Popular baby names in Maryland, 2018

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2018 were Ava for girls (312 babies) and Liam for boys (362). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 49,734 babies born in Maryland in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2018

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

Girls

Milan: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tori: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Sevyn: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angie: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Zora: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kori: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Emely: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dior: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maleah: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Kamari: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Damari: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jefferson: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jabari: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Nasir: 52 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trent: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Muhammad: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zyaire: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Johan: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Titan: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	312	–	3
2	Olivia	265	–	2
3	Charlotte	256	↑2	6
4	Emma	251	↓1	1
5	Sophia	232	↓1	5
6	Isabella	202	–	4
7	Mia	185	–	7
8	Harper	182	↑1	9
9	Amelia	181	↑1	8
10	Evelyn	175	↑4	10
11	Abigail	171	↓3	11
12	Madison	169	–	22
13	Elizabeth	159	↓2	13
14	Emily	144	↓1	12
15	Genesis	144	↑2	57
16	Riley	138	↑2	28
17	Grace	136	↓2	24
18	Skylar	135	↑1	49
19	Avery	131	↑3	16
20	Scarlett	131	↑8	20
21	Ella	129	↓1	15
22	Victoria	123	↑4	21
23	Aria	122	↓2	19
24	Nora	121	↑8	30
25	Zoe	118	↓1	40
26	Savannah	117	↑1	45
27	Chloe	116	↓2	25
28	Layla	116	↑7	27
29	Sofia	116	↓13	17
30	Aubrey	114	–	37
31	Zoey	114	↓2	29
32	Hannah	108	↑2	33
33	Eleanor	106	↑15	32
34	Lily	104	↑3	31
35	Lillian	103	↓2	34
36	Luna	101	new	23
37	Naomi	100	↑1	64
38	Camila	98	↑3	18
39	Natalie	96	↓16	39
40	Claire	92	new	50
41	Allison	91	↓1	70
42	Bella	91	↓11	48
43	Leah	91	↓7	41
44	Mila	91	new	14
45	Ariana	89	↓1	68
46	Caroline	89	↑4	56
47	Maya	88	new	62
48	Nova	88	new	55
49	Ellie	87	new	36
50	Eliana	86	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	362	–	1
2	Noah	338	–	2
3	William	266	↑6	3
4	Dylan	263	↑2	31
5	Ethan	252	↑5	12
6	James	252	↓3	4
7	Logan	246	↓3	10
8	Mason	242	↑3	9
9	Benjamin	236	↓1	6
10	Jacob	221	↓5	13
11	Lucas	221	↓4	8
12	Daniel	218	–	15
13	David	217	↑18	22
14	Michael	217	–	14
15	Matthew	215	↓2	20
16	Alexander	209	↓1	11
17	Oliver	204	↑15	5
18	Elijah	203	↓2	7
19	Aiden	200	↓2	19
20	Joshua	198	↑4	40
21	John	191	↑5	26
22	Carter	189	↓3	24
23	Joseph	189	↓3	23
24	Samuel	180	↓1	21
25	Jackson	175	↓7	17
26	Gabriel	166	↑4	35
27	Nathan	165	↑11	48
28	Henry	162	↓3	16
29	Jack	160	↑7	28
30	Owen	157	↓3	25
31	Isaac	156	↑14	34
32	Caleb	152	↓11	45
33	Andrew	150	↓5	43
34	Grayson	150	↑8	32
35	Jayden	150	↓1	29
36	Ryan	148	↓7	46
37	Luke	143	↓4	30
38	Anthony	142	↓1	38
39	Wyatt	142	↓4	27
40	Sebastian	141	↑6	18
41	Thomas	139	↑6	49
42	Christopher	136	↓20	42
43	Connor	132	–	58
44	Levi	131	new	33
45	Theodore	131	new	44
46	Landon	125	new	61
47	Isaiah	124	↑1	51
48	Charles	118	↓9	53
49	Leo	115	new	50
50	Christian	113	↓9	54

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