Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1980

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,480 babies) and Michael for boys (2,017). Social Security records list 66,041 babies born in Massachusetts in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1980

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kaitlyn: 19 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Katelyn: 35 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Kaitlin: 33 babies, 13× the national rate
Caitlin: 121 babies, 10× the national rate
Maura: 40 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Meaghan: 58 babies, 9× the national rate
Lynne: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Kerri: 106 babies, 5× the national rate
Deirdre: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kerry: 91 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 124 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dana: 44 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francis: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradford: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gregg: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colin: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 336 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nelson: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Owen: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 122 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,480	–	1
2	Melissa	908	–	4
3	Jessica	874	–	3
4	Sarah	756	–	5
5	Nicole	639	–	7
6	Elizabeth	635	↑2	9
7	Michelle	540	↓1	10
8	Erin	476	↑5	20
9	Amanda	462	↑3	2
10	Lisa	452	↓1	16
11	Heather	429	↓1	6
12	Amy	427	↓5	8
13	Kimberly	425	↑1	11
14	Rebecca	395	↑3	17
15	Stephanie	373	–	13
16	Danielle	371	↑3	33
17	Laura	362	↑5	21
18	Kelly	354	↓7	19
19	Lauren	347	↑1	38
20	Kristen	329	↑7	39
21	Christina	316	↓3	15
22	Christine	306	↓6	41
23	Julie	297	↓2	32
24	Katherine	272	↑2	35
25	Emily	259	↑3	31
26	Sara	256	↑4	27
27	Rachel	240	↑2	23
28	Shannon	232	↓3	29
29	Angela	228	↓5	12
30	Katie	226	↑3	44
31	Andrea	224	↓8	28
32	Kristin	216	↑7	37
33	Erica	207	↓1	34
34	Kathleen	207	↑4	82
35	Meghan	204	↑1	>100
36	Mary	198	↓5	25
37	Crystal	195	↑7	18
38	Megan	195	↑4	30
39	Tiffany	192	new	14
40	Kathryn	177	–	50
41	Jill	175	↓6	66
42	Allison	168	↑4	59
43	Tara	161	↓6	43
44	Courtney	160	new	48
45	Karen	151	↓4	54
46	Jamie	149	↓12	24
47	Catherine	148	↑2	77
48	Colleen	147	↓3	>100
49	Maria	147	new	36
50	Alison	142	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	2,017	–	1
2	Matthew	1,238	↑1	6
3	Christopher	1,222	↓1	2
4	Jason	1,134	↑1	3
5	David	1,038	↓1	4
6	John	952	–	8
7	Daniel	878	↑1	11
8	James	832	↑1	5
9	Robert	798	↑1	9
10	Brian	786	↓3	12
11	Joseph	780	–	10
12	Joshua	591	↑5	7
13	Timothy	573	↑6	20
14	Eric	571	↑4	16
15	Ryan	570	↑8	15
16	William	570	↓2	14
17	Andrew	563	↓5	19
18	Jeffrey	555	↓5	27
19	Jonathan	549	↑7	21
20	Adam	526	–	22
21	Kevin	520	↓6	23
22	Thomas	507	↓1	25
23	Nicholas	506	↓7	17
24	Justin	501	↑9	13
25	Mark	473	↓3	30
26	Richard	436	↓1	26
27	Paul	419	–	35
28	Scott	404	↓4	33
29	Stephen	376	↑2	40
30	Anthony	356	↑2	24
31	Steven	356	↓1	28
32	Sean	349	↑2	48
33	Patrick	348	↓4	38
34	Peter	336	↓6	55
35	Benjamin	322	–	32
36	Derek	277	↑8	50
37	Gregory	257	–	42
38	Shawn	244	↑3	47
39	Jeremy	242	↓3	18
40	Nathan	229	↑2	36
41	Kenneth	226	↑4	41
42	Keith	221	↓3	56
43	Charles	208	↓5	29
44	Edward	203	↓4	52
45	Aaron	197	↓2	34
46	Jesse	179	new	45
47	Alexander	148	new	91
48	Craig	143	new	73
49	Jared	138	new	61
50	Bryan	137	new	49

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