Popular baby names in Maryland, 2001

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2001 were Emily for girls (450 babies) and Michael for boys (600). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,310 babies born in Maryland in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2001

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

Girls

Deasia: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dasia: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kaiya: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shaniya: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Aniya: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Amira: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nya: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ayana: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ryleigh: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Janiya: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Kyree: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dashawn: 32 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kavon: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Prince: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Daquan: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Deonte: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marquise: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Khalil: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Davon: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	450	–	1
2	Kayla	373	–	17
3	Madison	353	↑3	2
4	Hannah	342	↓1	3
5	Sarah	329	↓1	6
6	Taylor	299	↓1	12
7	Alexis	286	–	5
8	Abigail	276	↑3	8
9	Samantha	266	↑1	7
10	Emma	256	↑10	13
11	Ashley	251	↑3	4
12	Olivia	235	–	10
13	Grace	233	↑3	16
14	Rachel	230	↑1	24
15	Lauren	220	↓2	15
16	Elizabeth	219	↓8	9
17	Jessica	209	↓8	11
18	Victoria	193	↑8	21
19	Brianna	189	↑2	18
20	Julia	189	↓1	27
21	Morgan	189	↑3	29
22	Anna	187	↑7	19
23	Alyssa	186	↑2	14
24	Megan	186	↓6	20
25	Sydney	183	↓8	23
26	Destiny	179	↓4	22
27	Katherine	176	↑1	35
28	Hailey	153	↑20	33
29	Alexandra	152	↓6	38
30	Gabrielle	149	↑5	50
31	Jasmine	146	–	25
32	Sophia	146	↑5	37
33	Jordan	145	↓3	47
34	Jenna	137	↑15	45
35	Caroline	135	↓2	62
36	Erin	132	↑2	60
37	Kaitlyn	132	↑5	31
38	Allison	131	↑7	44
39	Nicole	129	↑7	36
40	Jennifer	128	↑4	26
41	Isabella	127	new	28
42	Brooke	126	↓3	57
43	Mackenzie	125	↓3	40
44	Mary	123	↓10	48
45	Chloe	122	new	30
46	Faith	121	new	53
47	Amanda	117	↓15	39
48	Rebecca	115	↓21	46
49	Natalie	111	↓6	32
50	Danielle	106	↓9	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	600	–	2
2	Matthew	536	↑2	3
3	Joshua	520	↓1	4
4	Jacob	505	↓1	1
5	Nicholas	457	↑1	6
6	Christopher	436	↑2	5
7	William	432	↑2	10
8	Andrew	425	↓1	7
9	Ryan	414	↓4	15
10	John	399	–	14
11	James	366	↑1	19
12	Tyler	366	↑1	13
13	Brandon	355	↑3	18
14	Zachary	354	–	16
15	Joseph	352	↓4	8
16	Daniel	347	↓1	9
17	Justin	345	↑2	22
18	Alexander	338	↓1	20
19	David	313	↓1	12
20	Anthony	307	–	11
21	Benjamin	307	–	27
22	Ethan	288	↑12	17
23	Samuel	270	↑2	26
24	Dylan	264	↑6	21
25	Thomas	264	↑7	33
26	Robert	257	–	30
27	Kevin	252	↓3	32
28	Noah	247	↓1	28
29	Christian	240	–	24
30	Austin	230	↑5	25
31	Jonathan	227	–	23
32	Jordan	227	↓9	39
33	Cameron	224	↓5	35
34	Kyle	224	↓12	40
35	Jason	222	↑2	41
36	Nathan	210	↓3	31
37	Sean	198	↑1	57
38	Logan	191	new	29
39	Gabriel	177	new	38
40	Brian	169	↓4	46
41	Charles	169	↑3	55
42	Caleb	168	new	37
43	Eric	166	↓1	44
44	Connor	164	↓3	49
45	Timothy	161	–	67
46	Aaron	156	↓7	42
47	Jack	150	–	48
48	Luke	150	↓5	50
49	Evan	143	↓3	56
50	Isaiah	143	new	43

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