State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,603 Massachusetts births in 1998 across 1,445 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#72Aidan#196 nationally
#38Jillian#158 nationally
#65Owen#179 nationally
#88Isabelle#196 nationally
#49Liam#155 nationally
#96Colleenoutside the national top 200
#100Bridgetoutside the national top 200
#93Alison#188 nationally
#33Meghan#121 nationally
#84Lily#169 nationally
#90Arianna#167 nationally
#97Kathleen#171 nationally

Girls

#1Emily802US #1
#2Samantha627US #3
#3Sarah609US #4
#4Hannah520US #2
#5Julia491US #32
#6Olivia480US #21
#7Emma430US #22
#8Ashley422US #5
#9Jessica395US #8
#10Elizabeth382US #10
#11Nicole380US #24
#12Amanda354US #19
#13Abigail346US #18
#14Rachel343US #15
#15Madison332US #9
#16Taylor313US #7
#17Katherine312US #33
#18Victoria309US #16
#19Alexis292US #6
#20Kayla284US #12
#21Lauren282US #14
#22Alexandra274US #27
#23Brianna266US #17
#24Megan260US #13
#25Rebecca257US #30
#26Alyssa256US #11
#27Caroline256US #75
#28Erin249US #57
#29Jennifer215US #20
#30Stephanie214US #29
#31Anna204US #31
#32Allison201US #38
#33Meghan196US #121
#34Grace194US #53
#35Danielle180US #41
#36Shannon176US #104
#37Molly173US #108
#38Jillian167US #158
#39Haley163US #36
#40Gabrielle159US #47
#41Courtney158US #39
#42Morgan157US #23
#43Sophia156US #73
#44Caitlin155US #78
#45Sara155US #48
#46Sydney154US #28
#47Madeline150US #50
#48Brittany148US #25
#49Mary147US #44
#50Isabella145US #84
#51Jenna144US #65
#52Michelle144US #55
#53Natalie137US #40
#54Michaela134US #103
#55Jasmine132US #26
#56Kathryn132US #89
#57Amber130US #37
#58Cassandra129US #85
#59Kaitlyn128US #35
#60Kelly127US #90
#61Marissa126US #66
#62Catherine125US #101
#63Brooke122US #46
#64Kelsey122US #56
#65Mackenzie121US #64
#66Sabrina120US #68
#67Christina119US #69
#68Margaret115US #114
#69Katelyn110US #58
#70Melissa108US #59
#71Jacqueline105US #95
#72Vanessa105US #52
#73Angela103US #100
#74Laura103US #74
#75Jordan101US #42
#76Paige101US #63
#77Hailey97US #70
#78Isabel96US #118
#79Mikayla96US #82
#80Alexa94US #93
#81Kimberly94US #54
#82Leah93US #106
#83Erica92US #92
#84Lily89US #169
#85Maria89US #43
#86Casey85US #150
#87Destiny85US #34
#88Isabelle85US #196
#89Lindsey84US #97
#90Arianna81US #167
#91Amy80US #96
#92Maya80US #123
#93Alison78US #188
#94Kristen77US #102
#95Ariana76US #137
#96Colleen76
#97Kathleen76US #171
#98Chloe75US #87
#99Alicia74US #98
#100Bridget74

Boys

#1Michael1,175US #1
#2Matthew1,136US #3
#3Nicholas1,009US #6
#4John746US #15
#5Ryan718US #17
#6Christopher700US #5
#7Jacob688US #2
#8Daniel675US #12
#9Joseph658US #11
#10Andrew638US #9
#11Kyle581US #24
#12Tyler579US #8
#13Joshua570US #4
#14Zachary525US #16
#15Benjamin521US #30
#16Alexander519US #22
#17James517US #18
#18William514US #14
#19David465US #13
#20Thomas465US #31
#21Anthony444US #19
#22Jonathan442US #21
#23Justin421US #20
#24Cameron419US #35
#25Samuel391US #28
#26Brandon384US #7
#27Robert381US #23
#28Kevin375US #32
#29Sean354US #50
#30Patrick346US #57
#31Brian314US #41
#32Timothy306US #49
#33Connor289US #47
#34Nathan289US #34
#35Dylan279US #25
#36Brendan272US #99
#37Noah272US #29
#38Christian269US #26
#39Jason267US #40
#40Jack264US #61
#41Austin256US #10
#42Eric236US #39
#43Adam235US #45
#44Ethan221US #38
#45Jared213US #51
#46Jordan209US #27
#47Evan206US #63
#48Peter204US #111
#49Liam201US #155
#50Jake200US #102
#51Steven196US #46
#52Charles183US #48
#53Stephen179US #78
#54Alex177US #55
#55Richard169US #56
#56Mark168US #64
#57Nathaniel162US #60
#58Aaron159US #37
#59Colin158US #122
#60Paul157US #89
#61Devin155US #62
#62Jeffrey148US #91
#63Jeremy148US #68
#64Ian138US #73
#65Owen138US #179
#66Luke134US #75
#67Jose131US #33
#68Trevor128US #58
#69Shawn126US #113
#70Maxwell124US #136
#71Hunter120US #36
#72Aidan119US #196
#73Lucas116US #93
#74Derek115US #110
#75Scott113US #123
#76Cole105US #77
#77Cody103US #43
#78Edward103US #105
#79Shane103US #118
#80George100US #125
#81Gregory98US #109
#82Luis97US #53
#83Mitchell97US #103
#84Elijah94US #66
#85Gabriel94US #54
#86Alec88US #112
#87Bryan88US #74
#88Caleb88US #42
#89Nicolas88US #132
#90Brett87US #133
#91Spencer85US #84
#92Angel84US #81
#93Max84US #159
#94Corey83US #115
#95Dominic83US #120
#96Isaiah83US #59
#97Jesse82US #70
#98Antonio78US #79
#99Henry78US #135
#100Jackson77US #100

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑40Gabrielle#40
↑29Hunter#71
↑24Grace#34
↑24Jasmine#55
↑21Isabella#50
↑18Caitlin#44
↑18Cassandra#58
↑18Mikayla#79

Falling

↓27Christina#67
↓27Kristen#94
↓25Sabrina#66
↓25Jacqueline#71
↓22Melissa#70
↓19Isaiah#96
↓18Catherine#62
↓17Luis#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.