Popular baby names in Maryland, 2003

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2003 were Emily for girls (429 babies) and Joshua for boys (536). Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,413 babies born in Maryland in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2003

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: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Amira: 34 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Aniya: 64 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bria: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kaiya: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaylah: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aniyah: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Corinne: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Imani: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ayanna: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 20 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kyree: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Daquan: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Abdul: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Keon: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Keyon: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Khalil: 42 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Davon: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Antoine: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Camren: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	429	↑1	1
2	Madison	369	↓1	3
3	Emma	364	↑4	2
4	Kayla	320	↓1	16
5	Hannah	299	–	4
6	Olivia	295	↑2	5
7	Sarah	279	↓3	11
8	Abigail	253	↓2	6
9	Grace	253	↑3	13
10	Alexis	244	–	7
11	Ashley	242	↑4	8
12	Isabella	223	↑19	12
13	Taylor	221	↓4	19
14	Samantha	218	↓3	10
15	Alyssa	216	↓1	14
16	Sophia	206	↑9	20
17	Elizabeth	204	↓4	9
18	Sydney	191	↑1	25
19	Lauren	189	↓1	15
20	Brianna	173	↓3	17
21	Morgan	168	↓1	29
22	Jessica	167	↑2	18
23	Anna	165	↓1	21
24	Rachel	163	↓8	28
25	Victoria	161	↑5	22
26	Katherine	155	–	35
27	Julia	153	↓4	33
28	Jordan	147	–	48
29	Hailey	146	↑4	26
30	Natalie	146	↑6	23
31	Alexandra	144	↓2	38
32	Brooke	143	↑6	43
33	Megan	143	↓12	30
34	Destiny	139	–	37
35	Jasmine	139	↓8	27
36	Caroline	134	↓1	68
37	Mackenzie	132	↑4	45
38	Ava	130	new	39
39	Chloe	129	↓7	24
40	Rebecca	128	↑9	63
41	Faith	123	↑7	50
42	Kaitlyn	120	↓2	32
43	Allison	119	↓6	46
44	Gabrielle	119	↑1	66
45	Zoe	118	↑1	57
46	Haley	111	↓3	34
47	Kylie	104	new	52
48	Paige	103	new	47
49	Ella	102	new	44
50	Nicole	101	↓11	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Joshua	536	↑3	3
2	Michael	518	↓1	2
3	Jacob	492	↓1	1
4	Ryan	485	↑6	13
5	Andrew	435	↑1	5
6	Nicholas	424	↑2	12
7	Matthew	423	↓4	4
8	Christopher	402	↓3	9
9	William	402	–	11
10	Joseph	372	↑2	6
11	Daniel	370	↑4	8
12	Tyler	363	↑1	15
13	John	355	↓2	17
14	James	338	↑3	18
15	Ethan	332	↓8	7
16	Anthony	320	↑5	10
17	Alexander	317	↑2	16
18	Benjamin	314	↑4	24
19	Zachary	314	↓5	20
20	David	303	↓4	14
21	Brandon	281	↓1	21
22	Samuel	274	↑1	23
23	Justin	273	↓5	27
24	Kevin	271	↑4	32
25	Jordan	266	↓1	38
26	Nathan	262	↑1	26
27	Dylan	261	↓2	19
28	Christian	241	↑1	25
29	Thomas	234	↑2	36
30	Robert	229	↓4	35
31	Noah	221	↑4	31
32	Jason	218	–	42
33	Kyle	218	–	53
34	Connor	214	↑8	43
35	Cameron	210	↑3	40
36	Austin	203	↓2	33
37	Logan	203	↓1	28
38	Sean	202	↓1	61
39	Jonathan	201	↓9	22
40	Charles	195	↑7	57
41	Luke	193	new	46
42	Aidan	191	new	39
43	Brian	174	↓3	59
44	Gabriel	169	–	29
45	Elijah	167	↑3	37
46	Evan	163	↑4	44
47	Eric	160	↑2	56
48	Aaron	159	↓3	50
49	Caleb	159	↓6	34
50	Ian	155	new	65

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