State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,876 Massachusetts births in 1984 across 1,088 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#58Katelynoutside the national top 200
#51Brendan#188 nationally
#71Kerrioutside the national top 200
#63Kate#178 nationally
#86Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#94Francisoutside the national top 200
#95Kaitlynoutside the national top 200
#77Alyssa#180 nationally
#54Colleen#144 nationally
#34Caitlin#118 nationally
#78Carolyn#155 nationally
#76Colin#152 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,316US #1
#2Jessica1,102US #2
#3Sarah782US #5
#4Nicole760US #7
#5Elizabeth641US #10
#6Amanda636US #4
#7Ashley615US #3
#8Melissa615US #8
#9Stephanie577US #6
#10Danielle501US #16
#11Lauren473US #21
#12Heather447US #9
#13Amy442US #13
#14Erin430US #25
#15Laura416US #19
#16Emily390US #24
#17Rebecca372US #23
#18Michelle370US #17
#19Rachel363US #15
#20Kimberly343US #22
#21Kristen338US #38
#22Megan325US #11
#23Katherine313US #30
#24Lisa312US #29
#25Kelly309US #27
#26Meghan304US #65
#27Christine293US #43
#28Christina277US #20
#29Crystal267US #12
#30Lindsay266US #36
#31Andrea258US #28
#32Shannon246US #37
#33Sara239US #32
#34Caitlin234US #118
#35Julie227US #52
#36Tiffany221US #14
#37Kristin217US #47
#38Courtney215US #46
#39Erica210US #34
#40Kathryn209US #48
#41Katie192US #44
#42Allison191US #51
#43Jenna189US #54
#44Kathleen180US #71
#45Lindsey178US #35
#46Jillian176US #106
#47Jamie175US #31
#48Jacqueline173US #56
#49Samantha170US #39
#50Mary167US #33
#51Angela166US #26
#52Tara164US #49
#53Alicia161US #40
#54Colleen157US #144
#55Vanessa153US #45
#56Catherine149US #69
#57Alexandra141US #96
#58Katelyn134
#59Julia129US #87
#60Alison127US #110
#61Victoria118US #59
#62Leah112US #83
#63Kate110US #178
#64Holly107US #53
#65Maria106US #50
#66Cassandra104US #63
#67Joanna104US #88
#68Kara101US #95
#69Melanie101US #85
#70Stacey101US #79
#71Kerri97
#72Susan97US #90
#73Bethany95US #93
#74Diana95US #72
#75Jaclyn95US #134
#76Kristina94US #68
#77Alyssa92US #180
#78Carolyn92US #155
#79Meredith91US #148
#80Patricia91US #66
#81Karen88US #82
#82Tanya88US #140
#83Renee85US #108
#84Stacy85US #67
#85Amber81US #18
#86Meaghan81
#87Alexis79US #89
#88Brittany75US #41
#89Jill75US #120
#90Margaret75US #92
#91Monica75US #58
#92Pamela75US #104
#93Anne74US #127
#94Caroline74US #167
#95Kaitlyn74
#96Anna72US #57
#97Krystal72US #74
#98Tracy72US #91
#99Rachael71US #103
#100April70US #42

Boys

#1Michael2,279US #1
#2Christopher1,598US #2
#3Matthew1,455US #3
#4Daniel1,070US #6
#5David1,012US #5
#6John937US #8
#7James913US #7
#8Joseph881US #10
#9Andrew801US #14
#10Brian795US #17
#11Ryan789US #12
#12Robert788US #9
#13Joshua727US #4
#14Jonathan690US #19
#15Jason668US #11
#16Nicholas644US #20
#17Adam635US #18
#18William612US #16
#19Thomas540US #25
#20Justin537US #13
#21Eric529US #22
#22Jeffrey529US #28
#23Kevin524US #24
#24Timothy505US #26
#25Patrick500US #36
#26Stephen466US #35
#27Sean449US #43
#28Anthony444US #21
#29Mark434US #32
#30Steven424US #23
#31Richard414US #27
#32Paul387US #40
#33Scott373US #39
#34Benjamin358US #30
#35Gregory348US #44
#36Peter340US #60
#37Alexander284US #54
#38Derek277US #52
#39Kyle246US #34
#40Brandon228US #15
#41Nathan220US #38
#42Charles199US #33
#43Edward196US #58
#44Keith185US #61
#45Aaron178US #29
#46Shawn178US #56
#47Jared171US #59
#48Kenneth169US #46
#49Zachary158US #45
#50Bryan154US #48
#51Brendan153US #188
#52Jeremy153US #31
#53Samuel143US #55
#54Jacob137US #37
#55Craig134US #75
#56Ian130US #78
#57Jesse130US #50
#58Tyler125US #47
#59Marc118US #131
#60Evan117US #98
#61George109US #68
#62Philip108US #81
#63Jose105US #49
#64Nathaniel98US #80
#65Donald96US #63
#66Douglas95US #71
#67Erik94US #84
#68Corey93US #69
#69Ronald85US #67
#70Dennis84US #97
#71Chad81US #51
#72Joel80US #66
#73Seth80US #99
#74Brett76US #72
#75Raymond74US #73
#76Colin73US #152
#77Frank71US #86
#78Shane70US #85
#79Gary68US #76
#80Shaun68US #121
#81Luis67US #88
#82Carlos65US #74
#83Ross65US #155
#84Todd65US #92
#85Christian63US #104
#86Phillip62US #70
#87Alan61US #105
#88Marcus61US #57
#89Luke60US #110
#90Russell60US #106
#91Mathew59US #139
#92Cory56US #83
#93Travis56US #42
#94Francis54
#95Alex52US #93
#96Gabriel52US #87
#97Dustin50US #41
#98Antonio49US #77
#99Lee47US #124
#100Vincent47US #95

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑32Alexandra#57
↑24Kate#63
↑20Jaclyn#75
↑19Joanna#67
↑18Bethany#73
↑18Tyler#58
↑16Katelyn#58
↑14Samuel#53

Falling

↓25Jill#89
↓23Anna#96
↓19Patricia#80
↓17Meaghan#86
↓16Angela#51
↓16Renee#83
↓15Margaret#90
↓15Anne#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.