Popular baby names in Maryland, 1993

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1993 were Ashley for girls (580 babies) and Michael for boys (963). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 56,107 babies born in Maryland in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1993

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

Girls

Shakia: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Breona: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Bria: 113 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shakira: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maura: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sade: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Janae: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Simone: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nia: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jada: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 23 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Tavon: 34 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Davon: 59 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Keon: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Travon: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deonte: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Davonte: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Antoine: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Stephon: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyrell: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	580	–	2
2	Jessica	543	–	1
3	Sarah	507	–	3
4	Brittany	492	–	6
5	Emily	475	↑2	5
6	Samantha	432	–	4
7	Amanda	390	↓2	8
8	Rachel	355	↑1	14
9	Taylor	344	↑14	7
10	Lauren	335	↓2	12
11	Megan	321	↓1	11
12	Jasmine	300	↑5	23
13	Elizabeth	290	↓1	9
14	Nicole	289	↑2	13
15	Amber	279	↑5	17
16	Jennifer	279	↓5	15
17	Danielle	264	↑1	18
18	Victoria	263	↑10	19
19	Rebecca	257	↓4	22
20	Courtney	243	↑1	20
21	Alexandra	238	↑1	28
22	Kayla	234	↑9	16
23	Stephanie	229	↓10	10
24	Katherine	223	↓5	29
25	Alexis	212	↑19	27
26	Hannah	209	↑3	21
27	Kelsey	205	↓3	24
28	Kelly	193	↓2	51
29	Morgan	184	↑12	34
30	Allison	176	↑12	41
31	Michelle	172	↓6	31
32	Shannon	169	↑4	53
33	Erin	166	↑6	48
34	Christina	160	↓7	35
35	Chelsea	157	↓21	25
36	Tiffany	157	↓2	33
37	Heather	155	↓5	38
38	Brianna	153	new	32
39	Sara	152	↓1	40
40	Mary	149	↓10	36
41	Brooke	147	↑9	52
42	Anna	144	↑4	47
43	Melissa	142	↓10	30
44	Laura	140	↓4	43
45	Kaitlyn	135	new	46
46	Briana	134	new	71
47	Katelyn	128	new	54
48	Caitlin	125	↑1	64
49	Kimberly	125	↓6	39
50	Shelby	125	↓13	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	963	–	1
2	Matthew	721	↑1	3
3	Christopher	695	↓1	2
4	Joshua	625	–	4
5	Ryan	601	↑4	13
6	Brandon	596	↑1	6
7	James	563	↓2	14
8	Nicholas	545	↑2	8
9	John	535	↓3	16
10	Daniel	528	↑8	7
11	Tyler	523	↑4	5
12	Andrew	511	↓4	10
13	Robert	488	↑4	17
14	David	480	↓1	11
15	Joseph	470	↓3	12
16	William	468	↓5	18
17	Zachary	466	↓3	15
18	Kevin	432	↓2	25
19	Alexander	404	↑2	21
20	Justin	356	–	20
21	Jacob	338	↑6	9
22	Anthony	335	↓3	19
23	Kyle	332	↑2	23
24	Jonathan	300	–	22
25	Eric	297	↓2	29
26	Timothy	296	↑3	38
27	Thomas	294	↓1	27
28	Benjamin	291	↑3	32
29	Brian	288	↓7	34
30	Charles	260	↑2	44
31	Steven	258	↓1	31
32	Jordan	250	↑9	28
33	Aaron	249	↑1	30
34	Patrick	244	↓1	43
35	Sean	243	↓7	42
36	Cody	225	–	24
37	Samuel	212	↓2	37
38	Mark	199	↑5	49
39	Adam	193	↓1	39
40	Richard	189	↓3	40
41	Austin	182	new	26
42	Stephen	182	↓2	47
43	Dylan	178	↓4	33
44	Jeffrey	175	↓2	53
45	Gregory	171	↓1	65
46	Jason	154	↑2	45
47	Devin	153	new	71
48	Christian	150	↓1	35
49	Kenneth	149	↓3	60
50	Corey	141	new	68

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