State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,306 Massachusetts births in 2003 across 1,589 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#67Meghan#194 nationally
#58Charlotte#182 nationally
#88Maeveoutside the national top 200
#99Lucyoutside the national top 200
#50Brendan#141 nationally
#53Gianna#143 nationally
#57Peter#146 nationally
#65Sophie#151 nationally
#56Jillian#135 nationally
#51Margaret#128 nationally
#98Nolan#175 nationally
#90Max#162 nationally

Girls

#1Emily655US #1
#2Emma653US #2
#3Olivia547US #5
#4Abigail466US #6
#5Isabella407US #12
#6Sarah403US #11
#7Grace392US #13
#8Hannah383US #4
#9Samantha361US #10
#10Julia354US #33
#11Madison352US #3
#12Elizabeth346US #9
#13Sophia346US #20
#14Ashley317US #8
#15Ava276US #39
#16Lauren249US #15
#17Anna245US #21
#18Jessica238US #18
#19Katherine237US #35
#20Caroline232US #68
#21Victoria229US #22
#22Kayla213US #16
#23Mia208US #36
#24Alyssa205US #14
#25Alexandra198US #38
#26Rachel198US #28
#27Lily196US #69
#28Nicole196US #40
#29Megan191US #30
#30Amanda188US #54
#31Sydney182US #25
#32Ella177US #44
#33Brianna169US #17
#34Paige168US #47
#35Alexis167US #7
#36Morgan167US #29
#37Molly163US #99
#38Jenna162US #55
#39Chloe152US #24
#40Erin152US #80
#41Allison147US #46
#42Hailey146US #26
#43Taylor146US #19
#44Rebecca143US #63
#45Catherine142US #106
#46Kaitlyn140US #32
#47Jennifer139US #31
#48Mackenzie138US #45
#49Natalie135US #23
#50Haley130US #34
#51Margaret129US #128
#52Brooke128US #43
#53Gianna128US #143
#54Maya127US #84
#55Amelia124US #111
#56Jillian121US #135
#57Jordan121US #48
#58Charlotte119US #182
#59Zoe118US #57
#60Stephanie116US #49
#61Gabriella114US #77
#62Riley114US #72
#63Arianna113US #86
#64Jasmine112US #27
#65Sophie110US #151
#66Madeline109US #61
#67Meghan108US #194
#68Sofia108US #97
#69Kylie105US #52
#70Mary104US #59
#71Sara104US #65
#72Ariana103US #85
#73Gabrielle103US #66
#74Leah101US #81
#75Alexa97US #67
#76Angelina97US #71
#77Christina97US #109
#78Katelyn97US #58
#79Caitlin96US #142
#80Isabelle93US #110
#81Maria93US #42
#82Kaylee92US #53
#83Kathryn91US #117
#84Isabel90US #83
#85Faith84US #50
#86Sabrina83US #137
#87Audrey82US #78
#88Maeve81
#89Makayla80US #51
#90Avery79US #89
#91Destiny78US #37
#92Michelle78US #62
#93Lillian77US #76
#94Amber76US #74
#95Courtney76US #103
#96Juliana76US #157
#97Savannah76US #41
#98Amy75US #120
#99Lucy73
#100Madelyn70US #115

Boys

#1Matthew780US #4
#2Michael778US #2
#3Ryan712US #13
#4Nicholas693US #12
#5John616US #17
#6Jacob584US #1
#7Joseph582US #6
#8William556US #11
#9Andrew528US #5
#10Joshua513US #3
#11Daniel504US #8
#12Christopher501US #9
#13Benjamin497US #24
#14Alexander483US #16
#15Anthony467US #10
#16Aidan464US #39
#17Tyler455US #15
#18James448US #18
#19Jack421US #45
#20Zachary402US #20
#21Samuel395US #23
#22Thomas388US #36
#23Ethan383US #7
#24Nathan378US #26
#25David375US #14
#26Dylan347US #19
#27Jonathan340US #22
#28Cameron325US #40
#29Kevin304US #32
#30Connor300US #43
#31Justin298US #27
#32Sean296US #61
#33Kyle288US #53
#34Owen276US #72
#35Jason275US #42
#36Adam256US #58
#37Patrick249US #91
#38Evan245US #44
#39Robert238US #35
#40Luke233US #46
#41Christian231US #25
#42Colin231US #88
#43Charles229US #57
#44Gabriel224US #29
#45Liam220US #114
#46Brian215US #59
#47Brandon214US #21
#48Lucas202US #71
#49Noah198US #31
#50Brendan183US #141
#51Nathaniel182US #63
#52Eric178US #56
#53Timothy177US #76
#54Jake169US #98
#55Cole157US #69
#56Jackson155US #52
#57Peter154US #146
#58Alex153US #62
#59Logan153US #28
#60Aaron149US #50
#61Dominic142US #81
#62Jordan140US #38
#63Maxwell139US #132
#64Gavin133US #51
#65Caleb131US #34
#66Elijah131US #37
#67Henry130US #115
#68Aiden129US #73
#69Jared128US #107
#70Steven126US #70
#71Richard123US #86
#72Devin121US #74
#73Isaiah120US #49
#74Jayden119US #75
#75Hunter118US #41
#76Xavier115US #85
#77Austin109US #33
#78Jeffrey109US #140
#79Jeremy109US #108
#80Derek107US #149
#81Mason107US #54
#82Edward106US #130
#83Luis106US #60
#84Ian104US #65
#85Brady103US #142
#86Stephen103US #128
#87Nicolas102US #134
#88Paul102US #123
#89Shane101US #144
#90Max100US #162
#91Angel97US #47
#92Jose96US #30
#93Isaac95US #48
#94Trevor92US #99
#95Bryan90US #64
#96Cody89US #78
#97Mark88US #105
#98Nolan88US #175
#99Jaden83US #82
#100Carlos82US #66

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑43Ella#32
↑34Amelia#55
↑30Gianna#53
↑30Gavin#64
↑21Sophie#65
↑20Maya#54
↑20Aiden#68
↑19Jeffrey#78

Falling

↓23Meghan#67
↓23Caitlin#79
↓22Ian#84
↓22Mark#97
↓20Mary#70
↓18Sara#71
↓18Isabelle#80
↓16Austin#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.