State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,340 Massachusetts births in 2005 across 1,622 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#87Bridgetoutside the national top 200
#66Brendan#176 nationally
#86Caitlin#193 nationally
#97Harrisonoutside the national top 200
#98Meghanoutside the national top 200
#75Lucy#172 nationally
#69Peter#161 nationally
#85Juliana#176 nationally
#61Margaret#151 nationally
#48Charlotte#135 nationally
#79Max#165 nationally
#52Sophie#136 nationally

Girls

#1Emma531US #2
#2Emily503US #1
#3Ava474US #9
#4Olivia462US #5
#5Sophia445US #12
#6Abigail400US #4
#7Isabella398US #6
#8Julia378US #31
#9Madison374US #3
#10Grace357US #14
#11Sarah346US #15
#12Samantha343US #8
#13Hannah307US #7
#14Elizabeth284US #11
#15Ella257US #23
#16Lily239US #39
#17Ashley225US #10
#18Mia225US #17
#19Caroline213US #83
#20Anna211US #22
#21Lauren193US #21
#22Victoria192US #28
#23Jessica190US #27
#24Katherine185US #36
#25Chloe183US #19
#26Brianna171US #20
#27Alexandra170US #37
#28Kayla169US #25
#29Alyssa167US #16
#30Alexis163US #13
#31Sofia163US #52
#32Gianna162US #110
#33Molly162US #97
#34Sydney162US #30
#35Natalie158US #18
#36Angelina148US #43
#37Maya146US #73
#38Hailey145US #26
#39Brooke143US #47
#40Rachel135US #38
#41Gabriella134US #61
#42Nicole132US #56
#43Amanda131US #79
#44Allison129US #45
#45Riley128US #54
#46Taylor128US #24
#47Megan123US #41
#48Charlotte122US #135
#49Mackenzie117US #51
#50Paige117US #60
#51Rebecca113US #81
#52Sophie113US #136
#53Morgan110US #33
#54Amelia109US #84
#55Sara107US #75
#56Jasmine106US #29
#57Leah106US #68
#58Isabelle105US #96
#59Catherine104US #109
#60Madeline103US #70
#61Margaret103US #151
#62Zoe103US #58
#63Jenna102US #62
#64Jennifer99US #42
#65Erin98US #112
#66Lillian98US #50
#67Audrey95US #77
#68Kaitlyn95US #34
#69Alexa93US #66
#70Arianna93US #88
#71Stephanie92US #64
#72Avery91US #67
#73Katelyn91US #59
#74Gabrielle90US #55
#75Lucy90US #172
#76Maria89US #46
#77Kaylee87US #40
#78Mary83US #72
#79Haley80US #53
#80Kylie80US #57
#81Jillian79US #161
#82Ariana78US #82
#83Faith77US #49
#84Eva76US #129
#85Juliana76US #176
#86Caitlin75US #193
#87Bridget74
#88Christina74US #134
#89Savannah74US #35
#90Isabel73US #89
#91Marissa73US #91
#92Vanessa73US #80
#93Kate72US #141
#94Mya72US #98
#95Nevaeh72US #69
#96Destiny71US #32
#97Kiara71US #159
#98Meghan71
#99Michelle69US #74
#100Danielle68US #102

Boys

#1Matthew696US #4
#2Michael643US #2
#3Ryan631US #14
#4Nicholas543US #15
#5John519US #18
#6Joseph498US #9
#7Andrew486US #6
#8Jacob478US #1
#9William470US #11
#10Anthony468US #8
#11Daniel460US #7
#12Alexander449US #13
#13Jack441US #34
#14Christopher433US #10
#15Benjamin421US #25
#16Joshua419US #3
#17James410US #17
#18Tyler408US #16
#19Samuel407US #21
#20Thomas366US #40
#21Ethan338US #5
#22Dylan328US #24
#23Nathan326US #20
#24Aidan325US #43
#25Zachary308US #29
#26Jonathan298US #19
#27Owen293US #60
#28David290US #12
#29Connor276US #48
#30Kevin261US #33
#31Sean261US #75
#32Luke260US #41
#33Christian255US #22
#34Jason255US #51
#35Evan252US #39
#36Cameron244US #52
#37Liam243US #104
#38Gabriel239US #28
#39Noah236US #23
#40Kyle233US #69
#41Lucas233US #58
#42Aiden222US #50
#43Charles222US #56
#44Justin210US #36
#45Colin207US #95
#46Robert202US #37
#47Adam184US #64
#48Brandon184US #27
#49Brady183US #110
#50Patrick181US #108
#51Logan179US #26
#52Jake175US #103
#53Brian172US #63
#54Jayden167US #54
#55Nathaniel165US #67
#56Eric163US #66
#57Elijah162US #31
#58Caleb157US #35
#59Jackson146US #44
#60Timothy146US #84
#61Cole145US #79
#62Alex142US #71
#63Gavin142US #47
#64Henry142US #102
#65Mason139US #42
#66Brendan133US #176
#67Dominic133US #85
#68Isaiah129US #45
#69Peter124US #161
#70Ian121US #68
#71Austin116US #38
#72Jordan116US #46
#73Richard112US #94
#74Angel109US #32
#75Luis106US #59
#76Mark106US #114
#77Devin103US #90
#78Xavier102US #87
#79Max100US #165
#80Jose99US #30
#81Paul99US #130
#82Hunter98US #53
#83Isaac97US #49
#84Maxwell95US #140
#85Aaron94US #57
#86Nolan94US #149
#87Steven92US #83
#88Bryan91US #72
#89Julian88US #74
#90Edward87US #134
#91Stephen87US #143
#92Brayden86US #80
#93Derek82US #172
#94Vincent82US #111
#95Antonio81US #92
#96George80US #139
#97Harrison80
#98Marcus80US #116
#99Shane79US #166
#100Jeffrey77US #171

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑31Maya#37
↑22Mark#76
↑21Alexa#69
↑18Sara#55
↑18Jasmine#56
↑18Stephanie#71
↑16Gianna#32
↑14Mason#65

Falling

↓35Meghan#98
↓22Ariana#82
↓20Maxwell#84
↓19Kaitlyn#68
↓18Kylie#80
↓16Megan#47
↓15Isabel#90
↓15Danielle#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.