Popular baby names in Maryland, 2010

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2010 were Sophia for girls (344 babies) and Jacob for boys (388). Sophia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 52,533 babies born in Maryland in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2010

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: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Logan: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Amira: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sanaa: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amirah: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zion: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Malaya: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amiya: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Amani: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Casey: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 52 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Damari: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jefferson: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Keon: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Davon: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kamari: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Makai: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nasir: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamal: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antoine: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Sophia	344	↑5	2
2	Madison	302	↓1	8
3	Isabella	294	↑1	1
4	Olivia	294	↓2	4
5	Abigail	282	↑2	7
6	Ava	277	↓3	5
7	Emma	272	↓2	3
8	Chloe	244	–	9
9	Emily	229	–	6
10	Elizabeth	174	↑1	12
11	Addison	169	↑7	11
12	Natalie	161	↑1	14
13	Zoe	155	↑27	31
14	Grace	154	↓2	18
15	Lily	150	↑9	17
16	Taylor	150	↓6	37
17	Ella	148	↓2	13
18	Mia	142	↑5	10
19	Ashley	137	↑3	29
20	Leah	136	↑19	24
21	Sarah	133	↓2	26
22	Makayla	132	↑20	43
23	Allison	131	↓2	38
24	Lillian	131	↑11	22
25	Hailey	128	↑6	19
26	Kayla	127	↓9	49
27	Alexis	124	↓13	16
28	Khloe	124	new	42
29	Peyton	124	↑3	51
30	Brianna	122	↓1	30
31	Hannah	121	↓4	20
32	Samantha	121	↓16	15
33	Gabriella	119	↑8	33
34	Gabrielle	117	–	94
35	Victoria	115	new	32
36	Anna	114	↓11	27
37	Riley	113	↑7	40
38	Charlotte	112	↑11	46
39	Layla	112	↑9	36
40	Brooke	110	↓14	73
41	London	110	↓5	>100
42	Nevaeh	109	↑5	25
43	Katherine	105	↓15	70
44	Autumn	104	new	81
45	Avery	104	new	23
46	Kaylee	102	↓13	35
47	Sydney	102	↓10	60
48	Trinity	101	new	72
49	Morgan	100	↓11	63
50	Alyssa	99	↓30	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Jacob	388	↑6	1
2	Joshua	364	↑1	11
3	Michael	362	↓2	3
4	Noah	335	↑5	7
5	Ethan	312	↓1	2
6	Mason	307	↑24	12
7	Ryan	307	↑3	23
8	Daniel	305	↑4	8
9	Alexander	298	↓3	6
10	Jayden	296	↓8	4
11	Christopher	295	–	13
12	William	281	↓7	5
13	Aiden	277	↑6	9
14	David	271	↓1	15
15	James	263	↓1	19
16	Logan	262	↑6	17
17	Tyler	254	↑7	34
18	Joseph	251	↓2	20
19	Anthony	244	↓2	10
20	Christian	244	–	29
21	Gabriel	243	↑15	21
22	Andrew	240	↓7	14
23	Nathan	240	↓5	27
24	Samuel	236	↑10	24
25	Benjamin	234	–	22
26	John	233	↓5	26
27	Liam	229	↑14	30
28	Matthew	222	↓20	16
29	Nicholas	221	↓2	37
30	Elijah	220	↓2	18
31	Justin	210	↑7	50
32	Chase	206	↑3	66
33	Jackson	205	↓10	25
34	Caleb	204	↓2	32
35	Dylan	200	↓9	31
36	Lucas	193	↑9	35
37	Gavin	188	↑3	38
38	Jonathan	187	↓5	28
39	Cameron	183	new	60
40	Brandon	181	↓9	44
41	Jeremiah	176	new	51
42	Evan	175	↓5	36
43	Kevin	172	↓4	59
44	Landon	170	↓1	33
45	Brayden	166	new	40
46	Charles	156	new	63
47	Jason	156	↓5	69
48	Carter	155	↓2	48
49	Luke	155	–	41
50	Connor	145	↓3	49

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