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Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 2021 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,362 Massachusetts births in 2021 across 1,812 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#73Patrickoutside the national top 200
#77Fionaoutside the national top 200
#85Brookeoutside the national top 200
#90Colinoutside the national top 200
#78Molly#186 nationally
#55Maxwell#162 nationally
#24Maeve#124 nationally
#51Theo#142 nationally
#91Ada#180 nationally
#72Arthur#155 nationally
#37Ayla#108 nationally
#61Cole#132 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia395US #1
#2Charlotte378US #3
#3Emma355US #2
#4Sophia295US #6
#5Amelia289US #4
#6Mia269US #8
#7Isabella247US #7
#8Ava227US #5
#9Evelyn198US #9
#10Ella194US #16
#11Grace193US #33
#12Nora179US #27
#13Abigail175US #17
#14Chloe172US #25
#15Gianna166US #13
#16Madison165US #29
#17Luna163US #11
#18Sofia163US #18
#19Isla162US #34
#20Elizabeth160US #14
#21Eleanor159US #15
#22Penelope154US #23
#23Mila148US #26
#24Maeve145US #124
#25Maya145US #55
#26Avery144US #19
#27Emilia143US #40
#28Emily143US #21
#29Layla142US #24
#30Lily141US #31
#31Natalie133US #56
#32Harper131US #10
#33Hannah130US #44
#34Stella129US #41
#35Riley125US #37
#36Lillian124US #51
#37Ayla123US #108
#38Violet121US #36
#39Josephine120US #72
#40Sophie120US #76
#41Lucy118US #48
#42Scarlett118US #20
#43Zoe116US #42
#44Ellie109US #30
#45Quinn109US #81
#46Aria107US #22
#47Madelyn106US #71
#48Camila105US #12
#49Anna101US #85
#50Claire99US #59
#51Gabriella99US #83
#52Zoey99US #38
#53Alice98US #65
#54Aurora98US #35
#55Hazel97US #28
#56Victoria95US #43
#57Hailey93US #77
#58Audrey92US #60
#59Julia91US #114
#60Mackenzie91US #123
#61Addison89US #45
#62Leah89US #46
#63Valentina88US #69
#64Ivy87US #49
#65Cecilia86US #133
#66Cora86US #87
#67Madeline83US #95
#68Eliana82US #47
#69Eloise82US #109
#70Elena78US #53
#71Eva78US #93
#72Vivian78US #101
#73Savannah75US #67
#74Rose74US #116
#75Isabelle72US #117
#76Caroline71US #80
#77Fiona70
#78Molly70US #186
#79Bella69US #73
#80Maria68US #105
#81Sadie68US #78
#82Autumn67US #66
#83Ruby67US #62
#84Lyla65US #110
#85Brooke64
#86Clara63US #102
#87Willow63US #39
#88Everly62US #50
#89Skylar62US #74
#90Sloane62US #145
#91Ada60US #180
#92Margaret59US #125
#93Eliza58US #111
#94Adeline57US #94
#95Samantha57US #106
#96Sarah57US #91
#97Naomi56US #54
#98Nova55US #32
#99Kennedy54US #70
#100Kinsley54US #57

Boys

#1Noah476US #2
#2Liam449US #1
#3Henry375US #9
#4Benjamin341US #7
#5Jack341US #11
#6James333US #5
#7Oliver323US #3
#8Theodore321US #10
#9William314US #6
#10Lucas311US #8
#11Owen279US #22
#12John276US #27
#13Thomas271US #46
#14Logan259US #21
#15Leo242US #31
#16Jackson234US #14
#17Jacob230US #24
#18Luca222US #42
#19Michael222US #17
#20Ethan216US #20
#21Julian216US #33
#22Mason211US #18
#23Alexander210US #13
#24Joseph210US #28
#25Daniel208US #16
#26Samuel208US #23
#27Charles205US #50
#28Cameron204US #62
#29Anthony185US #43
#30Ryan185US #66
#31Aiden184US #26
#32Matthew177US #36
#33Elijah174US #4
#34Jayden174US #41
#35Levi169US #12
#36Nolan160US #60
#37Connor158US #98
#38Dylan155US #44
#39Sebastian155US #19
#40Gabriel154US #38
#41Luke153US #32
#42Nathan152US #59
#43Wyatt152US #29
#44Caleb150US #51
#45David147US #30
#46Wesley145US #85
#47Andrew135US #57
#48Joshua131US #58
#49Miles128US #55
#50Isaac126US #40
#51Theo123US #142
#52Lincoln122US #45
#53Nicholas114US #92
#54Christopher113US #52
#55Maxwell113US #162
#56Asher112US #25
#57Landon112US #73
#58Hunter111US #86
#59Grayson109US #35
#60Elias108US #48
#61Cole105US #132
#62Emmett105US #103
#63Declan104US #106
#64Myles104US #119
#65Mateo103US #15
#66Robert102US #79
#67Rowan101US #105
#68Ezra100US #37
#69Carter98US #39
#70Christian97US #71
#71George97US #134
#72Arthur95US #155
#73Patrick95
#74Dominic94US #99
#75Harrison94US #121
#76Adrian91US #61
#77Greyson91US #84
#78Hudson91US #34
#79Lorenzo91US #135
#80Vincent91US #117
#81Jameson90US #80
#82Maverick89US #47
#83Leonardo88US #87
#84Bennett87US #90
#85Jonathan87US #77
#86Calvin86US #145
#87Austin85US #96
#88Colton85US #75
#89Max85US #160
#90Colin84
#91Kai80US #70
#92Aaron79US #65
#93Eli79US #64
#94Jaxon79US #54
#95Jordan78US #88
#96Tyler78US #157
#97Zachary78US #144
#98Evan77US #116
#99Kayden77US #108
#100Adam76US #104

On the move since 2020

Rising

↑38Ayla#37
↑31Luca#18
↑29Theo#51
↑25Emmett#62
↑24Eva#71
↑24Arthur#72
↑20Eloise#69
↑18Myles#64

Falling

↓34Austin#87
↓28Tyler#96
↓26Colton#88
↓23Vivian#72
↓21Adam#100
↓20Clara#86
↓19Sarah#96
↓19Zachary#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2020 rankings.