State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2012 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,084 Massachusetts births in 2012 across 1,752 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#64Fionaoutside the national top 200
#77Maeveoutside the national top 200
#80Theodore#194 nationally
#70Margaret#177 nationally
#94Aylaoutside the national top 200
#97Peteroutside the national top 200
#86Lila#182 nationally
#95Brynn#189 nationally
#53Patrick#140 nationally
#80Catherine#165 nationally
#49Colin#124 nationally
#72Juliana#147 nationally

Girls

#1Emma508US #2
#2Sophia503US #1
#3Olivia453US #4
#4Isabella409US #3
#5Ava358US #5
#6Emily306US #6
#7Abigail280US #7
#8Charlotte272US #19
#9Mia254US #8
#10Grace228US #21
#11Madison226US #9
#12Ella212US #12
#13Lily196US #16
#14Hannah192US #22
#15Avery189US #13
#16Amelia184US #23
#17Elizabeth184US #10
#18Julia173US #65
#19Sofia171US #18
#20Chloe170US #11
#21Anna160US #34
#22Lillian158US #25
#23Samantha152US #26
#24Gabriella150US #37
#25Victoria146US #28
#26Aubrey135US #15
#27Gianna131US #73
#28Sarah131US #42
#29Evelyn130US #27
#30Sophie124US #52
#31Natalie123US #17
#32Zoe122US #30
#33Addison121US #14
#34Maya119US #63
#35Brooke117US #102
#36Stella116US #62
#37Claire113US #45
#38Riley112US #47
#39Alexandra111US #76
#40Molly108US #90
#41Alexis104US #40
#42Arianna104US #49
#43Hailey104US #32
#44Savannah104US #43
#45Caroline103US #80
#46Katherine99US #64
#47Layla99US #31
#48Lucy99US #66
#49Madelyn99US #67
#50Leah98US #33
#51Ashley96US #50
#52Mackenzie96US #71
#53Audrey94US #41
#54Zoey94US #20
#55Eva91US #86
#56Alexa89US #57
#57Nora88US #108
#58Harper87US #24
#59Allison86US #38
#60Kaylee86US #35
#61Madeline86US #96
#62Violet86US #89
#63Paige85US #106
#64Fiona83
#65Eleanor81US #134
#66Bella79US #54
#67Scarlett79US #61
#68Nevaeh78US #39
#69Brianna77US #51
#70Margaret77US #177
#71Clara76US #136
#72Juliana76US #147
#73Aaliyah74US #36
#74Aria74US #92
#75Kayla74US #69
#76Kylie74US #59
#77Maeve74
#78Sadie74US #120
#79Genesis72US #56
#80Catherine71US #165
#81Isabelle71US #126
#82Autumn70US #68
#83Brooklyn70US #29
#84Sydney70US #78
#85Natalia67US #119
#86Lila66US #182
#87Quinn66US #153
#88Alyssa65US #44
#89Ariana65US #74
#90Alice64US #127
#91Adriana63US #148
#92Morgan63US #82
#93Lauren62US #72
#94Ayla61
#95Brynn61US #189
#96Faith61US #75
#97Brielle60US #111
#98Josephine60US #160
#99Kendall60US #116
#100Taylor60US #46

Boys

#1Benjamin443US #16
#2Mason405US #2
#3Ryan403US #26
#4William402US #5
#5Jacob389US #1
#6Michael368US #7
#7Noah356US #4
#8Liam350US #6
#9Ethan343US #3
#10Nathan343US #29
#11Joseph339US #19
#12Matthew332US #12
#13Alexander326US #9
#14James323US #14
#15John323US #28
#16Logan314US #22
#17Lucas312US #27
#18Samuel296US #25
#19Jack292US #46
#20Anthony291US #15
#21Owen286US #38
#22Andrew281US #18
#23Jackson281US #21
#24Daniel279US #11
#25Cameron278US #54
#26Joshua262US #17
#27Jayden260US #8
#28Henry253US #44
#29Thomas243US #63
#30Aiden237US #10
#31Gabriel233US #24
#32Dylan229US #31
#33Christopher226US #23
#34Tyler217US #50
#35David216US #20
#36Charles213US #62
#37Nicholas210US #49
#38Evan197US #47
#39Luke182US #37
#40Caleb177US #32
#41Connor177US #59
#42Jonathan176US #34
#43Zachary174US #67
#44Gavin168US #40
#45Elijah159US #13
#46Brayden155US #39
#47Isaac153US #30
#48Christian148US #33
#49Colin145US #124
#50Robert145US #60
#51Oliver143US #73
#52Justin135US #74
#53Patrick133US #140
#54Dominic131US #70
#55Jason131US #76
#56Jordan129US #48
#57Adrian126US #61
#58Hunter124US #45
#59Cole123US #102
#60Julian123US #53
#61Carter121US #36
#62Nolan120US #89
#63Sebastian120US #64
#64Max119US #105
#65Aaron117US #51
#66Nathaniel116US #84
#67Austin115US #58
#68Kevin115US #69
#69Chase114US #77
#70Declan113US #143
#71Landon112US #35
#72Sean111US #145
#73Maxwell110US #114
#74Adam109US #82
#75Aidan99US #116
#76Timothy97US #118
#77Eli95US #43
#78Brandon94US #56
#79Jeremiah93US #52
#80Theodore91US #194
#81Xavier91US #80
#82Parker90US #81
#83Brady87US #136
#84Jake87US #153
#85Blake86US #71
#86Isaiah85US #42
#87Ian84US #78
#88Kyle84US #127
#89Cooper83US #83
#90Josiah83US #79
#91Wesley81US #155
#92Wyatt81US #41
#93Vincent80US #104
#94Angel79US #57
#95Leo79US #134
#96Edward78US #157
#97Peter78
#98Elias77US #115
#99Brody76US #91
#100Luis74US #90

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑24Adrian#57
↑23Claire#37
↑22Zoey#54
↑19Fiona#64
↑17Kylie#76
↑17Maeve#77
↑16Theodore#80
↑16Parker#82

Falling

↓33Sydney#84
↓26Leah#50
↓26Alyssa#88
↓25Brody#99
↓24Aaliyah#73
↓22Lauren#93
↓22Adam#74
↓20Morgan#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.