State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,435 Massachusetts births in 1977 across 1,019 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#56Kerryoutside the national top 200
#49Kerri#188 nationally
#63Brendanoutside the national top 200
#76Meghanoutside the national top 200
#80Francisoutside the national top 200
#87Danaoutside the national top 200
#95Kateoutside the national top 200
#93Mathew#191 nationally
#48Colleen#145 nationally
#97Keri#187 nationally
#81Neil#169 nationally
#98Geoffrey#185 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,532US #1
#2Jessica773US #4
#3Melissa745US #2
#4Amy688US #3
#5Michelle573US #7
#6Sarah551US #11
#7Heather550US #5
#8Kelly524US #10
#9Elizabeth505US #13
#10Nicole491US #15
#11Lisa466US #12
#12Kimberly441US #8
#13Erin415US #23
#14Christine380US #30
#15Rebecca354US #17
#16Julie333US #22
#17Danielle321US #31
#18Stephanie303US #14
#19Amanda290US #9
#20Laura281US #20
#21Andrea269US #24
#22Jill267US #41
#23Karen257US #32
#24Christina249US #16
#25Shannon244US #19
#26Angela236US #6
#27Kristen234US #72
#28Katherine224US #44
#29Mary209US #21
#30Tara206US #35
#31Emily197US #37
#32Kathleen192US #80
#33Rachel191US #26
#34Jaime189US #46
#35Jamie181US #18
#36Sara178US #27
#37Susan164US #45
#38Stacey157US #56
#39Lauren150US #114
#40Erica149US #38
#41Megan149US #54
#42Carrie148US #28
#43Tracy148US #50
#44Beth147US #97
#45Kristin146US #82
#46Melanie145US #53
#47Dawn141US #43
#48Colleen133US #145
#49Kerri130US #188
#50Maria130US #36
#51Catherine129US #75
#52Patricia127US #47
#53Kathryn125US #70
#54Allison121US #66
#55Sandra121US #61
#56Kerry119
#57Renee112US #87
#58Tanya111US #67
#59Lori110US #57
#60Alison108US #122
#61Holly106US #52
#62Heidi104US #81
#63Tina104US #58
#64Gina102US #88
#65Stacy100US #42
#66Tammy99US #55
#67Katie98US #115
#68Kara97US #120
#69Nancy96US #89
#70Alicia95US #60
#71Crystal94US #25
#72Courtney90US #76
#73Denise90US #78
#74April88US #29
#75Leah86US #112
#76Meghan86
#77Wendy86US #49
#78Cynthia84US #48
#79Laurie84US #153
#80Michele84US #77
#81Kristy83US #68
#82Lindsay83US #110
#83Diane81US #164
#84Linda81US #99
#85Kristina80US #83
#86Ann79US #118
#87Deborah78US #109
#88Jacqueline76US #92
#89Jodi76US #105
#90Suzanne76US #121
#91Sabrina74US #63
#92Sharon74US #95
#93Meredith73US #154
#94Cheryl71US #135
#95Kate71
#96Pamela71US #102
#97Keri70US #187
#98Carolyn68US #129
#99Jaclyn68US #148
#100Bethany67US #176

Boys

#1Michael1,996US #1
#2Jason1,307US #2
#3Matthew1,263US #9
#4Christopher1,181US #3
#5David1,051US #4
#6Brian949US #8
#7John918US #7
#8James861US #5
#9Daniel823US #11
#10Robert778US #6
#11Joseph698US #10
#12Kevin665US #13
#13Jeffrey634US #19
#14Eric528US #17
#15William506US #12
#16Thomas494US #22
#17Timothy486US #18
#18Andrew479US #24
#19Richard465US #20
#20Mark457US #25
#21Paul450US #31
#22Joshua424US #14
#23Ryan421US #16
#24Scott421US #27
#25Steven410US #23
#26Stephen404US #38
#27Sean371US #43
#28Jonathan353US #28
#29Adam335US #33
#30Peter317US #55
#31Anthony315US #21
#32Gregory290US #35
#33Benjamin288US #29
#34Justin283US #30
#35Jeremy277US #15
#36Shawn269US #37
#37Keith268US #48
#38Patrick264US #40
#39Charles213US #26
#40Nathan211US #36
#41Edward208US #47
#42Todd179US #50
#43Kenneth171US #39
#44Derek160US #84
#45Bryan156US #42
#46Marc155US #101
#47Nicholas150US #51
#48Aaron144US #32
#49Craig138US #64
#50Corey133US #52
#51George132US #57
#52Jose126US #45
#53Jesse125US #54
#54Donald123US #46
#55Dennis107US #68
#56Erik107US #94
#57Alexander105US #96
#58Douglas105US #59
#59Ronald102US #53
#60Philip98US #90
#61Chad97US #34
#62Jacob92US #56
#63Brendan91
#64Raymond89US #65
#65Jared88US #76
#66Shaun87US #103
#67Gary86US #58
#68Seth86US #118
#69Ian85US #119
#70Joel82US #73
#71Christian78US #116
#72Frank75US #71
#73Jamie75US #82
#74Brandon72US #41
#75Shane72US #61
#76Brett69US #109
#77Zachary68US #95
#78Luis67US #108
#79Wayne66US #138
#80Francis65
#81Neil65US #169
#82Alan63US #126
#83Kyle63US #79
#84Samuel62US #60
#85Cory57US #67
#86Arthur56US #135
#87Dana56
#88Russell56US #89
#89Carlos53US #74
#90Jeremiah52US #69
#91Juan52US #63
#92Nathaniel51US #107
#93Mathew48US #191
#94Vincent47US #110
#95Roger46US #114
#96Jay45US #130
#97Louis45US #143
#98Geoffrey44US #185
#99Phillip44US #70
#100Bruce43US #148

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑30Beth#44
↑24Gina#64
↑23Leah#75
↑21Crystal#71
↑21Meghan#76
↑16Corey#50
↑15Brandon#74
↑14Emily#31

Falling

↓23Carolyn#98
↓23Jamie#73
↓22Deborah#87
↓22Cheryl#94
↓21Sharon#92
↓20Laurie#79
↓20Pamela#96
↓19Wendy#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.