Discover the top 250 baby names in Maryland from 1960 to 2021. This list showcases the most popular names chosen by parents in cities likeAnnapolis and reflecting the state’s cultural shifts and trends over the years. Whether you’re looking for naming inspiration or interested in naming trends, this collection offers a glimpse into the names that have resonated with families acrossMaryland for decades.
| Boy Name | Boy Number | Boy Rank | Girl Name | Girl Number | Girl Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | 13508 | 1 | Jennifer | 6880 | 1 |
| Christopher | 9278 | 2 | Jessica | 5295 | 2 |
| David | 9199 | 3 | Lisa | 5231 | 3 |
| James | 8424 | 4 | Sarah | 5031 | 4 |
| Matthew | 8241 | 5 | Elizabeth | 4392 | 5 |
| John | 8001 | 6 | Emily | 4034 | 6 |
| Robert | 7590 | 7 | Amanda | 4032 | 7 |
| Joshua | 6430 | 8 | Michelle | 3955 | 8 |
| Daniel | 6264 | 9 | Melissa | 3770 | 9 |
| William | 6193 | 10 | Heather | 3546 | 10 |
| Joseph | 5737 | 11 | Ashley | 3380 | 11 |
| Andrew | 5497 | 12 | Amy | 3378 | 12 |
| Scott | 5463 | 13 | Kimberly | 3218 | 13 |
| Ryan | 5423 | 14 | Rebecca | 3112 | 14 |
| Jason | 5344 | 15 | Nicole | 3058 | 15 |
| Benjamin | 5025 | 16 | Karen | 2766 | 16 |
| Thomas | 5005 | 17 | Mary | 2739 | 17 |
| Nicholas | 4878 | 18 | Susan | 2669 | 18 |
| Richard | 4821 | 19 | Samantha | 2563 | 19 |
| Mark | 4742 | 20 | Emma | 2551 | 20 |
| Timothy | 4633 | 21 | Hannah | 2527 | 21 |
| Jacob | 4433 | 22 | Kelly | 2439 | 22 |
| Brian | 4385 | 23 | Stephanie | 2399 | 23 |
| Kevin | 4303 | 24 | Abigail | 2389 | 24 |
| Jeffrey | 4298 | 25 | Angela | 2363 | 25 |
| Eric | 3733 | 26 | Tammy | 2350 | 26 |
| Steven | 3396 | 27 | Julie | 2254 | 27 |
| Tyler | 3377 | 28 | Katherine | 2215 | 28 |
| Jonathan | 3343 | 29 | Olivia | 2212 | 29 |
| Adam | 3312 | 30 | Megan | 2178 | 30 |
| Justin | 3171 | 31 | Danielle | 2056 | 31 |
| Nathan | 3142 | 32 | Rachel | 1980 | 32 |
| Stephen | 3099 | 33 | Laura | 1887 | 33 |
| Anthony | 3064 | 34 | Lori | 1748 | 34 |
| Peter | 3053 | 35 | Madison | 1625 | 35 |
| Paul | 3023 | 36 | Christine | 1615 | 36 |
| Zachary | 3018 | 37 | Laurie | 1558 | 37 |
| Samuel | 2897 | 38 | Erin | 1533 | 38 |
| Charles | 2829 | 39 | Kayla | 1487 | 39 |
| Brandon | 2582 | 40 | Tina | 1456 | 40 |
| Alexander | 2563 | 41 | Lauren | 1449 | 41 |
| Shawn | 2560 | 42 | Heidi | 1440 | 42 |
| Patrick | 2432 | 43 | Amber | 1394 | 43 |
| Aaron | 2428 | 44 | Patricia | 1388 | 44 |
| Kyle | 2305 | 45 | Linda | 1382 | 45 |
| Ethan | 2104 | 46 | Andrea | 1380 | 46 |
| Dylan | 1986 | 47 | Deborah | 1371 | 47 |
| Noah | 1984 | 48 | Pamela | 1367 | 48 |
| Jeremy | 1971 | 49 | Donna | 1360 | 49 |
| Kenneth | 1900 | 50 | Anna | 1350 | 50 |
| Donald | 1895 | 51 | Brenda | 1349 | 51 |
| Gregory | 1891 | 52 | Wendy | 1343 | 52 |
| Travis | 1814 | 53 | Brittany | 1341 | 53 |
