Popular baby names in Maryland, 2008

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2008 were Madison for girls (383 babies) and Michael for boys (393). Madison ranked #6 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,179 babies born in Maryland in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2008

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

Girls

Kori: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Amirah: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sanaa: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sanai: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Amira: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Saniya: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nia: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
London: 96 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Amani: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Corinne: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 18 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Daquan: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kyree: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Khalil: 45 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dashawn: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Marquise: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Camren: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Donte: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jefferson: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keon: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Madison	383	–	6
2	Emily	294	–	3
3	Emma	291	↑4	1
4	Olivia	286	–	4
5	Ava	276	↓2	5
6	Sophia	269	–	7
7	Isabella	248	↑1	2
8	Abigail	247	↓3	8
9	Taylor	234	↑4	22
10	Chloe	214	↑8	10
11	Kayla	205	↑1	28
12	Samantha	181	↑5	11
13	Ashley	177	↑3	18
14	Hannah	175	↓5	17
15	Elizabeth	169	↓4	9
16	Sarah	168	↓2	20
17	Grace	158	↓7	21
18	Lily	153	↑17	24
19	Morgan	151	↑7	46
20	Natalie	151	↓1	13
21	Hailey	150	↑12	25
22	Alexis	149	↑5	15
23	Alyssa	149	↓8	16
24	Anna	145	↑8	26
25	Addison	141	↓1	12
26	Gabrielle	137	↓4	79
27	Ella	133	↓6	19
28	Brooke	132	↓8	52
29	Sydney	132	–	49
30	Julia	129	↑9	41
31	Victoria	126	↓1	27
32	Lillian	124	↑8	29
33	Katherine	123	↓5	45
34	Mia	120	↑4	14
35	Brianna	118	↓12	23
36	Allison	116	↓5	32
37	Layla	115	new	55
38	Makayla	113	↓4	37
39	Gabriella	112	new	35
40	Leah	112	new	40
41	Madelyn	109	new	64
42	Savannah	105	↓6	33
43	Aubrey	103	new	42
44	Autumn	98	↑6	87
45	Lauren	98	↓4	30
46	Nevaeh	98	↓21	34
47	Alexandra	97	↓4	61
48	Destiny	96	↓4	47
49	Jasmine	96	↓12	43
50	London	96	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Michael	393	–	2
2	Jacob	391	↑2	1
3	Ryan	377	↑4	18
4	Joshua	371	↓1	4
5	William	357	–	8
6	Christopher	347	↓4	9
7	Ethan	344	↓1	3
8	Jayden	338	↑11	11
9	Andrew	332	↑5	12
10	Anthony	325	↓1	7
11	Daniel	316	↑1	5
12	Alexander	309	↓1	6
13	James	309	–	17
14	Matthew	308	↓6	10
15	Joseph	293	↑2	13
16	Noah	286	↑6	15
17	David	285	↓7	14
18	Tyler	279	–	28
19	John	278	↓3	20
20	Aiden	266	↑15	16
21	Elijah	253	↑9	22
22	Christian	251	↓2	23
23	Nathan	250	–	21
24	Gavin	242	↑12	30
25	Jonathan	242	↑1	26
26	Nicholas	242	↓11	29
27	Benjamin	239	↓6	25
28	Logan	236	–	19
29	Dylan	233	↑3	31
30	Mason	226	↑4	35
31	Kevin	220	↓4	41
32	Gabriel	217	↑1	24
33	Samuel	209	↓2	27
34	Brandon	207	↓9	33
35	Justin	205	↓6	44
36	Isaiah	199	↑10	42
37	Zachary	199	↓13	47
38	Caleb	197	↑6	34
39	Luke	194	new	43
40	Jackson	188	–	32
41	Cameron	187	↓3	53
42	Evan	179	↓3	38
43	Thomas	177	–	52
44	Jordan	174	↓3	48
45	Aidan	173	↑3	59
46	Chase	172	↑4	67
47	Jason	171	↓10	60
48	Sean	165	↑1	83
49	Charles	163	↓4	63
50	Jack	162	↓8	39

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