State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,046 Massachusetts births in 1980 across 1,043 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#53Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#55Brendanoutside the national top 200
#62Kerrioutside the national top 200
#65Kate#197 nationally
#72Kerryoutside the national top 200
#81Colinoutside the national top 200
#52Jillian#171 nationally
#82Francisoutside the national top 200
#87Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#98Laurie#195 nationally
#97Kurt#192 nationally
#48Colleen#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,480US #1
#2Melissa908US #4
#3Jessica874US #3
#4Sarah756US #5
#5Nicole639US #7
#6Elizabeth635US #9
#7Michelle540US #10
#8Erin476US #20
#9Amanda462US #2
#10Lisa452US #16
#11Heather429US #6
#12Amy427US #8
#13Kimberly425US #11
#14Rebecca395US #17
#15Stephanie373US #13
#16Danielle371US #33
#17Laura362US #21
#18Kelly354US #19
#19Lauren347US #38
#20Kristen329US #39
#21Christina316US #15
#22Christine306US #41
#23Julie297US #32
#24Katherine272US #35
#25Emily259US #31
#26Sara256US #27
#27Rachel240US #23
#28Shannon232US #29
#29Angela228US #12
#30Katie226US #44
#31Andrea224US #28
#32Kristin216US #37
#33Erica207US #34
#34Kathleen207US #82
#35Meghan204US #114
#36Mary198US #25
#37Crystal195US #18
#38Megan195US #30
#39Tiffany192US #14
#40Kathryn177US #50
#41Jill175US #66
#42Allison168US #59
#43Tara161US #43
#44Courtney160US #48
#45Karen151US #54
#46Jamie149US #24
#47Catherine148US #77
#48Colleen147US #137
#49Maria147US #36
#50Alison142US #101
#51Patricia132US #51
#52Jillian130US #171
#53Caitlin121
#54Susan120US #62
#55Melanie119US #60
#56Alicia116US #47
#57Lindsay116US #71
#58Tracy115US #56
#59Jacqueline111US #81
#60Tanya111US #88
#61Leah109US #84
#62Kerri106
#63Beth104US #106
#64Kara102US #127
#65Kate102US #197
#66Heidi101US #79
#67Stacey101US #74
#68Kristina100US #73
#69April99US #26
#70Holly98US #52
#71Samantha95US #58
#72Kerry91
#73Stacy91US #53
#74Vanessa89US #69
#75Renee88US #107
#76Sandra88US #80
#77Meredith87US #140
#78Suzanne87US #139
#79Anna86US #55
#80Anne85US #112
#81Gina85US #100
#82Dawn84US #67
#83Brooke82US #57
#84Nichole82US #102
#85Lori81US #76
#86Tina81US #72
#87Alyssa79
#88Jaime79US #116
#89Carrie76US #46
#90Margaret76US #105
#91Bethany74US #124
#92Cynthia71US #64
#93Denise71US #95
#94Julia71US #98
#95Kristy71US #78
#96Carolyn70US #147
#97Jaclyn70US #168
#98Laurie69US #195
#99Nancy68US #111
#100Ashley67US #40

Boys

#1Michael2,019US #1
#2Matthew1,239US #6
#3Christopher1,221US #2
#4Jason1,134US #3
#5David1,038US #4
#6John952US #8
#7Daniel878US #11
#8James832US #5
#9Robert798US #9
#10Brian786US #12
#11Joseph780US #10
#12Joshua592US #7
#13Timothy573US #20
#14Eric571US #16
#15Ryan570US #15
#16William570US #14
#17Andrew562US #19
#18Jeffrey555US #27
#19Jonathan549US #21
#20Adam526US #22
#21Kevin520US #23
#22Thomas507US #25
#23Nicholas506US #17
#24Justin501US #13
#25Mark473US #30
#26Richard436US #26
#27Paul419US #35
#28Scott404US #33
#29Stephen376US #40
#30Anthony356US #24
#31Steven356US #28
#32Sean349US #48
#33Patrick348US #38
#34Peter336US #55
#35Benjamin322US #32
#36Derek277US #50
#37Gregory258US #42
#38Shawn244US #47
#39Jeremy242US #18
#40Nathan229US #36
#41Kenneth226US #41
#42Keith221US #56
#43Charles208US #29
#44Edward203US #52
#45Aaron198US #34
#46Jesse180US #45
#47Alexander148US #91
#48Craig143US #73
#49Jared138US #61
#50Bryan137US #49
#51Jose136US #46
#52Erik129US #64
#53Dennis125US #80
#54George125US #60
#55Brendan124
#56Philip124US #82
#57Marc122US #119
#58Shaun119US #79
#59Jacob115US #43
#60Todd110US #75
#61Chad107US #39
#62Douglas107US #62
#63Seth107US #99
#64Donald104US #53
#65Ronald100US #58
#66Ian98US #104
#67Joel98US #67
#68Corey96US #68
#69Samuel94US #54
#70Nathaniel92US #86
#71Gary91US #63
#72Kyle91US #57
#73Shane91US #69
#74Luis89US #88
#75Raymond85US #66
#76Brandon81US #31
#77Luke76US #97
#78Brett71US #96
#79Russell70US #92
#80Alan69US #112
#81Colin69
#82Francis67
#83Carlos66US #78
#84Brad64US #116
#85Juan63US #59
#86Zachary63US #72
#87Christian58US #118
#88Phillip58US #65
#89Evan57US #159
#90Frank56US #81
#91Wayne56US #146
#92Victor55US #107
#93Frederick54US #161
#94Jamie54US #105
#95Vincent52US #111
#96Jay51US #141
#97Kurt50US #192
#98Louis49US #151
#99Jon48US #127
#100Angel47US #172

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑25Heidi#66
↑22Tiffany#39
↑19Beth#63
↑19Anne#80
↑17Samantha#71
↑15Courtney#44
↑15Vanessa#74
↑15Anna#79

Falling

↓37Kristy#95
↓22Dawn#82
↓22Jamie#94
↓19Jaime#88
↓19Frank#90
↓18Carrie#89
↓17Laurie#98
↓16Gina#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.