State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2019 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,826 Massachusetts births in 2019 across 1,760 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#33Maeveoutside the national top 200
#80Patrickoutside the national top 200
#78Theo#195 nationally
#85Brookeoutside the national top 200
#88Fionaoutside the national top 200
#90Colinoutside the national top 200
#92Finn#173 nationally
#68Maxwell#147 nationally
#90Molly#161 nationally
#32Vivian#96 nationally
#99Ayla#162 nationally
#38Julia#99 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia444US #1
#2Charlotte370US #6
#3Emma355US #2
#4Isabella312US #5
#5Sophia290US #4
#6Amelia261US #7
#7Ava260US #3
#8Mia248US #8
#9Evelyn224US #10
#10Abigail209US #11
#11Ella207US #13
#12Grace193US #28
#13Avery184US #18
#14Nora182US #29
#15Harper181US #9
#16Emily177US #12
#17Elizabeth155US #14
#18Sofia154US #17
#19Chloe151US #24
#20Madison151US #26
#21Mila150US #19
#22Hannah147US #32
#23Luna147US #16
#24Emilia144US #44
#25Zoe144US #38
#26Riley143US #30
#27Eleanor139US #27
#28Maya139US #64
#29Lily130US #34
#30Isla127US #57
#31Stella126US #40
#32Vivian126US #96
#33Maeve123
#34Penelope123US #22
#35Layla121US #23
#36Lucy121US #48
#37Natalie121US #41
#38Julia120US #99
#39Aria119US #20
#40Victoria115US #25
#41Anna114US #63
#42Alice113US #73
#43Lillian113US #37
#44Scarlett110US #21
#45Violet104US #36
#46Claire103US #55
#47Josephine103US #90
#48Hazel101US #33
#49Sophie101US #85
#50Zoey100US #31
#51Audrey99US #49
#52Quinn99US #83
#53Valentina98US #65
#54Caroline97US #61
#55Madelyn95US #72
#56Cora93US #71
#57Camila92US #15
#58Eliana92US #62
#59Gabriella90US #75
#60Leah89US #43
#61Everly88US #42
#62Aubrey87US #46
#63Aurora87US #39
#64Mackenzie87US #111
#65Clara85US #95
#66Eva85US #86
#67Addison83US #47
#68Bella83US #50
#69Margaret83US #127
#70Adeline80US #91
#71Madeline80US #98
#72Ellie79US #35
#73Alexandra76US #130
#74Rose76US #115
#75Savannah76US #54
#76Gianna74US #79
#77Hailey72US #76
#78Sadie72US #87
#79Isabelle70US #117
#80Aaliyah67US #70
#81Skylar66US #56
#82Elena65US #60
#83Ruby65US #66
#84Sarah64US #81
#85Brooke63
#86Maria62US #106
#87Isabel61US #134
#88Fiona60
#89Lyla60US #121
#90Molly60US #161
#91Nova60US #51
#92Liliana59US #109
#93Willow59US #45
#94Ivy58US #67
#95Naomi58US #59
#96Brielle57US #101
#97Emerson57US #152
#98Kennedy57US #68
#99Ayla55US #162
#100Samantha55US #80

Boys

#1Benjamin477US #7
#2Noah463US #2
#3Liam426US #1
#4William349US #4
#5James347US #6
#6Lucas346US #8
#7Jack336US #19
#8Henry315US #13
#9Jacob289US #12
#10John284US #28
#11Ethan273US #11
#12Michael266US #14
#13Theodore261US #36
#14Owen257US #21
#15Julian256US #31
#16Oliver252US #3
#17Jackson251US #17
#18Logan250US #16
#19Alexander249US #10
#20Joseph242US #24
#21Samuel240US #22
#22Thomas239US #47
#23Daniel226US #15
#24Mason226US #9
#25Matthew220US #23
#26Ryan215US #54
#27Anthony207US #38
#28Charles203US #52
#29Leo197US #40
#30Dylan194US #39
#31Gabriel192US #37
#32Cameron181US #67
#33Connor180US #68
#34Jayden177US #35
#35Elijah167US #5
#36Nathan166US #55
#37Caleb163US #51
#38Andrew161US #46
#39Isaac161US #34
#40Luke158US #32
#41Aiden156US #20
#42David149US #27
#43Nolan147US #65
#44Carter146US #30
#45Christopher145US #44
#46Levi145US #25
#47Nicholas138US #78
#48Sebastian127US #18
#49Joshua126US #48
#50Evan123US #96
#51Declan121US #95
#52Wesley121US #99
#53Luca120US #87
#54Colton119US #59
#55Hunter112US #66
#56Landon112US #63
#57Lincoln112US #41
#58Robert111US #76
#59Grayson110US #33
#60Wyatt110US #29
#61Harrison109US #111
#62Cole108US #123
#63Jonathan108US #64
#64Miles107US #75
#65Jaxon105US #42
#66Jameson104US #77
#67Dominic99US #85
#68Maxwell99US #147
#69Elias98US #60
#70Adam97US #91
#71George95US #120
#72Zachary95US #124
#73Aaron94US #61
#74Asher94US #43
#75Greyson94US #79
#76Jason93US #103
#77Max92US #137
#78Theo91US #195
#79Brayden89US #101
#80Patrick89
#81Christian88US #57
#82Parker88US #98
#83Isaiah86US #53
#84Austin85US #88
#85Vincent85US #115
#86Tyler84US #127
#87Josiah83US #45
#88Lorenzo83US #146
#89Myles83US #143
#90Colin82
#91Ian80US #81
#92Finn79US #173
#93Mateo79US #26
#94Adrian77US #56
#95Jordan77US #89
#96Jeremiah76US #69
#97Leonardo76US #86
#98Gavin73US #128
#99Jaxson73US #83
#100Rowan73US #118

On the move since 2018

Rising

↑31Bella#68
↑29Miles#64
↑25Vivian#32
↑25Maeve#33
↑25Luca#53
↑25Greyson#75
↑21Audrey#51
↑20Madelyn#55

Falling

↓34Samantha#100
↓33Adrian#94
↓32Gabriella#59
↓25Savannah#75
↓20Ellie#72
↓20Sarah#84
↓20Willow#93
↓19Scarlett#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2018 rankings.