Popular baby names in Maryland, 1986

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1986 were Ashley for girls (982 babies) and Michael for boys (1,219). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 52,819 babies born in Maryland in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1986

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: 69 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Cierra: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
India: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tiara: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kia: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patrice: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Ciera: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sierra: 80 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sade: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tameka: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 52 babies, 46.4× the national rate
Davon: 46 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Donte: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Donnell: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lamont: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Antoine: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jamal: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tyrell: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terrell: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Earl: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	982	–	2
2	Jessica	875	↑1	1
3	Amanda	698	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	639	↓2	4
5	Sarah	561	–	5
6	Lauren	427	↑3	14
7	Nicole	405	↓1	7
8	Heather	403	↓1	9
9	Brittany	402	↑13	8
10	Stephanie	378	↓2	6
11	Megan	370	–	11
12	Danielle	316	↑3	16
13	Christina	307	↓3	19
14	Elizabeth	304	↓2	10
15	Rachel	285	↓2	15
16	Laura	275	↓2	20
17	Kimberly	266	↓1	18
18	Kelly	259	↑1	29
19	Samantha	257	↑12	21
20	Amy	256	↓3	22
21	Amber	250	↑5	13
22	Tiffany	250	↓1	17
23	Melissa	246	↓5	12
24	Michelle	236	↓1	23
25	Shannon	234	↑4	44
26	Emily	224	↑1	24
27	Katherine	221	↑1	28
28	Rebecca	218	↓4	26
29	Crystal	216	↓9	25
30	Erin	200	↓5	30
31	Mary	180	↑4	37
32	Erica	165	↓2	31
33	Angela	157	↑3	33
34	Sara	153	↑5	27
35	Allison	151	↑7	42
36	Lindsay	150	↓3	46
37	Christine	148	↑6	47
38	Kristen	148	↓4	41
39	Lisa	146	↓7	40
40	Jamie	145	↓3	34
41	Katie	138	↓1	38
42	Courtney	130	↓1	35
43	Kristin	129	↑1	50
44	Whitney	126	new	32
45	Kathleen	120	new	68
46	Julie	115	–	58
47	Lindsey	114	new	39
48	Andrea	112	–	36
49	Kathryn	109	↓4	48
50	April	103	↓12	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	1,219	–	1
2	Christopher	1,075	–	2
3	Matthew	878	–	3
4	David	709	–	5
5	Robert	697	↑3	9
6	James	658	↓1	7
7	Daniel	638	↓1	6
8	John	613	↓1	10
9	Andrew	582	↑4	8
10	William	548	↑4	15
11	Joshua	543	↓2	4
12	Joseph	540	–	12
13	Brandon	502	↓2	13
14	Ryan	501	↑2	11
15	Justin	463	↑3	14
16	Kevin	447	↑1	21
17	Brian	433	↓2	20
18	Jason	406	↓8	18
19	Jonathan	395	–	16
20	Charles	368	↑6	34
21	Nicholas	363	↑3	17
22	Anthony	342	↓1	19
23	Steven	341	↑2	25
24	Timothy	335	↓4	27
25	Thomas	323	↓2	26
26	Eric	308	↓4	22
27	Sean	276	↑5	37
28	Stephen	276	↓1	36
29	Richard	270	↓1	29
30	Jeffrey	253	↑3	32
31	Adam	252	↓1	24
32	Patrick	243	↓1	39
33	Kyle	240	↑3	23
34	Benjamin	235	↑1	30
35	Gregory	227	↓1	46
36	Mark	222	↓7	35
37	Alexander	220	↑8	41
38	Aaron	211	↑1	33
39	Paul	206	↓1	45
40	Jeremy	201	↑2	28
41	Bryan	194	↓1	47
42	Kenneth	187	↓5	50
43	Zachary	184	–	38
44	Scott	169	↓3	44
45	Shawn	146	↓1	55
46	Travis	137	new	49
47	Dustin	129	new	42
48	Jesse	127	new	48
49	Donald	125	–	71
50	Edward	125	↓3	61

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