State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,237 Massachusetts births in 1983 across 1,076 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#54Brendan#191 nationally
#66Kerrioutside the national top 200
#69Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#74Katelynoutside the national top 200
#81Kerryoutside the national top 200
#85Kaitlinoutside the national top 200
#38Caitlin#153 nationally
#86Francisoutside the national top 200
#87Kate#199 nationally
#91Geoffrey#189 nationally
#97Angel#185 nationally
#58Colleen#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,408US #1
#2Jessica1,089US #2
#3Nicole770US #7
#4Sarah737US #5
#5Elizabeth642US #10
#6Melissa635US #6
#7Amanda600US #3
#8Erin542US #18
#9Stephanie511US #8
#10Ashley499US #4
#11Lauren467US #24
#12Michelle449US #13
#13Amy440US #12
#14Heather422US #9
#15Rebecca407US #19
#16Emily390US #25
#17Kimberly382US #15
#18Kristen363US #37
#19Danielle353US #29
#20Laura339US #23
#21Kelly337US #26
#22Lisa334US #27
#23Christine315US #47
#24Christina309US #16
#25Meghan290US #75
#26Rachel290US #20
#27Katherine274US #34
#28Crystal269US #11
#29Shannon265US #38
#30Kathryn264US #50
#31Megan264US #21
#32Andrea262US #30
#33Lindsay258US #36
#34Julie238US #46
#35Angela236US #22
#36Kristin236US #42
#37Sara220US #31
#38Caitlin219US #153
#39Jamie208US #28
#40Kathleen208US #73
#41Katie204US #45
#42Erica203US #33
#43Lindsey193US #35
#44Mary193US #32
#45Courtney189US #44
#46Catherine170US #66
#47Jacqueline169US #53
#48Jillian164US #115
#49Tiffany163US #14
#50Allison160US #59
#51Samantha152US #40
#52Tara144US #51
#53Alicia139US #41
#54Vanessa133US #49
#55Holly131US #48
#56Maria126US #43
#57Kara124US #101
#58Colleen120US #144
#59Alison113US #116
#60Julia111US #85
#61Patricia110US #60
#62Diana109US #69
#63Victoria109US #58
#64Jill106US #98
#65Meredith102US #148
#66Kerri101
#67Renee101US #97
#68Leah99US #82
#69Meaghan98
#70Stacy90US #61
#71Karen89US #77
#72Melanie89US #79
#73Anna86US #55
#74Katelyn86
#75Margaret86US #92
#76Susan86US #86
#77Amber85US #17
#78Anne85US #130
#79Pamela85US #91
#80Stacey85US #76
#81Kerry83
#82Kristina83US #63
#83Krystal83US #78
#84Rachael83US #123
#85Kaitlin81
#86Joanna80US #139
#87Kate80US #199
#88Natalie79US #52
#89Alexandra77US #163
#90Gina75US #121
#91Bethany74US #99
#92Tanya74US #134
#93April73US #39
#94Cynthia73US #62
#95Jaclyn73US #126
#96Monica73US #54
#97Stefanie73US #105
#98Alexis72US #83
#99Molly72US #129
#100Abigail71US #151

Boys

#1Michael2,164US #1
#2Matthew1,544US #3
#3Christopher1,524US #2
#4Daniel1,053US #8
#5David1,015US #4
#6John898US #9
#7James871US #6
#8Andrew851US #15
#9Joseph846US #11
#10Jason834US #7
#11Brian789US #14
#12Robert779US #10
#13Ryan718US #13
#14Adam673US #18
#15Jonathan657US #19
#16Joshua633US #5
#17Jeffrey569US #28
#18Timothy554US #26
#19Kevin542US #25
#20Nicholas533US #21
#21William526US #16
#22Justin512US #12
#23Thomas489US #24
#24Eric482US #20
#25Mark472US #31
#26Stephen468US #35
#27Richard454US #27
#28Patrick433US #37
#29Steven433US #23
#30Sean406US #44
#31Anthony400US #22
#32Paul365US #39
#33Benjamin332US #32
#34Gregory330US #42
#35Scott318US #38
#36Peter310US #59
#37Nathan245US #40
#38Derek231US #51
#39Keith212US #61
#40Charles204US #33
#41Brandon199US #17
#42Kyle193US #34
#43Alexander191US #63
#44Jeremy191US #30
#45Edward180US #55
#46Bryan168US #47
#47Shawn166US #53
#48Kenneth162US #45
#49Aaron161US #29
#50Jared154US #56
#51Jesse140US #46
#52Zachary138US #50
#53Craig137US #70
#54Brendan124US #191
#55George122US #65
#56Jacob122US #36
#57Philip119US #82
#58Ian117US #77
#59Marc111US #125
#60Jose107US #48
#61Evan106US #93
#62Douglas99US #69
#63Chad96US #49
#64Dennis92US #92
#65Shaun92US #111
#66Raymond91US #71
#67Samuel90US #54
#68Corey87US #74
#69Donald87US #60
#70Brett85US #73
#71Erik84US #80
#72Luis84US #88
#73Todd84US #87
#74Nathaniel81US #79
#75Seth81US #98
#76Tyler81US #57
#77Ronald80US #64
#78Gary75US #68
#79Shane73US #84
#80Joel71US #67
#81Frank66US #86
#82Christian62US #112
#83Colin62US #166
#84Alan61US #102
#85Carlos58US #75
#86Francis58
#87Victor58US #95
#88Phillip56US #66
#89Travis56US #41
#90Dustin51US #43
#91Geoffrey51US #189
#92Vincent51US #97
#93Luke50US #105
#94Cory49US #83
#95Mathew48US #146
#96Miguel48US #114
#97Angel46US #185
#98Juan46US #62
#99Kristopher46US #134
#100Carl45US #106

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑38Ashley#10
↑29Holly#55
↑19Vanessa#54
↑16Meghan#25
↑15Renee#67
↑14Megan#31
↑14Meredith#65
↑13Kara#57

Falling

↓29Kate#87
↓24Tanya#92
↓24April#93
↓20Jillian#48
↓20Jaclyn#95
↓18Melanie#72
↓15Karen#71
↓13Juan#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.