Popular baby names in Maryland, 2002

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2002 were Madison for girls (422 babies) and Michael for boys (552). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,045 babies born in Maryland in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2002

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

Girls

Sade: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Amani: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kaylah: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shaniya: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Janiya: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Amira: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Aniya: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Taniya: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lyric: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ayanna: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 21 babies, 15× the national rate
Kyree: 27 babies, 11× the national rate
Daquan: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Davon: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Keon: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dashawn: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donte: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tyree: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Khalil: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ibrahim: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	422	↑2	2
2	Emily	391	↓1	1
3	Kayla	331	↓1	19
4	Sarah	319	↑1	8
5	Hannah	314	↓1	3
6	Abigail	289	↑2	7
7	Emma	271	↑3	4
8	Olivia	259	↑4	10
9	Taylor	249	↓3	18
10	Alexis	241	↓3	5
11	Samantha	235	↓2	9
12	Grace	232	↑1	15
13	Elizabeth	230	↑3	11
14	Alyssa	226	↑9	12
15	Ashley	220	↓4	6
16	Rachel	219	↓2	24
17	Brianna	216	↑2	17
18	Lauren	203	↓3	13
19	Sydney	199	↑6	23
20	Morgan	197	↑1	29
21	Megan	189	↑3	22
22	Anna	185	–	20
23	Julia	183	↓3	33
24	Jessica	175	↓7	16
25	Sophia	175	↑7	27
26	Katherine	170	↑1	36
27	Jasmine	167	↑4	26
28	Jordan	165	↑5	45
29	Alexandra	160	–	38
30	Victoria	157	↓12	21
31	Isabella	151	↑10	14
32	Chloe	146	↑13	25
33	Hailey	140	↓5	31
34	Destiny	136	↓8	34
35	Caroline	135	–	67
36	Natalie	133	↑13	30
37	Allison	129	↑1	44
38	Brooke	125	↑4	52
39	Nicole	125	–	37
40	Kaitlyn	122	↓3	32
41	Mackenzie	122	↑2	42
42	Jenna	121	↓8	47
43	Haley	118	new	35
44	Jennifer	116	↓4	28
45	Gabrielle	113	↓15	66
46	Zoe	106	new	60
47	Courtney	102	new	88
48	Faith	101	↓2	48
49	Rebecca	100	↓1	54
50	Sara	99	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	552	–	2
2	Jacob	519	↑2	1
3	Matthew	518	↓1	4
4	Joshua	501	↓1	3
5	Christopher	460	↑1	8
6	Andrew	430	↑2	6
7	Ethan	421	↑15	5
8	Nicholas	414	↓3	9
9	William	411	↓2	11
10	Ryan	394	↓1	16
11	John	393	↓1	17
12	Joseph	370	↑3	7
13	Tyler	345	↓1	14
14	Zachary	345	–	19
15	Daniel	336	↑1	10
16	David	326	↑3	13
17	James	323	↓6	18
18	Justin	317	↓1	22
19	Alexander	300	↓1	15
20	Brandon	295	↓7	20
21	Anthony	291	↓1	12
22	Benjamin	271	↓1	27
23	Samuel	271	–	25
24	Jordan	266	↑8	37
25	Dylan	260	↓1	23
26	Robert	254	–	34
27	Nathan	248	↑9	28
28	Kevin	241	↓1	33
29	Christian	231	–	24
30	Jonathan	231	↑1	21
31	Thomas	225	↓6	36
32	Jason	221	↑3	42
33	Kyle	219	↑1	40
34	Austin	218	↓4	26
35	Noah	215	↓7	31
36	Logan	211	↑2	29
37	Sean	192	–	59
38	Cameron	188	↓5	39
39	Isaiah	181	↑11	45
40	Brian	180	–	51
41	Adam	175	new	55
42	Connor	175	↑2	47
43	Caleb	170	↓1	35
44	Gabriel	161	↓5	32
45	Aaron	159	↑1	43
46	Jack	157	↑1	44
47	Charles	155	↓6	58
48	Elijah	155	new	41
49	Eric	152	↓6	52
50	Evan	152	↓1	56

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