Popular baby names in Maryland, 2015

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2015 were Olivia for girls (321 babies) and Noah for boys (389). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 51,909 babies born in Maryland in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2015

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

Girls

Tori: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Logan: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kori: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Amirah: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maliah: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Milan: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Caitlin: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emely: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gloria: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamie: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jefferson: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tyrone: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kamari: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jordy: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kyree: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Khalil: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Yosef: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jermaine: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nasir: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Olivia	321	–	2
2	Sophia	309	↑2	3
3	Ava	308	↓1	4
4	Emma	278	↓1	1
5	Charlotte	234	↑4	9
6	Madison	218	↑1	11
7	Isabella	216	↓1	5
8	Mia	203	↑2	6
9	Abigail	202	↓4	7
10	Elizabeth	188	↑1	13
11	Harper	182	↑3	10
12	Grace	159	↑5	19
13	Skylar	158	↑5	42
14	Emily	152	↓6	8
15	Evelyn	147	↑12	15
16	Chloe	146	–	17
17	Avery	143	↓2	16
18	Genesis	142	↑7	65
19	Sofia	142	↑1	14
20	Amelia	141	↓1	12
21	Aubrey	138	↓9	21
22	Ella	134	↓1	18
23	Hannah	131	↓10	28
24	Riley	125	↑16	35
25	Lillian	121	↑5	26
26	Zoe	121	↓3	33
27	Aria	116	new	29
28	Leah	116	↑15	36
29	Victoria	116	↓3	20
30	Addison	115	↑4	24
31	Layla	114	↑6	30
32	Lily	114	↓10	25
33	Natalie	114	↓9	27
34	Savannah	112	↓6	38
35	Allison	111	↓6	39
36	Scarlett	111	new	22
37	Samantha	110	↑4	40
38	Caroline	109	↑9	62
39	Ashley	108	↑11	86
40	Nora	106	new	41
41	Naomi	105	↓2	75
42	Sarah	102	new	57
43	Ariana	99	↑2	46
44	Autumn	99	new	69
45	Zoey	99	↓14	23
46	Brooklyn	98	↓14	31
47	Katherine	98	new	84
48	Kennedy	98	↓12	58
49	Kylie	96	new	66
50	Gabriella	95	↓15	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Noah	389	–	1
2	Logan	324	↑4	14
3	James	322	↑10	7
4	Mason	319	–	3
5	Jacob	297	↑2	4
6	William	294	↓3	5
7	Liam	292	↓5	2
8	Michael	288	↓3	9
9	Ethan	286	↑1	6
10	Daniel	261	↓1	12
11	Benjamin	260	↑1	10
12	Aiden	252	↑6	13
13	Dylan	244	↑2	27
14	Alexander	227	↓6	8
15	Caleb	225	↑1	37
16	Matthew	225	↑10	15
17	David	220	↑3	18
18	Lucas	220	↑4	16
19	Joshua	217	↓8	33
20	John	216	↑13	26
21	Elijah	214	↑3	11
22	Christopher	208	↑5	32
23	Ryan	206	↑6	39
24	Jackson	205	↑6	17
25	Samuel	201	↑3	23
26	Carter	199	↓12	24
27	Nathan	198	↑5	38
28	Joseph	196	↓5	21
29	Gabriel	184	↓4	22
30	Jayden	180	↓11	20
31	Anthony	178	↓10	25
32	Andrew	174	↓15	30
33	Oliver	172	↑15	19
34	Owen	172	↑4	36
35	Chase	169	↑1	74
36	Luke	168	↓5	28
37	Henry	164	↑4	29
38	Cameron	162	↓4	56
39	Isaac	156	new	31
40	Wyatt	149	new	34
41	Camden	147	new	>100
42	Connor	147	↓2	55
43	Jeremiah	146	new	54
44	Charles	145	↓7	50
45	Jonathan	144	↓3	48
46	Brayden	142	new	61
47	Aaron	138	↓3	52
48	Christian	138	↓13	43
49	Grayson	138	new	47
50	Austin	134	–	69

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