Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1984

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (1,316 babies) and Michael for boys (2,279). Social Security records list 70,877 babies born in Massachusetts in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1984

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

Girls

Katelyn: 134 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Maura: 40 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 74 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Meaghan: 81 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Caitlyn: 31 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Deirdre: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Kerri: 97 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 234 babies, 5× the national rate
Kerry: 65 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kaitlin: 59 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Liam: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brendan: 153 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Conor: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dana: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brendon: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Bradford: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 340 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rory: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Owen: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,316	–	1
2	Jessica	1,102	–	2
3	Sarah	782	↑1	5
4	Nicole	760	↓1	7
5	Elizabeth	641	–	10
6	Amanda	636	↑1	4
7	Ashley	615	↑3	3
8	Melissa	615	↓2	8
9	Stephanie	577	–	6
10	Danielle	501	↑9	16
11	Lauren	473	–	21
12	Heather	447	↑2	9
13	Amy	442	–	13
14	Erin	430	↓6	25
15	Laura	416	↑5	19
16	Emily	390	–	24
17	Rebecca	372	↓2	23
18	Michelle	370	↓6	17
19	Rachel	363	↑7	15
20	Kimberly	343	↓3	22
21	Kristen	338	↓3	38
22	Megan	325	↑8	11
23	Katherine	313	↑4	30
24	Lisa	312	↓2	29
25	Kelly	309	↓4	27
26	Meghan	304	↓1	65
27	Christine	293	↓4	43
28	Christina	277	↓4	20
29	Crystal	267	↓1	12
30	Lindsay	266	↑3	36
31	Andrea	258	↑1	28
32	Shannon	246	↓3	37
33	Sara	239	↑4	32
34	Caitlin	234	↑4	>100
35	Julie	227	↓1	52
36	Tiffany	221	↑13	14
37	Kristin	217	↓1	47
38	Courtney	215	↑7	46
39	Erica	210	↑3	34
40	Kathryn	209	↓9	48
41	Katie	192	–	44
42	Allison	191	↑8	51
43	Jenna	189	new	54
44	Kathleen	180	↓4	71
45	Lindsey	178	↓2	35
46	Jillian	176	↑2	>100
47	Jamie	175	↓8	31
48	Jacqueline	173	↓1	56
49	Samantha	170	new	39
50	Mary	167	↓6	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	2,279	–	1
2	Christopher	1,598	↑1	2
3	Matthew	1,454	↓1	3
4	Daniel	1,070	–	6
5	David	1,012	–	5
6	John	936	–	8
7	James	913	–	7
8	Joseph	881	↑1	10
9	Andrew	801	↓1	14
10	Brian	795	↑1	17
11	Ryan	789	↑2	12
12	Robert	788	–	9
13	Joshua	727	↑3	4
14	Jonathan	690	↑1	19
15	Jason	668	↓5	11
16	Nicholas	644	↑4	20
17	Adam	635	↓3	18
18	William	612	↑3	16
19	Thomas	540	↑4	25
20	Justin	537	↑2	13
21	Eric	529	↑3	22
22	Jeffrey	529	↓5	28
23	Kevin	524	↓4	24
24	Timothy	505	↓6	26
25	Patrick	500	↑3	36
26	Stephen	467	–	35
27	Sean	449	↑3	43
28	Anthony	444	↑3	21
29	Mark	434	↓4	32
30	Steven	424	↓1	23
31	Richard	414	↓4	27
32	Paul	387	–	40
33	Scott	373	↑2	39
34	Benjamin	358	↓1	30
35	Gregory	348	↓1	44
36	Peter	340	–	60
37	Alexander	284	↑6	54
38	Derek	277	–	52
39	Kyle	246	↑3	34
40	Brandon	228	↑1	15
41	Nathan	220	↓4	38
42	Charles	199	↓2	33
43	Edward	196	↑2	58
44	Keith	185	↓5	61
45	Aaron	178	↑4	29
46	Shawn	178	↑1	56
47	Jared	171	↑3	59
48	Kenneth	169	–	46
49	Zachary	158	new	45
50	Bryan	154	↓4	48

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