Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1994

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1994 were Emily for girls (740 babies) and Michael for boys (1,427). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 72,447 babies born in Massachusetts in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1994

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: 36 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Meaghan: 91 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jillian: 145 babies, 5× the national rate
Maura: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chantal: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Julianne: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alycia: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eleanor: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colleen: 97 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kerry: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Conor: 109 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dana: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Brendan: 260 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Aidan: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Liam: 58 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bradford: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Owen: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Francis: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 230 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ross: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Emily	740	↑1	3
2	Samantha	702	↑2	4
3	Jessica	684	–	1
4	Sarah	676	↓3	5
5	Ashley	625	–	2
6	Nicole	613	–	11
7	Amanda	562	–	8
8	Elizabeth	470	–	9
9	Kayla	428	↑3	12
10	Rachel	421	↑4	13
11	Jennifer	403	↓1	17
12	Victoria	381	↑6	19
13	Taylor	377	↑4	6
14	Alexandra	374	↑2	28
15	Stephanie	374	↓6	15
16	Rebecca	357	↓1	24
17	Katherine	344	↑3	30
18	Lauren	340	↓7	14
19	Megan	338	↑8	10
20	Danielle	334	↓1	20
21	Hannah	327	↑1	16
22	Brittany	313	↓9	7
23	Courtney	294	↑2	22
24	Julia	282	↑7	72
25	Kelsey	278	↓2	29
26	Brianna	276	↑3	27
27	Alyssa	271	↓6	26
28	Erin	270	↑6	45
29	Shannon	254	↓5	60
30	Olivia	247	↓2	50
31	Melissa	244	↓5	31
32	Allison	231	–	34
33	Emma	227	↑7	74
34	Michelle	221	↓4	33
35	Abigail	220	↑11	42
36	Jacqueline	212	new	65
37	Meghan	208	↓1	100
38	Molly	191	↓1	96
39	Christina	189	↓6	39
40	Kelly	188	↓5	62
41	Caroline	182	new	94
42	Kimberly	181	↑1	32
43	Anna	179	new	41
44	Marissa	172	↓2	53
45	Sara	169	↓7	43
46	Catherine	168	↑2	84
47	Cassandra	165	–	66
48	Laura	161	↓3	46
49	Mary	161	↑1	37
50	Alexis	157	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	1,427	–	1
2	Matthew	1,191	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,043	↑1	9
4	Christopher	1,034	↓1	2
5	John	878	↑2	15
6	Joseph	825	↑3	11
7	Daniel	817	↓1	8
8	Ryan	813	↓3	16
9	Andrew	808	↓1	10
10	Tyler	714	–	5
11	James	691	–	14
12	Zachary	662	↑5	12
13	Alexander	628	↑1	22
14	Joshua	607	↓2	4
15	David	582	↓2	13
16	Robert	570	↑2	21
17	Kevin	558	↓2	26
18	Kyle	549	↑2	24
19	Thomas	526	↑4	27
20	Jonathan	503	↓1	23
21	Anthony	502	↓5	18
22	Jacob	502	↑3	7
23	William	487	↓2	19
24	Benjamin	456	↑2	31
25	Brian	431	↓3	37
26	Patrick	425	↓2	42
27	Timothy	415	↑2	39
28	Brandon	414	↓1	6
29	Justin	411	↑1	20
30	Sean	378	↓2	44
31	Adam	371	↑2	38
32	Samuel	360	–	33
33	Eric	354	↓2	30
34	Dylan	288	↑3	32
35	Steven	278	–	34
36	Nathan	276	↑5	40
37	Cameron	275	↑8	52
38	Brendan	260	↑9	>100
39	Mark	260	↑11	48
40	Connor	258	↓4	59
41	Stephen	253	↓7	49
42	Richard	248	↓2	41
43	Cody	243	↑6	25
44	Aaron	240	new	28
45	Jason	239	↓3	46
46	Peter	230	↓7	87
47	Paul	220	↓3	64
48	Jeffrey	219	↓10	55
49	Derek	209	↓6	77
50	Christian	206	↓2	35

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