State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,379 Massachusetts births in 1981 across 1,071 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#49Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#55Brendanoutside the national top 200
#59Kate#192 nationally
#68Kerrioutside the national top 200
#71Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#73Kerryoutside the national top 200
#83Francisoutside the national top 200
#86Angel#194 nationally
#95Danaoutside the national top 200
#99Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#100Laurieoutside the national top 200
#47Jillian#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,433US #1
#2Jessica993US #2
#3Melissa808US #5
#4Sarah788US #4
#5Nicole660US #7
#6Elizabeth656US #9
#7Amanda515US #3
#8Michelle508US #11
#9Amy504US #6
#10Erin477US #19
#11Stephanie447US #8
#12Kristen426US #38
#13Rebecca416US #12
#14Lisa401US #18
#15Danielle383US #30
#16Heather382US #10
#17Kimberly380US #13
#18Lauren359US #35
#19Kelly346US #23
#20Laura319US #21
#21Emily304US #29
#22Kristin304US #31
#23Christine289US #42
#24Rachel282US #22
#25Katherine275US #39
#26Christina265US #17
#27Julie264US #37
#28Sara263US #26
#29Andrea249US #24
#30Crystal244US #16
#31Shannon238US #32
#32Katie223US #44
#33Kathryn217US #48
#34Angela202US #15
#35Courtney190US #43
#36Kathleen183US #82
#37Megan180US #33
#38Lindsay179US #47
#39Mary179US #27
#40Erica176US #36
#41Tiffany173US #14
#42Catherine169US #73
#43Meghan169US #116
#44Tara167US #45
#45Allison164US #57
#46Jamie157US #28
#47Jillian157US #137
#48Jill146US #78
#49Caitlin139
#50Colleen135US #138
#51Alison131US #113
#52Jacqueline130US #67
#53Karen130US #64
#54Tanya127US #92
#55Lindsey124US #58
#56Leah123US #81
#57Melanie122US #66
#58April120US #25
#59Kate118US #192
#60Patricia116US #53
#61Maria115US #40
#62Susan109US #71
#63Alicia103US #46
#64Victoria102US #87
#65Ashley100US #34
#66Samantha100US #51
#67Sandra100US #74
#68Kerri99
#69Renee99US #98
#70Kara96US #121
#71Alyssa93
#72Gina92US #106
#73Kerry90
#74Pamela90US #76
#75Tracy90US #77
#76Bethany89US #114
#77Diana89US #75
#78Stacey89US #83
#79Stacy87US #65
#80Vanessa86US #62
#81Holly85US #63
#82Heidi83US #84
#83Beth82US #125
#84Brooke81US #52
#85Lori81US #91
#86Meredith79US #140
#87Carolyn78US #144
#88Julia78US #88
#89Anna77US #54
#90Dawn76US #79
#91Carrie74US #55
#92Jaclyn74US #158
#93Suzanne74US #161
#94Amber73US #20
#95Cynthia73US #59
#96Nancy72US #101
#97Abigail70US #156
#98Tina70US #80
#99Jaime67US #124
#100Laurie67

Boys

#1Michael2,166US #1
#2Matthew1,491US #3
#3Christopher1,327US #2
#4David1,126US #5
#5Jason942US #4
#6John901US #8
#7Daniel880US #10
#8Joseph873US #11
#9James848US #7
#10Robert801US #9
#11Brian775US #14
#12Jonathan709US #16
#13Joshua640US #6
#14Ryan626US #13
#15Adam587US #20
#16Jeffrey578US #29
#17William570US #15
#18Nicholas565US #21
#19Kevin560US #25
#20Andrew559US #18
#21Justin557US #12
#22Timothy549US #24
#23Thomas517US #26
#24Eric482US #17
#25Richard450US #27
#26Sean416US #44
#27Mark415US #33
#28Paul406US #35
#29Scott402US #34
#30Patrick388US #38
#31Stephen388US #39
#32Anthony372US #23
#33Steven345US #28
#34Peter332US #55
#35Benjamin323US #32
#36Jeremy250US #22
#37Gregory243US #46
#38Derek228US #53
#39Jesse223US #37
#40Nathan221US #36
#41Shawn213US #49
#42Edward209US #51
#43Charles204US #31
#44Kenneth195US #41
#45Keith178US #58
#46Aaron171US #30
#47Alexander164US #70
#48Brandon159US #19
#49Craig146US #72
#50Bryan143US #48
#51Jared139US #57
#52George129US #61
#53Philip129US #84
#54Jose126US #45
#55Brendan122
#56Erik122US #76
#57Donald121US #56
#58Marc119US #134
#59Jacob116US #43
#60Shaun116US #86
#61Dennis114US #83
#62Samuel114US #54
#63Kyle105US #52
#64Douglas101US #64
#65Chad99US #47
#66Corey96US #69
#67Luis94US #92
#68Ian91US #101
#69Todd88US #74
#70Zachary88US #63
#71Seth85US #95
#72Raymond83US #68
#73Shane82US #81
#74Joel79US #65
#75Ronald79US #59
#76Nathaniel78US #80
#77Evan74US #139
#78Mathew72US #165
#79Gary70US #62
#80Frank69US #82
#81Alan68US #112
#82Luke68US #100
#83Francis61
#84Phillip59US #66
#85Vincent58US #107
#86Angel57US #194
#87Carlos57US #71
#88Russell56US #98
#89Brett55US #79
#90Travis55US #40
#91Victor54US #104
#92Alex52US #148
#93Brad52US #143
#94Lee52US #123
#95Dana51
#96Juan51US #60
#97Jamie50US #118
#98Antonio49US #75
#99Bradford47
#100Christian47US #121

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑35Ashley#65
↑28Brandon#48
↑19Lindsay#38
↑16Alyssa#71
↑16Zachary#70
↑15Bethany#76
↑14Angel#86
↑12Evan#77

Falling

↓20Beth#83
↓17Tracy#75
↓16Heidi#82
↓15Suzanne#93
↓13Christian#100
↓12Maria#61
↓12Tina#98
↓11Stacey#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.