State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,441 Massachusetts births in 1994 across 1,373 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#56Jillian#191 nationally
#73Conoroutside the national top 200
#86Colleenoutside the national top 200
#92Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#97Max#191 nationally
#39Brendan#129 nationally
#96Maxwell#182 nationally
#99Dennis#177 nationally
#80Alison#153 nationally
#37Meghan#100 nationally
#38Molly#96 nationally
#88Henry#145 nationally

Girls

#1Emily740US #3
#2Samantha702US #4
#3Jessica684US #1
#4Sarah676US #5
#5Ashley625US #2
#6Nicole613US #11
#7Amanda562US #8
#8Elizabeth470US #9
#9Kayla428US #12
#10Rachel421US #13
#11Jennifer403US #17
#12Victoria381US #19
#13Taylor377US #6
#14Alexandra374US #28
#15Stephanie374US #15
#16Rebecca357US #24
#17Katherine344US #30
#18Lauren340US #14
#19Megan338US #10
#20Danielle333US #20
#21Hannah327US #16
#22Brittany313US #7
#23Courtney294US #22
#24Julia282US #72
#25Kelsey278US #29
#26Brianna276US #27
#27Alyssa271US #26
#28Erin270US #45
#29Shannon254US #60
#30Olivia247US #50
#31Melissa244US #31
#32Allison231US #34
#33Emma227US #74
#34Michelle221US #33
#35Abigail220US #42
#36Jacqueline212US #65
#37Meghan208US #100
#38Molly191US #96
#39Christina189US #39
#40Kelly188US #62
#41Caroline182US #94
#42Kimberly181US #32
#43Anna179US #41
#44Marissa172US #53
#45Sara169US #43
#46Catherine168US #84
#47Cassandra165US #66
#48Laura161US #46
#49Mary161US #37
#50Alexis157US #18
#51Kathryn156US #79
#52Amber154US #21
#53Haley151US #36
#54Jenna148US #80
#55Morgan147US #25
#56Jillian145US #191
#57Kaitlyn145US #48
#58Katelyn143US #58
#59Kristen143US #55
#60Michaela143US #109
#61Amy140US #77
#62Caitlin138US #78
#63Lindsey137US #69
#64Erica132US #57
#65Heather130US #44
#66Tiffany130US #35
#67Alicia126US #83
#68Gabrielle124US #67
#69Casey123US #118
#70Angela121US #81
#71Jasmine117US #23
#72Vanessa117US #59
#73Julie114US #129
#74Briana113US #68
#75Christine113US #104
#76Leah113US #101
#77Paige112US #63
#78Margaret110US #106
#79Andrea105US #49
#80Alison104US #153
#81Kathleen104US #130
#82Natalie102US #56
#83Chelsea101US #38
#84Kristina99US #113
#85Alexa98US #95
#86Colleen97
#87Brooke95US #54
#88Alexandria92US #73
#89Maria92US #47
#90Sabrina92US #97
#91Jordan91US #52
#92Meaghan91
#93Katie89US #70
#94Melanie88US #120
#95Jamie86US #87
#96Grace85US #103
#97Mariah82US #75
#98Rachael82US #124
#99Sydney82US #76
#100Madison81US #51

Boys

#1Michael1,427US #1
#2Matthew1,191US #3
#3Nicholas1,043US #9
#4Christopher1,034US #2
#5John878US #15
#6Joseph825US #11
#7Daniel817US #8
#8Ryan813US #16
#9Andrew808US #10
#10Tyler714US #5
#11James691US #14
#12Zachary662US #12
#13Alexander628US #22
#14Joshua607US #4
#15David582US #13
#16Robert570US #21
#17Kevin558US #26
#18Kyle549US #24
#19Thomas526US #27
#20Jonathan503US #23
#21Anthony502US #18
#22Jacob502US #7
#23William487US #19
#24Benjamin455US #31
#25Brian431US #37
#26Patrick425US #42
#27Timothy415US #39
#28Brandon414US #6
#29Justin411US #20
#30Sean378US #44
#31Adam371US #38
#32Samuel360US #33
#33Eric354US #30
#34Dylan288US #32
#35Steven278US #34
#36Nathan276US #40
#37Cameron275US #52
#38Mark260US #48
#39Brendan259US #129
#40Connor258US #59
#41Stephen253US #49
#42Richard248US #41
#43Cody243US #25
#44Aaron240US #28
#45Jason239US #46
#46Peter230US #87
#47Paul220US #64
#48Jeffrey219US #55
#49Derek209US #77
#50Christian206US #35
#51Evan204US #62
#52Jordan200US #29
#53Jeremy187US #47
#54Alex185US #50
#55Austin175US #17
#56Jared175US #63
#57Scott170US #80
#58Charles169US #43
#59Corey166US #73
#60Ian159US #74
#61Gregory152US #76
#62Jake151US #106
#63Edward150US #84
#64Bryan147US #66
#65Shawn140US #86
#66Nathaniel139US #78
#67Jesse136US #45
#68Luis133US #57
#69Jose130US #36
#70Colin128US #124
#71Shane127US #92
#72Mitchell113US #71
#73Conor109
#74Devin109US #61
#75George101US #110
#76Trevor100US #58
#77Kenneth98US #65
#78Luke97US #91
#79Lucas95US #95
#80Alec94US #109
#81Ethan88US #89
#82Gabriel87US #68
#83Jack87US #127
#84Brett86US #107
#85Erik83US #99
#86Carlos82US #72
#87Angel81US #104
#88Henry81US #145
#89Taylor80US #54
#90Joel78US #108
#91Travis78US #53
#92Keith76US #126
#93Cory71US #102
#94Marcus71US #75
#95Raymond70US #115
#96Maxwell68US #182
#97Max67US #191
#98Juan66US #51
#99Dennis63US #177
#100Dominic63US #128

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑32Morgan#55
↑28Michaela#60
↑22Jacqueline#36
↑18Anna#43
↑18Natalie#82
↑17Gabrielle#68
↑17Austin#55
↑14Jack#83

Falling

↓44Chelsea#83
↓18Kristen#59
↓18Paige#77
↓14Maria#89
↓13Colleen#86
↓12Jillian#56
↓12Taylor#89
↓12Max#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.