114
#79Jaden84US #87
#80Mark83US #93
#81Jeremiah79US #86
#82Brendan78US #124
#83Isaac76US #48
#84George75US #131
#85Henry75US #115
#86Jeremy74US #95
#87Malik73
#88Shawn73US #152
#89Blake72US #76
#90Cody72US #71
#91Kenneth71US #104
#92Bryce69US #97
#93Lucas69US #75
#94Paul69US #118
#95Vincent69US #123
#96Edward68US #119
#97Jose68US #30
#98Corey66US #181
#99Darius66
#100Owen66US #94

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑29Xavier#68
↑26Zoe#46
↑26Riley#73
↑21Colin#63
↑18Bryan#62
↑16Antonio#74
↑15Makayla#56
↑15Aaliyah#58

Falling

↓27Erin#63
↓18Diamond#100
↓18Mark#80
↓17Autumn#70
↓17Cody#90
↓17Corey#98
↓16Amber#71
↓15Gabrielle#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.