Popular baby names in Maryland, 1982

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (972 babies) and Michael for boys (1,229). Social Security records list 47,882 babies born in Maryland in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1982

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: 28 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Lakia: 23 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Tierra: 33 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Tyra: 17 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Latia: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Nakia: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tanika: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tiara: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shanika: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ariel: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 48 babies, 58.7× the national rate
Davon: 34 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Keon: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Donte: 36 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Donnell: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dion: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dante: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lamont: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Randolph: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jamal: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	972	–	1
2	Jessica	677	–	2
3	Amanda	464	–	3
4	Sarah	395	–	4
5	Nicole	385	↑1	6
6	Stephanie	378	↑6	7
7	Heather	367	–	12
8	Melissa	359	↓3	5
9	Christina	329	↓1	19
10	Crystal	326	↑7	9
11	Lauren	322	↑11	26
12	Kimberly	304	↑1	14
13	Kelly	300	↑6	25
14	Elizabeth	292	–	8
15	Tiffany	283	↓5	13
16	Erin	277	–	20
17	Amy	276	↓6	10
18	Angela	275	↓3	16
19	Michelle	270	↑1	11
20	Laura	259	↑1	22
21	Rebecca	248	↓12	15
22	Shannon	236	↑1	38
23	Rachel	221	↑4	21
24	Lisa	214	↓6	23
25	Danielle	210	↓1	31
26	Mary	199	↓1	30
27	Kristen	194	↑2	33
28	Kristin	185	↑3	37
29	April	182	↓3	32
30	Megan	181	↑2	34
31	Emily	169	↑4	24
32	Katherine	168	↑2	36
33	Ashley	157	↑16	17
34	Sara	149	↑4	28
35	Christine	148	↓2	46
36	Erica	148	↓6	35
37	Amber	141	↓1	18
38	Jamie	140	↓10	29
39	Lindsay	131	↑1	39
40	Andrea	124	↓1	27
41	Julie	118	↓4	41
42	Courtney	116	↑2	43
43	Kathryn	114	↑2	48
44	Katie	107	↓3	45
45	Karen	105	↑1	68
46	Stacey	104	↑2	85
47	Tara	98	new	47
48	Brandy	97	↓5	50
49	Brandi	95	new	55
50	Melanie	95	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	1,229	–	1
2	Christopher	995	–	2
3	James	743	–	6
4	Jason	732	↑1	4
5	David	691	↓1	5
6	Matthew	690	–	3
7	Robert	680	–	9
8	John	648	–	8
9	William	573	–	15
10	Joseph	529	↑1	11
11	Daniel	491	↑1	10
12	Brian	480	↓2	14
13	Justin	473	↑1	12
14	Joshua	432	↓1	7
15	Ryan	394	↑1	13
16	Kevin	374	↓1	25
17	Andrew	367	↑7	17
18	Jonathan	361	↑2	16
19	Charles	342	↓2	31
20	Eric	309	↓1	20
21	Richard	308	–	27
22	Thomas	307	↑1	23
23	Timothy	307	↓5	24
24	Steven	302	↓2	26
25	Brandon	277	↑3	18
26	Anthony	265	–	21
27	Nicholas	261	↓2	22
28	Stephen	260	↑6	38
29	Adam	251	↓2	19
30	Mark	241	↑1	32
31	Gregory	224	↑4	40
32	Jeffrey	224	↓3	29
33	Aaron	198	–	30
34	Kenneth	197	↓4	45
35	Benjamin	196	↑5	33
36	Jeremy	194	–	28
37	Scott	194	↑2	34
38	Paul	187	↓1	35
39	Patrick	185	↓7	37
40	Sean	183	↓2	44
41	Ronald	149	–	60
42	Donald	143	↑1	58
43	Shawn	143	↑2	52
44	Edward	134	–	53
45	Bryan	131	↑5	49
46	Jesse	122	↑1	43
47	George	120	↓1	62
48	Gary	114	new	64
49	Keith	113	↓7	59
50	Travis	112	↓1	39

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