Popular baby names in Maryland, 1984

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (859 babies) and Michael for boys (1,249). Social Security records list 49,600 babies born in Maryland in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1984

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

Girls

Tierra: 50 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Lakia: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Latia: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Tiara: 45 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Tanika: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kia: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Nakia: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
India: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tia: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelley: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 63 babies, 50.1× the national rate
Davon: 29 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Donte: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Donnell: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lamont: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dante: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dominic: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wayne: 71 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyrell: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Antoine: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	859	–	1
2	Jessica	710	–	2
3	Ashley	661	–	3
4	Amanda	534	–	4
5	Heather	459	↑1	9
6	Sarah	425	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	385	↑1	6
8	Lauren	378	↑4	21
9	Nicole	362	↓2	7
10	Danielle	332	↑19	16
11	Christina	326	–	20
12	Melissa	325	↓2	8
13	Tiffany	308	↑2	14
14	Elizabeth	307	↓1	10
15	Megan	301	↑7	11
16	Laura	300	↑1	19
17	Rachel	285	↑3	15
18	Crystal	274	↓9	12
19	Kimberly	270	↓3	22
20	Shannon	254	↑6	37
21	Amy	253	↓3	13
22	Erin	252	↓8	25
23	Kelly	244	↓4	27
24	Rebecca	234	↓1	23
25	Michelle	225	↓4	17
26	Emily	213	↓1	24
27	Amber	208	↑3	18
28	Katherine	204	–	30
29	Angela	181	↓5	26
30	Kristen	173	↑1	38
31	Lisa	168	↓4	29
32	Erica	163	↑1	34
33	Mary	159	↓1	33
34	Lindsay	155	↑1	36
35	Jamie	152	↑3	31
36	Kristin	152	–	47
37	Christine	149	↑3	43
38	Sara	149	↑1	32
39	Andrea	138	↑3	28
40	Latoya	119	new	60
41	Samantha	119	↓4	39
42	Kathryn	117	↑2	48
43	April	115	↓9	42
44	Alicia	112	↑3	40
45	Brittany	111	new	41
46	Julie	104	↑3	52
47	Katie	100	↑1	44
48	Lindsey	99	new	35
49	Holly	98	↓3	53
50	Tara	97	↓5	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	1,249	–	1
2	Christopher	1,045	–	2
3	Matthew	903	–	3
4	David	722	↑1	5
5	James	714	↓1	7
6	Robert	657	–	9
7	John	643	–	8
8	Daniel	599	↑1	6
9	Jason	574	↓1	11
10	Joseph	525	↑1	10
11	Joshua	510	↑2	4
12	Brian	503	–	17
13	William	502	↓3	16
14	Justin	466	↑1	13
15	Ryan	466	↑1	12
16	Andrew	418	↓2	14
17	Brandon	418	–	15
18	Kevin	395	–	24
19	Jonathan	348	↑4	19
20	Eric	344	↑4	22
21	Timothy	344	–	26
22	Steven	338	↓3	23
23	Anthony	324	↑3	21
24	Thomas	322	↓2	25
25	Adam	310	–	18
26	Nicholas	305	↑2	20
27	Richard	299	–	27
28	Charles	292	↓8	33
29	Mark	278	–	32
30	Stephen	259	–	35
31	Jeffrey	254	–	28
32	Patrick	231	↑4	36
33	Sean	223	↑1	43
34	Benjamin	220	↑4	30
35	Gregory	213	↓3	44
36	Paul	207	↓1	40
37	Kenneth	198	↓4	46
38	Aaron	188	↑1	29
39	Scott	183	↑1	39
40	Bryan	172	↓3	48
41	Travis	138	↑1	42
42	Jeremy	134	↓1	31
43	Edward	128	↑6	58
44	George	128	↑2	68
45	Shawn	122	↓1	56
46	Samuel	115	new	55
47	Zachary	114	new	45
48	Marcus	113	new	57
49	Bradley	112	new	53
50	Donald	109	↓7	63

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