State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2020 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,684 Massachusetts births in 2020 across 1,757 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#31Maeve#174 nationally
#86Fionaoutside the national top 200
#91Brookeoutside the national top 200
#98Colinoutside the national top 200
#80Theo#172 nationally
#84Molly#173 nationally
#93Finn#179 nationally
#72Emerson#155 nationally
#65Cecilia#147 nationally
#71Maxwell#146 nationally
#61Cole#133 nationally
#72Calvin#144 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia381US #1
#2Charlotte363US #5
#3Emma327US #2
#4Sophia319US #4
#5Isabella261US #7
#6Amelia252US #6
#7Mia247US #8
#8Ava241US #3
#9Ella183US #15
#10Grace182US #28
#11Evelyn179US #9
#12Nora176US #30
#13Abigail175US #12
#14Chloe168US #25
#15Madison167US #23
#16Gianna166US #13
#17Emily158US #18
#18Maya157US #61
#19Mila155US #20
#20Avery153US #19
#21Eleanor148US #22
#22Emilia143US #41
#23Luna139US #14
#24Isla138US #44
#25Hannah137US #39
#26Elizabeth136US #16
#27Sofia133US #17
#28Harper131US #10
#29Zoe131US #40
#30Stella124US #42
#31Maeve121US #174
#32Penelope121US #26
#33Aria120US #27
#34Lucy116US #50
#35Lily115US #35
#36Layla114US #24
#37Lillian113US #46
#38Natalie112US #51
#39Scarlett111US #21
#40Anna110US #68
#41Zoey110US #32
#42Hazel109US #31
#43Violet108US #37
#44Riley107US #33
#45Quinn105US #84
#46Leah103US #45
#47Ellie102US #29
#48Sophie102US #75
#49Vivian101US #101
#50Julia100US #108
#51Audrey99US #60
#52Josephine97US #87
#53Victoria94US #34
#54Gabriella92US #77
#55Claire91US #58
#56Aurora88US #36
#57Hailey88US #81
#58Mackenzie87US #119
#59Madelyn87US #66
#60Camila86US #11
#61Eliana86US #53
#62Cora85US #88
#63Madeline83US #96
#64Savannah83US #67
#65Cecilia81US #147
#66Clara80US #103
#67Alice79US #76
#68Valentina79US #73
#69Caroline78US #71
#70Everly78US #43
#71Addison77US #47
#72Emerson76US #155
#73Rose75US #112
#74Isabelle74US #121
#75Ayla73US #131
#76Margaret72US #126
#77Sarah70US #86
#78Ruby69US #74
#79Willow69US #48
#80Bella68US #63
#81Kennedy68US #72
#82Eliza67US #115
#83Kinsley66US #59
#84Molly66US #173
#85Sadie66US #78
#86Fiona65
#87Adeline62US #99
#88Aubrey61US #56
#89Eloise60US #137
#90Nova60US #38
#91Brooke59
#92Liliana58US #110
#93Skylar58US #64
#94Alaia57US #120
#95Eva57US #93
#96Lucia57US #160
#97Sienna57US #166
#98Alexandra56US #138
#99Isabel56US #157
#100Lyla55US #118

Boys

#1Noah458US #2
#2Liam407US #1
#3Benjamin393US #7
#4James329US #6
#5William328US #5
#6Lucas315US #8
#7Henry305US #9
#8Oliver298US #3
#9Jack297US #21
#10Theodore279US #23
#11Michael262US #12
#12Logan252US #16
#13Jacob250US #15
#14John245US #27
#15Ethan241US #13
#16Jackson241US #17
#17Owen231US #22
#18Thomas230US #45
#19Daniel216US #14
#20Charles215US #46
#21Joseph206US #26
#22Mason206US #11
#23Julian203US #34
#24Alexander199US #10
#25Leo196US #36
#26Samuel196US #25
#27Elijah195US #4
#28Cameron193US #65
#29Matthew189US #30
#30Anthony188US #41
#31Gabriel177US #38
#32Caleb169US #56
#33Dylan169US #42
#34Jayden161US #37
#35Luke160US #31
#36Ryan160US #57
#37Andrew156US #52
#38Connor152US #78
#39Levi152US #18
#40Aiden150US #24
#41Nathan146US #55
#42Joshua143US #53
#43Nolan140US #61
#44David131US #28
#45Sebastian131US #19
#46Christopher129US #47
#47Isaac129US #39
#48Declan128US #102
#49Luca128US #67
#50Wesley121US #98
#51Hunter119US #68
#52Wyatt114US #29
#53Austin113US #88
#54Miles112US #59
#55Carter110US #33
#56Grayson109US #35
#57Nicholas105US #87
#58Christian104US #62
#59Elias104US #54
#60Mateo103US #20
#61Cole101US #133
#62Colton101US #66
#63Lincoln101US #40
#64Asher98US #32
#65Landon98US #69
#66Robert98US #80
#67Rowan98US #113
#68Tyler97US #130
#69Jameson94US #79
#70Adrian92US #58
#71Maxwell92US #146
#72Calvin91US #144
#73Jason91US #119
#74Jonathan91US #70
#75George87US #132
#76Josiah87US #49
#77Harrison86US #114
#78Zachary86US #135
#79Adam85US #97
#80Theo85US #172
#81Dominic83US #89
#82Myles83US #124
#83Parker83US #95
#84Brayden81US #111
#85Ezra80US #44
#86Jordan80US #82
#87Emmett79US #107
#88Jaxon79US #48
#89Jaxson79US #85
#90Evan78US #105
#91Bennett76US #101
#92Jeremiah75US #74
#93Finn74US #179
#94Isaiah74US #51
#95Greyson73US #81
#96Arthur72US #163
#97Ian72US #83
#98Colin71
#99Gavin71US #142
#100Cooper70US #75

On the move since 2019

Rising

↑60Gianna#16
↑33Mateo#60
↑33Rowan#67
↑31Austin#53
↑25Ellie#47
↑25Emerson#72
↑24Ayla#75
↑24Adrian#70

Falling

↓40Evan#90
↓29Eva#95
↓26Aubrey#88
↓25Alice#67
↓25Alexandra#98
↓23Jaxon#88
↓20Greyson#95
↓18Riley#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2019 rankings.