State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,186 Massachusetts births in 2002 across 1,574 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#44Meghan#174 nationally
#76Charlotteoutside the national top 200
#80Shannon#184 nationally
#97Bridgetoutside the national top 200
#90Nolan#172 nationally
#83Gianna#163 nationally
#46Jillian#125 nationally
#58Peter#134 nationally
#92Max#166 nationally
#42Liam#113 nationally
#53Brendan#124 nationally
#38Molly#107 nationally

Girls

#1Emily677US #1
#2Olivia594US #10
#3Emma522US #4
#4Sarah481US #8
#5Abigail456US #7
#6Madison417US #2
#7Julia414US #33
#8Hannah412US #3
#9Grace388US #15
#10Isabella376US #14
#11Samantha365US #9
#12Elizabeth352US #11
#13Sophia337US #27
#14Ashley327US #6
#15Jessica302US #16
#16Lauren302US #13
#17Katherine276US #36
#18Victoria271US #21
#19Caroline251US #67
#20Alexis242US #5
#21Anna242US #20
#22Rachel237US #24
#23Nicole225US #37
#24Brianna222US #17
#25Kayla221US #19
#26Sydney218US #23
#27Alexandra213US #38
#28Alyssa213US #12
#29Megan212US #22
#30Amanda205US #46
#31Ava205US #82
#32Chloe201US #25
#33Erin179US #72
#34Taylor178US #18
#35Rebecca168US #54
#36Lily164US #79
#37Mia163US #43
#38Molly161US #107
#39Jennifer160US #28
#40Brooke151US #52
#41Mackenzie150US #42
#42Allison148US #44
#43Hailey148US #31
#44Meghan146US #174
#45Jenna145US #47
#46Jillian140US #125
#47Haley139US #35
#48Morgan137US #29
#49Paige136US #51
#50Mary135US #49
#51Kaitlyn131US #32
#52Catherine129US #101
#53Sara128US #59
#54Stephanie124US #41
#55Danielle122US #71
#56Caitlin121US #123
#57Natalie120US #30
#58Jasmine115US #26
#59Jordan115US #45
#60Zoe115US #60
#61Gabriella113US #76
#62Isabelle113US #111
#63Leah110US #87
#64Margaret110US #129
#65Madeline109US #56
#66Sofia109US #112
#67Aaliyah107US #64
#68Kathryn106US #108
#69Katelyn105US #53
#70Riley102US #77
#71Arianna101US #114
#72Kylie101US #61
#73Christina100US #97
#74Maya100US #90
#75Ella99US #89
#76Charlotte98
#77Gabrielle98US #66
#78Angelina97US #74
#79Ariana97US #93
#80Shannon96US #184
#81Alexa95US #69
#82Amber93US #65
#83Gianna92US #163
#84Destiny90US #34
#85Kaylee90US #57
#86Sophie90US #149
#87Audrey89US #100
#88Savannah88US #39
#89Amelia87US #139
#90Isabel85US #85
#91Jacqueline83US #81
#92Lindsey83US #122
#93Laura82US #105
#94Michelle82US #58
#95Kelly81US #119
#96Lillian80US #96
#97Bridget79
#98Maria78US #40
#99Vanessa77US #68
#100Melissa76US #80

Boys

#1Matthew889US #4
#2Michael874US #2
#3Nicholas749US #9
#4Ryan700US #16
#5John656US #17
#6Jacob647US #1
#7Joseph639US #7
#8Andrew619US #6
#9William567US #11
#10Daniel531US #10
#11Anthony528US #12
#12Christopher523US #8
#13Joshua488US #3
#14Alexander468US #15
#15Zachary453US #19
#16Benjamin449US #27
#17Jack427US #44
#18Thomas427US #36
#19Tyler421US #14
#20Samuel415US #25
#21Ethan412US #5
#22James395US #18
#23Kyle394US #40
#24David376US #13
#25Cameron338US #39
#26Nathan335US #28
#27Jonathan332US #21
#28Aidan328US #60
#29Kevin326US #33
#30Dylan317US #23
#31Robert314US #34
#32Justin307US #22
#33Sean306US #59
#34Connor283US #47
#35Jason278US #42
#36Noah264US #31
#37Patrick263US #79
#38Adam251US #55
#39Christian251US #24
#40Owen249US #94
#41Brian241US #51
#42Liam232US #113
#43Brandon226US #20
#44Evan212US #56
#45Jake211US #102
#46Gabriel210US #32
#47Timothy206US #70
#48Lucas199US #75
#49Charles196US #58
#50Luke196US #46
#51Nathaniel193US #62
#52Eric191US #52
#53Brendan177US #124
#54Alex171US #63
#55Jordan171US #37
#56Colin165US #116
#57Jared157US #84
#58Peter153US #134
#59Logan149US #29
#60Cole145US #69
#61Austin144US #26
#62Ian142US #67
#63Elijah141US #41
#64Richard139US #77
#65Isaiah133US #45
#66Aaron132US #43
#67Henry132US #115
#68Dominic130US #83
#69Jackson129US #50
#70Caleb128US #35
#71Stephen125US #114
#72Maxwell124US #129
#73Hunter121US #38
#74Devin119US #74
#75Mark119US #93
#76Shane117US #130
#77Colby116US #125
#78Steven116US #68
#79Jose111US #30
#80Paul111US #118
#81Mason110US #53
#82Derek108US #139
#83Edward107US #119
#84George105US #131
#85Xavier104US #88
#86Jeremy103US #95
#87Trevor98US #81
#88Aiden95US #135
#89Luis93US #57
#90Nolan93US #172
#91Bryan92US #64
#92Max92US #166
#93Brady90US #147
#94Gavin90US #61
#95Angel89US #49
#96Cody87US #71
#97Jeffrey85US #132
#98Sebastian83US #80
#99Seth82US #72
#100Isaac79US #48

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑32Ava#31
↑27Sofia#66
↑26Riley#70
↑24Elijah#63
↑20Jasmine#58
↑20Logan#59
↑19Mia#37
↑17Brooke#40

Falling

↓27Jeffrey#97
↓26Gabrielle#77
↓24Maria#98
↓20Destiny#84
↓19Steven#78
↓17Michelle#94
↓16Jacqueline#91
↓15Madeline#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.