Popular baby names in Maryland, 1991

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1991 were Ashley for girls (794 babies) and Michael for boys (1,258). Social Security records list 60,307 babies born in Maryland in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1991

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

Girls

Shanika: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Janay: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
India: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sade: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shanae: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joy: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tierra: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Destinee: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ebony: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katlyn: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 69 babies, 29.6× the national rate
Keon: 21 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Donnell: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Davon: 50 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Travon: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lamont: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donte: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Deonte: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamal: 68 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Terrell: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	794	↑1	1
2	Jessica	735	↑1	2
3	Brittany	652	↓2	3
4	Sarah	554	↑1	6
5	Amanda	548	↓1	4
6	Samantha	477	–	5
7	Lauren	461	–	13
8	Megan	437	↑3	11
9	Emily	433	↓1	10
10	Rachel	373	↑2	14
11	Jennifer	358	↓1	8
12	Stephanie	345	↓3	7
13	Elizabeth	341	–	9
14	Jasmine	309	↑5	24
15	Rebecca	295	↓1	21
16	Amber	294	–	16
17	Katherine	262	↑4	25
18	Danielle	257	↓1	17
19	Nicole	256	↓4	15
20	Courtney	253	↑2	19
21	Chelsea	245	↑6	18
22	Michelle	238	↑4	22
23	Victoria	234	↑8	28
24	Heather	231	↓6	23
25	Melissa	225	↑3	20
26	Tiffany	225	↓6	27
27	Kayla	217	↑7	12
28	Alexandra	206	↑2	36
29	Mary	202	–	38
30	Erin	201	↑2	44
31	Kelsey	196	↑9	26
32	Kelly	189	↓9	42
33	Christina	187	↓9	31
34	Laura	182	↓9	35
35	Sara	179	↑10	37
36	Shannon	171	↑3	71
37	Taylor	169	↑13	32
38	Caitlin	155	↓3	55
39	Erica	154	↑5	40
40	Kimberly	153	↓7	34
41	Allison	151	↓4	50
42	Hannah	150	↓6	29
43	Amy	149	↓5	43
44	Kristen	144	↓3	48
45	Lindsay	143	↑1	77
46	Julia	142	new	67
47	Christine	139	↑1	73
48	Shelby	134	new	33
49	Morgan	132	↓6	49
50	Crystal	123	↓8	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	1,258	–	1
2	Christopher	906	–	2
3	Matthew	849	–	3
4	Joshua	745	–	4
5	James	655	↑1	7
6	Andrew	650	↑2	5
7	David	646	↓2	8
8	John	642	↓1	10
9	Joseph	627	–	9
10	Robert	599	↑1	13
11	Brandon	560	↑6	15
12	William	548	↓2	19
13	Ryan	544	–	11
14	Daniel	539	↓2	6
15	Nicholas	523	–	12
16	Kevin	520	–	23
17	Justin	484	↓3	14
18	Zachary	425	↑2	22
19	Tyler	415	↑12	16
20	Eric	382	↑1	25
21	Anthony	362	↓2	18
22	Alexander	357	↑5	26
23	Thomas	355	↓1	28
24	Kyle	351	↑2	21
25	Jonathan	349	↓1	20
26	Brian	345	↓8	30
27	Timothy	341	↓2	32
28	Steven	335	↓5	27
29	Charles	325	↓1	38
30	Benjamin	313	↓1	33
31	Jacob	306	↑7	17
32	Patrick	289	–	35
33	Sean	280	↑1	40
34	Stephen	271	↓4	41
35	Richard	266	↓2	34
36	Aaron	260	↓1	31
37	Adam	231	↓1	36
38	Jordan	228	↑2	29
39	Samuel	226	↑6	39
40	Jeffrey	210	↓1	45
41	Mark	210	↓4	47
42	Gregory	197	↓1	55
43	Cody	195	new	24
44	Corey	186	↑4	58
45	Travis	182	↓2	44
46	Kenneth	176	↓4	54
47	Jeremy	175	↑3	43
48	Jason	156	↓4	49
49	Paul	154	↓3	53
50	Bryan	149	↓1	61

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