Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1993

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1993 were Sarah for girls (755 babies) and Michael for boys (1,591). Sarah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 73,775 babies born in Massachusetts in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1993

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: 34 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Meaghan: 82 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Siobhan: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jillian: 170 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maura: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colleen: 114 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eleanor: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kerri: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Julianne: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lily: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Domenic: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Brendan: 234 babies, 5× the national rate
Dana: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Aidan: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Conor: 110 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bradford: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liam: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Oliver: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brendon: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 265 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Sarah	755	↑2	3
2	Emily	749	↑5	5
3	Jessica	734	↓2	1
4	Samantha	733	–	4
5	Ashley	701	↓3	2
6	Nicole	666	–	13
7	Amanda	609	↓2	8
8	Elizabeth	490	↑1	9
9	Stephanie	470	↓1	10
10	Jennifer	459	–	15
11	Lauren	452	↑1	12
12	Kayla	420	↑1	16
13	Brittany	412	↓2	6
14	Rachel	410	–	14
15	Rebecca	407	↑1	22
16	Alexandra	402	↑1	28
17	Taylor	368	↑9	7
18	Victoria	368	↑1	19
19	Danielle	354	↓1	18
20	Katherine	340	↓5	29
21	Alyssa	315	↑4	26
22	Hannah	305	↑6	21
23	Kelsey	293	↓1	24
24	Shannon	285	↑12	53
25	Courtney	284	↓1	20
26	Melissa	274	↓6	30
27	Megan	261	↓6	11
28	Olivia	256	↑13	50
29	Brianna	254	↑1	32
30	Michelle	252	↓3	31
31	Julia	241	↑3	72
32	Allison	238	↑13	41
33	Christina	229	↓4	35
34	Erin	225	↓3	48
35	Kelly	224	–	51
36	Meghan	200	↑7	93
37	Molly	194	–	87
38	Sara	189	↑1	40
39	Chelsea	187	↓16	25
40	Emma	185	new	80
41	Kristen	172	↑1	61
42	Marissa	172	new	59
43	Kimberly	171	↓3	39
44	Jillian	170	↑4	>100
45	Laura	170	↓13	43
46	Abigail	168	new	67
47	Cassandra	168	↓3	66
48	Catherine	167	↑1	75
49	Kaitlyn	167	↓16	46
50	Mary	163	↓12	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	1,591	–	1
2	Matthew	1,237	–	3
3	Christopher	1,128	–	2
4	Nicholas	1,076	–	8
5	Ryan	875	↑1	13
6	Daniel	866	↓1	7
7	John	834	↑2	16
8	Andrew	805	–	10
9	Joseph	796	↓2	12
10	Tyler	688	↑6	5
11	James	683	↓1	14
12	Joshua	682	↓1	4
13	David	679	↓1	11
14	Alexander	654	↓1	21
15	Kevin	620	–	25
16	Anthony	618	↑5	19
17	Zachary	610	↑1	15
18	Robert	585	↓1	17
19	Jonathan	570	↓5	22
20	Kyle	543	↓1	23
21	William	543	↓1	18
22	Brian	505	↑1	34
23	Thomas	499	↓1	27
24	Patrick	492	–	43
25	Jacob	431	↑6	9
26	Benjamin	423	↑1	32
27	Brandon	422	↑3	6
28	Sean	421	↓3	42
29	Timothy	407	↓3	38
30	Justin	406	↓1	20
31	Eric	391	↓3	29
32	Samuel	352	↑7	37
33	Adam	348	–	39
34	Stephen	325	–	47
35	Steven	318	↓3	31
36	Connor	303	↑14	57
37	Dylan	288	–	33
38	Jeffrey	268	↓3	53
39	Peter	265	↓3	82
40	Richard	260	↓2	40
41	Nathan	255	↑1	41
42	Jason	254	↑2	45
43	Derek	251	↑3	67
44	Paul	250	↓3	56
45	Cameron	245	↑2	54
46	Evan	235	↑2	62
47	Brendan	234	↓4	>100
48	Christian	224	new	35
49	Cody	224	–	24
50	Mark	216	↓10	49

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