Popular baby names in Maryland, 2006

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2006 were Madison for girls (375 babies) and Joshua for boys (471). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,256 babies born in Maryland in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2006

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: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Amira: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Sanaa: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kaiya: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alisa: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kaliyah: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aniya: 60 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amani: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
London: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Janae: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 22 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Kyree: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Davon: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Keyon: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Donte: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Khalil: 48 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jamal: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Makai: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Darwin: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Keon: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	375	↑1	3
2	Emily	308	↓1	1
3	Abigail	291	↑1	6
4	Emma	287	↓1	2
5	Ava	273	↑8	5
6	Isabella	263	↑10	4
7	Sophia	242	–	9
8	Olivia	240	↓2	7
9	Sarah	231	↑1	15
10	Hannah	230	↓2	8
11	Taylor	227	↑4	23
12	Ashley	225	–	12
13	Samantha	222	↑1	10
14	Grace	217	↓5	16
15	Kayla	216	↓10	26
16	Elizabeth	195	↓5	11
17	Alexis	185	↑3	14
18	Natalie	162	↑1	17
19	Alyssa	160	↓2	19
20	Chloe	151	↑10	18
21	Anna	150	↓3	22
22	Gabrielle	148	↑3	63
23	Morgan	148	–	35
24	Sydney	146	↓2	34
25	Mia	144	↑7	13
26	Jasmine	142	↑3	29
27	Katherine	141	↓3	37
28	Brooke	139	↑8	44
29	Brianna	135	↓2	20
30	Ella	135	↑5	21
31	Kaitlyn	135	new	41
32	Jessica	134	↓1	32
33	Maya	134	↑12	57
34	Julia	133	↓13	31
35	Lauren	126	↓7	24
36	Victoria	126	↑6	27
37	Lily	124	↑7	33
38	Makayla	124	–	45
39	Hailey	122	↓5	25
40	Mackenzie	121	↓3	53
41	Alexandra	117	↓15	40
42	Allison	116	new	47
43	Rachel	113	↓10	48
44	Lillian	112	new	38
45	Riley	110	new	56
46	Trinity	109	↑1	64
47	Savannah	107	↑2	30
48	Zoe	106	new	54
49	Caroline	103	↓6	89
50	Destiny	103	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Joshua	471	–	3
2	Michael	457	–	2
3	Jacob	409	↑4	1
4	William	407	↓1	10
5	Matthew	383	–	5
6	Ryan	379	↓2	14
7	Christopher	371	↓1	8
8	Daniel	349	↑1	6
9	Andrew	341	↓1	7
10	Nicholas	335	↑2	17
11	Ethan	334	↑3	4
12	John	334	↑5	19
13	Alexander	331	–	12
14	James	326	↓3	16
15	Benjamin	323	↑7	24
16	Anthony	319	↓1	9
17	Noah	306	↑8	15
18	Tyler	301	–	18
19	Joseph	285	↓9	11
20	Christian	280	↑7	21
21	Nathan	279	↓2	23
22	David	274	↓6	13
23	Samuel	259	↓2	25
24	Dylan	250	–	26
25	Brandon	246	↓5	27
26	Jonathan	243	↓3	22
27	Logan	242	↓1	20
28	Elijah	232	↑8	29
29	Justin	229	↓1	45
30	Mason	220	↑15	40
31	Jackson	206	new	35
32	Cameron	205	↑12	52
33	Jason	204	–	55
34	Kevin	201	↓5	37
35	Zachary	201	↓5	33
36	Robert	197	↓2	47
37	Sean	195	new	68
38	Gabriel	190	↑2	28
39	Isaiah	189	↑7	39
40	Jordan	187	↓8	46
41	Austin	186	↑8	41
42	Aidan	185	↓11	44
43	Aiden	183	new	32
44	Charles	177	↑3	60
45	Luke	175	↓3	43
46	Thomas	174	↓7	51
47	Caleb	171	↓4	34
48	Nathaniel	168	new	69
49	Jack	167	↓11	36
50	Connor	163	↓15	53

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