State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,818 Massachusetts births in 1978 across 1,022 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#59Kerryoutside the national top 200
#67Kerrioutside the national top 200
#67Brendanoutside the national top 200
#74Jillian#194 nationally
#46Meghan#164 nationally
#85Kateoutside the national top 200
#90Evan#199 nationally
#97Lynnoutside the national top 200
#94Geoffrey#185 nationally
#98Angel#189 nationally
#92Mathew#182 nationally
#50Colleen#133 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,494US #1
#2Melissa863US #2
#3Jessica772US #3
#4Amy603US #4
#5Sarah574US #8
#6Michelle572US #9
#7Nicole569US #10
#8Elizabeth553US #14
#9Lisa530US #11
#10Heather513US #5
#11Kelly496US #12
#12Erin400US #21
#13Christine386US #29
#14Kimberly367US #13
#15Rebecca365US #17
#16Danielle347US #31
#17Julie334US #26
#18Stephanie325US #16
#19Christina310US #15
#20Amanda307US #6
#21Kristen287US #62
#22Andrea266US #23
#23Laura256US #19
#24Angela251US #7
#25Rachel245US #25
#26Kathleen240US #79
#27Katherine219US #38
#28Emily214US #33
#29Jill209US #46
#30Mary206US #24
#31Shannon201US #22
#32Karen196US #39
#33Lauren190US #80
#34Tara189US #40
#35Sara180US #28
#36Erica172US #34
#37Kristin168US #78
#38Jamie157US #20
#39Susan155US #49
#40Maria151US #36
#41Kathryn149US #57
#42Crystal144US #18
#43Catherine141US #72
#44Megan141US #41
#45Tracy138US #47
#46Meghan133US #164
#47Stacey132US #53
#48Melanie131US #54
#49Katie126US #90
#50Colleen125US #133
#51Allison123US #75
#52Carrie123US #35
#53Dawn122US #52
#54Jaime122US #70
#55Beth119US #107
#56Cheryl115US #94
#57Alicia113US #58
#58Alison113US #123
#59Kerry111
#60Patricia109US #48
#61Gina108US #93
#62Holly108US #55
#63Stacy108US #44
#64Kristy107US #51
#65Sandra107US #69
#66Heidi106US #83
#67Kerri105
#68Jacqueline104US #81
#69Courtney103US #68
#70Renee103US #99
#71Tammy102US #67
#72Carolyn101US #130
#73Robin101US #89
#74Jillian98US #194
#75Tina93US #45
#76Lori91US #60
#77Tiffany89US #32
#78Leah86US #108
#79Tanya86US #82
#80Kristina84US #64
#81Linda84US #100
#82Lindsay84US #95
#83Nancy84US #97
#84Kara83US #127
#85Kate83
#86Meredith83US #146
#87Denise81US #85
#88April80US #27
#89Samantha80US #74
#90Suzanne80US #117
#91Cynthia79US #50
#92Deborah79US #118
#93Theresa76US #101
#94Pamela75US #109
#95Erika73US #104
#96Laurie73US #169
#97Lynn72
#98Anne71US #119
#99Brenda71US #103
#100Wendy71US #56

Boys

#1Michael2,133US #1
#2Matthew1,318US #6
#3Christopher1,245US #3
#4Jason1,149US #2
#5David1,103US #4
#6John905US #7
#7James860US #5
#8Daniel859US #11
#9Brian815US #9
#10Robert795US #8
#11Joseph731US #10
#12Jeffrey605US #19
#13Kevin594US #15
#14Timothy575US #17
#15William514US #13
#16Andrew490US #22
#17Eric484US #16
#18Joshua476US #12
#19Richard466US #21
#20Thomas457US #23
#21Mark449US #26
#22Ryan442US #14
#23Scott432US #30
#24Adam427US #29
#25Paul421US #33
#26Stephen411US #37
#27Jonathan371US #31
#28Nicholas369US #25
#29Peter350US #54
#30Steven346US #24
#31Anthony339US #20
#32Patrick308US #42
#33Justin302US #28
#34Sean300US #45
#35Gregory296US #38
#36Benjamin271US #34
#37Shawn250US #39
#38Charles242US #27
#39Keith242US #49
#40Jeremy230US #18
#41Edward189US #47
#42Kenneth175US #41
#43Todd171US #56
#44Nathan169US #36
#45Shaun164US #52
#46Aaron159US #32
#47Derek146US #75
#48Bryan136US #43
#49Jesse135US #51
#50Craig133US #66
#51George128US #58
#52Marc127US #107
#53Chad123US #35
#54Jose122US #44
#55Donald116US #48
#56Philip113US #84
#57Alexander108US #98
#58Dennis105US #71
#59Jared103US #72
#60Douglas100US #59
#61Erik99US #85
#62Ronald97US #55
#63Seth96US #106
#64Corey95US #61
#65Joel93US #74
#66Frank87US #77
#67Brendan85
#68Raymond84US #69
#69Samuel80US #57
#70Shane79US #65
#71Jacob78US #50
#72Ian75US #117
#73Kyle75US #63
#74Gary74US #60
#75Luis74US #110
#76Nathaniel73US #94
#77Jamie69US #95
#78Brad64US #123
#79Vincent62US #105
#80Christian59US #116
#81Jay58US #119
#82Russell58US #93
#83Wayne58US #138
#84Arthur56US #141
#85Carlos56US #78
#86Luke53US #139
#87Alan51US #122
#88Antonio50US #79
#89Brandon50US #40
#90Evan50US #199
#91Zachary49US #89
#92Mathew47US #182
#93Neil47US #159
#94Geoffrey46US #185
#95Cory45US #73
#96Lawrence45US #113
#97Randy45US #86
#98Angel44US #189
#99Gabriel44US #90
#100Victor44US #103

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑38Cheryl#56
↑30Meghan#46
↑29Crystal#42
↑26Carolyn#72
↑21Shaun#45
↑20Jacqueline#68
↑19Nicholas#28
↑18Katie#49

Falling

↓23Wendy#100
↓21Tanya#79
↓20Jaime#54
↓18Kerri#67
↓17Lori#76
↓17Laurie#96
↓16Kara#84
↓15Brandon#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.