State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,372 Massachusetts births in 1996 across 1,363 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#67Jillian#199 nationally
#64Liam#184 nationally
#81Owenoutside the national top 200
#87Conoroutside the national top 200
#92Colleenoutside the national top 200
#92Aidanoutside the national top 200
#90Bridget#192 nationally
#41Brendan#131 nationally
#93Maxwell#177 nationally
#84Alison#166 nationally
#32Meghan#113 nationally
#84Drew#165 nationally

Girls

#1Emily784US #1
#2Sarah619US #4
#3Samantha616US #5
#4Jessica526US #2
#5Rachel466US #9
#6Ashley457US #3
#7Nicole453US #22
#8Amanda425US #13
#9Elizabeth409US #10
#10Hannah403US #7
#11Kayla395US #11
#12Olivia377US #34
#13Julia367US #48
#14Alexandra366US #26
#15Brianna359US #17
#16Katherine343US #31
#17Lauren328US #16
#18Victoria318US #18
#19Jennifer310US #19
#20Emma306US #53
#21Taylor306US #6
#22Rebecca284US #24
#23Stephanie266US #20
#24Caroline261US #78
#25Megan259US #12
#26Courtney257US #21
#27Brittany254US #14
#28Danielle253US #29
#29Erin242US #51
#30Abigail235US #32
#31Alyssa231US #23
#32Meghan231US #113
#33Alexis230US #8
#34Shannon228US #80
#35Kelsey203US #36
#36Madison198US #15
#37Allison188US #38
#38Anna188US #33
#39Haley188US #30
#40Molly184US #99
#41Christina177US #57
#42Melissa176US #42
#43Jacqueline172US #69
#44Michelle167US #47
#45Mary164US #44
#46Catherine158US #95
#47Sabrina157US #58
#48Morgan151US #25
#49Kelly149US #73
#50Amber148US #27
#51Jenna148US #83
#52Michaela145US #102
#53Gabrielle142US #54
#54Sara142US #50
#55Kaitlyn140US #40
#56Laura135US #66
#57Margaret135US #105
#58Katelyn133US #64
#59Paige133US #65
#60Caitlin132US #84
#61Sydney132US #39
#62Kathryn131US #87
#63Marissa131US #59
#64Kimberly129US #41
#65Kristen125US #70
#66Cassandra123US #89
#67Jillian123US #199
#68Natalie118US #46
#69Grace115US #94
#70Madeline115US #67
#71Mackenzie111US #75
#72Angela110US #90
#73Jasmine110US #28
#74Vanessa110US #60
#75Amy109US #88
#76Maria107US #37
#77Sophia107US #125
#78Erica106US #79
#79Brooke105US #45
#80Leah105US #98
#81Lindsey105US #86
#82Alicia102US #91
#83Jordan98US #49
#84Alison96US #166
#85Tiffany96US #52
#86Alexa94US #100
#87Julie93US #150
#88Chelsea91US #55
#89Andrea89US #61
#90Bridget88US #192
#91Casey88US #121
#92Colleen88
#93Melanie88US #119
#94Kathleen86US #152
#95Briana85US #72
#96Monica83US #82
#97Rachael83US #128
#98Carly82US #126
#99Christine81US #135
#100Isabella80US #151

Boys

#1Michael1,218US #1
#2Matthew1,178US #2
#3Nicholas1,003US #6
#4Christopher881US #4
#5John844US #15
#6Joseph780US #12
#7Andrew770US #10
#8Ryan753US #16
#9Daniel737US #11
#10Joshua629US #5
#11Tyler610US #7
#12Jacob593US #3
#13James575US #17
#14Zachary559US #14
#15David540US #13
#16Anthony534US #19
#17Benjamin526US #29
#18Alexander525US #22
#19Robert509US #23
#20Kevin506US #26
#21William505US #18
#22Kyle498US #25
#23Thomas472US #28
#24Jonathan467US #21
#25Justin428US #20
#26Patrick411US #44
#27Samuel409US #30
#28Brandon404US #8
#29Brian376US #36
#30Sean366US #46
#31Adam318US #39
#32Timothy307US #40
#33Austin301US #9
#34Eric295US #35
#35Christian289US #24
#36Connor275US #54
#37Cameron255US #49
#38Dylan251US #33
#39Nathan249US #37
#40Steven245US #38
#41Brendan244US #131
#42Peter241US #95
#43Jason215US #41
#44Richard209US #45
#45Stephen205US #59
#46Aaron196US #34
#47Mark193US #55
#48Evan187US #65
#49Jeffrey187US #72
#50Alex182US #53
#51Jordan179US #27
#52Cody178US #31
#53Jeremy176US #56
#54Jared172US #64
#55Jake169US #114
#56Charles167US #43
#57Jack165US #89
#58Derek162US #101
#59Paul159US #78
#60Ian150US #70
#61Noah148US #50
#62Bryan144US #66
#63Colin142US #126
#64Liam139US #184
#65Lucas134US #93
#66Scott134US #108
#67Ethan132US #62
#68Gregory129US #98
#69Devin128US #60
#70Nathaniel127US #69
#71Edward126US #96
#72Shawn118US #111
#73Trevor116US #63
#74Corey113US #94
#75Kenneth112US #77
#76Shane112US #112
#77Jesse111US #51
#78Luis107US #57
#79Gabriel103US #61
#80Luke101US #75
#81Owen98
#82Jose97US #32
#83Mitchell96US #88
#84Drew94US #165
#85Isaiah94US #71
#86George91US #118
#87Conor89
#88Travis88US #73
#89Brett87US #110
#90Alec86US #117
#91Elijah86US #81
#92Aidan78
#93Maxwell77US #177
#94Collin75US #115
#95Henry75US #139
#96Carlos71US #67
#97Tristan71US #68
#98Antonio70US #80
#99Erik67US #122
#100Marcus66US #87

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑21Madison#36
↑21Noah#61
↑21Lucas#65
↑18Grace#69
↑16Jenna#51
↑15Jack#57
↑14Brooke#79
↑13Jasmine#73

Falling

↓29Christine#99
↓20Marissa#63
↓19Jose#82
↓18Rachael#97
↓15Andrea#89
↓14Laura#56
↓14Alexa#86
↓13Corey#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.