Popular baby names in Maryland, 1990

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1990 were Brittany for girls (904 babies) and Michael for boys (1,337). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,547 babies born in Maryland in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1990

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

Girls

Unknown: 39 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Lashawn: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tyesha: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shanika: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sade: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
India: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shanae: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Latrice: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kiera: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tierra: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 53 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Unknown: 35 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Davon: 68 babies, 10× the national rate
Lamont: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donte: 47 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Donnell: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dion: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyrell: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Terrell: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Guy: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	904	↑1	3
2	Ashley	883	↓1	2
3	Jessica	798	–	1
4	Amanda	648	–	4
5	Sarah	561	–	6
6	Samantha	506	↑1	5
7	Lauren	499	↓1	10
8	Emily	448	↑3	12
9	Stephanie	411	↑1	7
10	Jennifer	406	↓2	8
11	Megan	393	↓2	11
12	Rachel	358	↑2	16
13	Elizabeth	356	↓1	9
14	Rebecca	323	↑9	21
15	Nicole	310	↓2	13
16	Amber	306	↑2	15
17	Danielle	284	↓1	18
18	Heather	276	↓3	19
19	Jasmine	276	↑7	28
20	Tiffany	248	↓3	23
21	Katherine	247	↑4	26
22	Courtney	245	↓1	17
23	Kelly	245	↓3	41
24	Christina	231	↓5	25
25	Laura	227	↓1	29
26	Michelle	227	↑1	22
27	Chelsea	223	↑12	24
28	Melissa	223	↓6	20
29	Mary	215	↑8	35
30	Alexandra	206	↑3	37
31	Victoria	200	↑10	33
32	Erin	198	↓2	43
33	Kimberly	195	↓4	31
34	Kayla	178	↑13	14
35	Caitlin	168	↓4	50
36	Hannah	168	new	30
37	Allison	165	↑5	48
38	Amy	162	↓4	38
39	Shannon	160	↓3	68
40	Kelsey	156	–	32
41	Kristen	156	↓9	42
42	Crystal	155	↑2	39
43	Morgan	155	new	58
44	Erica	154	↓6	36
45	Sara	145	↓17	34
46	Lindsay	139	new	69
47	Kathryn	131	↓2	57
48	Christine	130	↑2	62
49	Anna	120	new	45
50	Taylor	119	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	1,337	–	1
2	Christopher	1,081	–	2
3	Matthew	887	–	3
4	Joshua	769	–	4
5	David	708	–	6
6	James	699	–	8
7	John	651	–	12
8	Andrew	640	↑1	7
9	Joseph	630	↑3	10
10	William	627	↑3	16
11	Robert	626	↓3	13
12	Daniel	577	↓2	5
13	Ryan	574	↑2	11
14	Justin	508	↓3	9
15	Nicholas	503	↑1	14
16	Kevin	502	↓2	23
17	Brandon	489	–	19
18	Brian	459	–	27
19	Anthony	419	↑1	15
20	Zachary	405	↑6	22
21	Eric	384	↑2	24
22	Thomas	370	↓3	26
23	Steven	364	↑2	25
24	Jonathan	362	↓3	17
25	Timothy	349	↓3	30
26	Kyle	341	↑1	18
27	Alexander	331	↑2	28
28	Charles	318	↓4	38
29	Benjamin	309	↓1	33
30	Stephen	300	↑3	39
31	Tyler	289	↑9	21
32	Patrick	284	–	36
33	Richard	280	↑1	35
34	Sean	277	↓4	37
35	Aaron	253	↑4	34
36	Adam	253	↓5	32
37	Mark	242	↓2	47
38	Jacob	240	↑9	20
39	Jeffrey	228	↓3	43
40	Jordan	226	new	29
41	Gregory	218	↓4	51
42	Kenneth	216	↑1	52
43	Travis	203	↑2	42
44	Jason	186	↓6	46
45	Samuel	184	↓3	45
46	Paul	173	↓5	49
47	Scott	173	↑1	53
48	Corey	172	↓2	56
49	Bryan	163	↓5	57
50	Jeremy	150	↓1	40

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