| Logan | 1809 | 54 | Sara | 1329 | 54 |
| Caleb | 1753 | 55 | Taylor | 1316 | 55 |
| Cameron | 1740 | 56 | Christina | 1299 | 56 |
| Lucas | 1705 | 57 | Kathleen | 1299 | 57 |
| Sean | 1658 | 58 | Grace | 1289 | 58 |
| Todd | 1635 | 59 | Alexis | 1262 | 59 |
| Hunter | 1510 | 60 | Courtney | 1232 | 60 |
| Ronald | 1474 | 61 | Crystal | 1231 | 61 |
| Cody | 1464 | 62 | Sophia | 1219 | 62 |
| Owen | 1457 | 63 | Shannon | 1217 | 63 |
| Gary | 1453 | 64 | Tracy | 1215 | 64 |
| Keith | 1453 | 65 | Isabella | 1194 | 65 |
| Connor | 1449 | 66 | Kristen | 1185 | 66 |
| Evan | 1425 | 67 | Morgan | 1175 | 67 |
| Derek | 1379 | 68 | Catherine | 1160 | 68 |
| Liam | 1358 | 69 | Debra | 1155 | 69 |
| Ian | 1353 | 70 | Cheryl | 1153 | 70 |
| Isaac | 1334 | 71 | Cynthia | 1146 | 71 |
| Chad | 1323 | 72 | Sandra | 1132 | 72 |
| Austin | 1319 | 73 | Holly | 1121 | 73 |
| Craig | 1311 | 74 | Dawn | 1120 | 74 |
| Mason | 1292 | 75 | Allison | 1110 | 75 |
| Edward | 1268 | 76 | Ava | 1095 | 76 |
| Douglas | 1249 | 77 | Kathryn | 1088 | 77 |
| Jesse | 1218 | 78 | Victoria | 1054 | 78 |
| Corey | 1216 | 79 | Katie | 1051 | 79 |
| Wyatt | 1204 | 80 | Denise | 1049 | 80 |
| Gabriel | 1186 | 81 | Brooke | 1042 | 81 |
| Jordan | 1186 | 82 | Alyssa | 1028 | 82 |
| Jack | 1148 | 83 | Julia | 1023 | 83 |
| Seth | 1141 | 84 | Margaret | 1016 | 84 |
| Nathaniel | 1139 | 85 | Nancy | 998 | 85 |
| Jackson | 1135 | 86 | Barbara | 990 | 86 |
| Bruce | 1074 | 87 | Robin | 986 | 87 |
| George | 1015 | 88 | Diane | 971 | 88 |
| Dustin | 1014 | 89 | Erica | 955 | 89 |
| Troy | 1011 | 90 | Molly | 951 | 90 |
| Luke | 1003 | 91 | Chelsea | 945 | 91 |
| Philip | 987 | 92 | Brianna | 935 | 92 |
| Raymond | 987 | 93 | Natalie | 919 | 93 |
| Randy | 969 | 94 | Charlotte | 907 | 94 |
| Elijah | 948 | 95 | Amelia | 888 | 95 |
| Shane | 944 | 96 | Jamie | 879 | 96 |
| Dana | 914 | 97 | Ella | 874 | 97 |
| Jared | 914 | 98 | April | 871 | 98 |
| Wayne | 911 | 99 | Mackenzie | 851 | 99 |
| Colby | 886 | 100 | Carol | 839 | 100 |
| Dennis | 884 | 101 | Chloe | 828 | 101 |
| Alan | 882 | 102 | Tiffany | 828 | 102 |
| Gavin | 880 | 103 | Jill | 820 | 103 |
| Aiden | 862 | 104 | Lily | 819 | 104 |
| Henry | 861 | 105 | Lynn | 817 | 105 |
| Oliver | 823 | 106 | Theresa | 795 | 106 |
| Roger | 815 | 107 | Bethany | 792 | 107 |
| Carter | 810 | 108 | Lillian | 781 | 108 |
| Alex | 809 | 109 | Cindy | 775 | 109 |
| Cole | 772 | 110 | Sharon | 752 | 110 |
| Trevor | 753 | 111 | Leah | 747 | 111 |
| Marc | 737 | 112 | Melanie | 744 | 112 |
| Dale | 732 | 113 | Paige | 742 | 113 |
| Chase | 706 | 114 | Michele | 739 | 114 |
| Joel | 703 | 115 | Ann | 730 | 115 |
| Bradley | 698 | 116 | Alicia | 722 | 116 |
| Landon | 675 | 117 | Carrie | 700 | 117 |
| Parker | 655 | 118 | Beth | 696 | 118 |
| Russell | 652 | 119 | Cassandra | 692 | 119 |
| Devin | 647 | 120 | Kaitlyn | 692 | 120 |
