Popular baby names in Maryland, 2016

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2016 were Ava for girls (308 babies) and Noah for boys (336). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 51,600 babies born in Maryland in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2016

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

Girls

Camden: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Blessing: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Drew: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Samiyah: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kori: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tori: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Demi: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Logan: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angie: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marleigh: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kamari: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Damari: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Muhammad: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zaire: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nasir: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darius: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Amir: 106 babies, 3× the national rate
Trent: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Abdullah: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	308	↑2	3
2	Olivia	299	↓1	2
3	Emma	258	↑1	1
4	Charlotte	254	↑1	7
5	Sophia	251	↓3	4
6	Abigail	238	↑3	8
7	Isabella	215	–	5
8	Harper	204	↑3	11
9	Elizabeth	200	↑1	13
10	Emily	188	↑4	9
11	Madison	187	↓5	15
12	Mia	176	↓4	6
13	Grace	164	↓1	19
14	Sofia	161	↑5	14
15	Skylar	148	↓2	42
16	Amelia	145	↑4	10
17	Riley	145	↑7	22
18	Zoe	142	↑8	35
19	Evelyn	139	↓4	12
20	Genesis	135	↓2	58
21	Avery	133	↓4	16
22	Chloe	131	↓6	20
23	Ella	131	↓1	17
24	Scarlett	131	↑12	18
25	Zoey	125	↑20	26
26	Natalie	123	↑7	31
27	Layla	122	↑4	30
28	Lillian	119	↓3	28
29	Savannah	118	↑5	38
30	Hannah	116	↓7	33
31	Allison	114	↑4	50
32	Leah	113	↓4	37
33	Lily	113	↓1	24
34	Ariana	112	↑9	54
35	Claire	109	new	40
36	Eleanor	109	new	41
37	Aubrey	107	↓16	25
38	Victoria	104	↓9	21
39	Naomi	103	↑2	75
40	Anna	101	new	49
41	Nora	99	↓1	36
42	Autumn	97	↑2	65
43	Penelope	97	new	27
44	Taylor	94	new	89
45	Aria	93	↓18	23
46	Caroline	93	↓8	56
47	Brooklyn	92	↓1	34
48	Sarah	92	↓6	57
49	Kennedy	90	↓1	59
50	Gabriella	88	–	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Noah	336	–	1
2	Mason	308	↑2	4
3	Liam	286	↑4	2
4	Ethan	284	↑5	10
5	Daniel	280	↑5	13
6	Michael	280	↑2	8
7	Jacob	274	↓2	7
8	James	268	↓5	5
9	Benjamin	267	↑2	6
10	Dylan	267	↑3	32
11	William	260	↓5	3
12	Matthew	241	↑4	15
13	Lucas	238	↑5	14
14	Logan	237	↓12	18
15	David	227	↑2	19
16	Alexander	218	↓2	11
17	Elijah	211	↑4	9
18	Nathan	208	↑9	43
19	Joseph	207	↑9	20
20	Carter	205	↑6	26
21	Joshua	202	↓2	35
22	Caleb	201	↓7	44
23	Christopher	197	↓1	36
24	Ryan	197	↓1	40
25	Aiden	196	↓13	16
26	John	195	↓6	28
27	Jackson	192	↓3	17
28	Luke	179	↑8	29
29	Anthony	175	↑2	30
30	Andrew	174	↑2	34
31	Gabriel	171	↓2	25
32	Oliver	171	↑1	12
33	Owen	170	↑1	24
34	Jayden	166	↓4	27
35	Henry	165	↑2	22
36	Connor	156	↑6	54
37	Isaac	156	↑2	31
38	Wyatt	156	↑2	33
39	Isaiah	153	new	47
40	Thomas	149	new	48
41	Cameron	148	↓3	57
42	Samuel	146	↓17	21
43	Chase	143	↓8	86
44	Landon	143	new	53
45	Jonathan	141	–	56
46	Aaron	140	↑1	49
47	Grayson	140	↑2	37
48	Christian	138	–	46
49	Sebastian	131	new	23
50	Charles	129	↓6	52

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