NameCensus.

Top first names in Maryland

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Maryland since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Maryland account for 2,138,964 total births.

# Name Total in Maryland Trend
1 John 88,382
2 James 84,732
3 William 82,215
4 Michael 78,541
5 Robert 76,462
6 Mary 64,244
7 David 58,761
8 Charles 54,629
9 Joseph 50,094
10 Thomas 40,262
11 Richard 38,857
12 Christopher 36,502
13 Daniel 30,324
14 Matthew 29,056
15 George 28,106
16 Elizabeth 27,299
17 Patricia 26,683
18 Jennifer 24,148
19 Margaret 24,075
20 Kevin 24,022
21 Anthony 23,222
22 Edward 23,182
23 Andrew 22,959
24 Brian 22,713
25 Barbara 22,643
26 Donald 22,058
27 Mark 22,009
28 Paul 21,958
29 Linda 21,450
30 Joshua 21,000
31 Steven 20,483
32 Kenneth 19,939
33 Timothy 19,185
34 Ryan 18,993
35 Ronald 18,943
36 Sarah 18,397
37 Dorothy 17,899
38 Karen 17,131
39 Deborah 17,020
40 Jessica 16,805
41 Susan 16,793
42 Jason 16,718
43 Jeffrey 16,664
44 Lisa 16,375
45 Kimberly 16,218
46 Stephen 16,084
47 Nicholas 16,063
48 Eric 16,056
49 Catherine 15,399
50 Emily 15,194
51 Ashley 15,155
52 Benjamin 14,821
53 Samuel 14,616
54 Jacob 14,602
55 Anna 14,549
56 Nancy 14,527
57 Helen 14,381
58 Sharon 14,243
59 Brandon 13,914
60 Jonathan 13,788
61 Justin 13,777
62 Donna 13,742
63 Gregory 13,564
64 Gary 13,429
65 Michelle 13,227
66 Betty 13,214
67 Alexander 13,135
68 Katherine 12,740
69 Ruth 12,610
70 Raymond 12,606
71 Sandra 12,399
72 Amanda 12,387
73 Laura 12,357
74 Stephanie 12,239
75 Rebecca 12,097
76 Patrick 12,032
77 Shirley 11,614
78 Melissa 11,282
79 Kathleen 11,028
80 Angela 10,896
81 Carol 10,887
82 Amy 10,881
83 Frank 10,705
84 Tyler 10,641
85 Emma 10,621
86 Henry 10,570
87 Kelly 10,548
88 Zachary 10,509
89 Nicole 10,479
90 Cynthia 10,473
91 Scott 10,463
92 Rachel 10,446
93 Walter 10,308
94 Lauren 10,266
95 Samantha 10,011
96 Sean 9,931
97 Christina 9,920
98 Larry 9,878
99 Jordan 9,799
100 Brenda 9,710