| Brayden | 623 | 121 | Autumn | 689 | 121 |
| Bryan | 623 | 122 | Paula | 685 | 122 |
| Isaiah | 617 | 123 | Haley | 679 | 123 |
| Christian | 607 | 124 | Jenna | 658 | 124 |
| Dominic | 607 | 125 | Lindsay | 651 | 125 |
| Brent | 603 | 126 | Rhonda | 641 | 126 |
| Brady | 590 | 127 | Kelsey | 638 | 127 |
| Garrett | 564 | 128 | Lydia | 638 | 128 |
| Spencer | 558 | 129 | Kathy | 633 | 129 |
| Levi | 554 | 130 | Lindsey | 633 | 130 |
| Carl | 525 | 131 | Meghan | 633 | 131 |
| Cory | 515 | 132 | Kim | 613 | 132 |
| Larry | 507 | 133 | Hailey | 611 | 133 |
| Maxwell | 505 | 134 | Sherry | 609 | 134 |
| Dean | 500 | 135 | Renee | 605 | 135 |
| Cooper | 498 | 136 | Alexandra | 592 | 136 |
| Frank | 492 | 137 | Stacey | 592 | 137 |
| Nolan | 484 | 138 | Addison | 591 | 138 |
| Gerald | 469 | 139 | Teresa | 590 | 139 |
| Riley | 467 | 140 | Kristin | 582 | 140 |
| Lawrence | 455 | 141 | Anne | 580 | 141 |
| Ricky | 453 | 142 | Katelyn | 579 | 142 |
| Darren | 451 | 143 | Sydney | 568 | 143 |
| Jeffery | 450 | 144 | Jasmine | 558 | 144 |
| Jamie | 442 | 145 | Avery | 553 | 145 |
| Randall | 436 | 146 | Evelyn | 552 | 146 |
| Glenn | 435 | 147 | Madeline | 543 | 147 |
| Bryce | 430 | 148 | Caitlin | 541 | 148 |
| Blake | 424 | 149 | Harper | 536 | 149 |
| Dakota | 423 | 150 | Suzanne | 531 | 150 |
| Arthur | 416 | 151 | Gabrielle | 530 | 151 |
| Aidan | 412 | 152 | Isabelle | 526 | 152 |
| Jay | 407 | 153 | Stacy | 526 | 153 |
| Erik | 397 | 154 | Janet | 519 | 154 |
| Eli | 389 | 155 | Caroline | 517 | 155 |
| Lincoln | 389 | 156 | Bonnie | 490 | 156 |
| Gage | 388 | 157 | Miranda | 475 | 157 |
| Jon | 386 | 158 | Riley | 473 | 158 |
| Bentley | 384 | 159 | Savannah | 471 | 159 |
| Rodney | 384 | 160 | Tara | 471 | 160 |
| Casey | 382 | 161 | Zoe | 469 | 161 |
| Colton | 367 | 162 | Valerie | 468 | 162 |
| Danny | 362 | 163 | Audrey | 457 | 163 |
| Jayden | 359 | 164 | Mariah | 457 | 164 |
| Wesley | 359 | 165 | Kaylee | 454 | 165 |
| Terry | 351 | 166 | Mia | 451 | 166 |
| Norman | 349 | 167 | Sophie | 443 | 167 |
| Camden | 341 | 168 | Kristina | 429 | 168 |
| Chris | 330 | 169 | Terri | 425 | 169 |
| Taylor | 327 | 170 | Jane | 422 | 170 |
| Grayson | 326 | 171 | Alison | 411 | 171 |
| Brett | 325 | 172 | Jordan | 406 | 172 |
| Kaleb | 321 | 173 | Piper | 401 | 173 |
| Silas | 319 | 174 | Darlene | 392 | 174 |
| Sawyer | 315 | 175 | Sierra | 390 | 175 |
| Theodore | 313 | 176 | Makayla | 388 | 176 |
| Tristan | 297 | 177 | Shelby | 385 | 177 |
| Brody | 295 | 178 | Nora | 381 | 178 |
| Frederick | 295 | 179 | Jillian | 380 | 179 |
| Jaxon | 295 | 180 | Debbie | 375 | 180 |
| Walter | 285 | 181 | Sheila | 375 | 181 |
| Ralph | 281 | 182 | Katrina | 370 | 182 |
| Hayden | 278 | 183 | Tanya | 363 | 183 |
| Allen | 277 | 184 | Erika | 362 | 184 |
| Jaxson | 269 | 185 | Natasha | 360 | 185 |
