State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,253 Massachusetts births in 1989 across 1,369 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#75Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#99Connoroutside the national top 200
#100Francisoutside the national top 200
#46Brendan#145 nationally
#90Max#185 nationally
#65Colleen#159 nationally
#76Marc#160 nationally
#94Ross#168 nationally
#97Edwin#171 nationally
#100Bridget#174 nationally
#36Jillian#106 nationally
#80Jaclyn#138 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,081US #2
#2Jessica1,054US #1
#3Amanda1,021US #4
#4Sarah834US #5
#5Samantha810US #6
#6Jennifer715US #7
#7Nicole688US #12
#8Stephanie667US #8
#9Elizabeth627US #10
#10Lauren618US #9
#11Brittany578US #3
#12Emily558US #13
#13Melissa442US #19
#14Danielle422US #17
#15Michelle407US #22
#16Katherine402US #26
#17Rebecca392US #24
#18Rachel376US #18
#19Kayla362US #20
#20Alexandra358US #43
#21Christina355US #23
#22Courtney355US #21
#23Laura347US #25
#24Heather322US #15
#25Megan320US #11
#26Alyssa319US #33
#27Kimberly295US #28
#28Kelly290US #37
#29Kristen284US #36
#30Erin283US #40
#31Christine268US #59
#32Caitlin255US #49
#33Meghan254US #80
#34Tiffany251US #16
#35Sara230US #29
#36Jillian226US #106
#37Allison219US #46
#38Alicia218US #53
#39Kelsey213US #31
#40Andrea211US #39
#41Amy207US #35
#42Victoria204US #44
#43Erica202US #34
#44Hannah202US #42
#45Katelyn197US #76
#46Jacqueline195US #64
#47Kathryn194US #58
#48Mary193US #38
#49Molly193US #93
#50Lindsay189US #63
#51Shannon184US #61
#52Chelsea180US #27
#53Lindsey179US #48
#54Julie173US #78
#55Vanessa173US #50
#56Cassandra172US #54
#57Angela171US #47
#58Catherine167US #67
#59Lisa167US #55
#60Anna163US #51
#61Kathleen162US #90
#62Julia161US #96
#63Jenna159US #71
#64Kristina155US #65
#65Colleen149US #159
#66Marissa138US #81
#67Caroline134US #113
#68Kaitlyn133US #95
#69Brianna132US #77
#70Maria131US #56
#71Crystal129US #32
#72Amber126US #14
#73Jamie126US #52
#74Kara121US #101
#75Meaghan117
#76Kristin115US #60
#77Katie112US #45
#78Taylor112US #75
#79Leah111US #83
#80Jaclyn110US #138
#81Alison108US #119
#82Natalie107US #62
#83Abigail105US #94
#84Erika99US #73
#85Kaitlin96US #100
#86Margaret95US #97
#87Melanie95US #88
#88Natasha95US #87
#89Gina93US #141
#90Jasmine93US #30
#91Rachael93US #109
#92Tara92US #70
#93Emma91US #149
#94Bianca88US #91
#95Casey88US #103
#96Brittney87US #41
#97Holly84US #79
#98Anne83US #153
#99Bethany83US #102
#100Bridget82US #174

Boys

#1Michael2,257US #1
#2Christopher1,613US #2
#3Matthew1,502US #3
#4Daniel1,184US #6
#5Andrew1,071US #7
#6Nicholas1,055US #14
#7John996US #12
#8Joseph972US #11
#9David940US #5
#10Ryan926US #13
#11Joshua891US #4
#12James876US #9
#13Robert818US #10
#14Jonathan727US #17
#15Kevin702US #19
#16Brian652US #24
#17Justin650US #8
#18Timothy628US #28
#19William604US #15
#20Anthony594US #16
#21Thomas589US #23
#22Alexander559US #32
#23Patrick542US #38
#24Kyle520US #20
#25Eric519US #21
#26Sean506US #39
#27Jeffrey492US #37
#28Steven489US #22
#29Benjamin480US #29
#30Stephen447US #40
#31Adam423US #27
#32Zachary402US #25
#33Richard400US #33
#34Mark388US #42
#35Jason365US #35
#36Paul344US #49
#37Scott311US #51
#38Peter307US #66
#39Gregory301US #52
#40Derek286US #54
#41Samuel274US #47
#42Tyler272US #30
#43Jacob261US #26
#44Brandon259US #18
#45Corey243US #55
#46Brendan239US #145
#47Jeremy224US #34
#48Charles219US #36
#49Evan216US #69
#50Nathan213US #43
#51Jared203US #57
#52Bryan199US #56
#53Aaron197US #31
#54Jose192US #46
#55Shawn186US #65
#56Kenneth184US #53
#57Jesse181US #50
#58Edward176US #62
#59Keith173US #70
#60Ian162US #68
#61Alex156US #60
#62Luis151US #73
#63Jordan148US #44
#64George146US #79
#65Shane129US #71
#66Brett122US #81
#67Nathaniel119US #84
#68Craig117US #105
#69Douglas112US #92
#70Philip112US #101
#71Colin111US #126
#72Cory111US #61
#73Travis110US #41
#74Christian102US #78
#75Raymond96US #86
#76Marc93US #160
#77Cameron91US #64
#78Dennis87US #123
#79Juan85US #63
#80Carlos84US #77
#81Trevor82US #83
#82Donald81US #82
#83Erik80US #95
#84Vincent78US #80
#85Dylan77US #115
#86Ethan77US #87
#87Lucas77US #114
#88Ronald75US #85
#89Seth72US #94
#90Max71US #185
#91Taylor71US #72
#92Devin70US #96
#93Luke70US #121
#94Ross69US #168
#95Garrett68US #102
#96Angel67US #140
#97Edwin65US #171
#98Henry64US #141
#99Connor62
#100Francis62

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑36Kelsey#39
↑23Hannah#44
↑14Vincent#84
↑13Victoria#42
↑13Caroline#67
↑12Brianna#69
↑12Cameron#77
↑11Alyssa#26

Falling

↓23Alison#81
↓21Katie#77
↓18Lisa#59
↓18Tara#92
↓15Kristin#76
↓12Amy#41
↓11Emma#93
↓11Seth#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.