Popular baby names in Maryland, 2012

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2012 were Sophia for girls (359 babies) and Mason for boys (364). Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,836 babies born in Maryland in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2012

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, 73.1× the national rate
Logan: 54 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kayden: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Amirah: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Milan: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zion: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amina: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amira: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Saniyah: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kourtney: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Child: 41 babies, 66.8× the national rate
Antoine: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jefferson: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Davon: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kyree: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Khalil: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kamari: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Terrell: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Amari: 47 babies, 3× the national rate
Arjun: 24 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	359	–	1
2	Emma	318	↑4	2
3	Ava	309	↑2	5
4	Olivia	306	↓2	4
5	Isabella	300	↓2	3
6	Madison	258	↓2	9
7	Abigail	256	–	7
8	Emily	227	↑1	6
9	Chloe	202	↓1	11
10	Elizabeth	185	–	10
11	Mia	181	↑8	8
12	Aubrey	168	↑3	15
13	Grace	165	↓1	21
14	Lillian	150	↑9	25
15	Lily	147	↑16	16
16	Charlotte	143	–	19
17	Natalie	140	↓3	17
18	Harper	139	new	24
19	Hannah	137	↑7	22
20	Zoe	135	–	30
21	Ella	134	↓10	12
22	Addison	128	↓9	14
23	Layla	128	↓1	31
24	Amelia	125	↑20	23
25	Avery	125	↑12	13
26	Taylor	125	↓9	46
27	Leah	123	↓9	33
28	Zoey	123	↓3	20
29	London	121	↑7	94
30	Riley	119	↓2	47
31	Sofia	118	↑19	18
32	Anna	117	↑13	34
33	Victoria	114	↓12	28
34	Alexis	112	↑1	40
35	Hailey	111	↓5	32
36	Samantha	110	↓2	26
37	Savannah	109	↑1	43
38	Gabriella	105	↓14	37
39	Genesis	103	new	56
40	Mackenzie	102	↑7	71
41	Skylar	102	new	87
42	Evelyn	101	new	27
43	Morgan	101	↓3	82
44	Makayla	100	↓5	70
45	Reagan	100	new	97
46	Arianna	99	new	49
47	Katherine	98	↓6	64
48	Ashley	97	↓16	50
49	Allison	96	↓1	38
50	Gabrielle	96	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	364	–	2
2	Michael	333	↑1	7
3	Jacob	328	↓1	1
4	Noah	328	↑4	4
5	Ethan	315	↓1	3
6	Liam	312	↑7	6
7	William	307	↓1	5
8	Joshua	294	↑4	17
9	Daniel	292	–	11
10	Alexander	275	↓3	9
11	Aiden	274	↓1	10
12	James	271	↑3	14
13	Andrew	255	↑4	18
14	Matthew	246	–	12
15	Christopher	240	↑3	23
16	Ryan	240	↓11	26
17	Jackson	238	↑3	21
18	Logan	235	↑6	22
19	David	234	–	20
20	Benjamin	230	↑5	16
21	Samuel	228	↑5	25
22	Caleb	225	↑6	32
23	Nathan	224	↑6	29
24	Jayden	221	↓13	8
25	Elijah	217	↓3	13
26	Gabriel	216	↑1	24
27	Anthony	214	↓11	15
28	Joseph	214	↓5	19
29	Dylan	202	↑2	31
30	Landon	193	↑8	35
31	Lucas	189	↑3	27
32	John	182	↓11	28
33	Henry	181	↑17	44
34	Jonathan	180	↓1	34
35	Carter	177	↑9	36
36	Christian	177	↓6	33
37	Justin	173	↑4	74
38	Cameron	169	↓1	54
39	Brayden	165	↑4	39
40	Gavin	165	↑2	40
41	Tyler	164	↓9	50
42	Nicholas	158	↓7	49
43	Brandon	155	new	56
44	Isaiah	155	new	42
45	Chase	153	↓6	77
46	Owen	153	–	38
47	Luke	148	↓11	37
48	Charles	146	↓1	62
49	Blake	145	new	71
50	Thomas	143	↓1	63

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