Most popular boys’ names in Maryland, 2000

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	618
2	Joshua	554
3	Jacob	541
4	Matthew	531
5	Ryan	525
6	Nicholas	479
7	Andrew	474
8	Christopher	431
8	William	431
10	John	425
11	Joseph	409
12	James	399
13	Tyler	380
14	Zachary	372
15	Daniel	363
16	Brandon	360
17	Alexander	347
18	David	346
19	Justin	329
20	Anthony	315
21	Benjamin	299
22	Kyle	298
23	Jordan	296
24	Kevin	282
25	Samuel	275

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Robert	273
27	Noah	258
28	Cameron	254
29	Christian	251
30	Dylan	248
31	Jonathan	243
32	Thomas	237
33	Nathan	222
34	Ethan	214
35	Austin	197
35	Brian	197
37	Jason	194
38	Sean	191
39	Aaron	179
39	Hunter	179
41	Connor	168
42	Eric	160
42	Luke	160
44	Charles	159
45	Timothy	158
46	Evan	149
47	Jack	141
47	Nathaniel	141
49	Garrett	139
49	Patrick	139
51	Logan	138
52	Isaiah	137
53	Adam	135
54	Steven	129
55	Richard	123
56	Caleb	122
57	Devin	117
58	Jared	114
59	Ian	110
60	Elijah	108
61	Mason	107
62	Cody	105
62	Paul	105
64	Jeremy	103
65	Cole	100
65	Mark	100
67	Chase	99
68	Gabriel	97
69	Seth	95
70	Malik	94
71	Colin	92
71	Jackson	92
73	Brendan	90
74	Kenneth	89
75	Antonio	87
75	Shane	87
77	Jalen	85
78	Edward	82
78	Stephen	82
80	Marcus	81
81	Dominic	80
82	Darius	77
82	Lucas	77
84	Alex	76
84	Bryan	76
84	Corey	76
87	Peter	74
87	Travis	74
89	Shawn	73
90	Liam	72
91	Isaac	70
92	Jeffrey	69
92	Trevor	69
94	Bradley	67
95	Bryce	66
95	Julian	66
97	Aidan	64
97	Gregory	64
99	Blake	63
99	Jeremiah	63