State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,242 Massachusetts births in 2008 across 1,726 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
#76Maeveoutside the national top 200
#57Lila#180 nationally
#80Noraoutside the national top 200
#98Tessaoutside the national top 200
#99Ninaoutside the national top 200
#100Jacobyoutside the national top 200
#52Catherine#148 nationally
#100Julianna#194 nationally
#86Margaret#178 nationally
#90Peter#181 nationally
#74Erin#164 nationally

Girls

#1Ava470US #5
#2Isabella461US #2
#3Olivia459US #4
#4Emma453US #1
#5Sophia441US #7
#6Abigail391US #8
#7Emily361US #3
#8Madison334US #6
#9Grace284US #21
#10Ella275US #19
#11Julia267US #41
#12Mia266US #14
#13Samantha256US #11
#14Sarah248US #20
#15Lily224US #24
#16Elizabeth218US #9
#17Chloe202US #10
#18Anna198US #26
#19Hannah185US #17
#20Gabriella174US #35
#21Sofia170US #36
#22Charlotte167US #86
#23Victoria166US #27
#24Ashley160US #18
#25Katherine159US #45
#26Alexis156US #15
#27Riley154US #39
#28Addison151US #12
#29Caroline150US #94
#30Natalie145US #13
#31Brooke143US #52
#32Molly142US #104
#33Sophie140US #75
#34Avery136US #38
#35Alyssa131US #16
#36Madeline129US #56
#37Alexandra127US #61
#38Kayla127US #28
#39Lauren127US #30
#40Amelia125US #68
#41Gianna122US #88
#42Maya121US #71
#43Hailey120US #25
#44Lillian119US #29
#45Madelyn119US #64
#46Leah114US #40
#47Sadie111US #109
#48Sydney107US #49
#49Arianna106US #66
#50Allison104US #32
#51Angelina102US #69
#52Catherine102US #148
#53Audrey101US #44
#54Brianna100US #23
#55Mackenzie97US #65
#56Savannah96US #33
#57Lila94US #180
#58Taylor93US #22
#59Morgan90US #46
#60Claire89US #62
#61Isabelle89US #93
#62Jessica89US #59
#63Lucy89US #112
#64Rachel86US #74
#65Zoe86US #58
#66Kaitlyn85US #53
#67Alexa84US #50
#68Evelyn83US #54
#69Paige83US #89
#70Gabrielle82US #79
#71Kaylee82US #31
#72Kylie82US #51
#73Keira81US #123
#74Erin80US #164
#75Eva80US #114
#76Maeve80
#77Megan80US #100
#78Isabel79US #97
#79Juliana79US #157
#80Nora79
#81Ariana78US #81
#82Aubrey77US #42
#83Nicole77US #106
#84Amanda75US #137
#85Makayla73US #37
#86Margaret73US #178
#87Jennifer72US #84
#88Maria72US #63
#89Nevaeh72US #34
#90Katelyn71US #80
#91Mya69US #103
#92Adriana68US #124
#93Layla68US #55
#94Natalia68US #107
#95Rebecca68US #118
#96Sara68US #92
#97Stella68US #186
#98Tessa67
#99Nina61
#100Julianna60US #194

Boys

#1Ryan543US #18
#2Michael542US #2
#3Jacob492US #1
#4Matthew488US #10
#5William463US #8
#6John442US #20
#7Jack418US #39
#8Nicholas414US #29
#9Alexander400US #6
#10Joseph400US #13
#11Daniel399US #5
#12Anthony396US #7
#13Benjamin396US #25
#14Andrew375US #12
#15Joshua364US #4
#16Jayden363US #11
#17Nathan355US #21
#18Christopher348US #9
#19Ethan340US #3
#20James324US #17
#21Aiden310US #16
#22Tyler306US #28
#23Samuel303US #27
#24Cameron301US #53
#25Owen293US #58
#26Noah290US #15
#27Thomas285US #52
#28Lucas277US #46
#29David269US #14
#30Jonathan269US #26
#31Dylan266US #31
#32Evan249US #38
#33Gabriel249US #24
#34Logan243US #19
#35Liam242US #75
#36Connor241US #57
#37Aidan238US #59
#38Zachary230US #47
#39Luke227US #43
#40Gavin222US #30
#41Jackson210US #32
#42Jason209US #60
#43Charles194US #63
#44Colin193US #114
#45Sean193US #83
#46Henry191US #78
#47Kevin187US #41
#48Christian177US #23
#49Justin174US #44
#50Brady168US #94
#51Adam161US #72
#52Robert161US #49
#53Jordan157US #48
#54Brandon154US #33
#55Nathaniel153US #77
#56Mason152US #35
#57Elijah150US #22
#58Kyle149US #97
#59Caleb148US #34
#60Brian140US #87
#61Brayden136US #51
#62Cole135US #85
#63Maxwell134US #134
#64Jake133US #111
#65Patrick130US #127
#66Brendan128
#67Julian122US #61
#68Xavier120US #71
#69Isaiah119US #42
#70Alex114US #84
#71Isaac113US #37
#72Oliver113US #118
#73Aaron109US #50
#74Angel108US #36
#75Brody108US #70
#76Hunter107US #54
#77Max107US #126
#78Adrian102US #56
#79Ian100US #80
#80Chase97US #67
#81Eric97US #86
#82Dominic95US #93
#83Austin93US #55
#84Jeremiah92US #68
#85Nolan92US #131
#86Timothy92US #107
#87Bryan90US #82
#88Luis90US #64
#89Jose89US #40
#90Peter87US #181
#91Sebastian87US #74
#92Ayden85US #91
#93Shane82US #174
#94Richard79US #108
#95Paul78US #154
#96Tristan78US #81
#97Jeremy77US #129
#98Landon77US #45
#99Edward75US #148
#100Jacoby74

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑41Madelyn#45
↑27Lucy#63
↑26Sadie#47
↑25Oliver#72
↑23Brody#75
↑21Leah#46
↑18Max#77
↑17Julian#67

Falling

↓35Rebecca#95
↓30Ariana#81
↓27Nevaeh#89
↓27Sara#96
↓23Timothy#86
↓22Nicole#83
↓21Jennifer#87
↓20Megan#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.