State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,318 Massachusetts births in 2004 across 1,598 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#63Meghanoutside the national top 200
#55Charlotte#170 nationally
#95Harrisonoutside the national top 200
#96Ninaoutside the national top 200
#100Bridgetoutside the national top 200
#52Brendan#150 nationally
#77Caitlin#161 nationally
#80Juliana#164 nationally
#62Peter#143 nationally
#85Shane#165 nationally
#86Max#164 nationally
#36Liam#112 nationally

Girls

#1Emily580US #1
#2Emma555US #2
#3Olivia546US #4
#4Isabella434US #7
#5Abigail431US #6
#6Ava389US #25
#7Julia389US #32
#8Grace386US #13
#9Madison379US #3
#10Sarah378US #12
#11Sophia353US #15
#12Samantha344US #9
#13Hannah333US #5
#14Elizabeth301US #10
#15Ashley261US #8
#16Ella260US #29
#17Anna236US #20
#18Lauren235US #16
#19Lily234US #53
#20Caroline232US #74
#21Katherine224US #35
#22Jessica218US #21
#23Mia206US #30
#24Victoria205US #28
#25Alexandra191US #37
#26Alexis191US #11
#27Chloe189US #23
#28Brooke182US #46
#29Brianna173US #17
#30Nicole169US #43
#31Megan166US #36
#32Alyssa165US #14
#33Kayla165US #18
#34Sydney161US #27
#35Hailey159US #24
#36Natalie153US #19
#37Molly152US #97
#38Amanda150US #67
#39Morgan147US #31
#40Allison146US #40
#41Paige146US #51
#42Rachel142US #34
#43Sofia136US #69
#44Taylor130US #22
#45Angelina128US #60
#46Rebecca127US #70
#47Gabriella125US #76
#48Gianna122US #124
#49Kaitlyn122US #33
#50Riley122US #58
#51Zoe122US #54
#52Amelia121US #96
#53Madeline120US #63
#54Catherine118US #103
#55Charlotte117US #170
#56Jenna117US #56
#57Erin116US #95
#58Jennifer115US #39
#59Mackenzie114US #45
#60Ariana110US #79
#61Isabelle110US #107
#62Kylie110US #49
#63Meghan110
#64Sophie110US #135
#65Margaret109US #133
#66Mary108US #62
#67Arianna107US #86
#68Maya107US #83
#69Leah106US #64
#70Katelyn103US #59
#71Haley101US #44
#72Lillian99US #65
#73Sara99US #68
#74Jasmine96US #26
#75Isabel93US #88
#76Jillian93US #152
#77Caitlin92US #161
#78Audrey89US #80
#79Jordan87US #71
#80Juliana82US #164
#81Avery81US #77
#82Kathryn81US #122
#83Gabrielle79US #73
#84Maria79US #42
#85Danielle78US #91
#86Destiny77US #38
#87Kaylee76US #50
#88Lindsey75US #146
#89Stephanie75US #55
#90Alexa74US #72
#91Faith73US #52
#92Mya71US #116
#93Marissa70US #78
#94Jacqueline69US #108
#95Vanessa69US #75
#96Nina68
#97Amy67US #106
#98Claire67US #99
#99Trinity67US #48
#100Bridget66

Boys

#1Michael752US #2
#2Matthew721US #4
#3Ryan720US #12
#4Nicholas611US #13
#5Andrew547US #6
#6William543US #8
#7John539US #17
#8Joseph532US #9
#9Daniel500US #7
#10Jacob498US #1
#11Joshua488US #3
#12Christopher484US #10
#13Tyler481US #16
#14Alexander475US #15
#15Anthony460US #11
#16Jack455US #42
#17Benjamin446US #25
#18James442US #18
#19Ethan410US #5
#20Samuel402US #23
#21Nathan397US #20
#22Thomas384US #37
#23Zachary376US #26
#24Dylan356US #19
#25Aidan352US #40
#26David325US #14
#27Cameron305US #50
#28Jonathan305US #21
#29Owen289US #67
#30Connor287US #38
#31Sean287US #64
#32Jason280US #47
#33Kyle272US #55
#34Evan269US #39
#35Kevin263US #34
#36Liam257US #112
#37Luke248US #41
#38Christian238US #24
#39Charles229US #56
#40Noah225US #29
#41Justin224US #30
#42Robert221US #36
#43Adam218US #58
#44Patrick218US #100
#45Brandon215US #22
#46Colin213US #85
#47Lucas203US #66
#48Gabriel202US #32
#49Jake195US #98
#50Brian189US #59
#51Aiden184US #60
#52Brendan176US #150
#53Brady170US #122
#54Nathaniel168US #68
#55Jayden160US #62
#56Timothy158US #79
#57Elijah155US #31
#58Jackson146US #48
#59Logan146US #27
#60Henry139US #109
#61Gavin137US #52
#62Peter137US #143
#63Isaiah135US #45
#64Maxwell135US #136
#65Caleb132US #33
#66Jordan131US #43
#67Cole130US #75
#68Eric129US #61
#69Dominic126US #91
#70Luis122US #57
#71Alex121US #63
#72Austin120US #35
#73Ian117US #69
#74Aaron116US #53
#75Paul114US #127
#76Richard114US #92
#77Devin111US #81
#78Jose109US #28
#79Mason108US #51
#80Isaac102US #46
#81Angel100US #44
#82Bryan100US #65
#83Steven100US #78
#84Xavier99US #88
#85Shane96US #165
#86Max93US #164
#87Nolan92US #162
#88Jeremy91US #111
#89Cody90US #84
#90Hunter89US #49
#91Jeffrey89US #149
#92Jared86US #128
#93Derek83US #157
#94Edward79US #129
#95Harrison79
#96Stephen78US #140
#97Trevor78US #110
#98Mark77US #113
#99Jeremiah74US #77
#100Juan74US #54

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑32Brady#53
↑31Angelina#45
↑25Sofia#43
↑24Brooke#28
↑21Lillian#72
↑19Isabelle#61
↑19Jayden#55
↑17Aiden#51

Falling

↓29Stephanie#89
↓23Jared#92
↓22Jordan#79
↓21Haley#71
↓20Jillian#76
↓18Jenna#56
↓17Erin#57
↓16Rachel#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.