State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,080 Massachusetts births in 1997 across 1,396 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#73Owenoutside the national top 200
#84Aidanoutside the national top 200
#86Colleenoutside the national top 200
#48Liam#162 nationally
#53Jillian#166 nationally
#88Bridgetoutside the national top 200
#99Conoroutside the national top 200
#96Harrison#181 nationally
#34Meghan#113 nationally
#96Kathleen#175 nationally
#98Arianna#177 nationally
#56Colin#125 nationally

Girls

#1Emily768US #1
#2Samantha682US #6
#3Sarah640US #4
#4Jessica513US #2
#5Hannah497US #5
#6Julia443US #37
#7Nicole428US #21
#8Rachel411US #13
#9Ashley410US #3
#10Olivia405US #27
#11Elizabeth404US #9
#12Amanda384US #16
#13Brianna338US #17
#14Katherine330US #32
#15Lauren328US #14
#16Taylor328US #7
#17Emma323US #36
#18Alexandra322US #30
#19Megan313US #11
#20Kayla312US #12
#21Victoria310US #19
#22Madison293US #10
#23Jennifer289US #18
#24Abigail286US #26
#25Rebecca273US #25
#26Alyssa271US #15
#27Erin250US #52
#28Caroline231US #75
#29Stephanie224US #23
#30Danielle210US #34
#31Alexis206US #8
#32Haley205US #31
#33Molly201US #98
#34Meghan199US #113
#35Allison190US #39
#36Anna181US #33
#37Shannon180US #85
#38Brittany177US #20
#39Courtney170US #28
#40Christina162US #62
#41Sabrina162US #53
#42Morgan158US #22
#43Sophia155US #94
#44Catherine154US #96
#45Kathryn149US #86
#46Jacqueline148US #77
#47Mary147US #46
#48Melissa146US #44
#49Sara146US #50
#50Kaitlyn143US #41
#51Madeline143US #59
#52Amber142US #29
#53Jillian142US #166
#54Michelle141US #55
#55Michaela137US #100
#56Sydney136US #35
#57Kelsey135US #57
#58Grace133US #69
#59Marissa132US #60
#60Kelly129US #83
#61Natalie126US #48
#62Caitlin125US #88
#63Jenna125US #76
#64Laura124US #66
#65Paige122US #64
#66Brooke121US #45
#67Kristen121US #82
#68Jordan118US #40
#69Katelyn117US #63
#70Vanessa115US #54
#71Isabella114US #114
#72Mackenzie114US #71
#73Maria114US #38
#74Lindsey110US #95
#75Margaret110US #110
#76Cassandra107US #81
#77Erica107US #84
#78Amy106US #92
#79Jasmine105US #24
#80Gabrielle103US #51
#81Kimberly99US #49
#82Leah98US #104
#83Casey97US #146
#84Alexa95US #106
#85Angela94US #93
#86Colleen92
#87Ariana91US #138
#88Bridget90
#89Briana89US #72
#90Hailey89US #80
#91Heather86US #90
#92Rachael86US #154
#93Monica85US #79
#94Alicia81US #89
#95Julie81US #163
#96Kathleen77US #175
#97Mikayla77US #112
#98Arianna76US #177
#99Zoe76US #135
#100Hayley75US #136

Boys

#1Matthew1,169US #3
#2Michael1,119US #1
#3Nicholas1,006US #6
#4Christopher800US #4
#5John796US #15
#6Andrew750US #7
#7Joseph717US #12
#8Ryan700US #16
#9Daniel664US #11
#10Jacob595US #2
#11Joshua580US #5
#12Tyler563US #10
#13James554US #17
#14Kyle548US #24
#15Zachary542US #13
#16Alexander535US #22
#17Benjamin519US #29
#18Anthony498US #18
#19David489US #14
#20Jonathan475US #21
#21Thomas472US #31
#22William447US #19
#23Robert437US #23
#24Kevin430US #28
#25Brandon415US #8
#26Justin413US #20
#27Patrick403US #50
#28Samuel395US #27
#29Brian363US #37
#30Sean318US #48
#31Timothy314US #43
#32Cameron313US #45
#33Austin286US #9
#34Jason259US #41
#35Nathan259US #34
#36Adam256US #39
#37Christian256US #25
#38Dylan252US #30
#39Connor240US #52
#40Eric239US #35
#41Brendan220US #107
#42Peter217US #102
#43Stephen205US #68
#44Evan201US #61
#45Jake198US #101
#46Jordan197US #26
#47Steven197US #40
#48Liam190US #162
#49Alex184US #55
#50Jack181US #76
#51Jared180US #56
#52Richard175US #51
#53Paul172US #79
#54Mark171US #58
#55Noah171US #38
#56Colin169US #125
#57Aaron166US #33
#58Charles166US #49
#59Ian163US #70
#60Jeffrey160US #84
#61Ethan159US #46
#62Jeremy146US #64
#63Nathaniel144US #65
#64Scott135US #113
#65Luis133US #53
#66Jose128US #32
#67Edward127US #100
#68Cody124US #36
#69Shane120US #114
#70Luke119US #78
#71Devin116US #59
#72Derek115US #106
#73Owen114
#74Gabriel113US #57
#75Bryan112US #69
#76Shawn112US #109
#77Isaiah110US #60
#78Lucas110US #98
#79Cole104US #72
#80Jesse104US #63
#81Corey102US #110
#82Trevor100US #62
#83Gregory93US #103
#84Aidan92
#85Carlos92US #67
#86Dominic90US #129
#87Maxwell87US #148
#88Brett85US #116
#89Henry80US #139
#90Mitchell80US #96
#91George78US #121
#92Bradley77US #94
#93Kenneth75US #83
#94Antonio74US #75
#95Alec73US #123
#96Harrison73US #181
#97Caleb70US #47
#98Marcus70US #93
#99Conor68
#100Hunter68US #44

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑34Sophia#43
↑29Isabella#71
↑19Madeline#51
↑17Kathryn#45
↑16Liam#48
↑16Jose#66
↑15Jordan#68
↑14Madison#22

Falling

↓27Gabrielle#80
↓22Kelsey#57
↓18Margaret#75
↓18Kenneth#93
↓17Kimberly#81
↓16Cody#68
↓15Gregory#83
↓14Derek#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.