Popular baby names in Maryland, 2017

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2017 were Ava for girls (343 babies) and Liam for boys (341). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 49,779 babies born in Maryland in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2017

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

Girls

Devyn: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Milan: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kori: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dream: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angie: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alisson: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Demi: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emely: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Logan: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karter: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nasir: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Langston: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mekhi: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamari: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Makai: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abdullah: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kairo: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Muhammad: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kamari: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Ava	343	–	3
2	Olivia	285	–	2
3	Emma	267	–	1
4	Sophia	260	↑1	5
5	Charlotte	221	↓1	7
6	Isabella	208	↑1	4
7	Mia	207	↑5	6
8	Abigail	204	↓2	10
9	Harper	193	↓1	11
10	Amelia	186	↑6	8
11	Elizabeth	177	↓2	13
12	Madison	172	↓1	17
13	Emily	160	↓3	12
14	Evelyn	158	↑5	9
15	Grace	147	↓2	21
16	Sofia	146	↓2	15
17	Genesis	145	↑3	56
18	Riley	137	↓1	25
19	Skylar	134	↓4	48
20	Ella	130	↑3	16
21	Aria	128	↑24	20
22	Avery	127	↓1	14
23	Natalie	123	↑3	35
24	Zoe	123	↓6	41
25	Chloe	118	↓3	22
26	Victoria	118	↑12	19
27	Savannah	115	↑2	38
28	Scarlett	112	↓4	18
29	Zoey	112	↓4	28
30	Aubrey	111	↑7	31
31	Bella	110	new	50
32	Nora	109	↑9	29
33	Lillian	107	↓5	27
34	Hannah	105	↓4	32
35	Layla	105	↓8	26
36	Leah	105	↓4	40
37	Lily	105	↓4	33
38	Naomi	102	↑1	69
39	Anna	99	↑1	53
40	Allison	95	↓9	61
41	Camila	95	new	23
42	Penelope	95	↑1	24
43	Reagan	90	new	98
44	Ariana	87	↓10	67
45	Kennedy	86	↑4	58
46	Addison	84	new	34
47	Sarah	84	↑1	62
48	Eleanor	82	↓12	36
49	Samantha	82	new	54
50	Caroline	81	↓4	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	341	↑2	1
2	Noah	299	↓1	2
3	James	282	↑5	4
4	Logan	282	↑10	5
5	Jacob	280	↑2	9
6	Dylan	265	↑4	29
7	Lucas	260	↑6	11
8	Benjamin	257	↑1	6
9	William	257	↑2	3
10	Ethan	254	↓6	14
11	Mason	253	↓9	7
12	Daniel	250	↓7	15
13	Matthew	244	↓1	16
14	Michael	235	↓8	12
15	Alexander	211	↑1	13
16	Elijah	205	↑1	8
17	Aiden	195	↑8	17
18	Jackson	195	↑9	20
19	Carter	193	↑1	24
20	Joseph	187	↓1	18
21	Caleb	182	↑1	50
22	Christopher	180	↑1	39
23	Samuel	179	↑19	21
24	Joshua	178	↓3	38
25	Henry	176	↑10	19
26	John	173	–	27
27	Owen	167	↑6	28
28	Andrew	166	↑2	40
29	Ryan	166	↓5	44
30	Gabriel	164	↑1	31
31	David	163	↓16	22
32	Oliver	162	–	10
33	Luke	157	↓5	30
34	Jayden	152	–	26
35	Wyatt	151	↑3	25
36	Jack	149	new	36
37	Anthony	148	↓8	33
38	Nathan	143	↓20	45
39	Charles	142	↑11	48
40	Josiah	140	new	51
41	Christian	139	↑7	52
42	Grayson	132	↑5	34
43	Connor	130	↓7	56
44	Cameron	127	↓3	60
45	Isaac	127	↓8	32
46	Sebastian	127	↑3	23
47	Thomas	127	↓7	49
48	Isaiah	125	↓9	46
49	Jaxon	124	new	43
50	Aaron	122	↓4	47

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