Popular baby names in Maryland, 1994

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1994 were Ashley for girls (488 babies) and Michael for boys (948). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 55,329 babies born in Maryland in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1994

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: 72 babies, 31.6× the national rate
Unique: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Breonna: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Ayanna: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bria: 67 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sade: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Imani: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
India: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Baby: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brionna: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 84 babies, 33.1× the national rate
Tavon: 36 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Davon: 58 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Donnell: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Antoine: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyree: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lamont: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donte: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Howard: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyrell: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	488	–	2
2	Jessica	477	–	1
3	Emily	475	↑2	3
4	Sarah	474	↓1	5
5	Samantha	401	↑1	4
6	Taylor	391	↑3	6
7	Amanda	365	–	8
8	Rachel	358	–	13
9	Brittany	339	↓5	7
10	Megan	335	↑1	10
11	Lauren	332	↓1	14
12	Nicole	290	↑2	11
13	Elizabeth	274	–	9
14	Jasmine	268	↓2	23
15	Amber	266	–	21
16	Kayla	265	↑6	12
17	Rebecca	263	↑2	24
18	Jennifer	246	↓2	17
19	Danielle	235	↓2	20
20	Victoria	234	↓2	19
21	Courtney	219	↓1	22
22	Stephanie	219	↑1	15
23	Alexandra	218	↓2	28
24	Alexis	217	↑1	18
25	Hannah	216	↑1	16
26	Katherine	215	↓2	30
27	Morgan	209	↑2	25
28	Kelsey	198	↓1	29
29	Mary	185	↑11	37
30	Allison	176	–	34
31	Christina	167	↑3	39
32	Brianna	165	↑6	27
33	Kelly	163	↓5	62
34	Shannon	160	↓2	60
35	Erin	146	↓2	45
36	Michelle	142	↓5	33
37	Tiffany	142	↓1	35
38	Anna	135	↑4	41
39	Heather	135	↓2	44
40	Alyssa	134	new	26
41	Kimberly	133	↑8	32
42	Melissa	133	↑1	31
43	Brooke	131	↓2	54
44	Sara	127	↓5	43
45	Shelby	124	↑5	40
46	Olivia	120	new	50
47	Laura	119	↓3	46
48	Abigail	118	new	42
49	Chelsea	117	↓14	38
50	Erica	117	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	948	–	1
2	Matthew	724	–	3
3	Christopher	705	–	2
4	Ryan	583	↑1	16
5	Joshua	577	↓1	4
6	Brandon	575	–	6
7	John	562	↑2	15
8	Tyler	545	↑3	5
9	Nicholas	543	↓1	9
10	Daniel	538	–	8
11	James	538	↓4	14
12	Zachary	511	↑5	12
13	David	507	↑1	13
14	William	496	↑2	19
15	Joseph	486	–	11
16	Andrew	467	↓4	10
17	Kevin	420	↑1	26
18	Robert	413	↓5	21
19	Alexander	384	–	22
20	Jacob	380	↑1	7
21	Justin	352	↓1	20
22	Anthony	327	–	18
23	Kyle	327	–	24
24	Thomas	317	↑3	27
25	Benjamin	288	↑3	31
26	Jonathan	281	↓2	23
27	Eric	274	↓2	30
28	Aaron	263	↑5	28
29	Brian	260	–	37
30	Austin	258	↑11	17
31	Charles	245	↓1	43
32	Jordan	245	–	29
33	Samuel	242	↑4	33
34	Sean	241	↑1	44
35	Timothy	239	↓9	39
36	Patrick	224	↓2	42
37	Steven	214	↓6	34
38	Adam	203	↑1	38
39	Cody	200	↓3	25
40	Richard	195	–	41
41	Stephen	176	↑1	49
42	Christian	166	↑6	35
43	Jason	159	↑3	46
44	Dylan	155	↓1	32
45	Nathan	155	new	40
46	Mark	148	↓8	48
47	Jesse	144	new	45
48	Gregory	141	↓3	76
49	Marcus	138	new	75
50	Devin	136	↓3	61

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