Popular baby names in Maryland, 2025
The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2025 were Ailany for girls (225 babies) and Liam for boys (463). Ailany ranked #14 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 42,882 babies born in Maryland in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Maryland in 2025
Names given at least 15 times in Maryland that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Clare: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Emely: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Journi: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Denver: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Adley: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Saige: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Azariah: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Briana: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Amoura: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Maliyah: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Boys
- Damari: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Dereck: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Neithan: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Eliel: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Muhammad: 61 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Braylen: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Kairo: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Nasir: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Jamari: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Akari: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maryland, 2025
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ailany | 225 | ↑47 | 14 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 222 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Olivia | 218 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | Mia | 217 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 5 | Sophia | 210 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | Eliana | 206 | ↑7 | 10 |
| 7 | Emma | 196 | ↓4 | 3 |
| 8 | Isabella | 175 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 9 | Amelia | 159 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 10 | Zoe | 158 | ↓4 | 31 |
| 11 | Madison | 139 | ↑9 | 40 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 137 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 13 | Ava | 125 | ↓6 | 11 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 123 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 15 | Lucy | 121 | ↑21 | 25 |
| 16 | Eleanor | 120 | ↑7 | 12 |
| 17 | Sofia | 117 | – | 9 |
| 18 | Grace | 115 | – | 38 |
| 19 | Naomi | 114 | ↑12 | 47 |
| 20 | Lily | 110 | ↑15 | 18 |
| 21 | Aria | 108 | ↑12 | 26 |
| 22 | Aurora | 108 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 23 | Chloe | 103 | ↓13 | 23 |
| 24 | Violet | 102 | ↑4 | 13 |
| 25 | Scarlett | 99 | ↓9 | 32 |
| 26 | Harper | 98 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 27 | Penelope | 98 | ↑16 | 22 |
| 28 | Nora | 97 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 29 | Genesis | 95 | ↓14 | 66 |
| 30 | Hazel | 95 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 31 | Abigail | 93 | ↓7 | 41 |
| 32 | Emily | 93 | ↓3 | 34 |
| 33 | Layla | 89 | ↓3 | 36 |
| 34 | Camila | 87 | ↓12 | 19 |
| 35 | Hannah | 86 | ↑6 | 56 |
| 36 | Ella | 84 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 37 | Isla | 84 | new | 28 |
| 38 | Luna | 83 | ↓26 | 27 |
| 39 | Gianna | 81 | ↓7 | 33 |
| 40 | Nova | 80 | ↑2 | 46 |
| 41 | Ellie | 77 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 42 | Sophie | 77 | new | 55 |
| 43 | Avery | 74 | ↓3 | 37 |
| 44 | Elena | 73 | new | 42 |
| 45 | Riley | 73 | ↓18 | 48 |
| 46 | Sadie | 73 | new | 50 |
| 47 | Lainey | 70 | new | 30 |
| 48 | Leilani | 70 | new | 60 |
| 49 | Mila | 68 | ↓3 | 43 |
| 50 | Lillian | 67 | ↓11 | 57 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 463 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 377 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Lucas | 221 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 4 | Theodore | 214 | ↑5 | 4 |
| 5 | Oliver | 210 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 6 | William | 185 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 7 | Ethan | 183 | – | 24 |
| 8 | Henry | 183 | – | 5 |
| 9 | James | 180 | ↓6 | 6 |
| 10 | Thiago | 168 | ↑4 | 50 |
| 11 | Elijah | 163 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 12 | Michael | 151 | ↑10 | 21 |
| 13 | Dylan | 150 | ↓7 | 41 |
| 14 | Jack | 148 | ↑11 | 15 |
| 15 | Mateo | 145 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 16 | Levi | 143 | ↑3 | 12 |
| 17 | Isaac | 138 | ↓1 | 47 |
| 18 | Benjamin | 137 | ↓7 | 11 |
| 19 | Jayden | 137 | ↑2 | 70 |
| 20 | Mason | 136 | ↑11 | 39 |
| 21 | Owen | 134 | ↑5 | 31 |
| 22 | Jackson | 132 | ↑20 | 36 |
| 23 | Samuel | 132 | ↑11 | 18 |
| 24 | Cooper | 129 | new | 27 |
| 25 | John | 129 | ↑10 | 23 |
| 26 | Joshua | 129 | ↑10 | 66 |
| 27 | Caleb | 126 | ↓3 | 58 |
| 28 | Daniel | 126 | ↓10 | 22 |
| 29 | Jacob | 122 | ↓12 | 43 |
| 30 | Joseph | 120 | ↑9 | 29 |
| 31 | Nathan | 120 | ↓3 | 63 |
| 32 | Alexander | 119 | ↑8 | 30 |
| 33 | Anthony | 119 | ↑4 | 46 |
| 34 | Asher | 118 | ↓11 | 28 |
| 35 | Aiden | 117 | ↓2 | 62 |
| 36 | Elias | 116 | ↑11 | 13 |
| 37 | Brooks | 113 | ↑9 | 64 |
| 38 | Thomas | 113 | ↑10 | 34 |
| 39 | Matthew | 112 | ↓9 | 32 |
| 40 | Amir | 110 | ↓11 | >100 |
| 41 | Ezra | 110 | ↓21 | 20 |
| 42 | David | 109 | ↓27 | 35 |
| 43 | Carter | 107 | new | 45 |
| 44 | Luca | 107 | ↑6 | 14 |
| 45 | Logan | 106 | ↓7 | 53 |
| 46 | Luke | 105 | new | 33 |
| 47 | Charles | 103 | new | 48 |
| 48 | Gabriel | 103 | ↓3 | 37 |
| 49 | Julian | 102 | ↓17 | 25 |
| 50 | Leo | 100 | ↓23 | 19 |