Popular baby names in Maryland, 2009

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2009 were Madison for girls (338 babies) and Michael for boys (391). Madison ranked #7 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,476 babies born in Maryland in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2009

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

Girls

Dior: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Amira: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Amirah: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Deasia: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Kori: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Logan: 45 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kourtney: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Milan: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sanaa: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kennedi: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Karon: 19 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kyree: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Khalil: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
Keon: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Damari: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Makai: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jabari: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donte: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nikhil: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Davon: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Madison	338	–	7
2	Olivia	332	↑2	3
3	Ava	288	↑2	5
4	Isabella	284	↑3	1
5	Emma	270	↓2	2
6	Sophia	266	–	4
7	Abigail	258	↑1	8
8	Chloe	229	↑2	9
9	Emily	222	↓7	6
10	Taylor	209	↓1	22
11	Elizabeth	182	↑4	11
12	Grace	169	↑5	17
13	Natalie	168	↑7	16
14	Alexis	157	↑8	13
15	Ella	155	↑12	15
16	Samantha	154	↓4	14
17	Kayla	153	↓6	35
18	Addison	151	↑7	12
19	Sarah	150	↓3	21
20	Alyssa	149	↑3	19
21	Allison	141	↑15	30
22	Ashley	140	↓9	20
23	Mia	139	↑11	10
24	Lily	138	↓6	18
25	Anna	133	↓1	28
26	Brooke	126	↑2	54
27	Hannah	126	↓13	23
28	Katherine	125	↑5	60
29	Brianna	123	↑6	24
30	Julia	123	–	50
31	Hailey	120	↓10	25
32	Peyton	120	new	42
33	Kaylee	119	new	26
34	Gabrielle	118	↓8	96
35	Lillian	118	↓3	27
36	London	118	↑14	>100
37	Sydney	117	↓8	48
38	Morgan	116	↓19	57
39	Leah	114	↑1	29
40	Zoe	111	new	47
41	Gabriella	110	↓2	33
42	Makayla	109	↓4	44
43	Jasmine	107	↑6	51
44	Riley	106	new	38
45	Lauren	105	–	46
46	Claire	103	new	53
47	Nevaeh	103	↓1	34
48	Layla	101	↓11	45
49	Charlotte	100	new	68
50	Maya	100	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Michael	391	–	3
2	Jayden	347	↑6	8
3	Joshua	345	↑1	6
4	Ethan	337	↑3	2
5	William	336	–	5
6	Alexander	325	↑6	4
7	Jacob	321	↓5	1
8	Matthew	311	↑6	13
9	Noah	311	↑7	9
10	Ryan	309	↓7	20
11	Christopher	308	↓5	10
12	Daniel	294	↓1	7
13	David	283	↑4	14
14	James	275	↓1	18
15	Andrew	273	↓6	16
16	Joseph	268	↓1	15
17	Anthony	263	↓7	11
18	Nathan	261	↑5	25
19	Aiden	257	↑1	12
20	Christian	254	↑2	23
21	John	252	↓2	26
22	Logan	243	↑6	17
23	Jackson	241	↑17	27
24	Tyler	236	↓6	28
25	Benjamin	234	↑2	19
26	Dylan	232	↑3	30
27	Nicholas	229	↓1	32
28	Elijah	216	↓7	21
29	Zachary	204	↑8	53
30	Mason	201	–	34
31	Brandon	199	↑3	38
32	Caleb	199	↑6	31
33	Jonathan	199	↓8	29
34	Samuel	198	↓1	24
35	Chase	194	↑11	61
36	Gabriel	194	↓4	22
37	Evan	190	↑5	35
38	Justin	190	↓3	46
39	Kevin	187	↓8	44
40	Gavin	183	↓16	33
41	Liam	182	new	49
42	Jason	179	↑5	66
43	Landon	178	new	36
44	Thomas	173	↓1	57
45	Lucas	168	new	39
46	Carter	162	new	50
47	Connor	162	new	52
48	Isaiah	161	↓12	41
49	Luke	160	↓10	47
50	Jordan	156	↓6	45

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