State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,255 Maryland births in 2006 across 1,800 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#100Jeffrey#180 nationally
#96Shawn#168 nationally
#81Kendall#148 nationally
#86Malachi#150 nationally
#100Angel#159 nationally
#97George#153 nationally
#71Charlotte#125 nationally
#80Erin#131 nationally
#91Garrett#139 nationally
#74Catherine#121 nationally
#54Jordan#97 nationally
#22Gabrielle#63 nationally

Girls

#1Madison375US #3
#2Emily308US #1
#3Abigail291US #6
#4Emma287US #2
#5Ava273US #5
#6Isabella263US #4
#7Sophia242US #9
#8Olivia240US #7
#9Sarah231US #15
#10Hannah230US #8
#11Taylor227US #23
#12Ashley225US #12
#13Samantha222US #10
#14Grace217US #16
#15Kayla216US #26
#16Elizabeth195US #11
#17Alexis185US #14
#18Natalie162US #17
#19Alyssa160US #19
#20Chloe151US #18
#21Anna150US #22
#22Gabrielle148US #63
#23Morgan148US #35
#24Sydney146US #34
#25Mia144US #13
#26Jasmine142US #29
#27Katherine141US #37
#28Brooke139US #44
#29Brianna135US #20
#30Ella135US #21
#31Kaitlyn135US #41
#32Jessica134US #32
#33Maya134US #57
#34Julia133US #31
#35Lauren126US #24
#36Victoria126US #27
#37Lily124US #33
#38Makayla124US #45
#39Hailey122US #25
#40Mackenzie121US #53
#41Alexandra117US #40
#42Allison116US #47
#43Rachel113US #48
#44Lillian112US #38
#45Riley110US #56
#46Trinity109US #64
#47Savannah107US #30
#48Zoe106US #54
#49Caroline103US #89
#50Destiny103US #36
#51Megan102US #60
#52Faith101US #62
#53Gabriella95US #50
#54Jordan95US #97
#55Madeline92US #71
#56Nevaeh92US #43
#57Sofia92US #55
#58Paige91US #77
#59Leah90US #68
#60Kaylee87US #42
#61Autumn84US #95
#62Addison83US #28
#63Nicole83US #74
#64Jada82US #92
#65Maria81US #46
#66Jayla80US #99
#67Ariana78US #78
#68Jennifer78US #51
#69Mary76US #80
#70Audrey75US #69
#71Charlotte74US #125
#72Claire74US #86
#73Arianna73US #76
#74Catherine73US #121
#75Kimberly73US #58
#76Molly73US #105
#77Isabel71US #87
#78Kylie71US #67
#79Sara71US #72
#80Erin70US #131
#81Kendall70US #148
#82Amelia69US #83
#83Danielle69US #116
#84Rebecca69US #96
#85Avery68US #52
#86Keira68US #110
#87Kennedy68US #115
#88Angelina67US #49
#89Gabriela66US #109
#90Isabelle66US #84
#91Katelyn66US #61
#92Haley65US #75
#93Amanda64US #100
#94Madelyn64US #113
#95Stephanie64US #70
#96Aaliyah63US #90
#97Andrea63US #59
#98Sophie63US #124
#99Alexa61US #39
#100Angel61US #159

Boys

#1Joshua471US #3
#2Michael457US #2
#3Jacob409US #1
#4William407US #10
#5Matthew383US #5
#6Ryan379US #14
#7Christopher371US #8
#8Daniel349US #6
#9Andrew341US #7
#10Nicholas335US #17
#11Ethan334US #4
#12John334US #19
#13Alexander331US #12
#14James326US #16
#15Benjamin323US #24
#16Anthony319US #9
#17Noah306US #15
#18Tyler301US #18
#19Joseph285US #11
#20Christian280US #21
#21Nathan279US #23
#22David274US #13
#23Samuel259US #25
#24Dylan250US #26
#25Brandon246US #27
#26Jonathan243US #22
#27Logan242US #20
#28Elijah232US #29
#29Justin229US #45
#30Mason220US #40
#31Jackson206US #35
#32Cameron205US #52
#33Jason204US #55
#34Kevin201US #37
#35Zachary201US #33
#36Robert197US #47
#37Sean195US #68
#38Gabriel190US #28
#39Isaiah189US #39
#40Jordan187US #46
#41Austin186US #41
#42Aidan185US #44
#43Aiden183US #32
#44Charles177US #60
#45Luke175US #43
#46Thomas174US #51
#47Caleb171US #34
#48Nathaniel168US #69
#49Jack167US #36
#50Connor163US #53
#51Gavin163US #38
#52Evan162US #42
#53Kyle158US #81
#54Jayden150US #49
#55Jeremiah144US #71
#56Owen140US #58
#57Brian138US #72
#58Adam134US #64
#59Chase133US #83
#60Dominic133US #85
#61Lucas133US #59
#62Eric131US #77
#63Ian129US #80
#64Hunter120US #54
#65Xavier118US #78
#66Landon117US #50
#67Bryan116US #66
#68Aaron114US #57
#69Isaac110US #48
#70Jaden108US #88
#71Colin107US #111
#72Henry104US #95
#73Steven100US #90
#74Cole99US #84
#75Liam99US #98
#76Devin98US #100
#77Timothy96US #93
#78Brayden91US #79
#79Hayden91US #73
#80Marcus90US #112
#81Patrick88US #110
#82Alex83US #67
#83Wyatt83US #82
#84Bryce82US #109
#85Carlos82US #70
#86Malachi81US #150
#87Carter80US #75
#88Diego80US #56
#89Richard79US #99
#90Tristan79US #86
#91Garrett78US #139
#92Mark77US #128
#93Jose74US #30
#94Julian74US #65
#95Paul73US #132
#96Shawn72US #168
#97George70US #153
#98Antonio68US #94
#99Blake68US #97
#100Jeffrey68US #180

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑26Ariana#67
↑23Zoe#48
↑22Landon#66
↑21Kaitlyn#31
↑20Jackson#31
↑20Brayden#78
↑18Sean#37
↑17Maria#65

Falling

↓30Rebecca#84
↓25Alexa#99
↓22Antonio#98
↓19Leah#59
↓19Angelina#88
↓19Stephanie#95
↓19Timothy#77
↓18Erin#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.