State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,323 Massachusetts births in 1986 across 1,167 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#65Kaitlynoutside the national top 200
#50Brendan#185 nationally
#71Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#86Francisoutside the national top 200
#37Katelyn#149 nationally
#74Kate#186 nationally
#78Kaitlin#182 nationally
#99Kerrioutside the national top 200
#100Danaoutside the national top 200
#57Colleen#152 nationally
#72Colin#158 nationally
#75Caroline#157 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,199US #1
#2Amanda1,045US #3
#3Ashley1,002US #2
#4Jennifer959US #4
#5Sarah777US #5
#6Nicole774US #7
#7Stephanie623US #6
#8Elizabeth583US #10
#9Lauren510US #14
#10Melissa494US #12
#11Laura433US #20
#12Danielle428US #16
#13Heather405US #9
#14Emily402US #24
#15Michelle390US #23
#16Rachel370US #15
#17Samantha369US #21
#18Christina362US #19
#19Amy346US #22
#20Katherine344US #28
#21Kimberly333US #18
#22Kristen328US #41
#23Erin327US #30
#24Rebecca304US #26
#25Megan301US #11
#26Kelly293US #29
#27Christine287US #47
#28Caitlin277US #69
#29Courtney277US #35
#30Sara273US #27
#31Meghan246US #71
#32Brittany231US #8
#33Allison228US #42
#34Lisa228US #40
#35Erica224US #31
#36Andrea222US #36
#37Katelyn220US #149
#38Jillian214US #107
#39Katie212US #38
#40Kristin212US #50
#41Angela210US #33
#42Lindsay208US #46
#43Julie205US #58
#44Kathryn202US #48
#45Crystal201US #25
#46Tiffany193US #17
#47Jacqueline192US #57
#48Alicia189US #45
#49Shannon187US #44
#50Jenna182US #55
#51Kathleen181US #68
#52Jamie176US #34
#53Lindsey170US #39
#54Catherine169US #67
#55Alexandra168US #72
#56Vanessa164US #43
#57Colleen158US #152
#58Cassandra153US #60
#59Alyssa140US #85
#60Kristina137US #62
#61Mary134US #37
#62Tara126US #56
#63Victoria126US #54
#64Anna124US #51
#65Kaitlyn124
#66Leah122US #78
#67Julia121US #88
#68Kara118US #102
#69Krista116US #93
#70Alison110US #96
#71Meaghan110
#72Margaret107US #90
#73Whitney106US #32
#74Kate105US #186
#75Caroline104US #157
#76Maria103US #49
#77Casey102US #80
#78Kaitlin102US #182
#79Krystal102US #61
#80Meredith99US #150
#81Marissa97US #115
#82Jaclyn96US #133
#83Holly91US #63
#84Molly90US #110
#85Tanya90US #160
#86Carolyn88US #162
#87Hannah88US #82
#88Stacey86US #94
#89Amber83US #13
#90Natasha83US #70
#91Patricia81US #66
#92Rachael81US #103
#93Renee81US #127
#94Bethany80US #91
#95Melanie79US #97
#96Felicia77US #89
#97Gina76US #119
#98Natalie76US #52
#99Kerri75
#100Nichole74US #105

Boys

#1Michael2,200US #1
#2Christopher1,522US #2
#3Matthew1,485US #3
#4Daniel1,159US #6
#5David955US #5
#6Andrew954US #8
#7Joseph893US #12
#8James882US #7
#9John865US #10
#10Ryan847US #11
#11Robert799US #9
#12Jonathan742US #16
#13Brian736US #20
#14Nicholas718US #17
#15Joshua668US #4
#16Kevin629US #21
#17William588US #15
#18Timothy583US #27
#19Jason576US #18
#20Thomas568US #26
#21Eric530US #22
#22Jeffrey530US #32
#23Justin520US #14
#24Adam507US #24
#25Anthony498US #19
#26Patrick478US #39
#27Sean469US #37
#28Stephen458US #36
#29Richard448US #29
#30Steven436US #25
#31Mark427US #35
#32Alexander419US #41
#33Kyle396US #23
#34Benjamin384US #30
#35Peter369US #60
#36Paul354US #45
#37Scott312US #44
#38Gregory311US #46
#39Brandon279US #13
#40Jeremy247US #28
#41Bryan235US #47
#42Nathan229US #43
#43Charles219US #34
#44Zachary218US #38
#45Shawn211US #55
#46Derek194US #57
#47Edward186US #61
#48Keith183US #66
#49Aaron180US #33
#50Brendan175US #185
#51Samuel173US #52
#52Corey169US #62
#53Craig169US #80
#54Jared168US #58
#55Jacob163US #31
#56Kenneth161US #50
#57Ian159US #85
#58Jesse158US #48
#59Tyler156US #40
#60Jose139US #51
#61Evan136US #81
#62George123US #74
#63Alex121US #64
#64Shane110US #67
#65Philip107US #86
#66Marc106US #137
#67Nathaniel102US #78
#68Douglas96US #82
#69Joel95US #72
#70Erik90US #92
#71Luis87US #79
#72Colin84US #158
#73Chad83US #59
#74Dennis82US #104
#75Donald79US #71
#76Shaun79US #132
#77Brett78US #69
#78Raymond75US #77
#79Jordan73US #53
#80Seth71US #97
#81Ronald70US #75
#82Travis70US #49
#83Alan68US #107
#84Mathew68US #141
#85Russell68US #116
#86Francis65
#87Luke65US #106
#88Cory63US #68
#89Ross63US #152
#90Frank62US #91
#91Phillip62US #70
#92Juan61US #65
#93Christian60US #89
#94Gabriel59US #95
#95Angel58US #163
#96Carlos58US #76
#97Vincent58US #93
#98Dustin57US #42
#99Todd56US #110
#100Dana54

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑23Brittany#32
↑22Kaitlyn#65
↑20Samantha#17
↑17Katelyn#37
↑17Kate#74
↑17Caroline#75
↑16Krista#69
↑16Seth#80

Falling

↓25Gina#97
↓18Nichole#100
↓17Todd#99
↓16Jaclyn#82
↓16Holly#83
↓16Bethany#94
↓15Jenna#50
↓14Krystal#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.