State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2011 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,536 Massachusetts births in 2011 across 1,710 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#82Brendanoutside the national top 200
#83Fionaoutside the national top 200
#78Margaret#186 nationally
#94Maeveoutside the national top 200
#96Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#78Declan#176 nationally
#67Lila#163 nationally
#84Keira#176 nationally
#53Patrick#143 nationally
#90Julianna#179 nationally
#73Catherine#161 nationally
#100Adrianna#177 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia555US #1
#2Olivia456US #4
#3Isabella439US #2
#4Emma432US #3
#5Ava405US #5
#6Ella300US #12
#7Emily300US #6
#8Abigail299US #7
#9Mia263US #9
#10Charlotte243US #27
#11Madison235US #8
#12Grace231US #16
#13Elizabeth203US #11
#14Lily201US #15
#15Julia178US #58
#16Sofia174US #19
#17Avery172US #18
#18Chloe170US #10
#19Hannah165US #25
#20Samantha164US #17
#21Amelia161US #30
#22Zoe158US #31
#23Gabriella154US #34
#24Leah152US #29
#25Natalie152US #14
#26Anna151US #38
#27Lillian150US #22
#28Addison144US #13
#29Victoria144US #23
#30Gianna142US #63
#31Sarah141US #39
#32Arianna130US #52
#33Sophie128US #51
#34Alexandra124US #76
#35Brooke123US #86
#36Maya120US #64
#37Caroline118US #87
#38Molly118US #78
#39Evelyn117US #24
#40Mackenzie116US #68
#41Aubrey111US #20
#42Hailey110US #32
#43Riley110US #47
#44Alexis108US #26
#45Layla105US #35
#46Madeline105US #85
#47Eva99US #83
#48Stella99US #74
#49Aaliyah97US #46
#50Alexa97US #55
#51Sydney96US #65
#52Katherine92US #61
#53Madelyn92US #79
#54Brianna91US #45
#55Lucy91US #73
#56Audrey90US #43
#57Kaylee90US #36
#58Savannah90US #41
#59Ashley89US #42
#60Claire89US #50
#61Paige87US #107
#62Alyssa86US #37
#63Nora86US #137
#64Kayla85US #59
#65Violet83US #101
#66Lyla82US #127
#67Lila81US #163
#68Isabelle77US #114
#69Allison75US #40
#70Bella75US #60
#71Lauren74US #62
#72Morgan73US #75
#73Catherine71US #161
#74Angelina70US #104
#75Isabel70US #128
#76Zoey70US #28
#77Eleanor69US #150
#78Margaret69US #186
#79Scarlett69US #80
#80Juliana68US #147
#81Sadie68US #123
#82Taylor68US #44
#83Fiona66
#84Keira66US #176
#85Maria66US #92
#86Ariana65US #84
#87Liliana63US #115
#88Nicole63US #117
#89Sara63US #130
#90Julianna62US #179
#91Mya62US #105
#92Annabelle61US #111
#93Kylie61US #57
#94Maeve61
#95Brooklyn60US #21
#96Elise60US #162
#97Gabrielle59US #119
#98Natalia59US #108
#99Reese58US #131
#100Adrianna56US #177

Boys

#1William469US #3
#2Benjamin460US #19
#3Jacob452US #1
#4Michael447US #6
#5Ryan433US #25
#6Mason416US #2
#7John377US #27
#8Anthony354US #11
#9Noah340US #5
#10Jack331US #45
#11Matthew330US #12
#12Alexander325US #8
#13Joseph322US #22
#14Andrew316US #16
#15Daniel312US #10
#16Liam306US #15
#17Lucas306US #29
#18Ethan299US #7
#19Tyler296US #38
#20Jayden295US #4
#21Samuel293US #26
#22James292US #17
#23Jackson290US #23
#24Nathan290US #28
#25Logan289US #21
#26Aiden281US #9
#27Nicholas269US #42
#28Cameron262US #53
#29Owen253US #44
#30Gabriel249US #24
#31Joshua244US #14
#32Dylan236US #33
#33Christopher233US #20
#34Thomas231US #63
#35Charles229US #61
#36Jonathan218US #31
#37Connor217US #54
#38David206US #18
#39Gavin199US #37
#40Evan195US #40
#41Brayden192US #36
#42Henry189US #57
#43Zachary189US #64
#44Caleb176US #32
#45Christian171US #30
#46Elijah171US #13
#47Luke166US #39
#48Colin157US #121
#49Chase146US #69
#50Hunter143US #55
#51Jordan137US #46
#52Adam134US #81
#53Patrick133US #143
#54Isaac132US #35
#55Nathaniel132US #84
#56Julian131US #50
#57Oliver131US #78
#58Kevin130US #67
#59Justin125US #59
#60Jason122US #71
#61Nolan122US #92
#62Sebastian122US #68
#63Austin120US #60
#64Robert120US #62
#65Cole119US #94
#66Dominic119US #77
#67Max119US #96
#68Aidan118US #107
#69Landon115US #34
#70Sean115US #125
#71Isaiah112US #43
#72Jeremiah109US #49
#73Brandon107US #47
#74Brody105US #83
#75Aaron104US #51
#76Carter104US #41
#77Xavier103US #76
#78Declan102US #176
#79Angel101US #52
#80Kyle101US #120
#81Adrian100US #56
#82Brendan96
#83Eli95US #58
#84Josiah95US #80
#85Ian94US #72
#86Edward93US #148
#87Maxwell93US #133
#88Timothy90US #123
#89Tristan89US #87
#90Alex88US #95
#91Brady87US #135
#92Vincent85US #101
#93Jake79US #129
#94Miles79US #115
#95Wyatt79US #48
#96Theodore78
#97Jose76US #65
#98Parker76US #79
#99Richard76US #127
#100Blake74US #73

On the move since 2010

Rising

↑38Aubrey#41
↑32Aaliyah#49
↑29Stella#48
↑29Hunter#50
↑28Alexa#50
↑26Lyla#66
↑21Paige#61
↑21Mason#6

Falling

↓32Maeve#94
↓22Robert#64
↓22Jake#93
↓19Ariana#86
↓19Kylie#93
↓17Sadie#81
↓17Adrianna#100
↓17Maxwell#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2010 rankings.