State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,298 Massachusetts births in 2009 across 1,718 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#64Nora#198 nationally
#74Brendanoutside the national top 200
#85Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#90Maeveoutside the national top 200
#58Lila#168 nationally
#85Peter#190 nationally
#72Catherine#176 nationally
#97Declanoutside the national top 200
#98Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#96Margaret#187 nationally
#93Shane#178 nationally
#56Patrick#129 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia514US #3
#2Isabella512US #1
#3Sophia425US #4
#4Ava419US #5
#5Emma399US #2
#6Abigail323US #8
#7Emily294US #6
#8Grace291US #17
#9Madison282US #7
#10Mia259US #10
#11Ella252US #15
#12Chloe220US #9
#13Lily220US #18
#14Elizabeth212US #11
#15Julia212US #50
#16Sarah205US #21
#17Samantha200US #14
#18Alexis188US #13
#19Gabriella184US #33
#20Hannah178US #23
#21Anna171US #28
#22Charlotte167US #68
#23Leah166US #29
#24Gianna165US #76
#25Lillian156US #27
#26Maya155US #61
#27Molly155US #92
#28Katherine149US #60
#29Ashley145US #20
#30Sofia144US #36
#31Brooke143US #54
#32Avery141US #32
#33Caroline141US #87
#34Brianna140US #24
#35Victoria138US #31
#36Addison133US #12
#37Amelia125US #55
#38Sophie121US #65
#39Riley120US #38
#40Kayla117US #35
#41Natalie117US #16
#42Alexandra115US #69
#43Arianna114US #52
#44Madeline113US #64
#45Sydney111US #48
#46Hailey110US #25
#47Lauren110US #46
#48Zoe109US #47
#49Madelyn108US #59
#50Evelyn105US #40
#51Kaylee105US #26
#52Alyssa104US #19
#53Audrey104US #49
#54Claire96US #53
#55Mackenzie96US #77
#56Morgan94US #57
#57Lucy93US #101
#58Lila89US #168
#59Alexa87US #43
#60Ariana86US #82
#61Allison85US #30
#62Taylor85US #22
#63Kylie84US #62
#64Nora84US #198
#65Eva83US #99
#66Sadie83US #111
#67Angelina82US #86
#68Nevaeh81US #34
#69Layla79US #45
#70Isabel76US #109
#71Keira76US #141
#72Catherine75US #176
#73Gabrielle74US #96
#74Isabelle73US #100
#75Jessica73US #78
#76Paige73US #98
#77Rachel73US #89
#78Bella72US #58
#79Rebecca72US #132
#80Savannah72US #39
#81Autumn71US #81
#82Stella71US #126
#83Violet71US #140
#84Aubrey70US #41
#85Caitlin67
#86Jasmine67US #51
#87Megan67US #105
#88Adriana66US #125
#89Jillian66US #157
#90Maeve66
#91Nicole66US #119
#92Lyla65US #154
#93Juliana64US #152
#94Makayla64US #44
#95Amanda62US #165
#96Margaret61US #187
#97Mary61US #102
#98Aaliyah60US #63
#99Liliana60US #120
#100Maria60US #70

Boys

#1Ryan488US #20
#2Jacob469US #1
#3William465US #5
#4Michael463US #3
#5Matthew427US #13
#6Benjamin412US #19
#7John395US #26
#8Anthony383US #11
#9Alexander376US #4
#10Jack368US #42
#11Daniel364US #7
#12Ethan362US #2
#13Jayden353US #8
#14Joseph349US #15
#15Nicholas346US #32
#16Joshua335US #6
#17Noah334US #9
#18James328US #18
#19Andrew324US #16
#20Nathan312US #25
#21Samuel310US #24
#22Thomas310US #57
#23Liam308US #49
#24Lucas306US #39
#25Christopher304US #10
#26Tyler292US #28
#27Aiden285US #12
#28Owen277US #51
#29Logan270US #17
#30Dylan268US #30
#31Cameron255US #58
#32Evan251US #35
#33David249US #14
#34Gabriel232US #22
#35Connor225US #52
#36Jonathan223US #29
#37Jackson214US #27
#38Luke210US #47
#39Mason206US #34
#40Charles202US #64
#41Zachary197US #53
#42Christian196US #23
#43Gavin191US #33
#44Jordan191US #45
#45Aidan184US #72
#46Jason171US #66
#47Henry168US #71
#48Justin168US #46
#49Colin166US #113
#50Caleb164US #31
#51Elijah163US #21
#52Kevin162US #44
#53Robert160US #55
#54Cole156US #82
#55Adam150US #74
#56Patrick149US #129
#57Brayden145US #48
#58Chase142US #61
#59Max141US #104
#60Kyle138US #99
#61Nathaniel136US #75
#62Sean136US #97
#63Brady132US #110
#64Brandon130US #38
#65Xavier125US #68
#66Dominic122US #81
#67Jake120US #125
#68Hunter110US #56
#69Isaiah110US #41
#70Oliver108US #98
#71Aaron105US #54
#72Maxwell104US #132
#73Julian103US #62
#74Brendan102
#75Angel101US #37
#76Jeremiah101US #65
#77Brian100US #94
#78Isaac97US #40
#79Ian95US #73
#80Luis95US #69
#81Alex94US #83
#82Nolan94US #122
#83Timothy93US #109
#84Sebastian90US #70
#85Peter89US #190
#86Landon86US #36
#87Austin85US #63
#88Jose85US #43
#89Richard85US #114
#90Carter84US #50
#91Vincent79US #119
#92Edward78US #137
#93Shane77US #178
#94Adrian76US #59
#95Brody75US #77
#96Cooper75US #84
#97Declan75
#98Theodore74
#99Jeremy73US #140
#100Tristan72US #80

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑24Layla#69
↑23Leah#23
↑22Chase#58
↑21Ariana#60
↑21Nevaeh#68
↑20Brianna#34
↑20Kaylee#51
↑19Lillian#25

Falling

↓24Savannah#80
↓20Catherine#72
↓20Brody#95
↓19Sadie#66
↓17Alyssa#52
↓17Sean#62
↓17Brian#77
↓16Angelina#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.