Most Popular Baby Names in Maryland (2025)

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 2025 were Ailany for girls and Liam for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Maryland than in the country as a whole include Thiago, Jayden, and Joshua.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Maryland

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Ailany	225	↑ 47
2	Charlotte	222	–
3	Olivia	218	↓ 2
4	Mia	217	↑ 1
5	Sophia	210	↓ 1
6	Eliana	206	↑ 7
7	Emma	196	↓ 4
8	Isabella	175	↑ 1
9	Amelia	159	↓ 1
10	Zoe	158	↓ 4
11	Madison	139	↑ 9
12	Evelyn	137	↑ 2
13	Ava	125	↓ 6
14	Elizabeth	123	↓ 3
15	Lucy	121	↑ 21
16	Eleanor	120	↑ 7
17	Sofia	117	–
18	Grace	115	–
19	Naomi	114	↑ 12
20	Lily	110	↑ 15
21	Aria	108	↑ 12
22	Aurora	108	↓ 1
23	Chloe	103	↓ 13
24	Violet	102	↑ 4
25	Scarlett	99	↓ 9
26	Harper	98	↓ 7
27	Penelope	98	↑ 16
28	Nora	97	↓ 2
29	Genesis	95	↓ 14
30	Hazel	95	↓ 5
31	Abigail	93	↓ 7
32	Emily	93	↓ 3
33	Layla	89	↓ 3
34	Camila	87	↓ 12
35	Hannah	86	↑ 6
36	Ella	84	↓ 2
37	Isla	84	↑ 17
38	Luna	83	↓ 26
39	Gianna	81	↓ 7
40	Nova	80	↑ 2
41	Ellie	77	↓ 4
42	Sophie	77	↑ 13
43	Avery	74	↓ 3
44	Elena	73	↑ 13
45	Riley	73	↓ 18
46	Sadie	73	↑ 21
47	Lainey	70	↑ 5
48	Leilani	70	↑ 17
49	Mila	68	↓ 3
50	Lillian	67	↓ 11
51	Victoria	67	↓ 6
52	Eden	66	↑ 44
53	Josephine	66	↑ 21
54	Valentina	66	new
55	Claire	65	↑ 22
56	Maya	65	↓ 18
57	Leah	61	↓ 6
58	Addison	60	↑ 37
59	Ivy	60	–
60	Zoey	59	↓ 13
61	Melody	58	↑ 19
62	Stella	57	↓ 18
63	Alice	56	↓ 2
64	Sarah	56	↑ 21
65	Adeline	55	↓ 12
66	Ariana	55	↑ 15
67	Emilia	55	↓ 11
68	Madelyn	55	↓ 19
69	Ashley	54	↓ 5
70	Eloise	54	↑ 3
71	Willow	54	↓ 8
72	Ayla	53	↑ 10
73	Delilah	53	new
74	Ruby	53	new
75	Allison	52	↑ 25
76	Caroline	52	new
77	Hailey	52	↓ 6
78	Samantha	51	new
79	Brooklyn	50	new
80	Cecilia	50	new
81	Jade	50	new
82	Maria	49	new
83	Savannah	49	↓ 4
84	Audrey	48	↑ 9
85	Cora	48	↓ 7
86	Josie	48	new
87	Skylar	48	↓ 25
88	Kennedy	47	new
89	Vivian	47	↑ 10
90	Arya	46	new
91	Clara	46	↓ 5
92	Eva	46	new
93	Liliana	46	↓ 10
94	Lydia	46	new
95	Lyla	46	new
96	Parker	46	↓ 5
97	Lucia	45	new
98	Mackenzie	45	↓ 32
99	Maeve	45	↓ 15
100	Madeline	44	↓ 40

