State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,034 Massachusetts births in 2001 across 1,558 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#67Charlotteoutside the national top 200
#46Meghan#159 nationally
#95Bridgetoutside the national top 200
#82Gianna#185 nationally
#98Harrisonoutside the national top 200
#84Shannon#171 nationally
#45Liam#131 nationally
#94Nolan#180 nationally
#42Jillian#120 nationally
#92Scott#167 nationally
#57Owen#130 nationally
#60Peter#133 nationally

Girls

#1Emily708US #1
#2Olivia574US #10
#3Hannah516US #3
#4Sarah505US #6
#5Julia503US #27
#6Emma501US #13
#7Samantha473US #7
#8Madison471US #2
#9Abigail458US #8
#10Grace396US #16
#11Elizabeth372US #9
#12Ashley341US #4
#13Lauren317US #15
#14Jessica316US #11
#15Victoria297US #21
#16Katherine278US #35
#17Isabella274US #28
#18Caroline270US #62
#19Anna266US #19
#20Sophia261US #37
#21Kayla258US #17
#22Alyssa250US #14
#23Brianna248US #18
#24Nicole234US #36
#25Alexandra228US #38
#26Erin228US #60
#27Rachel228US #24
#28Megan227US #20
#29Amanda223US #39
#30Alexis213US #5
#31Taylor213US #12
#32Sydney198US #23
#33Molly182US #90
#34Allison179US #44
#35Chloe178US #30
#36Rebecca174US #46
#37Jenna173US #45
#38Jennifer163US #26
#39Lily157US #103
#40Catherine156US #81
#41Haley154US #34
#42Jillian146US #120
#43Morgan145US #29
#44Sara145US #58
#45Caitlin144US #89
#46Meghan142US #159
#47Hailey141US #33
#48Kaitlyn141US #31
#49Mackenzie140US #40
#50Madeline139US #56
#51Gabrielle138US #50
#52Natalie135US #32
#53Stephanie132US #43
#54Mary130US #48
#55Margaret128US #118
#56Mia116US #76
#57Brooke114US #57
#58Paige114US #71
#59Kathryn113US #97
#60Gabriella108US #83
#61Isabelle108US #113
#62Katelyn106US #52
#63Ava104US #132
#64Destiny104US #22
#65Danielle103US #63
#66Jordan103US #47
#67Charlotte102
#68Zoe102US #65
#69Leah101US #87
#70Marissa101US #79
#71Alexa100US #78
#72Christina100US #80
#73Amber99US #51
#74Maria97US #41
#75Jacqueline95US #70
#76Arianna94US #108
#77Michelle94US #59
#78Jasmine93US #25
#79Laura93US #86
#80Ariana92US #92
#81Courtney90US #73
#82Gianna90US #185
#83Kelsey89US #100
#84Shannon89US #171
#85Maya88US #110
#86Sophie85US #151
#87Kelly84US #124
#88Lindsey84US #105
#89Angela83US #77
#90Isabel83US #88
#91Lillian83US #111
#92Melissa83US #74
#93Sofia82US #145
#94Vanessa82US #64
#95Bridget81
#96Riley81US #106
#97Faith80US #53
#98Juliana80US #155
#99Kaylee80US #66
#100Makayla80US #54

Boys

#1Matthew918US #3
#2Michael904US #2
#3Nicholas792US #6
#4Ryan746US #15
#5John732US #14
#6Jacob620US #1
#7Joseph597US #8
#8Andrew576US #7
#9Christopher572US #5
#10Benjamin548US #27
#11William540US #10
#12Daniel532US #9
#13Joshua527US #4
#14Zachary495US #16
#15Alexander478US #20
#16Anthony476US #11
#17James453US #19
#18Tyler436US #13
#19Samuel434US #26
#20Thomas420US #33
#21Jack418US #48
#22Kyle416US #40
#23Cameron413US #35
#24David381US #12
#25Jonathan368US #23
#26Kevin367US #32
#27Ethan360US #17
#28Nathan337US #31
#29Justin336US #22
#30Sean320US #57
#31Dylan311US #21
#32Robert305US #30
#33Patrick299US #72
#34Aidan278US #86
#35Jason265US #41
#36Connor261US #49
#37Christian259US #24
#38Brian255US #46
#39Noah253US #28
#40Adam243US #51
#41Brandon238US #18
#42Evan234US #56
#43Jared228US #65
#44Luke211US #50
#45Liam205US #131
#46Brendan202US #115
#47Timothy202US #67
#48Gabriel193US #38
#49Jake192US #100
#50Charles186US #55
#51Eric184US #44
#52Aaron168US #42
#53Alex166US #62
#54Nathaniel166US #61
#55Colin165US #125
#56Cole162US #74
#57Owen160US #130
#58Ian157US #70
#59Steven155US #63
#60Peter151US #133
#61Devin147US #71
#62Lucas143US #83
#63Maxwell142US #124
#64Stephen137US #102
#65Austin136US #25
#66Jordan136US #39
#67Hunter135US #36
#68Jackson134US #60
#69Isaiah133US #43
#70Jeffrey129US #119
#71Richard126US #73
#72Henry125US #120
#73Caleb119US #37
#74Colby117US #99
#75Shane117US #128
#76Luis116US #52
#77Trevor114US #76
#78Mark112US #84
#79Logan111US #29
#80Paul110US #109
#81Edward109US #113
#82Jose106US #34
#83Jeremy103US #89
#84Derek101US #132
#85Dominic98US #106
#86Angel94US #58
#87Elijah92US #45
#88Carlos89US #59
#89Isaac88US #47
#90Max87US #159
#91Antonio86US #85
#92Scott85US #167
#93Sebastian85US #81
#94Nolan82US #180
#95George81US #129
#96Spencer81US #103
#97Xavier81US #94
#98Harrison80
#99Bryan79US #69
#100Gregory78US #157

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑34Gabriella#60
↑21Zoe#68
↑19Mia#56
↑18Chloe#35
↑18Isabelle#61
↑18Destiny#64
↑17Aaron#52
↑15Lily#39

Falling

↓27Shannon#84
↓21Paul#80
↓19Jasmine#78
↓17Margaret#55
↓17Jacqueline#75
↓16Angela#89
↓16Bryan#99
↓15Danielle#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.