Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1992
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1992 were Jessica for girls (868 babies) and Michael for boys (1,805). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,781 babies born in Massachusetts in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1992
Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Siobhan: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
- Tayla: 26 babies, 8.7× the national rate
- Meaghan: 87 babies, 7.1× the national rate
- Jillian: 176 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Eliza: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Sophie: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
- Kerry: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
- Colleen: 126 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Maura: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Kerri: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Boys
- Dana: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
- Liam: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Brendan: 236 babies, 5× the national rate
- Conor: 87 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Bradford: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Peter: 324 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Francis: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Owen: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Brendon: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Myles: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1992
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1991 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 868 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Ashley | 810 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Sarah | 745 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 4 | Samantha | 737 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 5 | Amanda | 697 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 6 | Nicole | 645 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 7 | Emily | 630 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 8 | Stephanie | 581 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 500 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 10 | Jennifer | 499 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 11 | Brittany | 465 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 12 | Lauren | 459 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 13 | Kayla | 440 | – | 13 |
| 14 | Rachel | 410 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 15 | Katherine | 400 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 16 | Rebecca | 390 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 17 | Alexandra | 380 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 18 | Danielle | 377 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 19 | Victoria | 363 | ↑7 | 22 |
| 20 | Melissa | 329 | ↓3 | 24 |
| 21 | Megan | 321 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 22 | Kelsey | 316 | ↑2 | 23 |
| 23 | Chelsea | 289 | ↑8 | 15 |
| 24 | Courtney | 289 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 25 | Alyssa | 284 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 26 | Taylor | 280 | ↑14 | 17 |
| 27 | Michelle | 279 | ↓7 | 25 |
| 28 | Hannah | 274 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 29 | Christina | 259 | ↓4 | 33 |
| 30 | Brianna | 249 | ↑8 | 43 |
| 31 | Erin | 242 | ↑3 | 46 |
| 32 | Laura | 240 | ↓5 | 38 |
| 33 | Kaitlyn | 228 | new | 42 |
| 34 | Julia | 225 | ↓5 | 70 |
| 35 | Kelly | 223 | ↓7 | 47 |
| 36 | Shannon | 217 | new | 66 |
| 37 | Molly | 210 | – | 83 |
| 38 | Mary | 208 | ↑1 | 36 |
| 39 | Sara | 204 | ↑11 | 37 |
| 40 | Kimberly | 202 | ↓8 | 35 |
| 41 | Olivia | 198 | ↑5 | 58 |
| 42 | Kristen | 195 | ↑1 | 53 |
| 43 | Meghan | 195 | ↓7 | 91 |
| 44 | Cassandra | 188 | ↓2 | 52 |
| 45 | Allison | 187 | new | 48 |
| 46 | Amy | 181 | ↑1 | 51 |
| 47 | Caitlin | 176 | ↓14 | 62 |
| 48 | Jillian | 176 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 49 | Catherine | 175 | ↓4 | 78 |
| 50 | Kathryn | 170 | ↓6 | 60 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1991 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,805 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,266 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,212 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 1,097 | – | 12 |
| 5 | Daniel | 941 | – | 7 |
| 6 | Ryan | 912 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 7 | Joseph | 875 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 8 | Andrew | 873 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 9 | John | 873 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 10 | James | 749 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 11 | Joshua | 726 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 12 | David | 703 | – | 10 |
| 13 | Alexander | 678 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 14 | Jonathan | 669 | – | 21 |
| 15 | Kevin | 641 | – | 25 |
| 16 | Tyler | 640 | ↑10 | 8 |
| 17 | Robert | 617 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 18 | Zachary | 588 | ↑7 | 16 |
| 19 | Kyle | 578 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 20 | William | 559 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 21 | Anthony | 544 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 22 | Thomas | 543 | ↓5 | 27 |
| 23 | Brian | 531 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 24 | Patrick | 507 | ↓4 | 39 |
| 25 | Sean | 480 | ↑3 | 42 |
| 26 | Timothy | 470 | ↓3 | 34 |
| 27 | Benjamin | 459 | – | 33 |
| 28 | Eric | 456 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 29 | Justin | 444 | ↓7 | 18 |
| 30 | Brandon | 429 | ↑8 | 6 |
| 31 | Jacob | 380 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 32 | Steven | 377 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 33 | Adam | 340 | ↑2 | 36 |
| 34 | Stephen | 338 | ↓3 | 45 |
| 35 | Jeffrey | 334 | ↓2 | 51 |
| 36 | Peter | 324 | ↑3 | 81 |
| 37 | Dylan | 319 | new | 28 |
| 38 | Richard | 317 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 39 | Samuel | 289 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 40 | Mark | 283 | ↓4 | 49 |
| 41 | Paul | 276 | ↓1 | 55 |
| 42 | Nathan | 237 | ↑1 | 44 |
| 43 | Brendan | 236 | ↑6 | >100 |
| 44 | Jason | 231 | ↓3 | 46 |
| 45 | Scott | 229 | – | 61 |
| 46 | Derek | 226 | ↓2 | 62 |
| 47 | Cameron | 224 | new | 53 |
| 48 | Evan | 221 | new | 66 |
| 49 | Cody | 219 | new | 24 |
| 50 | Connor | 212 | new | 80 |
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