Popular baby names in Maryland, 2000

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2000 were Emily for girls (459 babies) and Michael for boys (618). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,345 babies born in Maryland in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2000

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

Girls

Niya: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Aniya: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Deasia: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dasia: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Aniyah: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Amani: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maura: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ayanna: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bria: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyler: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 21 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Donnell: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lamont: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Keon: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Daquan: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dashawn: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Davon: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jamal: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Antoine: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deon: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	459	–	1
2	Kayla	397	↑3	13
3	Hannah	389	↑1	2
4	Sarah	356	↓2	5
5	Taylor	352	↓2	10
6	Madison	349	↑2	3
7	Alexis	289	–	6
8	Elizabeth	266	↑4	9
9	Jessica	265	–	8
10	Samantha	265	↓4	7
11	Abigail	259	↑6	14
12	Olivia	259	↑9	16
13	Lauren	255	–	11
14	Ashley	251	↓3	4
15	Rachel	241	↓5	21
16	Grace	229	↑7	19
17	Sydney	228	↑5	23
18	Megan	219	↓4	18
19	Julia	208	–	29
20	Emma	207	↓2	17
21	Brianna	203	↓1	15
22	Destiny	203	↑2	24
23	Alexandra	201	↑3	36
24	Morgan	201	↓8	25
25	Alyssa	195	↓10	12
26	Victoria	190	↑1	20
27	Rebecca	185	↑3	39
28	Katherine	178	↑1	33
29	Anna	174	↑2	22
30	Jordan	169	↑11	50
31	Jasmine	153	↓3	27
32	Amanda	150	–	32
33	Caroline	142	↑7	65
34	Mary	141	new	46
35	Gabrielle	139	↓2	49
36	Haley	135	↑12	28
37	Sophia	133	↑10	42
38	Erin	132	↓1	61
39	Brooke	129	↓4	51
40	Mackenzie	129	new	43
41	Danielle	128	↑2	48
42	Kaitlyn	126	↓3	30
43	Natalie	125	↓5	34
44	Jennifer	124	↑1	26
45	Allison	121	↓11	44
46	Nicole	117	↓21	31
47	Stephanie	117	↓1	40
48	Hailey	113	new	35
49	Jenna	109	–	63
50	Sara	108	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	618	–	2
2	Joshua	554	↑2	4
3	Jacob	541	–	1
4	Matthew	531	↓2	3
5	Ryan	525	–	13
6	Nicholas	479	–	6
7	Andrew	474	↑2	7
8	Christopher	431	–	5
9	William	431	↑1	11
10	John	425	↓3	14
11	Joseph	409	↑1	8
12	James	399	↑1	18
13	Tyler	380	↓2	10
14	Zachary	372	↑3	15
15	Daniel	363	↓1	9
16	Brandon	360	↓1	12
17	Alexander	347	↑2	20
18	David	346	↓2	16
19	Justin	329	↓1	19
20	Anthony	315	↑3	17
21	Benjamin	299	↑4	26
22	Kyle	298	–	37
23	Jordan	296	↑3	36
24	Kevin	282	↑7	32
25	Samuel	275	↑3	28
26	Robert	273	↓6	29
27	Noah	258	↑2	27
28	Cameron	254	↑4	31
29	Christian	251	↑4	22
30	Dylan	248	–	24
31	Jonathan	243	↓4	21
32	Thomas	237	↓8	33
33	Nathan	222	↑2	30
34	Ethan	214	↑7	25
35	Austin	197	↓14	23
36	Brian	197	↓2	43
37	Jason	194	↑3	39
38	Sean	191	↓2	57
39	Aaron	179	↑5	41
40	Hunter	179	↑2	35
41	Connor	168	↑5	50
42	Eric	160	↓3	42
43	Luke	160	new	59
44	Charles	159	↓6	51
45	Timothy	158	↓8	58
46	Evan	149	new	55
47	Jack	141	↑3	46
48	Nathaniel	141	new	61
49	Garrett	139	new	74
50	Patrick	139	↓7	68

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