State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2010 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,569 Massachusetts births in 2010 across 1,698 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#62Maeveoutside the national top 200
#78Declanoutside the national top 200
#63Margaret#182 nationally
#84Brendanoutside the national top 200
#87Fionaoutside the national top 200
#86Catherine#194 nationally
#88Peter#193 nationally
#99Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#61Nora#159 nationally
#73Eleanor#166 nationally
#66Lila#155 nationally
#76Keira#165 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella497US #1
#2Sophia495US #2
#3Olivia448US #4
#4Ava392US #5
#5Emma383US #3
#6Abigail327US #7
#7Emily319US #6
#8Ella302US #13
#9Mia278US #10
#10Madison247US #8
#11Grace238US #18
#12Chloe227US #9
#13Lily225US #17
#14Charlotte221US #46
#15Julia201US #55
#16Elizabeth193US #12
#17Gabriella193US #33
#18Avery183US #23
#19Samantha170US #15
#20Anna169US #27
#21Lillian159US #22
#22Addison157US #11
#23Sarah157US #26
#24Hannah155US #20
#25Amelia153US #41
#26Sofia151US #28
#27Alexandra146US #64
#28Gianna142US #67
#29Molly141US #87
#30Victoria141US #32
#31Hailey138US #19
#32Leah130US #24
#33Zoe129US #31
#34Riley128US #40
#35Maya126US #66
#36Sophie125US #59
#37Caroline122US #88
#38Natalie121US #14
#39Alexis120US #16
#40Brooke118US #73
#41Brianna117US #30
#42Katherine116US #70
#43Arianna106US #54
#44Ashley106US #29
#45Claire106US #53
#46Mackenzie106US #68
#47Madelyn102US #76
#48Lucy101US #75
#49Kayla100US #49
#50Savannah100US #44
#51Alyssa98US #21
#52Audrey97US #52
#53Sydney96US #60
#54Evelyn94US #39
#55Layla85US #36
#56Kaylee84US #35
#57Bella83US #48
#58Madeline83US #77
#59Nevaeh83US #25
#60Eva82US #91
#61Nora80US #159
#62Maeve78
#63Margaret77US #182
#64Sadie77US #118
#65Violet77US #122
#66Lila76US #155
#67Ariana75US #84
#68Lauren75US #58
#69Angelina73US #93
#70Isabelle73US #105
#71Juliana73US #146
#72Allison72US #38
#73Eleanor72US #166
#74Kylie72US #57
#75Adriana71US #129
#76Keira69US #165
#77Stella69US #85
#78Alexa68US #50
#79Aubrey68US #45
#80Taylor67US #37
#81Aaliyah66US #56
#82Paige64US #100
#83Adrianna63US #172
#84Mya63US #101
#85Rachel63US #99
#86Catherine62US #194
#87Fiona62
#88Jessica62US #92
#89Morgan62US #63
#90Zoey62US #47
#91Liliana60US #124
#92Lyla60US #135
#93Annabelle59US #117
#94Gabrielle59US #94
#95Jasmine59US #62
#96Makayla59US #43
#97Kaitlyn58US #90
#98Julianna57US #176
#99Mary56US #108
#100Maria55US #86

Boys

#1Ryan449US #23
#2Benjamin442US #22
#3William435US #5
#4Jacob429US #1
#5Michael409US #3
#6Matthew395US #16
#7James360US #19
#8Alexander348US #6
#9Anthony348US #10
#10Andrew347US #14
#11John345US #26
#12Noah332US #7
#13Daniel330US #8
#14Ethan321US #2
#15Jayden321US #4
#16Jack319US #45
#17Joseph318US #20
#18Liam314US #30
#19Nathan312US #27
#20Lucas304US #35
#21Samuel304US #24
#22Nicholas295US #37
#23Logan288US #17
#24Aiden287US #9
#25Joshua287US #11
#26Christopher286US #13
#27Mason279US #12
#28Owen276US #47
#29Dylan264US #31
#30Thomas260US #62
#31Tyler258US #34
#32Gabriel255US #21
#33Evan250US #36
#34Cameron249US #60
#35Jackson241US #25
#36Connor236US #49
#37David231US #15
#38Charles220US #63
#39Jonathan216US #28
#40Luke203US #41
#41Zachary181US #61
#42Robert177US #54
#43Elijah170US #18
#44Gavin170US #38
#45Henry169US #67
#46Brayden167US #40
#47Colin156US #111
#48Jason156US #69
#49Patrick156US #129
#50Nathaniel155US #81
#51Caleb154US #32
#52Christian151US #29
#53Justin148US #50
#54Kevin145US #59
#55Jordan141US #46
#56Cole138US #90
#57Isaac138US #39
#58Sean137US #102
#59Chase135US #66
#60Oliver126US #88
#61Landon125US #33
#62Brandon124US #44
#63Adam121US #80
#64Kyle120US #107
#65Dominic119US #74
#66Julian118US #53
#67Isaiah117US #43
#68Aidan116US #94
#69Xavier116US #71
#70Maxwell114US #133
#71Jake110US #115
#72Aaron106US #55
#73Nolan105US #104
#74Brian104US #101
#75Max104US #98
#76Austin102US #64
#77Jeremiah102US #51
#78Declan99
#79Hunter99US #58
#80Sebastian99US #68
#81Tristan99US #84
#82Adrian98US #56
#83Angel98US #42
#84Brendan97
#85Brody90US #83
#86Brady89US #126
#87Ian89US #72
#88Peter89US #193
#89Timothy89US #114
#90Ayden87US #78
#91Eli86US #65
#92Carter84US #48
#93Cooper84US #75
#94Jose81US #52
#95Edward80US #136
#96Luis80US #79
#97Eric79US #95
#98Alex78US #93
#99Theodore76
#100George74US #165

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑33Margaret#63
↑30Savannah#50
↑28Maeve#62
↑25Landon#61
↑22Juliana#71
↑21Bella#57
↑21Isaac#57
↑19Declan#78

Falling

↓33Morgan#89
↓23Aidan#68
↓23Brady#86
↓21Alexis#39
↓21Lauren#68
↓21Gabrielle#94
↓19Alexa#78
↓18Taylor#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.