Popular baby names in Maryland, 2019

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2019 were Olivia for girls (325 babies) and Liam for boys (397). Social Security records list 48,439 babies born in Maryland in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2019

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

Girls

Kori: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Emely: 54 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tori: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Khari: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Blessing: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angie: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Keily: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dior: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Milan: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Yara: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Damari: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dakari: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kenzo: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kamari: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nasir: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Zaire: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hassan: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anderson: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Amari: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Olivia	325	↑1	1
2	Ava	275	↓1	3
3	Sophia	268	↑2	4
4	Emma	230	–	2
5	Charlotte	228	↓2	6
6	Isabella	207	–	5
7	Mia	207	–	8
8	Abigail	185	↑3	11
9	Amelia	175	–	7
10	Harper	173	↓2	9
11	Genesis	160	↑4	58
12	Evelyn	155	↓2	10
13	Grace	149	↑4	28
14	Zoe	139	↑11	38
15	Elizabeth	135	↓2	14
16	Madison	129	↓4	26
17	Skylar	129	↑1	56
18	Emily	128	↓4	12
19	Layla	123	↑9	23
20	Sofia	121	↑9	17
21	Hannah	119	↑11	32
22	Naomi	118	↑15	59
23	Scarlett	114	↓3	21
24	Avery	112	↓5	18
25	Riley	110	↓9	30
26	Aria	108	↓3	20
27	Camila	105	↑11	15
28	Nora	104	↓4	29
29	Eleanor	97	↑4	27
30	Ella	97	↓9	13
31	Mila	97	↑13	19
32	Lily	96	↑2	34
33	Luna	95	↑3	16
34	Zoey	95	↓3	31
35	Aubrey	94	↓5	46
36	Victoria	94	↓14	25
37	Lillian	93	↓2	37
38	Eliana	91	↑12	62
39	Chloe	88	↓12	24
40	Leah	87	↑3	43
41	Nova	86	↑7	51
42	Aurora	85	new	39
43	Allison	83	↓2	78
44	Bella	82	↓2	50
45	Brielle	82	new	>100
46	Penelope	81	new	22
47	Ariana	80	↓2	69
48	Violet	80	new	36
49	Hailey	79	new	76
50	Samantha	79	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Liam	397	–	1
2	Noah	352	–	2
3	James	275	↑3	6
4	Jacob	231	↑6	12
5	Benjamin	229	↑4	7
6	Ethan	225	↓1	11
7	Daniel	224	↑5	15
8	Lucas	224	↑3	8
9	Michael	222	↑5	14
10	Logan	209	↓3	16
11	William	207	↓8	4
12	Mason	204	↓4	9
13	Dylan	203	↓9	39
14	Oliver	201	↑3	3
15	David	199	↓2	27
16	Henry	199	↑12	13
17	Elijah	196	↑1	5
18	Alexander	194	↓2	10
19	John	186	↑2	28
20	Jackson	183	↑5	17
21	Samuel	180	↑3	22
22	Joseph	174	↑1	24
23	Aiden	170	↓4	20
24	Caleb	170	↑8	51
25	Jayden	170	↑10	35
26	Joshua	167	↓6	48
27	Owen	165	↑3	21
28	Luke	164	↑9	32
29	Matthew	164	↓14	23
30	Isaac	159	↑1	34
31	Anthony	155	↑7	38
32	Carter	150	↓10	30
33	Jack	150	↓4	19
34	Gabriel	145	↓8	37
35	Jaxon	141	new	42
36	Sebastian	138	↑4	18
37	Theodore	135	↑8	36
38	Levi	133	↑6	25
39	Ryan	133	↓3	54
40	Christopher	132	↑2	44
41	Jonathan	131	new	64
42	Nathan	130	↓15	55
43	Wyatt	130	↓4	29
44	Landon	129	↑2	63
45	Charles	126	↑3	52
46	Mateo	126	new	26
47	Asher	122	new	43
48	Thomas	121	↓7	47
49	Colton	120	new	59
50	Andrew	119	↓17	46

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