Popular baby names in Maryland, 1980

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (903 babies) and Michael for boys (1,161). Social Security records list 43,580 babies born in Maryland in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1980

Names given at least 15 times in Maryland that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nikia: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Tyra: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Kia: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shanika: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Latanya: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Keisha: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lakisha: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mia: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alaina: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tia: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 46 babies, 61.6× the national rate
Davon: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Donte: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dante: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dion: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Donnell: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lamont: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jamal: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Earl: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Antoine: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	903	–	1
2	Jessica	539	↑1	3
3	Melissa	433	↓1	4
4	Amanda	379	–	2
5	Christina	368	–	15
6	Heather	336	↑2	6
7	Sarah	336	↑6	5
8	Nicole	334	↓2	7
9	Kimberly	317	↓2	11
10	Kelly	301	↓1	19
11	Tiffany	292	↑14	14
12	Amy	291	↓2	8
13	Angela	279	↓2	12
14	Stephanie	278	↑1	13
15	Michelle	270	↓1	10
16	Crystal	269	↑4	18
17	Erin	259	↑4	20
18	Elizabeth	257	↓2	9
19	Lisa	255	↓7	16
20	Laura	230	↓1	21
21	Rebecca	229	↓3	17
22	Shannon	213	↓5	29
23	Mary	194	–	25
24	Lauren	190	↑2	38
25	Megan	180	↑2	30
26	April	178	↑4	26
27	Rachel	173	↑1	23
28	Danielle	164	↓6	33
29	Jamie	160	↓5	24
30	Katherine	143	↑1	35
31	Kristen	143	new	39
32	Sara	142	↑13	27
33	Erica	138	↓1	34
34	Julie	134	–	32
35	Christine	131	↓6	41
36	Andrea	130	↓1	28
37	Dawn	130	↓1	67
38	Kristin	125	new	37
39	Emily	116	–	31
40	Amber	111	↑2	22
41	Carrie	109	↓4	46
42	Kathryn	101	↓4	50
43	Stacey	99	↓3	74
44	Dana	94	new	68
45	Tara	92	↓4	43
46	Karen	89	↓13	54
47	Kathleen	88	↓4	82
48	Stacy	88	↓1	53
49	Katie	87	new	44
50	Brandy	85	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,161	–	1
2	Christopher	775	–	2
3	Jason	770	–	3
4	David	705	–	4
5	James	705	–	5
6	John	681	–	8
7	Robert	623	–	9
8	Matthew	545	–	6
9	Brian	480	–	12
10	Joseph	469	↑1	10
11	William	468	↓1	14
12	Daniel	379	–	11
13	Justin	376	↑15	13
14	Kevin	345	–	23
15	Timothy	341	↓2	20
16	Joshua	337	↑1	7
17	Charles	332	↓1	29
18	Eric	326	–	16
19	Thomas	320	↓4	25
20	Ryan	309	↑1	15
21	Andrew	300	↓2	19
22	Richard	280	↓2	26
23	Nicholas	272	↑1	17
24	Jonathan	250	↑6	21
25	Steven	230	↓2	28
26	Anthony	229	↓4	24
27	Jeffrey	229	↓2	27
28	Mark	229	↓2	30
29	Adam	227	↑5	22
30	Paul	221	↑2	35
31	Scott	212	↓4	33
32	Stephen	204	↓3	40
33	Patrick	202	↑4	38
34	Gregory	190	↑1	42
35	Aaron	187	↑1	34
36	Jeremy	182	↓5	18
37	Kenneth	173	↓4	41
38	Benjamin	162	↑4	32
39	Shawn	154	↑4	47
40	Brandon	152	↑9	31
41	Edward	135	↓1	52
42	Bryan	131	↑4	49
43	Ronald	131	↑5	58
44	Sean	131	↓5	48
45	Donald	122	↓7	53
46	Keith	119	↓2	56
47	George	117	↓6	60
48	Travis	115	↓1	37
49	Jesse	112	new	45
50	Raymond	104	new	66

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