Popular baby names in Maryland, 1996

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1996 were Emily for girls (488 babies) and Michael for boys (770). Social Security records list 53,441 babies born in Maryland in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1996

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

Girls

London: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sade: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brionna: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dasia: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chanel: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Diamond: 87 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ayanna: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bria: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Imani: 52 babies, 3.2× the national rate
India: 28 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 26 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Keon: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Davon: 45 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Juwan: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Antwan: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Daquan: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lamont: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rashad: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Antoine: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Vernon: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	488	–	1
2	Sarah	452	↑1	4
3	Rachel	410	↑4	9
4	Ashley	407	–	3
5	Jessica	401	↓3	2
6	Taylor	394	–	6
7	Kayla	361	↑5	11
8	Samantha	351	↓3	5
9	Hannah	328	↑2	7
10	Megan	308	↓2	12
11	Alexis	306	↑5	8
12	Amanda	274	↓2	13
13	Elizabeth	269	–	10
14	Lauren	254	–	16
15	Brianna	238	↑4	17
16	Brittany	236	↓7	14
17	Alexandra	232	↑8	26
18	Rebecca	223	–	24
19	Danielle	212	↑3	29
20	Katherine	212	↓3	31
21	Morgan	212	↑3	25
22	Courtney	204	↓2	21
23	Victoria	198	↓8	18
24	Jennifer	190	↓3	19
25	Brooke	188	↑7	45
26	Jasmine	188	↓3	28
27	Amber	180	↓1	27
28	Nicole	177	↓1	22
29	Allison	171	–	38
30	Stephanie	169	↓2	20
31	Olivia	168	↑6	34
32	Anna	165	↑11	33
33	Abigail	163	↑9	32
34	Kelsey	158	↓3	36
35	Madison	158	↑10	15
36	Erin	156	↓6	51
37	Julia	156	↑2	48
38	Mary	146	↓3	44
39	Kaitlyn	138	↑5	40
40	Sydney	138	↓6	39
41	Jordan	136	↓5	49
42	Shannon	131	↓1	80
43	Emma	129	new	53
44	Gabrielle	126	new	54
45	Destiny	120	new	56
46	Sara	120	↑2	50
47	Natalie	118	new	46
48	Christina	117	↓15	57
49	Kelly	117	↓11	73
50	Alyssa	116	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	770	–	1
2	Matthew	645	–	2
3	Christopher	585	–	4
4	Nicholas	546	↑1	6
5	Joshua	544	↓1	5
6	Jacob	498	↑11	3
7	Brandon	492	↑1	8
8	William	482	↑8	18
9	James	477	↑2	17
10	Tyler	476	–	7
11	Andrew	471	↓2	10
12	Ryan	471	↓6	16
13	John	467	↓6	15
14	Joseph	467	–	12
15	Zachary	438	↓2	14
16	Daniel	429	↓4	11
17	David	411	↓2	13
18	Alexander	383	↑2	22
19	Robert	380	–	23
20	Justin	371	↓2	20
21	Anthony	331	↑2	19
22	Kevin	330	↓1	26
23	Kyle	316	↓1	25
24	Thomas	313	↑1	28
25	Benjamin	301	↑2	29
26	Austin	299	↓2	9
27	Jonathan	272	↑2	21
28	Jordan	253	↑4	27
29	Samuel	244	↓1	30
30	Brian	238	↓4	36
31	Timothy	225	↑4	40
32	Charles	223	↑1	43
33	Christian	221	↑5	24
34	Eric	219	↓4	35
35	Patrick	213	↑2	44
36	Sean	193	–	46
37	Aaron	191	↓6	34
38	Adam	181	↑1	39
39	Malik	179	new	97
40	Nathan	170	↑3	37
41	Dylan	169	↑1	33
42	Steven	160	↓1	38
43	Cody	159	↓9	31
44	Devin	153	–	60
45	Jason	146	↓5	41
46	Richard	145	↓1	45
47	Mark	134	↑3	55
48	Cameron	133	new	49
49	Connor	129	–	54
50	Noah	128	new	50

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