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	463	–
2	Noah	377	–
3	Lucas	221	↑ 2
4	Theodore	214	↑ 5
5	Oliver	210	↓ 1
6	William	185	↑ 4
7	Ethan	183	–
8	Henry	183	–
9	James	180	↓ 6
10	Thiago	168	↑ 4
11	Elijah	163	↑ 2
12	Michael	151	↑ 10
13	Dylan	150	↓ 7
14	Jack	148	↑ 11
15	Mateo	145	↓ 3
16	Levi	143	↑ 3
17	Isaac	138	↓ 1
18	Benjamin	137	↓ 7
19	Jayden	137	↑ 2
20	Mason	136	↑ 11
21	Owen	134	↑ 5
22	Jackson	132	↑ 20
23	Samuel	132	↑ 11
24	Cooper	129	↑ 49
25	John	129	↑ 10
26	Joshua	129	↑ 10
27	Caleb	126	↓ 3
28	Daniel	126	↓ 10
29	Jacob	122	↓ 12
30	Joseph	120	↑ 9
31	Nathan	120	↓ 3
32	Alexander	119	↑ 8
33	Anthony	119	↑ 4
34	Asher	118	↓ 11
35	Aiden	117	↓ 2
36	Elias	116	↑ 11
37	Brooks	113	↑ 9
38	Thomas	113	↑ 10
39	Matthew	112	↓ 9
40	Amir	110	↓ 11
41	Ezra	110	↓ 21
42	David	109	↓ 27
43	Carter	107	↑ 8
44	Luca	107	↑ 6
45	Logan	106	↓ 7
46	Luke	105	↑ 17
47	Charles	103	↑ 9
48	Gabriel	103	↓ 3
49	Julian	102	↓ 17
50	Leo	100	↓ 23
51	Christopher	99	↑ 2
52	Grayson	99	↑ 9
53	Hudson	99	↓ 12
54	Wyatt	99	↑ 1
55	Ian	97	↓ 6
56	Eithan	95	new
57	Isaiah	94	↑ 5
58	Aaron	92	↑ 16
59	Miles	92	↓ 15
60	Wesley	91	↑ 5
61	Bennett	87	↑ 24
62	Josiah	86	↓ 3
63	Sebastian	86	↑ 4
64	Angel	83	↓ 12
65	Cameron	82	↓ 22
66	Roman	82	↓ 6
67	Jonathan	78	↓ 3
68	Nolan	76	↓ 2
69	Santiago	76	–
70	Weston	76	↑ 14
71	Andrew	74	↑ 1
72	Axel	73	↑ 4
73	Ryan	73	↑ 7
74	Enzo	72	↓ 16
75	Micah	72	↓ 7
76	Austin	71	↓ 1
77	Christian	71	↑ 5
78	Adrian	69	↓ 7
79	Rowan	69	↑ 18
80	Jace	67	↓ 1
81	Gael	66	↑ 9
82	Everett	65	new
83	Maverick	63	↓ 26
84	Parker	63	new
85	Theo	63	new
86	August	62	new
87	Jeremiah	62	↑ 7
88	Robert	62	↓ 5
89	Silas	62	new
90	Beau	61	new
91	Kairo	61	new
92	Muhammad	61	new
93	Arthur	60	new
94	Ezekiel	60	new
95	Nathaniel	60	new
96	Xavier	60	↓ 1
97	Amari	58	↓ 16
98	Myles	58	new
99	Graham	57	new
100	Lincoln	56	↓ 8

Names more popular in Maryland

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Maryland than across the US.

Boys

Name	Maryland	US
Thiago	#10	#50
Jayden	#19	#70
Joshua	#26	#66
Amir	#40	#105

Number-one names in Maryland by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Ailany (225)	Liam (463)
2024	Olivia (233)	Liam (457)
2023	Olivia (250)	Liam (426)
2022	Ava (225)	Liam (422)
2021	Olivia (267)	Liam (472)
2020	Olivia (285)	Liam (369)
2019	Olivia (325)	Liam (397)
2018	Ava (312)	Liam (362)
2017	Ava (343)	Liam (341)
2016	Ava (308)	Noah (336)
2015	Olivia (321)	Noah (389)
2014	Olivia (348)	Noah (324)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Maryland

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Maryland

Boys

Number-one names in Maryland by year

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