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Top first names in Massachusetts

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Massachusetts since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Massachusetts account for 4,104,318 total births.

# Name Total in Massachusetts Trend
1 John 201,412
2 Robert 173,119
3 Michael 146,187
4 James 131,758
5 William 127,273
6 Mary 116,695
7 David 116,142
8 Joseph 111,321
9 Richard 109,780
10 Thomas 83,144
11 Paul 78,696
12 Daniel 64,198
13 Christopher 61,814
14 Edward 60,431
15 Charles 57,186
16 Elizabeth 56,422
17 Patricia 55,735
18 Matthew 54,688
19 Barbara 51,933
20 George 50,351
21 Susan 49,070
22 Stephen 47,793
23 Mark 46,949
24 Peter 44,699
25 Brian 42,922
26 Anthony 42,584
27 Kevin 42,513
28 Jennifer 41,015
29 Linda 40,714
30 Donald 40,637
31 Margaret 40,275
32 Nancy 40,086
33 Kathleen 39,441
34 Andrew 38,728
35 Steven 36,849
36 Dorothy 34,981
37 Karen 34,161
38 Helen 33,519
39 Kenneth 33,287
40 Lisa 33,284
41 Nicholas 32,315
42 Donna 31,618
43 Jeffrey 31,081
44 Carol 30,835
45 Timothy 30,461
46 Ryan 29,685
47 Francis 29,045
48 Sarah 28,357
49 Scott 27,879
50 Christine 27,743
51 Ronald 27,525
52 Catherine 27,108
53 Deborah 26,508
54 Raymond 26,354
55 Ruth 25,938
56 Jason 25,811
57 Jessica 25,693
58 Jonathan 25,647
59 Arthur 25,631
60 Frank 25,623
61 Ann 25,457
62 Joan 25,374
63 Michelle 25,009
64 Benjamin 24,840
65 Joshua 24,651
66 Emily 24,496
67 Sandra 24,279
68 Diane 24,075
69 Eric 23,897
70 Judith 23,810
71 Patrick 23,805
72 Jean 23,683
73 Alexander 21,825
74 Henry 21,585
75 Anna 21,175
76 Marie 20,926
77 Katherine 20,884
78 Walter 20,824
79 Laura 20,691
80 Nicole 20,476
81 Anne 20,348
82 Melissa 19,833
83 Janet 19,588
84 Sean 19,525
85 Alice 19,400
86 Cynthia 19,152
87 Eleanor 18,712
88 Amy 18,584
89 Kimberly 18,503
90 Philip 18,316
91 Virginia 18,284
92 Albert 18,193
93 Theresa 18,022
94 Samuel 17,913
95 Jacob 17,870
96 Cheryl 17,834
97 Amanda 17,713
98 Stephanie 17,672
99 Rita 17,320
100 Jane 17,125