Popular baby names in Maryland, 2024
The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2024 were Olivia for girls (233 babies) and Liam for boys (457). Social Security records list 44,149 babies born in Maryland in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Maryland in 2024
Names given at least 15 times in Maryland that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Adley: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Angie: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Emely: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
- Briana: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Arlet: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Halo: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Zuri: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Dream: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Sevyn: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Journi: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Boys
- Record: 19 babies, 73.9× the national rate
- Adley: 19 babies, 17.3× the national rate
- Syncere: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Gunnar: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Zymir: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Nasir: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Dereck: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Yehuda: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Kamari: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Sevyn: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2024
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 233 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 225 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 3 | Emma | 207 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | Sophia | 197 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Mia | 193 | – | 5 |
| 6 | Zoe | 179 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 7 | Ava | 165 | – | 9 |
| 8 | Amelia | 159 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 9 | Isabella | 151 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 10 | Chloe | 137 | ↑8 | 20 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 135 | ↑3 | 17 |
| 12 | Luna | 134 | ↑9 | 13 |
| 13 | Eliana | 133 | – | 18 |
| 14 | Evelyn | 128 | ↑9 | 8 |
| 15 | Genesis | 116 | – | 55 |
| 16 | Scarlett | 115 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 17 | Sofia | 114 | ↓6 | 10 |
| 18 | Grace | 113 | ↑6 | 40 |
| 19 | Harper | 113 | ↓10 | 12 |
| 20 | Madison | 113 | ↓8 | 45 |
| 21 | Aurora | 112 | ↑9 | 16 |
| 22 | Camila | 111 | ↑10 | 11 |
| 23 | Eleanor | 107 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 24 | Abigail | 105 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 25 | Hazel | 105 | ↑10 | 19 |
| 26 | Nora | 104 | ↓7 | 22 |
| 27 | Riley | 103 | ↑15 | 42 |
| 28 | Violet | 102 | ↑6 | 15 |
| 29 | Emily | 101 | ↓13 | 25 |
| 30 | Layla | 101 | ↓10 | 37 |
| 31 | Naomi | 99 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 32 | Gianna | 95 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 33 | Aria | 92 | ↑5 | 26 |
| 34 | Ella | 91 | ↑13 | 30 |
| 35 | Lily | 91 | ↓8 | 24 |
| 36 | Lucy | 89 | ↑3 | 34 |
| 37 | Ellie | 86 | ↑6 | 21 |
| 38 | Maya | 85 | ↑7 | 51 |
| 39 | Lillian | 84 | ↑2 | 54 |
| 40 | Avery | 83 | ↓7 | 31 |
| 41 | Hannah | 83 | ↓1 | 52 |
| 42 | Nova | 79 | ↓17 | 39 |
| 43 | Penelope | 77 | ↓15 | 28 |
| 44 | Stella | 77 | new | 49 |
| 45 | Victoria | 77 | new | 48 |
| 46 | Mila | 75 | – | 33 |
| 47 | Zoey | 74 | new | 59 |
| 48 | Ailany | 73 | new | >100 |
| 49 | Madelyn | 73 | ↓5 | 65 |
| 50 | Autumn | 72 | new | 79 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 457 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 350 | – | 2 |
| 3 | James | 212 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 4 | Oliver | 211 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 5 | Lucas | 203 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 6 | Dylan | 202 | – | 28 |
| 7 | Ethan | 175 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 8 | Henry | 175 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 9 | Theodore | 168 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 10 | William | 168 | ↑4 | 10 |
| 11 | Benjamin | 167 | ↑11 | 11 |
| 12 | Mateo | 165 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 13 | Elijah | 159 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 14 | Thiago | 156 | ↑24 | 55 |
| 15 | David | 155 | ↑11 | 31 |
| 16 | Isaac | 150 | ↑8 | 41 |
| 17 | Jacob | 146 | ↓5 | 40 |
| 18 | Daniel | 140 | ↓9 | 16 |
| 19 | Levi | 138 | ↑10 | 12 |
| 20 | Ezra | 137 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 21 | Jayden | 137 | ↓6 | 59 |
| 22 | Michael | 137 | ↓1 | 18 |
| 23 | Asher | 135 | ↑13 | 20 |
| 24 | Caleb | 132 | ↑1 | 49 |
| 25 | Jack | 132 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 26 | Owen | 129 | ↓6 | 26 |
| 27 | Leo | 125 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 28 | Nathan | 124 | ↑2 | 62 |
| 29 | Amir | 123 | ↑16 | 95 |
| 30 | Matthew | 123 | ↑9 | 33 |
| 31 | Mason | 122 | ↑2 | 42 |
| 32 | Julian | 121 | ↑18 | 30 |
| 33 | Aiden | 120 | ↓1 | 47 |
| 34 | Samuel | 119 | ↑3 | 17 |
| 35 | John | 118 | ↓16 | 21 |
| 36 | Joshua | 118 | ↓9 | 57 |
| 37 | Anthony | 117 | new | 44 |
| 38 | Logan | 115 | ↓22 | 45 |
| 39 | Joseph | 113 | ↓22 | 32 |
| 40 | Alexander | 112 | ↓17 | 27 |
| 41 | Hudson | 109 | new | 22 |
| 42 | Jackson | 109 | ↑4 | 35 |
| 43 | Cameron | 108 | new | 66 |
| 44 | Miles | 108 | new | 37 |
| 45 | Gabriel | 107 | ↓11 | 43 |
| 46 | Brooks | 102 | new | 67 |
| 47 | Elias | 100 | new | 25 |
| 48 | Thomas | 100 | ↓7 | 39 |
| 49 | Ian | 98 | ↓6 | 75 |
| 50 | Luca | 98 | ↓15 | 23 |
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