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The Royal Baby's Here! What are Maryland's Most Popular Baby Names?

Social Security Administration: New entries made the top 5 most popular names for boys in 2012.

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By Whitney Teal

While no one yet knows the name of the son born Monday to Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, according to The Washington Post, the Social Security Administration's annual list of America's most popular baby names offers some suggestions.

In Maryland, there was a distinctly Elizabethan feel to the most popular girl baby names of 2012, while parents of boys got totally Biblical.

The top five baby names for boys:
  1. Mason
  2. Michael
  3. Jacob
  4. Noah
  5. Ethan
The top five baby names for girls:
  1. Sophia
  2. Emma
  3. Ava
  4. Olivia 
  5. Isabella
That list, surprisingly, didn't deviate much from the national top baby names:

Boys

  1. Jacob
  2. Mason
  3. Ethan
  4. Noah
  5. William

 Girls

  1. Sophia
  2. Emma
  3. Isabella
  4. Olivia
  5. Ava

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