| Lee | 267 | 186 | Willow | 358 | 186 |
| Harold | 264 | 187 | Kylie | 350 | 187 |
| Mitchell | 246 | 188 | Penny | 350 | 188 |
| Devon | 244 | 189 | Aubrey | 346 | 189 |
| Barry | 241 | 190 | Lucy | 343 | 190 |
| Colin | 234 | 191 | Vicki | 338 | 191 |
| Roland | 233 | 192 | Nichole | 337 | 192 |
| Carson | 231 | 193 | Brooklyn | 336 | 193 |
| Miles | 230 | 194 | Cassidy | 334 | 194 |
| Kristopher | 224 | 195 | Madelyn | 332 | 195 |
| Emmett | 218 | 196 | Eleanor | 331 | 196 |
| Martin | 211 | 197 | Jaime | 331 | 197 |
| Ashton | 210 | 198 | Sadie | 329 | 198 |
| Griffin | 210 | 199 | Cathy | 327 | 199 |
| Xavier | 203 | 200 | Zoey | 327 | 200 |
| Mathew | 202 | 201 | Whitney | 325 | 201 |
| Declan | 200 | 202 | Marissa | 322 | 202 |
| Everett | 198 | 203 | Wanda | 313 | 203 |
| Jerry | 198 | 204 | Nevaeh | 308 | 204 |
| Eugene | 197 | 205 | Gabriella | 306 | 205 |
| Leo | 195 | 206 | Jacqueline | 304 | 206 |
| Asher | 194 | 207 | Bailey | 302 | 207 |
| Steve | 194 | 208 | Marie | 296 | 208 |
| Keegan | 191 | 209 | Diana | 294 | 209 |
| Calvin | 190 | 210 | Scarlett | 291 | 210 |
| Glen | 186 | 211 | Peyton | 285 | 211 |
| Tony | 183 | 212 | Faith | 283 | 212 |
| Jameson | 182 | 213 | Judith | 274 | 213 |
| Ezra | 180 | 214 | Casey | 272 | 214 |
| Julian | 180 | 215 | Jodi | 271 | 215 |
| Albert | 177 | 216 | Monica | 271 | 216 |
| Ryder | 177 | 217 | Annabelle | 266 | 217 |
| Dillon | 176 | 218 | Violet | 266 | 218 |
| Ernest | 167 | 219 | Jean | 264 | 219 |
| Brad | 166 | 220 | Leslie | 263 | 220 |
| Tanner | 160 | 221 | Maria | 262 | 221 |
| Tucker | 160 | 222 | Tracey | 262 | 222 |
| Drew | 157 | 223 | Gail | 260 | 223 |
| Jace | 156 | 224 | Claire | 259 | 224 |
| Hudson | 151 | 225 | Aria | 248 | 225 |
| Lance | 151 | 226 | Elaine | 246 | 226 |
| Abel | 145 | 227 | Vanessa | 243 | 227 |
| Dawson | 145 | 228 | Terry | 242 | 228 |
| Greyson | 145 | 229 | Destiny | 241 | 229 |
| Phillip | 145 | 230 | Brandy | 238 | 230 |
| Jeff | 144 | 231 | Brandi | 237 | 231 |
| Jeremiah | 143 | 232 | Hazel | 237 | 232 |
| Maverick | 143 | 233 | Melinda | 235 | 233 |
| Dalton | 142 | 234 | Kara | 234 | 234 |
| Shaun | 142 | 235 | Arianna | 232 | 235 |
| Heath | 141 | 236 | Isla | 230 | 236 |
| Kaden | 132 | 237 | Penelope | 227 | 237 |
| Mike | 129 | 238 | Annette | 225 | 238 |
| Easton | 122 | 239 | Janice | 224 | 239 |
| Caden | 121 | 240 | Michaela | 224 | 240 |
| Elliot | 121 | 241 | Layla | 223 | 241 |
| Dwayne | 120 | 242 | Meagan | 222 | 242 |
| Finn | 120 | 243 | Kate | 221 | 243 |
| Stanley | 120 | 244 | Ellie | 220 | 244 |
| Weston | 116 | 245 | Aurora | 218 | 245 |
| Duane | 115 | 246 | Rylee | 217 | 246 |
| Rowan | 115 | 247 | Kristy | 216 | 247 |
| Ayden | 114 | 248 | Maureen | 214 | 248 |
| Darrell | 114 | 249 | Joanne | 212 | 249 |
| Sebastian | 113 | 250 | Stella | 211 | 250 |