The most common names of people born in Maryland

Social Security has recorded about 5 million births in Maryland since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 3.9 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 40. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Maryland, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Maryland from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Maryland

Most common names of living women born in Maryland
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	29,000	65
2	Jennifer	23,000	46
3	Elizabeth	18,000	44
4	Patricia	18,000	69
5	Jessica	16,000	38
6	Linda	16,000	70
7	Sarah	16,000	37
8	Kimberly	15,000	49
9	Ashley	15,000	32
10	Lisa	15,000	56
11	Karen	14,000	61
12	Barbara	14,000	71
13	Emily	14,000	29
14	Deborah	14,000	66
15	Susan	13,000	65
16	Michelle	12,000	47
17	Amanda	12,000	38
18	Stephanie	11,000	44
19	Sharon	11,000	67
20	Donna	11,000	66
21	Melissa	11,000	46
22	Rebecca	11,000	44
23	Laura	10,000	50
24	Nicole	10,000	39
25	Amy	10,000	45
26	Lauren	9,900	35
27	Katherine	9,900	41
28	Samantha	9,800	30
29	Margaret	9,800	60
30	Rachel	9,700	36

Men and boys born in Maryland

Most common names of living men born in Maryland
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	65,000	48
2	James	51,000	52
3	John	51,000	54
4	Robert	46,000	56
5	William	45,000	52
6	David	45,000	51
7	Christopher	33,000	40
8	Joseph	32,000	47
9	Charles	28,000	55
10	Matthew	27,000	35
11	Thomas	26,000	51
12	Daniel	25,000	39
13	Richard	24,000	58
14	Kevin	21,000	44
15	Joshua	20,000	30
16	Andrew	20,000	35
17	Brian	20,000	46
18	Anthony	19,000	40
19	Mark	18,000	54
20	Ryan	18,000	30
21	Steven	17,000	50
22	Timothy	16,000	48
23	Jason	16,000	39
24	Nicholas	15,000	31
25	Eric	14,000	44
26	Jeffrey	14,000	52
27	Jacob	14,000	24
28	Paul	13,000	55
29	Kenneth	13,000	54
30	Brandon	13,000	31

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Maryland, not the national average.

Names more common in Maryland than nationally

Among living people born in Maryland, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Tyrone is 2.7× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Maryland than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Tyrone	2.7×	2,600	51
2	Malik	2.5×	1,800	23
3	Maurice	2.4×	2,700	48
4	Darius	2.3×	1,700	27
5	Bernard	2.3×	2,300	62
6	Zion	2.3×	1,700	13
7	Amir	2.3×	1,800	11
8	Amari	2.2×	1,600	12
9	Dwayne	2.1×	1,900	49
10	Vernon	2.1×	1,600	61
11	Andre	2.1×	3,600	40
12	Harry	2.1×	3,300	63
13	Camden	2.1×	1,800	11
14	Melvin	2.1×	3,100	56
15	Wayne	2.0×	5,500	60

The newest Maryland babies

The most popular names for babies born in Maryland in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Maryland
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Ailany	225	2
2	Charlotte	222	30
3	Olivia	218	18
4	Mia	217	15
5	Sophia	210	16
6	Eliana	206	10
7	Emma	196	20
8	Isabella	175	15
9	Amelia	159	16
10	Zoe	158	16

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Maryland
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Liam	463	11
2	Noah	377	16
3	Lucas	221	18
4	Theodore	214	29
5	Oliver	210	13
6	William	185	51
7	Ethan	183	19
8	Henry	183	34
9	James	180	54
10	Thiago	168	5

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Maryland with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this