State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,692 Massachusetts births in 1988 across 1,301 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#86Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#49Brendan#153 nationally
#94Max#197 nationally
#71Colleen#167 nationally
#94Tanya#186 nationally
#82Emma#160 nationally
#88Carolyn#159 nationally
#74Mathew#142 nationally
#81Marc#149 nationally
#40Jillian#104 nationally
#97Ross#158 nationally
#71Colin#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,113US #1
#2Ashley1,082US #2
#3Amanda1,077US #3
#4Sarah785US #4
#5Nicole780US #9
#6Jennifer772US #5
#7Stephanie667US #7
#8Elizabeth639US #10
#9Lauren583US #11
#10Samantha557US #8
#11Emily492US #18
#12Danielle466US #17
#13Melissa449US #16
#14Brittany423US #6
#15Rebecca364US #26
#16Megan363US #12
#17Katherine360US #27
#18Laura354US #23
#19Heather347US #14
#20Michelle347US #21
#21Courtney345US #24
#22Christina333US #22
#23Rachel323US #19
#24Caitlin322US #44
#25Alexandra313US #49
#26Kimberly313US #25
#27Kelly311US #32
#28Kayla301US #20
#29Amy289US #29
#30Erin284US #37
#31Kristen276US #36
#32Christine275US #51
#33Tiffany272US #13
#34Meghan244US #81
#35Katelyn238US #84
#36Sara228US #30
#37Alyssa227US #47
#38Erica224US #31
#39Allison214US #46
#40Jillian213US #104
#41Lisa210US #43
#42Jacqueline198US #62
#43Shannon197US #56
#44Alicia195US #50
#45Mary194US #34
#46Kathryn193US #55
#47Julie192US #71
#48Andrea190US #35
#49Angela190US #38
#50Vanessa189US #41
#51Lindsay188US #57
#52Catherine180US #69
#53Kathleen172US #75
#54Cassandra171US #59
#55Victoria171US #42
#56Katie169US #40
#57Lindsey169US #48
#58Alison163US #113
#59Jenna160US #66
#60Molly158US #86
#61Kristin151US #58
#62Kaitlyn149US #106
#63Chelsea144US #33
#64Anna139US #54
#65Crystal139US #28
#66Kristina134US #68
#67Hannah132US #61
#68Jamie131US #45
#69Leah128US #82
#70Amber124US #15
#71Colleen120US #167
#72Kara119US #95
#73Julia117US #88
#74Tara115US #67
#75Kelsey108US #64
#76Marissa107US #101
#77Margaret105US #93
#78Abigail103US #118
#79Maria102US #60
#80Caroline99US #122
#81Brianna98US #96
#82Emma95US #160
#83Taylor95US #102
#84Jaclyn94US #114
#85Krystal92US #74
#86Meaghan91
#87Melanie89US #99
#88Carolyn88US #159
#89Kaitlin88US #98
#90Natalie88US #63
#91Casey86US #92
#92Holly86US #72
#93Natasha84US #73
#94Tanya84US #186
#95Erika82US #76
#96Kendra81US #80
#97Patricia80US #77
#98Gina78US #142
#99Rachael77US #100
#100Bethany74US #89

Boys

#1Michael2,056US #1
#2Matthew1,517US #3
#3Christopher1,474US #2
#4Daniel1,105US #8
#5Andrew1,019US #5
#6David970US #6
#7Nicholas946US #14
#8John922US #11
#9Joseph914US #12
#10Ryan875US #13
#11James857US #9
#12Joshua835US #4
#13Robert804US #10
#14Jonathan717US #15
#15Brian682US #22
#16Justin655US #7
#17Kevin648US #20
#18William634US #16
#19Thomas615US #23
#20Anthony598US #18
#21Timothy561US #25
#22Eric520US #19
#23Benjamin498US #30
#24Jeffrey494US #36
#25Alexander492US #34
#26Patrick483US #42
#27Kyle475US #21
#28Sean464US #38
#29Stephen453US #40
#30Jason450US #27
#31Adam422US #26
#32Steven421US #24
#33Richard397US #32
#34Mark385US #39
#35Paul359US #46
#36Gregory333US #50
#37Zachary329US #29
#38Peter325US #64
#39Scott316US #47
#40Samuel290US #45
#41Derek275US #53
#42Brandon274US #17
#43Jeremy251US #35
#44Nathan232US #44
#45Corey214US #56
#46Aaron211US #31
#47Tyler209US #33
#48Bryan205US #54
#49Brendan204US #153
#50Charles204US #37
#51Jacob201US #28
#52Edward183US #62
#53Alex171US #58
#54Jared170US #60
#55Shawn170US #61
#56Keith165US #70
#57Kenneth165US #51
#58Jose163US #49
#59Ian153US #77
#60Evan152US #74
#61Jesse141US #55
#62Craig139US #96
#63Philip138US #94
#64Travis133US #41
#65Shane128US #67
#66Luis123US #75
#67Douglas117US #88
#68Brett112US #73
#69Cory112US #59
#70George109US #78
#71Colin108US #131
#72Jordan99US #52
#73Nathaniel99US #81
#74Mathew95US #142
#75Erik91US #92
#76Raymond88US #84
#77Joel83US #85
#78Seth81US #90
#79Chad80US #65
#80Dennis79US #116
#81Marc76US #149
#82Christian75US #86
#83Donald74US #76
#84Frank74US #99
#85Carlos73US #80
#86Taylor72US #91
#87Trevor71US #87
#88Gary70US #100
#89Cameron69US #69
#90Juan69US #68
#91Devin67US #98
#92Dylan66US #137
#93Luke66US #119
#94Max65US #197
#95Victor63US #89
#96Angel62US #151
#97Ross61US #158
#98Vincent61US #82
#99Alan60US #110
#100Casey60US #83

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑25Tiffany#33
↑16Seth#78
↑15Travis#64
↑13Molly#60
↑12Brittany#14
↑12Marissa#76
↑12Krystal#85
↑10Cassandra#54

Falling

↓20Rachael#99
↓16Jenna#59
↓15Gina#98
↓14Lindsay#51
↓12Jaclyn#84
↓12Natasha#93
↓11Dennis#80
↓10Marc#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.