State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,844 Massachusetts births in 1982 across 1,093 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#46Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#51Brendanoutside the national top 200
#58Kateoutside the national top 200
#74Kerrioutside the national top 200
#76Kerryoutside the national top 200
#87Katelynoutside the national top 200
#90Danaoutside the national top 200
#93Francisoutside the national top 200
#83Ross#179 nationally
#89Alexandra#180 nationally
#82Colin#171 nationally
#99Neil#188 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,433US #1
#2Jessica1,162US #2
#3Sarah786US #4
#4Melissa732US #5
#5Nicole732US #6
#6Elizabeth667US #8
#7Amanda557US #3
#8Amy530US #10
#9Michelle498US #11
#10Erin472US #20
#11Stephanie447US #7
#12Lauren428US #26
#13Rebecca408US #15
#14Heather386US #12
#15Danielle385US #31
#16Kimberly375US #14
#17Kristen374US #33
#18Lisa357US #23
#19Kelly342US #25
#20Laura335US #22
#21Emily332US #24
#22Katherine328US #36
#23Crystal291US #9
#24Rachel283US #21
#25Christine277US #46
#26Lindsay260US #39
#27Andrea259US #27
#28Jillian251US #96
#29Sara246US #28
#30Julie245US #41
#31Kristin243US #37
#32Christina241US #19
#33Angela233US #16
#34Katie221US #45
#35Kathryn220US #48
#36Shannon214US #38
#37Jacqueline208US #54
#38Erica206US #35
#39Tiffany204US #13
#40Courtney203US #43
#41Meghan198US #110
#42Mary196US #30
#43Kathleen188US #77
#44Jamie185US #29
#45Megan179US #34
#46Caitlin172
#47Allison165US #58
#48Ashley162US #17
#49Tara162US #47
#50Lindsey157US #40
#51Colleen149US #139
#52Alicia143US #53
#53Samantha131US #44
#54Melanie127US #65
#55Catherine126US #73
#56Karen126US #68
#57Patricia122US #59
#58Kate119
#59Diana117US #63
#60Maria116US #42
#61Alison115US #111
#62Jill114US #89
#63Leah112US #79
#64Julia108US #84
#65Susan105US #76
#66Victoria103US #66
#67Anna99US #56
#68Tanya99US #114
#69April98US #32
#70Kara96US #113
#71Kristina96US #70
#72Cassandra93US #62
#73Vanessa91US #49
#74Kerri87
#75Jaclyn86US #141
#76Kerry86
#77Anne85US #122
#78Stacey84US #85
#79Meredith83US #150
#80Pamela83US #82
#81Bethany81US #112
#82Renee81US #101
#83Sandra80US #80
#84Holly79US #61
#85Margaret79US #97
#86Carolyn78US #146
#87Katelyn78
#88Tracy78US #88
#89Alexandra75US #180
#90Cynthia75US #64
#91Heidi74US #86
#92Dawn73US #95
#93Krystal73US #83
#94Monica73US #52
#95Theresa73US #109
#96Alexis71US #93
#97Erika71US #81
#98Katrina69US #87
#99Gina68US #124
#100Jaime68US #138

Boys

#1Michael2,216US #1
#2Matthew1,481US #3
#3Christopher1,473US #2
#4David1,082US #5
#5Daniel925US #10
#6John913US #8
#7Jason895US #4
#8Joseph861US #11
#9James860US #6
#10Robert856US #9
#11Brian817US #14
#12Ryan677US #13
#13Jonathan640US #16
#14Joshua633US #7
#15Andrew630US #17
#16William602US #15
#17Timothy599US #24
#18Justin568US #12
#19Adam558US #19
#20Nicholas554US #22
#21Jeffrey546US #29
#22Eric521US #20
#23Thomas491US #23
#24Kevin486US #25
#25Mark456US #32
#26Patrick440US #37
#27Paul430US #35
#28Richard424US #27
#29Anthony422US #21
#30Stephen406US #38
#31Sean400US #44
#32Scott369US #34
#33Steven367US #26
#34Benjamin351US #33
#35Peter335US #57
#36Gregory334US #40
#37Derek263US #50
#38Jeremy230US #28
#39Edward229US #53
#40Charles225US #31
#41Shawn215US #52
#42Aaron210US #30
#43Nathan206US #36
#44Alexander205US #65
#45Keith203US #59
#46Jesse187US #43
#47Kenneth161US #45
#48Jared145US #54
#49Kyle140US #47
#50Bryan138US #49
#51Brendan137
#52Brandon133US #18
#53Philip133US #79
#54George131US #62
#55Craig129US #73
#56Ian125US #83
#57Jose114US #46
#58Marc113US #138
#59Jacob111US #41
#60Douglas108US #68
#61Shaun108US #96
#62Raymond103US #70
#63Chad100US #48
#64Erik96US #80
#65Zachary95US #55
#66Dennis93US #87
#67Evan93US #108
#68Donald91US #58
#69Seth91US #102
#70Corey88US #74
#71Nathaniel85US #75
#72Samuel85US #56
#73Luis84US #90
#74Frank83US #81
#75Todd78US #82
#76Ronald75US #60
#77Joel71US #69
#78Shane71US #84
#79Travis67US #39
#80Brett65US #72
#81Gary65US #64
#82Colin63US #171
#83Ross61US #179
#84Russell59US #97
#85Juan58US #61
#86Carlos57US #71
#87Phillip57US #67
#88Victor57US #99
#89Christian56US #114
#90Dana56
#91Vincent56US #103
#92Luke55US #119
#93Francis52
#94Brad51US #163
#95Mathew51US #160
#96Alan50US #107
#97Wayne50US #159
#98Cory49US #93
#99Neil49US #188
#100Noah48US #154

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑24Julia#64
↑22Anna#67
↑19Jillian#28
↑18Diana#59
↑17Ashley#48
↑17Jaclyn#75
↑15Jacqueline#37
↑14Kyle#49

Falling

↓27Gina#99
↓17Mathew#95
↓16Sandra#83
↓15Alan#96
↓14Jill#62
↓14Tanya#68
↓13Catherine#55
↓13Renee#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.