State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,336 Massachusetts births in 2006 across 1,715 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#61Brendan#185 nationally
#84Maeveoutside the national top 200
#88Meghanoutside the national top 200
#63Jillian#174 nationally
#90Noraoutside the national top 200
#93Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#100Julianna#194 nationally
#87Shane#179 nationally
#74Juliana#162 nationally
#41Charlotte#125 nationally
#84Peter#167 nationally
#80Margaret#160 nationally

Girls

#1Ava557US #5
#2Isabella494US #4
#3Emma450US #2
#4Sophia437US #9
#5Olivia429US #7
#6Emily426US #1
#7Abigail424US #6
#8Julia331US #31
#9Grace320US #16
#10Madison314US #3
#11Sarah305US #15
#12Hannah299US #8
#13Samantha288US #10
#14Ella280US #21
#15Mia252US #13
#16Elizabeth243US #11
#17Lily224US #33
#18Ashley222US #12
#19Anna203US #22
#20Victoria191US #27
#21Chloe188US #18
#22Katherine188US #37
#23Lauren182US #24
#24Alexandra179US #40
#25Caroline177US #89
#26Gabriella164US #50
#27Alexis161US #14
#28Brianna159US #20
#29Kayla159US #26
#30Natalie151US #17
#31Alyssa150US #19
#32Molly144US #105
#33Sofia143US #55
#34Arianna142US #76
#35Rachel141US #48
#36Jessica138US #32
#37Madeline138US #71
#38Hailey137US #25
#39Lillian137US #38
#40Brooke134US #44
#41Charlotte134US #125
#42Megan132US #60
#43Angelina131US #49
#44Amelia130US #83
#45Maya122US #57
#46Sydney122US #34
#47Nicole121US #74
#48Gianna120US #98
#49Morgan119US #35
#50Avery118US #52
#51Zoe118US #54
#52Allison113US #47
#53Sophie111US #124
#54Taylor111US #23
#55Riley109US #56
#56Isabel106US #87
#57Savannah106US #30
#58Isabelle105US #84
#59Kaylee105US #42
#60Leah102US #68
#61Keira98US #110
#62Paige98US #77
#63Jillian97US #174
#64Mackenzie97US #53
#65Katelyn96US #61
#66Kaitlyn94US #41
#67Catherine93US #121
#68Erin93US #131
#69Audrey92US #69
#70Jasmine92US #29
#71Amanda91US #100
#72Gabrielle91US #63
#73Jenna91US #88
#74Juliana91US #162
#75Alexa90US #39
#76Ariana90US #78
#77Jennifer90US #51
#78Sara90US #72
#79Eva86US #122
#80Margaret86US #160
#81Nevaeh80US #43
#82Kylie79US #67
#83Maria79US #46
#84Maeve77
#85Stephanie75US #70
#86Lucy74US #153
#87Makayla73US #45
#88Meghan73
#89Rebecca72US #96
#90Nora71
#91Addison70US #28
#92Mary70US #80
#93Caitlin69
#94Evelyn68US #65
#95Jordan68US #97
#96Claire67US #86
#97Destiny67US #36
#98Kathryn67US #143
#99Sadie66US #157
#100Julianna65US #194

Boys

#1Matthew593US #5
#2Ryan567US #14
#3Michael564US #2
#4Nicholas508US #17
#5Andrew489US #7
#6John482US #19
#7Joseph472US #11
#8Jacob460US #1
#9William455US #10
#10Jack449US #36
#11Alexander437US #12
#12Benjamin436US #24
#13Anthony426US #9
#14Daniel421US #6
#15James404US #16
#16Joshua402US #3
#17Christopher397US #8
#18Nathan391US #23
#19Tyler378US #18
#20Aidan358US #44
#21Samuel345US #25
#22Thomas336US #51
#23Ethan318US #4
#24David316US #13
#25Owen303US #58
#26Dylan299US #26
#27Jonathan284US #22
#28Noah281US #15
#29Zachary280US #33
#30Lucas269US #59
#31Cameron267US #52
#32Evan260US #42
#33Connor255US #53
#34Aiden247US #32
#35Logan244US #20
#36Charles243US #60
#37Jayden239US #49
#38Luke238US #43
#39Gabriel236US #28
#40Sean228US #68
#41Liam221US #98
#42Kevin213US #37
#43Kyle209US #81
#44Robert199US #47
#45Jason195US #55
#46Christian193US #21
#47Adam192US #64
#48Jackson191US #35
#49Patrick179US #110
#50Gavin178US #38
#51Justin177US #45
#52Nathaniel177US #69
#53Jordan164US #46
#54Colin161US #111
#55Brady160US #106
#56Elijah159US #29
#57Jake157US #108
#58Henry156US #95
#59Brian147US #72
#60Brandon142US #27
#61Brendan142US #185
#62Caleb139US #34
#63Mason137US #40
#64Timothy137US #93
#65Cole132US #84
#66Alex131US #67
#67Isaiah128US #39
#68Dominic123US #85
#69Aaron117US #57
#70Ian117US #80
#71Isaac117US #48
#72Maxwell116US #149
#73Angel115US #31
#74Austin107US #41
#75Jose107US #30
#76Xavier102US #78
#77Richard100US #99
#78Eric99US #77
#79Luis99US #62
#80Steven98US #90
#81Mark97US #128
#82Hunter96US #54
#83Bryan94US #66
#84Peter94US #167
#85Chase93US #83
#86Nolan92US #146
#87Shane92US #179
#88Sebastian90US #76
#89Devin89US #100
#90Julian88US #65
#91Nicolas88US #140
#92Jaden87US #88
#93Tristan87US #86
#94Vincent87US #107
#95Edward86US #141
#96Paul85US #132
#97Cody84US #105
#98Stephen82US #164
#99Victor82US #104
#100Oliver81US #173

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑36Arianna#34
↑34Isabel#56
↑32Savannah#57
↑27Lillian#39
↑23Madeline#37
↑22Avery#50
↑19Jordan#53
↑18Kaylee#59

Falling

↓38Rebecca#89
↓28Amanda#71
↓23Sara#78
↓22Eric#78
↓19Margaret#80
↓16Gianna#48
↓15Mackenzie#64
↓15Peter#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.