State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,784 Massachusetts births in 1992 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.

#83Conoroutside the national top 200
#69Colleen#184 nationally
#94Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#43Brendan#145 nationally
#99Marcoutside the national top 200
#48Jillian#149 nationally
#91Maxwell#171 nationally
#96Max#170 nationally
#81Craig#154 nationally
#73Philip#138 nationally
#86Alison#147 nationally
#70Colin#126 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica868US #2
#2Ashley810US #1
#3Sarah745US #5
#4Samantha737US #6
#5Amanda697US #3
#6Nicole645US #14
#7Emily630US #7
#8Stephanie581US #8
#9Elizabeth500US #9
#10Jennifer499US #11
#11Brittany465US #4
#12Lauren459US #12
#13Kayla440US #13
#14Rachel410US #16
#15Katherine400US #27
#16Rebecca390US #20
#17Alexandra380US #29
#18Danielle377US #18
#19Victoria363US #22
#20Melissa329US #24
#21Megan321US #10
#22Kelsey316US #23
#23Chelsea289US #15
#24Courtney289US #21
#25Alyssa284US #30
#26Taylor280US #17
#27Michelle279US #25
#28Hannah274US #26
#29Christina259US #33
#30Brianna249US #43
#31Erin242US #46
#32Laura240US #38
#33Kaitlyn228US #42
#34Julia225US #70
#35Kelly223US #47
#36Shannon217US #66
#37Molly210US #83
#38Mary208US #36
#39Sara204US #37
#40Kimberly202US #35
#41Olivia198US #58
#42Kristen195US #53
#43Meghan195US #91
#44Cassandra188US #52
#45Allison187US #48
#46Amy181US #51
#47Caitlin176US #62
#48Jillian176US #149
#49Catherine175US #78
#50Kathryn170US #60
#51Heather165US #31
#52Jenna159US #67
#53Lindsey159US #57
#54Christine155US #82
#55Caroline154US #105
#56Katelyn154US #65
#57Jacqueline151US #76
#58Vanessa151US #55
#59Alicia145US #71
#60Anna145US #49
#61Erica145US #44
#62Andrea142US #39
#63Julie142US #106
#64Lindsay139US #81
#65Amber137US #19
#66Haley137US #56
#67Abigail130US #86
#68Emma128US #104
#69Colleen126US #184
#70Melanie125US #98
#71Kathleen124US #108
#72Angela121US #69
#73Paige121US #64
#74Katie119US #54
#75Jasmine118US #28
#76Marissa117US #72
#77Casey116US #109
#78Leah116US #96
#79Tiffany110US #32
#80Lisa109US #88
#81Kristina107US #93
#82Maria105US #45
#83Natalie104US #61
#84Alexis102US #40
#85Margaret102US #102
#86Alison97US #147
#87Morgan93US #41
#88Briana92US #79
#89Brooke92US #59
#90Rachael91US #123
#91Gabrielle90US #84
#92Grace88US #127
#93Kara88US #114
#94Meaghan87
#95Bianca86US #97
#96Crystal85US #50
#97Mariah85US #74
#98Natasha85US #120
#99Alexandria84US #73
#100Shelby83US #34

Boys

#1Michael1,804US #1
#2Matthew1,267US #3
#3Christopher1,212US #2
#4Nicholas1,097US #12
#5Daniel941US #7
#6Ryan912US #13
#7Joseph875US #11
#8John874US #14
#9Andrew873US #5
#10James749US #9
#11Joshua726US #4
#12David703US #10
#13Alexander678US #23
#14Jonathan669US #21
#15Kevin641US #25
#16Tyler640US #8
#17Robert617US #17
#18Zachary588US #16
#19Kyle578US #22
#20William559US #20
#21Anthony544US #19
#22Thomas543US #27
#23Brian531US #31
#24Patrick507US #39
#25Sean480US #42
#26Timothy470US #34
#27Benjamin459US #33
#28Eric456US #26
#29Justin444US #18
#30Brandon429US #6
#31Jacob380US #15
#32Steven377US #29
#33Adam340US #36
#34Stephen338US #45
#35Jeffrey334US #51
#36Peter324US #81
#37Dylan319US #28
#38Richard317US #41
#39Samuel290US #40
#40Mark283US #49
#41Paul276US #55
#42Nathan237US #44
#43Brendan236US #145
#44Jason231US #46
#45Scott229US #61
#46Derek226US #62
#47Cameron224US #53
#48Evan221US #66
#49Cody219US #24
#50Connor212US #80
#51Gregory210US #60
#52Alex203US #54
#53Christian201US #35
#54Aaron189US #30
#55Charles189US #43
#56Corey188US #65
#57Jeremy186US #47
#58Jordan186US #32
#59Jared166US #67
#60Bryan164US #57
#61Ian162US #68
#62Shawn162US #71
#63Edward156US #70
#64Jose155US #37
#65Jesse152US #50
#66Shane151US #77
#67Luis137US #64
#68Kenneth127US #59
#69Brett121US #97
#70Colin117US #126
#71Nathaniel112US #79
#72Devin107US #75
#73Philip106US #138
#74Jake101US #119
#75Travis97US #48
#76Keith96US #102
#77Trevor96US #63
#78Taylor94US #52
#79Gabriel92US #86
#80Lucas92US #106
#81Craig91US #154
#82Ethan91US #76
#83Conor87
#84George84US #95
#85Cory83US #83
#86Raymond83US #104
#87Luke82US #93
#88Erik81US #98
#89Carlos79US #69
#90Douglas75US #127
#91Maxwell73US #171
#92Vincent72US #92
#93Angel70US #114
#94Austin69US #38
#95Dillon68US #73
#96Max67US #170
#97Seth67US #94
#98Juan66US #56
#99Marc65
#100Joel64US #100

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑29Kaitlyn#33
↑28Haley#66
↑27Connor#50
↑19Shannon#36
↑18Gabriel#79
↑15Lindsey#53
↑15Casey#77
↑15Dylan#37

Falling

↓23Tiffany#79
↓16Heather#51
↓16Erik#88
↓15Katelyn#56
↓15Leah#78
↓15Cory#85
↓14Caitlin#47
↓14Angela#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.