Popular baby names in Maryland, 2011

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2011 were Sophia for girls (367 babies) and Mason for boys (432). Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,009 babies born in Maryland in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2011

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

Girls

Child: 24 babies, 73.4× the national rate
Milan: 43 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Logan: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sanaa: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Zaniyah: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kimora: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angie: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amirah: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tori: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Zion: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Child: 28 babies, 67.8× the national rate
Tavon: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Kamren: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Kyree: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Makai: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Khalil: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kamari: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darnell: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Muhammad: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrell: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	367	–	1
2	Olivia	300	↑2	4
3	Isabella	296	–	2
4	Madison	290	↓2	8
5	Ava	284	↑1	5
6	Emma	282	↑1	3
7	Abigail	252	↓2	7
8	Chloe	243	–	10
9	Emily	231	–	6
10	Elizabeth	168	–	11
11	Ella	151	↑6	12
12	Grace	151	↑2	16
13	Addison	145	↓2	13
14	Natalie	145	↓2	14
15	Aubrey	143	new	20
16	Charlotte	143	↑22	27
17	Taylor	138	↓1	44
18	Leah	133	↑2	29
19	Mia	132	↓1	9
20	Zoe	130	↓7	31
21	Victoria	128	↑14	23
22	Layla	123	↑17	35
23	Lillian	121	↑1	22
24	Gabriella	120	↑9	34
25	Zoey	120	new	28
26	Hannah	119	↑5	25
27	Khloe	119	↑1	49
28	Riley	118	↑9	47
29	Kayla	117	↓3	59
30	Hailey	116	↓5	32
31	Lily	115	↓16	15
32	Ashley	114	↓13	42
33	Sarah	114	↓12	39
34	Samantha	113	↓2	17
35	Alexis	111	↓8	26
36	London	111	↑5	94
37	Avery	110	↑8	18
38	Savannah	108	new	41
39	Makayla	107	↓17	56
40	Morgan	106	↑9	75
41	Katherine	105	↑2	61
42	Aaliyah	104	new	46
43	Kennedy	104	new	91
44	Amelia	102	new	30
45	Anna	101	↓9	38
46	Nevaeh	101	↓4	33
47	Mackenzie	98	new	68
48	Allison	97	↓25	40
49	Brooklyn	97	new	21
50	Sofia	97	new	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Mason	432	↑5	2
2	Jacob	342	↓1	1
3	Michael	323	–	6
4	Ethan	317	↑1	7
5	Ryan	311	↑2	25
6	William	309	↑6	3
7	Alexander	288	↑2	8
8	Noah	286	↓4	5
9	Daniel	285	↓1	10
10	Aiden	282	↑3	9
11	Jayden	281	↓1	4
12	Joshua	279	↓10	14
13	Liam	272	↑14	15
14	Matthew	272	↑14	12
15	James	265	–	17
16	Anthony	264	↑3	11
17	Andrew	259	↑5	16
18	Christopher	257	↓7	20
19	David	242	↓5	18
20	Jackson	238	↑13	23
21	John	237	↑5	27
22	Elijah	236	↑8	13
23	Joseph	233	↓5	22
24	Logan	233	↓8	21
25	Benjamin	232	–	19
26	Samuel	224	↓2	26
27	Gabriel	223	↓6	24
28	Caleb	213	↑6	32
29	Nathan	210	↓6	28
30	Christian	209	↓10	30
31	Dylan	208	↑4	33
32	Tyler	204	↓15	38
33	Jonathan	193	↑5	31
34	Lucas	184	↑2	29
35	Nicholas	184	↓6	42
36	Luke	181	↑13	39
37	Cameron	174	↑2	53
38	Landon	174	↑6	34
39	Chase	173	↓7	69
40	Zachary	172	new	64
41	Justin	171	↓10	59
42	Gavin	170	↓5	37
43	Brayden	162	↑2	36
44	Carter	157	↑4	41
45	Kevin	157	↓2	67
46	Owen	157	new	44
47	Charles	156	↓1	61
48	Jason	148	↓1	71
49	Thomas	148	new	63
50	Henry	147	new	57

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