Popular baby names in Maryland, 1998

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1998 were Emily for girls (477 babies) and Michael for boys (713). Social Security records list 52,427 babies born in Maryland in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1998

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, 9.7× the national rate
Aniya: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Deasia: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bria: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ayanna: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
India: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Corinne: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Asia: 69 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aisha: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Imani: 50 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Donnell: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shamar: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Davon: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Daquan: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Juwan: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lamont: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Raekwon: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Donte: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rashad: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	477	–	1
2	Taylor	421	–	7
3	Sarah	416	–	4
4	Alexis	404	↑5	6
5	Kayla	381	↑1	12
6	Hannah	335	↓1	2
7	Samantha	315	↓3	3
8	Jessica	291	↑3	8
9	Madison	289	↑9	9
10	Ashley	286	↓3	5
11	Megan	265	↓1	13
12	Rachel	262	↓4	15
13	Lauren	258	–	14
14	Morgan	220	–	23
15	Olivia	213	↑16	21
16	Elizabeth	208	↓4	10
17	Victoria	203	↑4	16
18	Emma	188	↑15	22
19	Katherine	188	↑11	33
20	Amanda	187	↓4	19
21	Brianna	187	↓6	17
22	Alexandra	183	↑2	27
23	Jasmine	183	↓3	26
24	Abigail	182	↓2	18
25	Julia	180	–	32
26	Alyssa	177	–	11
27	Rebecca	176	↓10	30
28	Allison	168	↑11	38
29	Brittany	162	↓10	25
30	Sydney	161	↑5	28
31	Destiny	158	↑11	34
32	Danielle	150	↓5	41
33	Mary	150	↑3	44
34	Amber	149	↓5	37
35	Courtney	149	↓3	39
36	Brooke	146	↑2	46
37	Nicole	144	↓3	24
38	Jennifer	142	↓15	20
39	Erin	139	↑5	57
40	Kaitlyn	137	↑6	35
41	Gabrielle	136	–	47
42	Jordan	135	↓14	42
43	Anna	133	↓6	31
44	Natalie	129	↑3	40
45	Grace	119	–	53
46	Caroline	113	↓6	75
47	Shannon	108	↑1	>100
48	Sara	107	new	48
49	Jenna	102	new	65
50	Stephanie	102	↓7	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	713	–	1
2	Jacob	647	↑4	2
3	Matthew	607	↓1	3
4	Nicholas	537	–	6
5	Joshua	504	↓2	4
6	Ryan	470	↑3	17
7	Christopher	464	↓2	5
8	John	460	↓1	15
9	Tyler	456	↑5	8
10	William	447	↑1	14
11	Joseph	434	↑1	11
12	Brandon	422	↓4	7
13	Andrew	419	↓3	9
14	Zachary	403	↑2	16
15	Daniel	395	↓2	12
16	James	393	↓1	18
17	David	369	–	13
18	Alexander	347	↑6	22
19	Kyle	343	↑1	24
20	Justin	333	↓1	20
21	Austin	329	↓3	10
22	Jordan	319	↑5	27
23	Robert	311	↓1	23
24	Anthony	274	↓1	19
25	Kevin	272	↓4	32
26	Thomas	270	↓1	31
27	Jonathan	266	↑1	21
28	Benjamin	263	↓2	30
29	Samuel	245	–	28
30	Noah	232	↑9	29
31	Dylan	231	↑7	25
32	Eric	228	–	39
33	Timothy	225	–	49
34	Brian	209	↓3	41
35	Cameron	196	↑15	35
36	Jason	196	↑5	40
37	Sean	191	↓3	50
38	Nathan	186	↑5	34
39	Charles	184	↓3	48
40	Christian	184	↓5	26
41	Aaron	176	↓11	37
42	Patrick	170	↓5	57
43	Hunter	168	new	36
44	Devin	158	↑2	62
45	Steven	143	↓5	46
46	Connor	141	↑1	47
47	Adam	139	↑2	45
48	Ethan	139	new	38
49	Jared	139	new	51
50	Isaiah	138	new	59

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