State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 2010 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,531 Maryland births in 2010 across 1,823 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

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

#90Zionoutside the national top 200
#96Ryleigh#186 nationally
#75Mckenzie#145 nationally
#41London#109 nationally
#77Laila#140 nationally
#78Devin#140 nationally
#34Gabrielle#94 nationally
#80Kendall#133 nationally
#65Colin#111 nationally
#57Sean#102 nationally
#86Megan#131 nationally
#44Autumn#81 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia344US #2
#2Madison302US #8
#3Isabella294US #1
#4Olivia294US #4
#5Abigail282US #7
#6Ava277US #5
#7Emma272US #3
#8Chloe244US #9
#9Emily229US #6
#10Elizabeth174US #12
#11Addison169US #11
#12Natalie161US #14
#13Zoe155US #31
#14Grace154US #18
#15Lily150US #17
#16Taylor150US #37
#17Ella148US #13
#18Mia142US #10
#19Ashley137US #29
#20Leah136US #24
#21Sarah133US #26
#22Makayla132US #43
#23Allison131US #38
#24Lillian131US #22
#25Hailey128US #19
#26Kayla127US #49
#27Alexis124US #16
#28Khloe124US #42
#29Peyton124US #51
#30Brianna122US #30
#31Hannah121US #20
#32Samantha121US #15
#33Gabriella119US #33
#34Gabrielle117US #94
#35Victoria115US #32
#36Anna114US #27
#37Riley113US #40
#38Charlotte112US #46
#39Layla112US #36
#40Brooke110US #73
#41London110US #109
#42Nevaeh109US #25
#43Katherine105US #70
#44Autumn104US #81
#45Avery104US #23
#46Kaylee102US #35
#47Sydney102US #60
#48Trinity101US #72
#49Morgan100US #63
#50Alyssa99US #21
#51Sofia99US #28
#52Alexandra98US #64
#53Audrey97US #52
#54Aubrey94US #45
#55Mackenzie94US #68
#56Savannah93US #44
#57Zoey93US #47
#58Arianna92US #54
#59Aaliyah90US #56
#60Genesis90US #89
#61Evelyn88US #39
#62Jasmine88US #62
#63Payton88US #79
#64Julia87US #55
#65Lauren87US #58
#66Caroline86US #88
#67Maya86US #66
#68Amelia84US #41
#69Kylie84US #57
#70Faith81US #74
#71Claire77US #53
#72Paige73US #100
#73Naomi72US #95
#74Kennedy71US #111
#75Mckenzie69US #145
#76Sophie69US #59
#77Laila67US #140
#78Bella66US #48
#79Isabelle66US #105
#80Kendall66US #133
#81Rachel66US #99
#82Kimberly62US #69
#83Madelyn62US #76
#84Mariah62US #97
#85Brooklyn61US #34
#86Megan61US #131
#87Lucy60US #75
#88Madeline60US #77
#89Destiny59US #71
#90Eva59US #91
#91Reagan59US #127
#92Jordyn58US #112
#93Kaitlyn58US #90
#94Alexa57US #50
#95Bailey57US #78
#96Ryleigh57US #186
#97Sara56US #119
#98Gianna55US #67
#99Jada55US #128
#100Jessica55US #92

Boys

#1Jacob388US #1
#2Joshua364US #11
#3Michael362US #3
#4Noah335US #7
#5Ethan312US #2
#6Mason307US #12
#7Ryan307US #23
#8Daniel305US #8
#9Alexander298US #6
#10Jayden296US #4
#11Christopher294US #13
#12William281US #5
#13Aiden277US #9
#14David271US #15
#15James263US #19
#16Logan262US #17
#17Tyler254US #34
#18Joseph251US #20
#19Anthony244US #10
#20Christian244US #29
#21Gabriel243US #21
#22Andrew240US #14
#23Nathan240US #27
#24Samuel236US #24
#25Benjamin234US #22
#26John233US #26
#27Liam229US #30
#28Matthew222US #16
#29Nicholas221US #37
#30Elijah220US #18
#31Justin210US #50
#32Chase206US #66
#33Jackson205US #25
#34Caleb204US #32
#35Dylan200US #31
#36Lucas193US #35
#37Gavin188US #38
#38Jonathan187US #28
#39Cameron183US #60
#40Brandon181US #44
#41Jeremiah176US #51
#42Evan175US #36
#43Kevin172US #59
#44Landon170US #33
#45Brayden166US #40
#46Charles156US #63
#47Jason156US #69
#48Carter155US #48
#49Luke155US #41
#50Connor145US #49
#51Zachary145US #61
#52Isaiah144US #43
#53Jordan144US #46
#54Thomas143US #62
#55Aaron141US #55
#56Robert125US #54
#57Sean123US #102
#58Owen122US #47
#59Xavier119US #71
#60Austin117US #64
#61Jack117US #45
#62Isaac113US #39
#63Henry112US #67
#64Nathaniel112US #81
#65Colin103US #111
#66Ian102US #72
#67Wyatt102US #57
#68Cole101US #90
#69Adam99US #80
#70Tristan97US #84
#71Dominic96US #74
#72Jaden94US #91
#73Ayden91US #78
#74Hunter91US #58
#75Josiah89US #77
#76Julian88US #53
#77Colton86US #73
#78Devin85US #140
#79Bryce84US #112
#80Carson84US #82
#81Aidan83US #94
#82Blake83US #87
#83Adrian82US #56
#84Brian82US #101
#85Bryan80US #97
#86Eric80US #95
#87Timothy79US #114
#88Steven77US #116
#89Cooper75US #75
#90Zion75
#91Antonio74US #109
#92Richard74US #125
#93Sebastian74US #68
#94Kyle73US #107
#95Micah71US #108
#96Parker69US #85
#97Angel68US #42
#98Eli68US #65
#99Max66US #98
#100Maxwell66US #133

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑37Avery#45
↑27Zoe#13
↑26Khloe#28
↑25Payton#63
↑24Zoey#57
↑24Mason#6
↑23Mckenzie#75
↑23Colton#77

Falling

↓34Julia#64
↓30Alyssa#50
↓28Madelyn#83
↓25Claire#71
↓25Jessica#100
↓22Zachary#51
↓20Lauren#65
↓20Matthew#28

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.