State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,828 Massachusetts births in 1991 across 1,358 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#73Colleen#188 nationally
#87Conoroutside the national top 200
#49Brendan#147 nationally
#100Marc#196 nationally
#95Maxwell#188 nationally
#49Jillian#136 nationally
#89Edwin#163 nationally
#82Alison#142 nationally
#36Meghan#94 nationally
#81Colin#139 nationally
#78Craig#135 nationally
#77Connor#133 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley902US #1
#2Jessica895US #2
#3Amanda836US #4
#4Sarah729US #6
#5Samantha728US #5
#6Stephanie653US #7
#7Nicole617US #15
#8Emily615US #10
#9Jennifer566US #8
#10Elizabeth548US #9
#11Lauren509US #13
#12Brittany483US #3
#13Kayla454US #12
#14Rebecca410US #21
#15Rachel397US #14
#16Danielle389US #17
#17Melissa384US #20
#18Katherine382US #25
#19Alexandra376US #36
#20Michelle339US #22
#21Courtney329US #19
#22Alyssa314US #30
#23Megan294US #11
#24Kelsey271US #26
#25Christina264US #31
#26Victoria262US #28
#27Laura258US #35
#28Kelly254US #42
#29Julia235US #67
#30Hannah234US #29
#31Chelsea229US #18
#32Kimberly229US #34
#33Caitlin225US #55
#34Erin224US #44
#35Heather217US #23
#36Meghan212US #94
#37Molly212US #74
#38Brianna204US #51
#39Mary203US #38
#40Taylor201US #32
#41Katelyn200US #75
#42Cassandra199US #54
#43Kristen197US #48
#44Kathryn192US #57
#45Catherine190US #72
#46Olivia188US #61
#47Amy187US #43
#48Erica183US #40
#49Jillian181US #136
#50Sara179US #37
#51Allison175US #50
#52Christine171US #73
#53Jacqueline168US #70
#54Julie161US #98
#55Shannon160US #71
#56Tiffany155US #27
#57Alicia153US #63
#58Angela153US #59
#59Andrea152US #39
#60Anna150US #46
#61Jenna150US #80
#62Kaitlyn145US #82
#63Leah144US #91
#64Amber141US #16
#65Jasmine137US #24
#66Abigail131US #92
#67Jamie129US #60
#68Lindsey129US #52
#69Caroline128US #116
#70Vanessa126US #56
#71Kathleen123US #102
#72Lisa123US #83
#73Colleen116US #188
#74Katie115US #53
#75Maria114US #45
#76Lindsay113US #77
#77Emma112US #123
#78Margaret109US #108
#79Melanie108US #96
#80Kristina107US #87
#81Marissa106US #81
#82Alison105US #142
#83Mariah104US #69
#84Alexis102US #47
#85Paige101US #76
#86Crystal98US #41
#87Kaitlin98US #99
#88Felicia95US #121
#89Erika94US #84
#90Natalie94US #64
#91Briana93US #95
#92Casey93US #111
#93Kristin90US #86
#94Haley89US #79
#95Kara89US #106
#96Bianca88US #89
#97Ariel86US #66
#98Brittney86US #58
#99Brooke86US #65
#100Gabrielle86US #97

Boys

#1Michael1,961US #1
#2Matthew1,415US #3
#3Christopher1,316US #2
#4Nicholas1,023US #12
#5Daniel950US #6
#6Joseph904US #9
#7Ryan902US #11
#8John901US #10
#9Andrew865US #5
#10Joshua800US #4
#11James799US #7
#12David780US #8
#13Robert697US #13
#14Jonathan691US #20
#15Kevin682US #23
#16Kyle626US #21
#17Thomas610US #28
#18Alexander604US #26
#19Anthony601US #18
#20Patrick595US #35
#21William583US #19
#22Justin570US #14
#23Timothy546US #32
#24Brian524US #30
#25Zachary479US #22
#26Tyler471US #16
#27Benjamin444US #33
#28Sean444US #40
#29Eric422US #25
#30Steven418US #27
#31Stephen416US #41
#32Jacob377US #17
#33Jeffrey370US #45
#34Richard335US #34
#35Adam320US #36
#36Mark317US #47
#37Samuel308US #39
#38Brandon294US #15
#39Peter279US #77
#40Paul276US #53
#41Jason259US #49
#42Gregory247US #55
#43Nathan243US #42
#44Derek241US #59
#45Scott228US #57
#46Charles223US #38
#47Corey207US #58
#48Jeremy204US #43
#49Brendan199US #147
#50Alex198US #63
#51Jordan196US #29
#52Dylan193US #46
#53Cameron192US #62
#54Evan191US #70
#55Edward187US #68
#56Christian183US #48
#57Jose181US #37
#58Aaron180US #31
#59Shane180US #75
#60Shawn179US #71
#61Ian169US #73
#62Bryan167US #61
#63Cody167US #24
#64Jared167US #64
#65Luis140US #66
#66Jesse134US #51
#67Nathaniel130US #84
#68Kenneth129US #54
#69Keith118US #89
#70Cory112US #74
#71Travis112US #44
#72Erik110US #95
#73George107US #87
#74Ethan105US #65
#75Taylor104US #52
#76Philip102US #120
#77Connor101US #133
#78Craig94US #135
#79Jake92US #119
#80Brett91US #88
#81Colin91US #139
#82Douglas88US #109
#83Carlos87US #72
#84Devin87US #83
#85Juan85US #60
#86Trevor85US #69
#87Conor82
#88Vincent82US #81
#89Edwin81US #163
#90Luke80US #113
#91Lucas77US #107
#92Marcus77US #76
#93Raymond77US #97
#94Angel76US #123
#95Maxwell73US #188
#96Donald72US #102
#97Gabriel71US #82
#98Ronald70US #101
#99Garrett69US #91
#100Marc67US #196

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑26Dylan#52
↑25Julia#29
↑24Olivia#46
↑24Leah#63
↑17Brianna#38
↑17Jasmine#65
↑13Taylor#40
↑13Christian#56

Falling

↓23Marc#100
↓20Lindsay#76
↓20Kara#95
↓19Caroline#69
↓16Amy#47
↓15Casey#92
↓14Allison#51
↓14Alicia#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.