Popular baby names in Maryland, 2023

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2023 were Olivia for girls (250 babies) and Liam for boys (426). Social Security records list 44,126 babies born in Maryland in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 2023

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: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Adley: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kori: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angie: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Milan: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sevyn: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Valery: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Saige: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Treasure: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Theodora: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Record: 37 babies, 73.6× the national rate
Adley: 15 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Dakari: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Emory: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Nelson: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jefferson: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nasir: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Avi: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kenzo: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marvin: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Olivia	250	↑1	1
2	Emma	221	↑2	2
3	Charlotte	213	–	3
4	Sophia	211	↑1	5
5	Mia	208	↑1	6
6	Amelia	175	↑2	4
7	Ava	173	↓6	8
8	Isabella	161	↓1	7
9	Harper	145	↑8	11
10	Zoe	143	↑3	36
11	Sofia	127	↑13	12
12	Madison	122	↓2	37
13	Eliana	121	↑18	34
14	Elizabeth	121	↓2	15
15	Genesis	119	↑1	57
16	Emily	115	↑4	19
17	Scarlett	113	↑11	17
18	Chloe	111	–	26
19	Nora	111	↑7	24
20	Layla	110	↓5	30
21	Luna	109	↓12	10
22	Abigail	105	–	31
23	Evelyn	105	↓12	9
24	Grace	103	↑9	39
25	Nova	103	↓11	35
26	Eleanor	102	↓3	14
27	Lily	102	↓8	20
28	Penelope	100	↑7	23
29	Naomi	99	↓8	44
30	Aurora	98	↓5	22
31	Gianna	98	↓4	21
32	Camila	96	–	13
33	Avery	95	↑7	29
34	Violet	95	↓5	16
35	Hazel	94	↑9	18
36	Leah	91	new	53
37	Isla	90	↑8	33
38	Aria	88	↓8	25
39	Lucy	86	↑11	40
40	Hannah	84	↓1	48
41	Lillian	84	↑7	55
42	Riley	84	↓6	43
43	Ellie	83	–	27
44	Madelyn	79	↓6	58
45	Maya	79	↓11	49
46	Mila	79	↓5	28
47	Ella	77	↓10	32
48	Ivy	76	new	38
49	Ashley	74	new	>100
50	Savannah	74	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	426	–	1
2	Noah	327	–	2
3	Lucas	250	↑1	9
4	James	236	↓1	4
5	Oliver	221	–	3
6	Dylan	210	↑6	34
7	Theodore	199	↑6	7
8	Ethan	192	↓1	24
9	Daniel	174	↑8	17
10	Henry	166	↓2	8
11	Elijah	162	↑3	5
12	Jacob	160	↓3	35
13	Mateo	156	↑19	6
14	William	156	↓8	10
15	Jayden	152	↑3	49
16	Logan	146	↑8	39
17	Joseph	144	↑11	29
18	Ezra	143	↑23	15
19	John	143	–	26
20	Owen	143	↑1	20
21	Michael	142	↓6	16
22	Benjamin	139	↓6	11
23	Alexander	138	↑7	22
24	Isaac	137	↓2	42
25	Caleb	136	↓15	51
26	David	136	↓15	27
27	Joshua	134	↑11	60
28	Jack	133	↑21	14
29	Levi	130	↑15	12
30	Nathan	128	↓5	59
31	Leo	127	↑3	18
32	Aiden	125	↓5	40
33	Mason	125	↓13	30
34	Gabriel	124	↓1	38
35	Luca	122	↑1	25
36	Asher	121	↓13	23
37	Samuel	120	↓11	19
38	Thiago	120	new	72
39	Matthew	119	↓10	32
40	Luke	117	↑3	31
41	Thomas	114	new	41
42	Sebastian	113	↑3	13
43	Ian	103	new	69
44	Grayson	102	↑6	44
45	Amir	100	↑2	99
46	Jackson	99	↓9	28
47	Wyatt	99	↓16	47
48	Christopher	98	↓8	55
49	Charles	96	↓7	54
50	Julian	95	new	33

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