NameTides

Md

Md was the #4,249 boys' name in the US in 2025 (24 babies), and #357 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Md as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Md as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Md as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#4,249 (24)#357 (118)—#1,083 (23)
2024#4,701 (21)#361 (120)—#1,089 (22)
2023#4,456 (23)#539 (71)—#1,496 (13)
2022#3,879 (28)#646 (54)—#2,052 (8)
2021#4,011 (26)#672 (54)—#2,061 (8)
2020#3,570 (30)#587 (61)—#2,431 (6)
2019#4,337 (23)#655 (53)——
2018#3,708 (29)#549 (68)#749 (3)#2,740 (5)
2017#3,312 (34)#779 (43)—#2,010 (8)
2016#3,681 (29)#621 (57)——
2015#3,882 (27)#656 (52)—#1,681 (10)
2014#4,538 (21)#730 (44)—#2,667 (5)
2013#4,180 (23)#692 (47)—#1,926 (8)
2012#4,390 (22)#754 (43)——
2011#4,509 (21)#852 (34)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #3,312.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Md is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 82,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 66,000 to 1 in 100,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Md by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Md (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#63618

Md (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MdCanadaBoys#1,08323
MdEngland & WalesBoys#357118
Md.England & WalesBoys—too few
MdIrelandBoys—too few
MdNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MdUSBoys#4,24924