State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,581 Massachusetts births in 2007 across 1,720 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#66Brendanoutside the national top 200
#92Maeveoutside the national top 200
#93Noraoutside the national top 200
#70Margaret#173 nationally
#74Peter#177 nationally
#100Tessa#190 nationally
#98Jillian#187 nationally
#94Bianca#176 nationally
#83Juliana#162 nationally
#68Catherine#142 nationally
#79Maxwell#153 nationally
#28Charlotte#101 nationally

Girls

#1Ava532US #4
#2Isabella531US #2
#3Sophia509US #6
#4Olivia435US #7
#5Emma429US #3
#6Emily383US #1
#7Abigail369US #8
#8Madison345US #5
#9Ella279US #21
#10Hannah277US #9
#11Grace265US #20
#12Julia261US #34
#13Sarah261US #18
#14Mia256US #15
#15Elizabeth249US #10
#16Samantha234US #12
#17Lily213US #27
#18Chloe210US #16
#19Anna201US #25
#20Ashley189US #13
#21Sofia180US #36
#22Victoria176US #29
#23Gianna168US #91
#24Gabriella166US #38
#25Katherine164US #39
#26Natalie163US #17
#27Molly160US #97
#28Charlotte158US #101
#29Brooke154US #45
#30Alyssa152US #14
#31Kayla149US #26
#32Lillian146US #33
#33Lauren145US #28
#34Addison144US #11
#35Brianna144US #22
#36Alexandra140US #49
#37Alexis138US #19
#38Caroline136US #99
#39Maya133US #62
#40Hailey126US #23
#41Riley126US #52
#42Amelia125US #77
#43Sophie124US #82
#44Avery122US #48
#45Madeline122US #61
#46Savannah121US #30
#47Angelina119US #58
#48Jessica117US #42
#49Isabelle113US #79
#50Morgan112US #43
#51Ariana111US #73
#52Sydney111US #37
#53Rachel110US #59
#54Taylor109US #24
#55Arianna107US #70
#56Allison106US #46
#57Megan105US #78
#58Zoe105US #56
#59Audrey104US #51
#60Rebecca102US #105
#61Nicole101US #86
#62Nevaeh100US #31
#63Claire95US #66
#64Jenna94US #103
#65Kaitlyn94US #44
#66Jennifer92US #64
#67Leah91US #67
#68Catherine89US #142
#69Sara88US #80
#70Margaret87US #173
#71Mackenzie86US #65
#72Gabrielle85US #68
#73Sadie85US #107
#74Jasmine84US #32
#75Eva82US #117
#76Keira81US #128
#77Alexa80US #40
#78Kaylee79US #35
#79Paige79US #89
#80Vanessa79US #71
#81Amanda78US #111
#82Isabel78US #87
#83Juliana78US #162
#84Kylie78US #63
#85Katelyn76US #75
#86Madelyn75US #104
#87Erin74US #141
#88Makayla73US #47
#89Haley72US #76
#90Lucy71US #135
#91Jordan69US #100
#92Maeve68
#93Nora68
#94Bianca66US #176
#95Mary66US #93
#96Destiny65US #41
#97Alana62US #143
#98Jillian62US #187
#99Kathryn62US #163
#100Tessa62US #190

Boys

#1Matthew565US #9
#2Michael562US #2
#3Ryan554US #16
#4William514US #8
#5Jacob473US #1
#6Nicholas467US #20
#7Anthony460US #7
#8Daniel455US #5
#9Andrew446US #10
#10Alexander441US #11
#11John433US #19
#12Jack417US #38
#13Joseph415US #13
#14Benjamin410US #26
#15Joshua397US #4
#16Christopher384US #6
#17Jayden382US #18
#18Ethan376US #3
#19James366US #15
#20Nathan355US #24
#21Samuel338US #25
#22Tyler336US #21
#23Thomas319US #52
#24Owen313US #56
#25Dylan300US #29
#26Noah299US #14
#27Zachary296US #42
#28David290US #12
#29Logan279US #17
#30Aiden272US #27
#31Cameron271US #50
#32Aidan259US #54
#33Jonathan258US #23
#34Lucas257US #53
#35Connor253US #55
#36Evan252US #40
#37Jason247US #59
#38Gabriel241US #28
#39Liam239US #89
#40Luke236US #46
#41Christian234US #22
#42Sean234US #76
#43Kevin232US #39
#44Brady213US #93
#45Charles196US #62
#46Jackson186US #33
#47Kyle186US #86
#48Justin177US #45
#49Gavin176US #32
#50Adam175US #65
#51Colin173US #119
#52Robert166US #47
#53Jordan164US #44
#54Patrick164US #116
#55Elijah159US #30
#56Cole158US #84
#57Mason158US #37
#58Henry149US #90
#59Caleb147US #36
#60Nathaniel144US #82
#61Brandon142US #31
#62Jake142US #112
#63Timothy142US #99
#64Brian134US #81
#65Isaiah127US #43
#66Brendan125
#67Xavier124US #68
#68Alex123US #72
#69Aaron119US #51
#70Angel117US #34
#71Dominic114US #85
#72Isaac114US #41
#73Nolan111US #133
#74Peter108US #177
#75Luis107US #60
#76Brayden106US #64
#77Eric103US #83
#78Ian102US #75
#79Maxwell102US #153
#80Jose101US #35
#81Chase100US #79
#82Richard99US #101
#83Sebastian97US #73
#84Julian95US #66
#85Adrian93US #61
#86Hunter92US #57
#87Vincent91US #110
#88Bryan90US #78
#89Derek90US #142
#90Ayden89US #102
#91Devin85US #100
#92Jaden84US #74
#93Austin83US #48
#94Antonio82US #95
#95Max82US #141
#96Carlos81US #70
#97Oliver81US #140
#98Brody77US #106
#99Jeremy77US #122
#100Edward74US #145

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑57Addison#34
↑33Claire#63
↑29Rebecca#60
↑26Sadie#73
↑25Gianna#23
↑25Ariana#51
↑20Jayden#17
↑19Nevaeh#62

Falling

↓35Jillian#98
↓26Isabel#82
↓21Arianna#55
↓20Katelyn#85
↓19Kaylee#78
↓19Erin#87
↓19Austin#93
↓18Rachel#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.