Popular baby names in Maryland, 2021

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2021 were Olivia for girls (267 babies) and Liam for boys (472). Social Security records list 47,070 babies born in Maryland in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2021

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

Girls

Nori: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Emely: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kori: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Milan: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Love: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Denver: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angie: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nylah: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sevyn: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Drew: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Nasir: 56 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nelson: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dakari: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Melvin: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Seven: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sincere: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Musa: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kenzo: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Samir: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	267	–	1
2	Charlotte	250	↑3	3
3	Ava	239	↓1	5
4	Emma	230	↓1	2
5	Sophia	221	↓1	6
6	Mia	183	↑1	8
7	Amelia	182	↑1	4
8	Isabella	168	↓2	7
9	Evelyn	158	↑2	9
10	Madison	151	↑2	29
11	Chloe	141	↑7	25
12	Abigail	135	↓3	17
13	Zoe	134	↑4	42
14	Sofia	130	↑10	18
15	Gianna	126	↓2	13
16	Harper	126	↓2	10
17	Naomi	123	↑22	54
18	Elizabeth	120	↓3	14
19	Eleanor	118	↑12	15
20	Grace	116	↓10	33
21	Scarlett	116	↑6	20
22	Ella	113	↑6	16
23	Emily	113	↓4	21
24	Genesis	110	↓3	75
25	Nova	110	↑11	32
26	Aria	107	↑9	22
27	Avery	106	↓5	19
28	Camila	106	↓2	12
29	Violet	105	↑17	36
30	Zoey	104	–	38
31	Riley	102	↓8	37
32	Layla	101	↓16	24
33	Hazel	98	new	28
34	Nora	98	↓9	27
35	Luna	97	↓15	11
36	Isla	96	new	34
37	Penelope	96	↓3	23
38	Hannah	95	↓1	44
39	Mila	94	↓7	26
40	Lily	93	↓7	31
41	Aurora	89	new	35
42	Leah	89	↓4	46
43	Skylar	89	↓14	74
44	Savannah	88	new	67
45	Natalie	87	–	56
46	Eliana	86	↓6	47
47	Lucy	86	↑1	48
48	Hailey	85	↓1	77
49	Addison	82	↑1	45
50	Josephine	80	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	472	–	1
2	Noah	342	–	2
3	James	255	–	5
4	Lucas	255	–	8
5	Oliver	224	↑4	3
6	William	213	–	6
7	Michael	212	↑4	17
8	Benjamin	206	↓3	7
9	Ethan	198	↓2	20
10	Dylan	194	↑2	44
11	Henry	178	↑2	9
12	Jayden	177	↑10	41
13	Logan	177	↑1	21
14	Theodore	177	↑9	10
15	Daniel	176	↓7	16
16	David	170	↑9	30
17	Elijah	169	↓7	4
18	Jacob	169	↓3	24
19	Levi	167	↑7	12
20	Jackson	166	↑4	14
21	Aiden	165	–	26
22	Joseph	158	↓4	28
23	Jack	156	↑16	11
24	Samuel	156	↑6	23
25	Mason	155	↓9	18
26	Alexander	154	↓7	13
27	Thomas	153	↑23	46
28	John	148	↑1	27
29	Caleb	143	↓1	51
30	Asher	142	↑16	25
31	Owen	141	↓11	22
32	Mateo	137	↑5	15
33	Gabriel	134	↑9	38
34	Nathan	131	↓3	59
35	Carter	126	↑12	39
36	Wyatt	126	↓3	29
37	Christopher	123	↓3	52
38	Joshua	123	↓11	58
39	Ezra	122	new	37
40	Grayson	121	new	35
41	Miles	120	new	55
42	Isaac	116	↑2	40
43	Sebastian	116	new	19
44	Matthew	111	↓27	36
45	Ryan	111	–	66
46	Charles	107	↓5	50
47	Nolan	107	new	60
48	Andrew	106	new	57
49	Josiah	106	↓6	49
50	Luke	106	↓15	32

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