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Most popular baby names in Maryland, 2025

The names given most often to babies born in Maryland in 2025, with how each one moved since 2024. 19,985 girls and 22,897 boys are in the Maryland list.

#1 for girls
Ailany
225 babies · #14 in the US
#1 for boys
Liam
463 babies · #1 in the US
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Top 25 girls · Maryland 2025

RankNameBabiesvs 2024
  1. #1AilanyEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,842 in 2015, #14 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel225▲ 47
  2. #2CharlotteForm of Charles, meaning “free man”222same
  3. #3Olivia“olive; olive branch”218▼ 2
  4. #4MiaEditor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records217▲ 1
  5. #5Sophia“wisdom”210▼ 1
  6. #6ElianaEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel206▲ 7
  7. #7Emma“entire”196▼ 4
  8. #8IsabellaForm of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”175▲ 1
  9. #9Amelia“vigor, bravery”159▼ 1
  10. #10ZoeVariant of Zoë, meaning “life”158▼ 4
  11. #11MadisonEditor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies139▲ 7
  12. #12EvelynSame root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”137▲ 2
  13. #13AvaEditor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records125▼ 6
  14. #14Elizabeth“my God is an oath”123▼ 3
  15. #15Lucy“light”121▲ 21
  16. #16Eleanorpossibly “other”120▲ 7
  17. #17Sofia“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”117same
  18. #18GraceFrom the word “grace”115same
  19. #19Naomi“my pleasantness”114▲ 12
  20. #20LilyDiminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”110▲ 14
  21. #21Aria“a musical aria”108▲ 12
  22. #21AuroraItalian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”108same
  23. #23Chloe“young green shoot”103▼ 13
  24. #24VioletFrom the word “violet”102▲ 4
  25. #25ScarlettEditor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US99▼ 9

Top 25 boys · Maryland 2025

RankNameBabiesvs 2024
  1. #1LiamForm of William, meaning “will + helmet”463same
  2. #2NoahEditor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records377same
  3. #3LucasEditor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records221▲ 2
  4. #4TheodoreEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025214▲ 5
  5. #5OliverEditor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records210▼ 1
  6. #6William“will + helmet”185▲ 3
  7. #7Ethan“firmness, strong, or long-lived”183same
  8. #7HenryEditor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records183same
  9. #9James“May He Heel”180▼ 6
  10. #10ThiagoPortuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”168▲ 4
  11. #11Elijah“Yahweh is my god”163▲ 2
  12. #12Michael“who is like God?”151▲ 8
  13. #13DylanWelsh, meaning “to, of + tide”150▼ 7
  14. #14JackShort form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”148▲ 10
  15. #15MateoSame root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”145▼ 3
  16. #16LeviEditor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records143▲ 3
  17. #17Isaac“he laughs, he will laugh”138▼ 1
  18. #18Benjamin“son of the right/south or son of days”137▼ 7
  19. #18JaydenEditor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025137▲ 2
  20. #20MasonFrom a surname for “a stonemason”136▲ 11
  21. #21OwenEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025134▲ 5
  22. #22JacksonEditor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records132▲ 19
  23. #22Samuel“God has set or God has placed”132▲ 12
  24. #24CooperEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025129▲ 49
  25. #24Johnpossibly “God is gracious”129▲ 11
  26. #24Joshua“to save”129▲ 11

Names that stand out in Maryland

Names in the Maryland top 100 that make up a bigger share of babies here than in the US overall. “2.0×” means the name’s share of Maryland births is twice its share of all US births.

Girls

NameMarylandUSShare vs US
Mackenzie#97#2282.7×
Nyla#100#2362.7×
Ailany#1#142.5×
Ashley#69#1642.4×
Madison#11#402.3×
Zoe#10#312.3×
Genesis#29#662.2×
Skylar#84#1672.1×

Boys

NameMarylandUSShare vs US
Muhammad#90#2393.1×
Kairo#90#2262.9×
Amir#40#1052.5×
Jayden#18#702.2×
Amari#97#1852.2×
Thiago#10#502.1×
Joshua#24#662.0×
Eithan#56#971.9×

Counts: US Social Security Administration, state data for 2024 and 2025 (names given to 5 or more babies in Maryland). Ranks are worked out from the counts, with ties sharing a rank, so a list can run past 25 names. Shares divide by all listed babies of the same sex. Meanings, where shown, are from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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