Popular baby names in Maryland, 2014

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2014 were Olivia for girls (348 babies) and Noah for boys (324). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 52,531 babies born in Maryland in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2014

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

Girls

Logan: 64 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kori: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Milan: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zainab: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dallas: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Blake: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tori: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amira: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emely: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Demi: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 40 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kamari: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Kyree: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Samir: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Khalil: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Harry: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Reece: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nasir: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amari: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darius: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Olivia	348	↑1	2
2	Ava	335	↑1	5
3	Emma	300	↑1	1
4	Sophia	273	↓3	3
5	Abigail	230	–	8
6	Isabella	222	–	4
7	Madison	216	–	9
8	Emily	211	–	7
9	Charlotte	187	–	10
10	Mia	176	↑1	6
11	Elizabeth	170	↓1	13
12	Aubrey	168	↑3	21
13	Hannah	164	↓1	28
14	Harper	164	–	11
15	Avery	156	↑4	14
16	Chloe	153	↓3	18
17	Grace	150	↑3	20
18	Skylar	148	↑16	48
19	Amelia	143	↑5	15
20	Sofia	138	↑1	12
21	Ella	135	↑1	17
22	Lily	128	↑10	27
23	Zoe	127	↓6	32
24	Natalie	126	↓1	23
25	Genesis	125	↑11	68
26	Victoria	124	↑5	19
27	Evelyn	122	↑8	16
28	Savannah	119	↑12	38
29	Allison	118	–	39
30	Lillian	117	↓12	25
31	Zoey	112	↓4	22
32	Brooklyn	110	new	26
33	Anna	109	↑10	34
34	Addison	108	↓8	24
35	Gabriella	107	↑2	42
36	Kennedy	107	↑12	54
37	Layla	106	↓21	29
38	Claire	104	new	44
39	Naomi	104	new	80
40	Riley	103	↓15	47
41	Samantha	100	↑3	33
42	Madelyn	98	new	60
43	Leah	97	↓15	35
44	Mackenzie	96	↓5	69
45	Ariana	95	new	37
46	Maya	94	↑3	74
47	Caroline	93	new	59
48	Arianna	92	↓3	40
49	Morgan	92	new	>100
50	Ashley	91	↓9	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Noah	324	↑1	1
2	Liam	321	↓1	2
3	William	316	↑4	5
4	Mason	313	–	3
5	Michael	307	↑1	7
6	Logan	303	↑7	13
7	Jacob	302	↓4	4
8	Alexander	273	↑3	8
9	Daniel	273	–	10
10	Ethan	270	↓5	6
11	Joshua	269	↓1	25
12	Benjamin	254	↓4	12
13	James	253	↓1	9
14	Carter	249	↑20	27
15	Dylan	249	↑3	29
16	Caleb	234	↑11	35
17	Andrew	228	↓3	22
18	Aiden	226	↑6	14
19	Jayden	225	↑4	15
20	David	224	↓1	17
21	Anthony	223	↑10	21
22	Lucas	223	↑3	19
23	Joseph	218	↑5	20
24	Elijah	217	↓2	11
25	Gabriel	217	↑8	24
26	Matthew	216	↓9	16
27	Christopher	213	↓6	30
28	Samuel	210	↓8	23
29	Ryan	209	↓14	37
30	Jackson	205	↓14	18
31	Luke	203	↓1	28
32	Nathan	193	↓6	38
33	John	189	↓4	26
34	Cameron	178	↑5	53
35	Christian	167	↓3	42
36	Chase	165	↓1	78
37	Charles	164	↓1	51
38	Owen	164	↓1	36
39	Nicholas	162	new	57
40	Connor	161	↑5	52
41	Henry	161	–	33
42	Jonathan	161	↑1	44
43	Colton	146	new	65
44	Aaron	145	new	50
45	Jack	139	new	41
46	Landon	139	↑1	43
47	Jason	138	new	75
48	Oliver	138	new	32
49	Robert	136	new	60
50	Austin	135	–	66

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