State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,623 Massachusetts births in 1976 across 1,016 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Massachusetts more than they say America.

#63Brendanoutside the national top 200
#42Kerry#176 nationally
#71Danaoutside the national top 200
#48Kerri#168 nationally
#86Lynnoutside the national top 200
#90Francisoutside the national top 200
#97Meghanoutside the national top 200
#100Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#88Neil#173 nationally
#54Colleen#136 nationally
#91Keri#173 nationally
#44Lauren#125 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,552US #1
#2Amy877US #2
#3Melissa705US #3
#4Jessica671US #8
#5Heather582US #4
#6Michelle549US #6
#7Lisa501US #9
#8Nicole480US #13
#9Elizabeth454US #16
#10Sarah421US #15
#11Kimberly414US #7
#12Christine393US #26
#13Rebecca376US #12
#14Erin357US #24
#15Kelly335US #19
#16Julie326US #21
#17Shannon312US #17
#18Danielle295US #33
#19Laura272US #20
#20Karen267US #31
#21Stephanie266US #11
#22Jaime243US #29
#23Andrea241US #25
#24Amanda234US #10
#25Christina231US #14
#26Susan224US #40
#27Angela222US #5
#28Tara221US #42
#29Kristen206US #73
#30Jill201US #52
#31Kathleen201US #82
#32Rachel198US #23
#33Jamie186US #18
#34Dawn177US #35
#35Sara173US #27
#36Katherine172US #57
#37Mary169US #22
#38Stacey158US #51
#39Kristin152US #74
#40Tracy152US #37
#41Erica151US #54
#42Kerry151US #176
#43Maria150US #34
#44Lauren140US #125
#45Emily137US #50
#46Megan134US #62
#47Melanie133US #53
#48Kerri132US #168
#49Patricia130US #43
#50Allison129US #67
#51Lori128US #47
#52Stacy127US #38
#53Carrie125US #28
#54Colleen125US #136
#55Catherine120US #72
#56Kathryn119US #88
#57Tammy119US #41
#58Wendy118US #39
#59Laurie117US #137
#60Courtney116US #76
#61Holly114US #56
#62Sandra113US #59
#63Heidi111US #70
#64Tanya111US #61
#65Deborah106US #96
#66Alison105US #118
#67Renee102US #86
#68Tina101US #48
#69Alicia100US #71
#70Cynthia99US #44
#71Sharon94US #81
#72Cheryl93US #105
#73Nancy92US #87
#74Beth91US #114
#75Carolyn89US #129
#76Pamela89US #84
#77Suzanne89US #126
#78Michele88US #63
#79April85US #30
#80Kara84US #138
#81Brenda81US #77
#82Denise80US #69
#83Kristina77US #97
#84Tiffany76US #32
#85Linda75US #90
#86Lynn74
#87Anne72US #124
#88Gina72US #94
#89Jacqueline72US #99
#90Samantha72US #85
#91Keri71US #173
#92Crystal70US #36
#93Lindsay70US #133
#94Theresa70US #89
#95Victoria70US #92
#96Ann69US #108
#97Meghan69
#98Leah68US #119
#99Paula67US #121
#100Aimee65US #123

Boys

#1Michael2,034US #1
#2Jason1,172US #2
#3Christopher1,152US #3
#4David1,120US #4
#5Matthew941US #9
#6John891US #6
#7Robert859US #7
#8James830US #5
#9Brian813US #8
#10Daniel787US #10
#11Joseph687US #12
#12Eric610US #13
#13Jeffrey570US #17
#14Scott533US #24
#15William505US #11
#16Timothy496US #21
#17Kevin486US #15
#18Richard477US #19
#19Mark456US #25
#20Stephen456US #37
#21Thomas433US #23
#22Steven428US #20
#23Paul411US #28
#24Andrew381US #27
#25Jonathan364US #31
#26Sean354US #42
#27Peter351US #54
#28Joshua344US #18
#29Ryan340US #16
#30Adam316US #36
#31Anthony310US #22
#32Jeremy294US #14
#33Shawn291US #34
#34Gregory289US #35
#35Keith267US #48
#36Benjamin250US #32
#37Patrick247US #41
#38Justin243US #33
#39Edward229US #45
#40Todd212US #50
#41Charles205US #26
#42Kenneth198US #38
#43Aaron191US #30
#44Nathan174US #39
#45Craig151US #61
#46Marc148US #99
#47Derek141US #84
#48George139US #53
#49Dennis137US #66
#50Jamie136US #62
#51Bryan129US #43
#52Donald122US #47
#53Jesse121US #55
#54Douglas120US #56
#55Jose119US #44
#56Chad113US #29
#57Nicholas108US #77
#58Ronald107US #49
#59Gary106US #52
#60Alexander104US #107
#61Erik102US #94
#62Raymond98US #65
#63Brendan96
#64Seth89US #128
#65Frank88US #68
#66Corey85US #64
#67Philip85US #89
#68Samuel82US #59
#69Christian76US #112
#70Jacob76US #63
#71Dana71
#72Joel71US #72
#73Nathaniel69US #114
#74Shane69US #57
#75Jared68US #90
#76Luis66US #110
#77Carlos62US #70
#78Ian62US #135
#79Wayne60US #131
#80Jay58US #126
#81Russell55US #87
#82Brett54US #109
#83Arthur53US #137
#84Alan52US #115
#85Bruce51US #148
#86Kyle51US #80
#87Lawrence51US #113
#88Neil51US #173
#89Brandon50US #40
#90Francis50
#91Zachary49US #97
#92Albert48US #136
#93Frederick48US #145
#94Juan48US #58
#95Louis48US #142
#96Antonio47US #71
#97Randy47US #79
#98Geoffrey46US #178
#99Carl45US #95
#100Nelson45

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑37Courtney#60
↑23Lauren#44
↑21Allison#50
↑21Kathryn#56
↑20Sara#35
↑20Jacob#70
↑20Nathaniel#73
↑18Erica#41

Falling

↓29Brenda#81
↓27Kara#80
↓22Carl#99
↓19Tammy#57
↓18Sandra#62
↓18Tanya#64
↓18Michele#78
↓18Denise#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.