Popular baby names in Maryland, 2022

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2022 were Ava for girls (225 babies) and Liam for boys (422). Ava ranked #7 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 46,995 babies born in Maryland in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2022

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

Girls

Tori: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Kori: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Milan: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Zora: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angie: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nori: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emely: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Helen: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Melany: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lyric: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 32 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sevyn: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nasir: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Damari: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Abdiel: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kenzo: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Musa: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Zaire: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kairo: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kylian: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Ava	225	↑2	7
2	Olivia	225	↓1	1
3	Charlotte	223	↓1	3
4	Emma	220	–	2
5	Sophia	191	–	5
6	Mia	187	–	8
7	Isabella	184	↑1	6
8	Amelia	176	↓1	4
9	Luna	149	↑26	10
10	Madison	147	–	34
11	Evelyn	136	↓2	9
12	Elizabeth	135	↑6	15
13	Zoe	132	–	38
14	Nova	131	↑11	32
15	Layla	130	↑17	29
16	Genesis	125	↑8	65
17	Harper	121	↓1	11
18	Chloe	120	↓7	19
19	Lily	120	↑21	30
20	Emily	113	↑3	17
21	Naomi	113	↓4	46
22	Abigail	112	↓10	24
23	Eleanor	112	↓4	16
24	Sofia	111	↓10	13
25	Aurora	105	↑16	31
26	Nora	103	↑8	28
27	Gianna	102	↓12	22
28	Scarlett	101	↓7	14
29	Violet	100	–	20
30	Aria	99	↓4	23
31	Eliana	99	↑15	41
32	Camila	96	↓4	12
33	Grace	96	↓13	35
34	Maya	94	new	51
35	Penelope	93	↑2	21
36	Riley	89	↓5	39
37	Ella	88	↓15	25
38	Madelyn	88	new	60
39	Hannah	86	↓1	47
40	Avery	84	↓13	26
41	Mila	83	↓2	18
42	Zoey	83	↓12	45
43	Ellie	81	new	33
44	Hazel	81	↓11	27
45	Isla	81	↓9	36
46	Victoria	81	new	43
47	Skylar	79	↓4	87
48	Lillian	78	new	50
49	Alice	74	new	64
50	Lucy	72	↓3	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Liam	422	–	1
2	Noah	311	–	2
3	James	241	–	4
4	Lucas	213	–	8
5	Oliver	208	–	3
6	William	207	–	6
7	Ethan	196	↑2	21
8	Henry	191	↑3	7
9	Jacob	191	↑9	32
10	Caleb	184	↑19	52
11	David	183	↑5	31
12	Dylan	181	↓2	42
13	Theodore	179	↑1	10
14	Elijah	176	↑3	5
15	Michael	175	↓8	16
16	Benjamin	174	↓8	9
17	Daniel	157	↓2	14
18	Jayden	157	↓6	46
19	John	157	↑9	26
20	Mason	157	↑5	24
21	Owen	155	↑10	18
22	Isaac	151	↑20	41
23	Asher	147	↑7	20
24	Logan	146	↓11	33
25	Nathan	146	↑9	57
26	Samuel	146	↓2	19
27	Aiden	145	↓6	29
28	Joseph	144	↓6	30
29	Matthew	143	↑15	39
30	Alexander	140	↓4	17
31	Wyatt	140	↑5	38
32	Mateo	139	–	11
33	Gabriel	133	–	36
34	Leo	133	new	22
35	Cameron	130	new	64
36	Luca	129	new	28
37	Jackson	127	↓17	23
38	Joshua	126	–	60
39	Carter	125	↓4	47
40	Christopher	122	↓3	55
41	Ezra	122	↓2	25
42	Charles	121	↑4	50
43	Luke	121	↑7	34
44	Levi	119	↓25	12
45	Sebastian	118	↓2	13
46	Elias	115	new	43
47	Amir	111	new	>100
48	Hudson	111	new	27
49	Jack	110	↓26	15
50	Grayson	109	↓10	37

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