Popular baby names in Maryland, 1997

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1997 were Emily for girls (458 babies) and Michael for boys (762). Social Security records list 51,744 babies born in Maryland in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1997

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

Girls

Breona: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Deasia: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dasia: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kaylah: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Blair: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Asia: 72 babies, 3.5× the national rate
India: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bria: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katharine: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Diamond: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 20 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Daquan: 51 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Keon: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Raekwon: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Davon: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lamont: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rashad: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brooks: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Donte: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darryl: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	458	–	1
2	Taylor	426	↑4	7
3	Sarah	370	↓1	4
4	Samantha	343	↑4	6
5	Hannah	340	↑4	5
6	Kayla	326	↑1	12
7	Ashley	325	↓3	3
8	Rachel	324	↓5	13
9	Alexis	314	↑2	8
10	Megan	288	–	11
11	Jessica	274	↓6	2
12	Elizabeth	259	↑1	9
13	Lauren	235	↑1	14
14	Morgan	231	↑7	22
15	Brianna	228	–	17
16	Amanda	224	↓4	16
17	Rebecca	213	↑1	25
18	Madison	212	↑17	10
19	Brittany	205	↓3	20
20	Jasmine	205	↑6	24
21	Victoria	195	↑2	19
22	Abigail	194	↑11	26
23	Jennifer	193	↑1	18
24	Alexandra	190	↓7	30
25	Julia	184	↑12	37
26	Alyssa	183	↑24	15
27	Danielle	178	↓8	34
28	Jordan	174	↑13	40
29	Amber	173	↓2	29
30	Katherine	170	↓10	32
31	Olivia	160	–	27
32	Courtney	158	↓10	28
33	Emma	155	↑10	36
34	Nicole	152	↓6	21
35	Sydney	150	↑5	35
36	Mary	149	↑2	46
37	Anna	148	↓5	33
38	Brooke	146	↓13	45
39	Allison	145	↓10	39
40	Caroline	139	new	75
41	Gabrielle	133	↑3	51
42	Destiny	132	↑3	42
43	Stephanie	132	↓13	23
44	Erin	127	↓8	52
45	Grace	124	new	69
46	Kaitlyn	121	↓7	41
47	Natalie	120	–	48
48	Shannon	112	↓6	85
49	Savannah	106	new	47
50	Katelyn	102	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	762	–	1
2	Matthew	648	–	3
3	Joshua	547	↑2	5
4	Nicholas	532	–	6
5	Christopher	529	↓2	4
6	Jacob	494	–	2
7	John	490	↑6	15
8	Brandon	469	↓1	8
9	Ryan	458	↑3	16
10	Andrew	456	↑1	7
11	William	446	↓3	19
12	Joseph	436	↑2	12
13	Daniel	432	↑3	11
14	Tyler	423	↓4	10
15	James	419	↓6	17
16	Zachary	419	↓1	13
17	David	397	–	14
18	Austin	365	↑8	9
19	Justin	358	↑1	20
20	Kyle	344	↑3	24
21	Kevin	309	↑1	28
22	Robert	306	↓3	23
23	Anthony	302	↓2	18
24	Alexander	297	↓6	22
25	Thomas	288	↓1	31
26	Benjamin	286	↓1	29
27	Jordan	285	↑1	26
28	Jonathan	264	↓1	21
29	Samuel	238	–	27
30	Aaron	234	↑7	33
31	Brian	210	↓1	37
32	Eric	208	↑2	35
33	Timothy	202	↓2	43
34	Sean	194	↑2	48
35	Christian	193	↓2	25
36	Charles	191	↓4	49
37	Patrick	181	↓2	50
38	Dylan	177	↑3	30
39	Noah	167	↑11	38
40	Steven	164	↑2	40
41	Jason	155	↑4	41
42	Mark	140	↑5	58
43	Nathan	140	↓3	34
44	Richard	140	↑2	51
45	Cody	139	↓2	36
46	Devin	137	↓2	59
47	Connor	136	↑2	52
48	Malik	132	↓9	>100
49	Adam	131	↓11	39
50	Cameron	125	↓2	45

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