Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1990

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1990 were Jessica for girls (1,048 babies) and Michael for boys (2,142). Social Security records list 82,751 babies born in Massachusetts in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1990

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

Girls

Tayla: 23 babies, 12× the national rate
Siobhan: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Meaghan: 106 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Maura: 38 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Eliza: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kerri: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shauna: 61 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colleen: 148 babies, 4× the national rate
Jillian: 214 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Michaela: 69 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Liam: 40 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Conor: 56 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Brendan: 220 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dana: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bradford: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Myles: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Owen: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 294 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marc: 107 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	1,048	↑1	1
2	Ashley	956	↓1	2
3	Amanda	949	–	4
4	Samantha	842	↑1	5
5	Sarah	742	↓1	6
6	Stephanie	733	↑2	7
7	Jennifer	697	↓1	8
8	Nicole	661	↓1	13
9	Elizabeth	637	–	9
10	Brittany	614	↑1	3
11	Emily	587	↑1	12
12	Lauren	555	↓2	10
13	Kayla	474	↑6	14
14	Rebecca	415	↑3	21
15	Katherine	411	↑1	26
16	Michelle	407	↓1	22
17	Danielle	388	↓3	18
18	Melissa	363	↓5	20
19	Rachel	359	↓1	16
20	Alexandra	351	–	37
21	Alyssa	345	↑5	27
22	Courtney	339	–	17
23	Megan	323	↑2	11
24	Laura	316	↓1	29
25	Heather	300	↓1	19
26	Christina	293	↓5	25
27	Kimberly	289	–	31
28	Erin	288	↑2	43
29	Kelly	258	↓1	41
30	Kristen	258	↓1	42
31	Amy	253	↑10	38
32	Meghan	253	↑1	91
33	Hannah	243	↑11	30
34	Kelsey	238	↑5	32
35	Caitlin	235	↓3	50
36	Victoria	229	↑6	33
37	Allison	228	–	48
38	Kathryn	225	↑9	57
39	Christine	216	↓8	62
40	Jillian	214	↓4	>100
41	Chelsea	212	new	24
42	Cassandra	206	new	49
43	Alicia	205	↓5	54
44	Molly	203	↑5	80
45	Katelyn	198	–	75
46	Catherine	196	new	71
47	Mary	194	↑1	35
48	Erica	192	↓5	36
49	Sara	190	↓14	34
50	Caroline	175	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	2,142	–	1
2	Matthew	1,551	↑1	3
3	Christopher	1,545	↓1	2
4	Daniel	1,106	–	5
5	Nicholas	1,036	↑1	14
6	Andrew	1,002	↓1	7
7	Joseph	977	↑1	10
8	John	931	↓1	12
9	Ryan	927	↑1	11
10	David	905	↓1	6
11	Joshua	846	–	4
12	James	840	–	8
13	Robert	824	–	13
14	Jonathan	717	–	17
15	William	647	↑4	16
16	Justin	638	↑1	9
17	Brian	622	↓1	27
18	Kevin	619	↓3	23
19	Anthony	612	↑1	15
20	Patrick	592	↑3	36
21	Thomas	586	–	26
22	Kyle	582	↑2	18
23	Alexander	572	↓1	28
24	Timothy	544	↓6	30
25	Sean	518	↑1	37
26	Benjamin	503	↑3	33
27	Eric	501	↓2	24
28	Stephen	474	↑2	39
29	Zachary	472	↑3	22
30	Steven	435	↓2	25
31	Jeffrey	426	↓4	43
32	Richard	422	↑1	35
33	Adam	387	↓2	32
34	Tyler	377	↑8	21
35	Samuel	348	↑6	45
36	Paul	342	–	49
37	Mark	315	↓3	47
38	Derek	308	↑2	54
39	Gregory	307	–	51
40	Peter	294	↓2	74
41	Scott	288	↓4	53
42	Jacob	282	↑1	20
43	Nathan	278	↑7	44
44	Jason	268	↓9	46
45	Brandon	256	↓1	19
46	Jordan	247	new	29
47	Corey	239	↓2	56
48	Brendan	220	↓2	>100
49	Charles	215	↓1	38
50	Alex	207	new	59

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