Popular baby names in Maryland, 1987

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,058 babies) and Michael for boys (1,247). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 54,616 babies born in Maryland in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1987

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

Girls

Lakia: 15 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Latia: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Tierra: 44 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Nakia: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cierra: 54 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tiara: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Janay: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Shamika: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Ciera: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
India: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 49 babies, 43.1× the national rate
Davon: 66 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Travon: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Donnell: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Donte: 41 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jamal: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Earl: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jamar: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyrell: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vernon: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,058	–	2
2	Jessica	901	–	1
3	Amanda	819	–	3
4	Jennifer	593	–	4
5	Brittany	575	↑4	7
6	Sarah	526	↓1	5
7	Lauren	424	↓1	16
8	Stephanie	383	↑2	6
9	Heather	373	↓1	9
10	Nicole	356	↓3	8
11	Rachel	350	↑4	17
12	Megan	332	↓1	12
13	Christina	313	–	20
14	Danielle	311	↓2	14
15	Elizabeth	308	↓1	10
16	Samantha	304	↑3	11
17	Amber	279	↑4	15
18	Tiffany	276	↑4	18
19	Emily	266	↑7	19
20	Kelly	266	↓2	30
21	Rebecca	261	↑7	25
22	Kimberly	246	↓5	23
23	Laura	235	↓7	22
24	Melissa	231	↓1	13
25	Michelle	224	↓1	21
26	Erin	205	↑4	34
27	Shannon	202	↓2	45
28	Erica	201	↑4	31
29	Amy	197	↓9	24
30	Katherine	186	↓3	28
31	Crystal	185	↓2	26
32	Allison	158	↑3	44
33	Sara	155	↑1	29
34	Angela	153	↓1	35
35	Christine	152	↑2	48
36	Kristen	146	↑2	42
37	Lindsay	146	↓1	49
38	Mary	144	↓7	37
39	Courtney	136	↑3	33
40	Alexandra	133	new	59
41	Caitlin	131	new	63
42	Whitney	129	↑2	32
43	Jamie	128	↓3	39
44	Lindsey	127	↑3	41
45	Katie	124	↓4	38
46	Kathryn	123	↑3	51
47	Kristin	122	↓4	55
48	Anna	118	new	52
49	Brittney	115	new	61
50	Lisa	115	↓11	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	1,247	–	1
2	Christopher	1,066	–	2
3	Matthew	849	–	3
4	David	742	–	5
5	James	686	↑1	8
6	Andrew	671	↑3	6
7	Daniel	619	–	7
8	Robert	616	↓3	10
9	Joshua	612	↑2	4
10	John	605	↓2	11
11	William	554	↓1	15
12	Justin	541	↑3	9
13	Joseph	524	↓1	12
14	Ryan	501	–	13
15	Brandon	482	↓2	14
16	Kevin	469	–	19
17	Brian	457	–	20
18	Eric	401	↑8	21
19	Anthony	390	↑3	17
20	Steven	390	↑3	25
21	Timothy	376	↑3	26
22	Jason	359	↓4	23
23	Thomas	357	↑2	24
24	Nicholas	348	↓3	16
25	Jonathan	330	↓6	18
26	Richard	317	↑3	30
27	Charles	306	↓7	35
28	Benjamin	283	↑6	28
29	Sean	261	↓2	40
30	Kyle	255	↑3	22
31	Stephen	255	↓3	38
32	Adam	247	↓1	27
33	Gregory	245	↑2	47
34	Mark	241	↑2	36
35	Jeffrey	239	↓5	32
36	Alexander	231	↑1	37
37	Patrick	227	↓5	41
38	Scott	200	↑6	43
39	Zachary	194	↑4	33
40	Jeremy	192	–	29
41	Kenneth	189	↑1	53
42	Paul	186	↓3	46
43	Aaron	180	↓5	34
44	Bryan	168	↓3	51
45	Travis	162	↑1	42
46	Edward	138	↑4	61
47	Jacob	138	new	31
48	Samuel	132	new	50
49	Corey	129	new	57
50	Shawn	129	↓5	59

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