State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2015 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,834 Massachusetts births in 2015 across 1,744 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#68Fionaoutside the national top 200
#77Maeveoutside the national top 200
#64Colin#172 nationally
#97Peteroutside the national top 200
#99Finnoutside the national top 200
#83Catherine#177 nationally
#78Patrick#165 nationally
#94Cecilia#181 nationally
#100Aidan#185 nationally
#71Emilia#145 nationally
#60Josephine#131 nationally
#86Luca#157 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia431US #2
#2Emma402US #1
#3Sophia374US #3
#4Isabella352US #5
#5Charlotte344US #9
#6Ava315US #4
#7Emily271US #8
#8Mia266US #6
#9Abigail257US #7
#10Grace254US #19
#11Amelia224US #12
#12Avery201US #16
#13Madison201US #11
#14Ella186US #18
#15Evelyn181US #15
#16Hannah170US #28
#17Nora170US #41
#18Sofia164US #14
#19Elizabeth159US #13
#20Victoria152US #20
#21Maya150US #68
#22Chloe146US #17
#23Harper142US #10
#24Julia140US #89
#25Lily139US #25
#26Aria138US #29
#27Lillian136US #26
#28Anna133US #44
#29Gabriella133US #54
#30Eleanor130US #60
#31Gianna128US #96
#32Mila128US #53
#33Leah127US #36
#34Natalie125US #27
#35Scarlett125US #22
#36Savannah121US #38
#37Caroline120US #62
#38Riley119US #35
#39Aubrey117US #21
#40Penelope117US #34
#41Samantha117US #40
#42Stella115US #51
#43Violet115US #50
#44Lucy112US #55
#45Audrey110US #37
#46Eva110US #76
#47Addison109US #24
#48Zoe109US #33
#49Madelyn105US #59
#50Arianna103US #56
#51Madeline103US #91
#52Mackenzie100US #73
#53Alice99US #87
#54Claire99US #49
#55Quinn96US #97
#56Zoey94US #23
#57Ellie93US #48
#58Alexandra91US #100
#59Layla91US #30
#60Josephine90US #131
#61Sarah89US #57
#62Isabelle88US #94
#63Vivian87US #95
#64Sadie86US #52
#65Hailey85US #64
#66Valentina84US #114
#67Cora83US #88
#68Fiona83
#69Katherine82US #84
#70Lydia79US #80
#71Emilia78US #145
#72Isla76US #142
#73Sophie76US #104
#74Alexis75US #85
#75Clara74US #98
#76Hazel74US #63
#77Maeve74
#78Paige73US #140
#79Ariana72US #46
#80Alexa71US #32
#81Allison71US #39
#82Molly71US #144
#83Catherine70US #177
#84Skylar70US #42
#85Brooke69US #150
#86Brooklyn69US #31
#87Autumn68US #69
#88Aaliyah67US #47
#89Ashley67US #86
#90Margaret66US #155
#91Jasmine65US #110
#92Angelina64US #163
#93Eliana64US #102
#94Cecilia63US #181
#95Lyla63US #141
#96Mary63US #123
#97Aurora62US #78
#98Bella62US #74
#99Camila62US #43
#100Rose60US #166

Boys

#1Benjamin456US #10
#2William445US #5
#3Noah405US #1
#4Mason365US #3
#5James356US #7
#6Liam339US #2
#7Jacob337US #4
#8Lucas335US #16
#9Michael335US #9
#10Jack325US #40
#11Logan322US #14
#12Ryan311US #39
#13Ethan310US #6
#14John306US #26
#15Owen297US #36
#16Joseph294US #21
#17Daniel289US #12
#18Andrew283US #30
#19Matthew283US #15
#20Alexander282US #8
#21Jackson278US #17
#22Samuel278US #23
#23Henry276US #29
#24Thomas270US #51
#25Dylan256US #27
#26Anthony250US #25
#27Oliver245US #19
#28Charles235US #50
#29Gabriel232US #22
#30Aiden228US #13
#31Jayden208US #20
#32Cameron203US #56
#33Nathan201US #38
#34Nicholas201US #62
#35David197US #18
#36Christopher196US #32
#37Joshua189US #33
#38Connor185US #55
#39Julian177US #45
#40Luke173US #28
#41Jonathan172US #48
#42Elijah162US #11
#43Zachary160US #88
#44Carter158US #24
#45Evan157US #67
#46Theodore157US #99
#47Hunter151US #41
#48Caleb149US #37
#49Gavin148US #70
#50Sebastian148US #35
#51Declan146US #112
#52Brayden145US #61
#53Isaac141US #31
#54Nolan139US #71
#55Tyler137US #81
#56Landon136US #46
#57Christian133US #43
#58Robert126US #63
#59Adam125US #73
#60Jeremiah117US #54
#61Nathaniel117US #97
#62Adrian116US #58
#63Maxwell115US #113
#64Colin114US #172
#65Chase113US #74
#66Cole113US #115
#67Leo113US #91
#68Jason111US #86
#69Grayson109US #47
#70Aaron108US #52
#71Dominic108US #68
#72Austin107US #69
#73George105US #135
#74Parker104US #72
#75Levi103US #42
#76Wyatt103US #34
#77Jordan100US #59
#78Patrick99US #165
#79Wesley99US #126
#80Colton96US #60
#81Vincent96US #109
#82Eli95US #53
#83Max94US #117
#84Miles94US #107
#85Isaiah93US #49
#86Luca93US #157
#87Xavier93US #90
#88Kevin92US #79
#89Harrison91US #119
#90Jaxon91US #44
#91Jameson89US #144
#92Brody88US #106
#93Jaxson86US #84
#94Lincoln82US #66
#95Justin81US #110
#96Josiah80US #57
#97Peter80
#98Edward77US #158
#99Finn76
#100Aidan73US #185

On the move since 2014

Rising

↑29Isabelle#62
↑29Valentina#66
↑26George#73
↑26Parker#74
↑22Mila#32
↑22Leah#33
↑22Ellie#57
↑21Quinn#55

Falling

↓28Sarah#61
↓20Ariana#79
↓19Molly#82
↓19Jordan#77
↓18Brooke#85
↓18Ashley#89
↓17Zoe#48
↓17Max#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2014 rankings.