State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,676 Massachusetts births in 1995 across 1,367 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#58Jillian#197 nationally
#75Liamoutside the national top 200
#82Colleenoutside the national top 200
#90Marcoutside the national top 200
#93Conoroutside the national top 200
#43Brendan#133 nationally
#76Drew#160 nationally
#95Maxwell#178 nationally
#80Alison#162 nationally
#32Meghan#112 nationally
#70Colin#134 nationally
#34Caroline#92 nationally

Girls

#1Emily799US #3
#2Sarah651US #5
#3Samantha633US #4
#4Jessica622US #1
#5Ashley544US #2
#6Nicole512US #19
#7Amanda464US #9
#8Elizabeth463US #10
#9Hannah436US #7
#10Rachel424US #12
#11Kayla409US #11
#12Alexandra367US #26
#13Stephanie349US #16
#14Jennifer341US #18
#15Lauren341US #15
#16Olivia323US #39
#17Victoria321US #20
#18Courtney316US #17
#19Katherine313US #30
#20Rebecca312US #28
#21Taylor312US #6
#22Brianna309US #21
#23Brittany302US #8
#24Megan291US #13
#25Julia286US #62
#26Erin277US #49
#27Danielle273US #24
#28Alyssa251US #27
#29Abigail238US #36
#30Kelsey238US #33
#31Emma236US #67
#32Meghan235US #112
#33Shannon228US #73
#34Caroline219US #92
#35Allison217US #34
#36Melissa203US #35
#37Christina193US #45
#38Anna191US #31
#39Mary188US #40
#40Molly187US #98
#41Alexis169US #14
#42Laura169US #56
#43Marissa168US #53
#44Michelle168US #41
#45Jacqueline165US #70
#46Kelly162US #64
#47Sara161US #48
#48Caitlin160US #81
#49Haley159US #32
#50Amber157US #22
#51Catherine155US #90
#52Kimberly153US #37
#53Sydney152US #43
#54Gabrielle151US #61
#55Paige150US #58
#56Morgan149US #23
#57Madison144US #29
#58Jillian143US #197
#59Kathryn142US #83
#60Michaela142US #107
#61Katelyn139US #59
#62Kristen136US #65
#63Kaitlyn135US #42
#64Amy134US #75
#65Heather129US #54
#66Cassandra127US #78
#67Jenna124US #84
#68Margaret124US #104
#69Natalie118US #51
#70Christine115US #114
#71Madeline115US #79
#72Alexa114US #100
#73Erica114US #69
#74Andrea111US #55
#75Leah109US #103
#76Vanessa106US #63
#77Maria103US #44
#78Kristina101US #130
#79Rachael101US #120
#80Alison100US #162
#81Alicia99US #89
#82Colleen98
#83Angela97US #85
#84Jamie97US #93
#85Briana96US #74
#86Jasmine96US #25
#87Grace95US #97
#88Melanie94US #117
#89Alexandria93US #72
#90Lindsey93US #82
#91Casey92US #118
#92Julie92US #141
#93Brooke89US #52
#94Chelsea89US #47
#95Miranda89US #57
#96Monica85US #87
#97Kylie84US #106
#98Natasha84US #154
#99Kathleen83US #139
#100Lindsay83US #125

Boys

#1Michael1,356US #1
#2Matthew1,176US #2
#3Nicholas1,047US #7
#4Christopher929US #3
#5John849US #13
#6Joseph833US #12
#7Andrew801US #11
#8Ryan784US #15
#9Daniel769US #9
#10Tyler737US #6
#11Joshua657US #5
#12James624US #17
#13Zachary587US #14
#14Alexander581US #21
#15Jacob570US #4
#16Kevin563US #25
#17David559US #16
#18Anthony538US #19
#19Thomas534US #27
#20William493US #20
#21Benjamin477US #31
#22Robert474US #22
#23Kyle473US #24
#24Jonathan468US #23
#25Brian438US #36
#26Patrick430US #43
#27Justin426US #18
#28Brandon421US #8
#29Sean357US #45
#30Samuel349US #33
#31Timothy339US #40
#32Adam335US #38
#33Cameron306US #49
#34Connor290US #55
#35Eric284US #32
#36Nathan268US #39
#37Christian262US #28
#38Austin248US #10
#39Steven245US #37
#40Cody239US #26
#41Dylan237US #34
#42Jason237US #41
#43Brendan230US #133
#44Mark227US #52
#45Richard227US #42
#46Stephen224US #57
#47Peter222US #89
#48Paul212US #71
#49Aaron205US #30
#50Evan202US #60
#51Alex193US #47
#52Jordan191US #29
#53Jeffrey182US #64
#54Ian181US #67
#55Scott171US #92
#56Charles169US #44
#57Jared168US #63
#58Derek153US #83
#59Gregory146US #84
#60Jake144US #108
#61Corey141US #74
#62Jeremy135US #48
#63Jose132US #35
#64Devin126US #58
#65Bryan125US #70
#66Luis124US #59
#67Nathaniel124US #73
#68Luke123US #82
#69Shawn123US #100
#70Colin122US #134
#71Ethan122US #75
#72Jack119US #110
#73Shane119US #103
#74Edward112US #88
#75Liam108
#76Drew105US #160
#77Jesse103US #46
#78Gabriel101US #65
#79Mitchell100US #79
#80Trevor99US #61
#81Kenneth97US #72
#82Noah94US #99
#83Alec91US #112
#84Brett88US #106
#85George85US #115
#86Lucas83US #91
#87Marcus83US #81
#88Erik82US #111
#89Carlos78US #68
#90Marc77
#91Keith76US #142
#92Henry74US #136
#93Conor72
#94Devon71US #119
#95Maxwell71US #178
#96Vincent70US #113
#97Dominic68US #138
#98Cory67US #123
#99Travis67US #66
#100Angel65US #101

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑46Sydney#53
↑43Madison#57
↑22Paige#55
↑19Rachael#79
↑17Austin#38
↑14Olivia#16
↑14Caitlin#48
↑14Gabrielle#54

Falling

↓27Lindsey#90
↓22Casey#91
↓20Conor#93
↓19Cassandra#66
↓19Julie#92
↓18Kathleen#99
↓15Jasmine#86
↓14Alicia#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.