Popular baby names in Maryland, 1981

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (893 babies) and Michael for boys (1,205). Social Security records list 45,144 babies born in Maryland in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1981

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

Girls

Linnea: 20 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Lakia: 18 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Nikia: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Shanika: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Nakia: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kia: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tierra: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tiara: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tia: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lakeisha: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 57 babies, 57.8× the national rate
Davon: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Antione: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Donte: 31 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Antoine: 55 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dante: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Donnell: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jamal: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Garry: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	893	–	1
2	Jessica	706	–	2
3	Amanda	426	↑1	3
4	Sarah	383	↑3	4
5	Melissa	370	↓2	5
6	Nicole	357	↑2	7
7	Heather	343	↓1	10
8	Christina	322	↓3	17
9	Rebecca	316	↑12	12
10	Tiffany	306	↑1	14
11	Amy	302	↑1	6
12	Stephanie	289	↑2	8
13	Kimberly	278	↓4	13
14	Elizabeth	273	↑4	9
15	Angela	270	↓2	15
16	Erin	266	↑1	19
17	Crystal	265	↓1	16
18	Lisa	256	↑1	18
19	Kelly	247	↓9	23
20	Michelle	246	↓5	11
21	Laura	242	↓1	21
22	Lauren	217	↑2	35
23	Shannon	210	↓1	32
24	Danielle	196	↑4	30
25	Mary	190	↓2	27
26	April	185	–	25
27	Rachel	182	–	22
28	Jamie	173	↑1	28
29	Kristen	168	↑2	38
30	Erica	158	↑3	36
31	Kristin	154	↑7	31
32	Megan	150	↓7	33
33	Christine	148	↑2	42
34	Katherine	145	↓4	39
35	Emily	136	↑4	29
36	Amber	133	↑4	20
37	Julie	131	↓3	37
38	Sara	126	↓6	26
39	Andrea	114	↓3	24
40	Lindsay	109	new	47
41	Katie	108	↑8	44
42	Dawn	106	↓5	79
43	Brandy	104	↑7	41
44	Courtney	97	new	43
45	Kathryn	97	↓3	48
46	Karen	96	–	64
47	Carrie	93	↓6	55
48	Stacey	92	↓5	83
49	Ashley	90	new	34
50	Julia	90	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,205	–	1
2	Christopher	806	–	2
3	James	706	↑2	7
4	David	680	–	5
5	Jason	665	↓2	4
6	Matthew	654	↑2	3
7	Robert	640	–	9
8	John	616	↓2	8
9	William	526	↑2	15
10	Brian	497	↓1	14
11	Joseph	479	↓1	11
12	Daniel	448	–	10
13	Joshua	418	↑3	6
14	Justin	373	↓1	12
15	Kevin	368	↓1	25
16	Ryan	355	↑4	13
17	Charles	346	–	31
18	Timothy	335	↓3	24
19	Eric	320	↓1	17
20	Jonathan	316	↑4	16
21	Richard	302	↑1	27
22	Steven	302	↑3	28
23	Thomas	302	↓4	26
24	Andrew	291	↓3	18
25	Nicholas	268	↓2	21
26	Anthony	253	–	23
27	Adam	247	↑2	20
28	Brandon	244	↑12	19
29	Jeffrey	239	↓2	29
30	Kenneth	210	↑7	41
31	Mark	210	↓3	33
32	Patrick	206	↑1	38
33	Aaron	204	↑2	30
34	Stephen	201	↓2	39
35	Gregory	191	↓1	46
36	Jeremy	188	–	22
37	Paul	187	↓7	35
38	Sean	181	↑6	44
39	Scott	170	↓8	34
40	Benjamin	156	↓2	32
41	Ronald	139	↑2	59
42	Keith	138	↑4	58
43	Donald	136	↑2	56
44	Edward	133	↓3	51
45	Shawn	125	↓6	49
46	George	123	↑1	61
47	Jesse	116	↑2	37
48	Nathan	110	new	36
49	Travis	110	↓1	40
50	Bryan	108	↓8	48

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