Popular baby names in Maryland, 2020

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2020 were Olivia for girls (285 babies) and Liam for boys (369). Social Security records list 47,377 babies born in Maryland in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2020

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

Girls

Angie: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Milan: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tori: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nathaly: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Valery: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Karen: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Keyla: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Royal: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dior: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kori: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Tru: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emory: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nasir: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kenzo: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Santana: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Muhammad: 47 babies, 3× the national rate
Zaire: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Darius: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mohammad: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	285	–	1
2	Ava	272	–	3
3	Emma	253	↑1	2
4	Sophia	235	↓1	4
5	Charlotte	220	–	5
6	Isabella	197	–	7
7	Mia	176	–	8
8	Amelia	174	↑1	6
9	Abigail	148	↓1	12
10	Grace	143	↑3	28
11	Evelyn	142	↑1	9
12	Madison	142	↑4	23
13	Gianna	139	new	13
14	Harper	136	↓4	10
15	Elizabeth	135	–	16
16	Layla	135	↑3	24
17	Zoe	134	↓3	40
18	Chloe	130	↑21	25
19	Emily	130	↓1	18
20	Luna	129	↑13	14
21	Genesis	124	↓10	62
22	Avery	122	↑2	19
23	Riley	120	↑2	33
24	Sofia	119	↓4	17
25	Nora	109	↑3	30
26	Camila	108	↑1	11
27	Scarlett	108	↓4	21
28	Ella	103	↑2	15
29	Skylar	102	↓12	64
30	Zoey	100	↑4	32
31	Eleanor	98	↓2	22
32	Mila	98	↓1	20
33	Lily	93	↓1	35
34	Penelope	93	↑12	26
35	Aria	92	↓9	27
36	Nova	92	↑5	38
37	Hannah	91	↓16	39
38	Leah	90	↑2	45
39	Naomi	90	↓17	52
40	Eliana	86	↓2	53
41	Ellie	85	new	29
42	Aubrey	84	↓7	56
43	Victoria	84	↓7	34
44	Caroline	82	new	71
45	Natalie	82	new	51
46	Violet	82	↑2	37
47	Hailey	79	↑2	81
48	Lucy	79	new	50
49	Maya	77	new	61
50	Addison	74	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	369	–	1
2	Noah	354	–	2
3	James	250	–	6
4	Lucas	231	↑4	8
5	Benjamin	223	–	7
6	William	219	↑5	5
7	Ethan	215	↓1	13
8	Daniel	204	↓1	14
9	Oliver	197	↑5	3
10	Elijah	195	↑7	4
11	Michael	193	↓2	12
12	Dylan	188	↑1	42
13	Henry	185	↑3	9
14	Logan	179	↓4	16
15	Jacob	174	↓11	15
16	Mason	174	↓4	11
17	Matthew	172	↑12	30
18	Joseph	171	↑4	26
19	Alexander	169	↓1	10
20	Owen	169	↑7	22
21	Aiden	168	↑2	24
22	Jayden	167	↑3	37
23	Theodore	166	↑14	23
24	Jackson	162	↓4	17
25	David	153	↓10	28
26	Levi	151	↑12	18
27	Joshua	147	↓1	53
28	Caleb	143	↓4	56
29	John	141	↓10	27
30	Samuel	141	↓9	25
31	Nathan	138	↑11	55
32	Jaxon	136	↑3	48
33	Wyatt	135	↑10	29
34	Christopher	130	↑6	47
35	Luke	130	↓7	31
36	Cameron	129	new	65
37	Mateo	129	↑9	20
38	Anthony	127	↓7	41
39	Jack	127	↓6	21
40	Christian	123	new	62
41	Charles	121	↑4	46
42	Gabriel	120	↓8	38
43	Josiah	120	new	49
44	Isaac	118	↓14	39
45	Ryan	118	↓6	57
46	Asher	116	↑1	32
47	Carter	116	↓15	33
48	Isaiah	114	new	51
49	Colton	112	–	66
50	Thomas	112	↓2	45

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