State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,675 Massachusetts births in 1987 across 1,229 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#78Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#46Brendan#156 nationally
#95Francisoutside the national top 200
#61Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#90Kate#191 nationally
#99Geoffrey#198 nationally
#66Colleen#158 nationally
#87Justine#176 nationally
#41Katelyn#127 nationally
#91Emma#175 nationally
#71Marc#143 nationally
#32Jillian#99 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,277US #1
#2Amanda1,214US #3
#3Ashley1,210US #2
#4Jennifer942US #4
#5Sarah762US #5
#6Nicole749US #8
#7Stephanie614US #6
#8Elizabeth594US #10
#9Danielle530US #14
#10Melissa513US #13
#11Samantha512US #11
#12Lauren486US #16
#13Emily479US #19
#14Michelle378US #21
#15Heather371US #9
#16Rachel366US #17
#17Laura355US #22
#18Christina332US #20
#19Katherine328US #28
#20Rebecca322US #25
#21Erin308US #34
#22Kimberly305US #23
#23Kelly299US #30
#24Megan287US #12
#25Kristen279US #42
#26Brittany277US #7
#27Caitlin277US #63
#28Amy273US #24
#29Christine258US #48
#30Courtney258US #33
#31Meghan253US #78
#32Jillian236US #99
#33Alexandra234US #59
#34Shannon224US #45
#35Jacqueline220US #54
#36Kayla219US #27
#37Lindsay219US #49
#38Sara218US #29
#39Erica212US #31
#40Allison208US #44
#41Katelyn202US #127
#42Alicia201US #46
#43Jenna200US #57
#44Alyssa195US #60
#45Kathryn193US #51
#46Julie187US #65
#47Lisa186US #40
#48Andrea181US #36
#49Mary176US #37
#50Catherine174US #74
#51Katie173US #38
#52Lindsey173US #41
#53Vanessa171US #43
#54Angela170US #35
#55Kathleen169US #72
#56Crystal168US #26
#57Kristin166US #55
#58Tiffany166US #18
#59Kristina163US #62
#60Jamie160US #39
#61Kaitlyn143US #163
#62Victoria143US #50
#63Alison134US #100
#64Cassandra130US #68
#65Julia119US #86
#66Colleen116US #158
#67Hannah115US #66
#68Anna113US #52
#69Kara113US #104
#70Chelsea112US #47
#71Maria111US #53
#72Jaclyn109US #116
#73Molly109US #97
#74Leah108US #82
#75Caroline105US #135
#76Margaret104US #90
#77Amber100US #15
#78Meaghan99
#79Rachael96US #98
#80Tara96US #69
#81Natasha94US #73
#82Kaitlin93US #141
#83Gina88US #123
#84Brianna87US #122
#85Carolyn85US #149
#86Felicia85US #96
#87Justine85US #176
#88Marissa85US #109
#89Tanya85US #156
#90Kate84US #191
#91Emma83US #175
#92Natalie83US #56
#93Bethany82US #87
#94Casey81US #81
#95Meredith81US #148
#96Melanie77US #102
#97Krystal76US #70
#98Nichole76US #111
#99Holly74US #71
#100Krista74US #108

Boys

#1Michael2,257US #1
#2Matthew1,566US #3
#3Christopher1,489US #2
#4Daniel1,195US #7
#5David1,043US #5
#6Andrew1,013US #6
#7John964US #11
#8Joseph866US #12
#9Ryan827US #13
#10James822US #8
#11Robert794US #10
#12Nicholas791US #16
#13Joshua757US #4
#14Jonathan724US #18
#15Brian712US #20
#16Kevin643US #19
#17Justin623US #9
#18Thomas607US #24
#19Timothy607US #26
#20William591US #15
#21Anthony559US #17
#22Jeffrey532US #32
#23Jason527US #23
#24Eric523US #21
#25Patrick519US #41
#26Alexander473US #37
#27Benjamin466US #28
#28Steven453US #25
#29Adam445US #27
#30Stephen442US #38
#31Sean428US #40
#32Richard420US #30
#33Kyle400US #22
#34Mark394US #36
#35Paul365US #46
#36Peter343US #64
#37Scott335US #43
#38Gregory331US #47
#39Derek293US #54
#40Zachary289US #33
#41Brandon261US #14
#42Samuel254US #50
#43Nathan236US #45
#44Jeremy227US #29
#45Charles216US #35
#46Brendan204US #156
#47Shawn203US #59
#48Bryan198US #51
#49Edward191US #61
#50Corey186US #57
#51Jacob175US #31
#52Tyler173US #39
#53Kenneth168US #53
#54Evan167US #83
#55Jesse166US #55
#56Aaron161US #34
#57Jared159US #58
#58Keith159US #69
#59Jose155US #48
#60Ian144US #81
#61Shane140US #65
#62Alex138US #60
#63Craig136US #88
#64Douglas122US #85
#65Cory117US #62
#66Philip113US #84
#67Brett112US #71
#68Nathaniel109US #78
#69Dennis106US #107
#70George100US #77
#71Marc98US #143
#72Jordan97US #52
#73Raymond95US #79
#74Luis87US #82
#75Mathew87US #140
#76Colin86US #134
#77Carlos83US #74
#78Erik83US #94
#79Travis81US #42
#80Christian80US #90
#81Joel80US #75
#82Gary79US #87
#83Frank71US #97
#84Donald68US #70
#85Ronald68US #73
#86Chad67US #63
#87Shaun66US #152
#88Phillip65US #68
#89Luke64US #111
#90Vincent63US #95
#91Casey58US #80
#92Devin58US #99
#93Antonio57US #72
#94Seth57US #89
#95Francis56
#96Russell55US #119
#97Victor55US #91
#98Dustin54US #44
#99Geoffrey54US #198
#100Henry54US #137

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑23Cory#65
↑22Alexandra#33
↑20Hannah#67
↑19Carlos#77
↑15Shannon#34
↑15Alyssa#44
↑14Gina#83
↑13Rachael#79

Falling

↓31Krista#100
↓18Tara#80
↓18Krystal#97
↓17Kristin#57
↓17Casey#94
↓16Kate#90
↓16Holly#99
↓15Meredith#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.