Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1995

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1995 were Emily for girls (799 babies) and Michael for boys (1,357). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 70,677 babies born in Massachusetts in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1995

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, 9.7× the national rate
Siobhan: 18 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Maeve: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Meaghan: 66 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jillian: 143 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shauna: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Meghan: 235 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colleen: 98 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alessandra: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sophie: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Rory: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Liam: 108 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brendan: 230 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Conor: 72 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shayne: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Owen: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aidan: 64 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marc: 77 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Emily	799	–	3
2	Sarah	651	↑2	5
3	Samantha	633	↓1	4
4	Jessica	622	↓1	1
5	Ashley	544	–	2
6	Nicole	512	–	19
7	Amanda	464	–	9
8	Elizabeth	463	–	10
9	Hannah	436	↑12	7
10	Rachel	424	–	12
11	Kayla	409	↓2	11
12	Alexandra	367	↑2	26
13	Stephanie	349	↑2	16
14	Jennifer	341	↓3	18
15	Lauren	341	↑3	15
16	Olivia	323	↑14	39
17	Victoria	321	↓5	20
18	Courtney	316	↑5	17
19	Katherine	313	↓2	30
20	Rebecca	312	↓4	28
21	Taylor	312	↓8	6
22	Brianna	309	↑4	21
23	Brittany	302	↓1	8
24	Megan	291	↓5	13
25	Julia	286	↓1	62
26	Erin	277	↑2	49
27	Danielle	273	↓7	24
28	Alyssa	251	↓1	27
29	Abigail	238	↑6	36
30	Kelsey	238	↓5	33
31	Emma	236	↑2	67
32	Meghan	235	↑5	>100
33	Shannon	228	↓4	73
34	Caroline	219	↑7	92
35	Allison	217	↓3	34
36	Melissa	203	↓5	35
37	Christina	193	↑2	45
38	Anna	191	↑5	31
39	Mary	188	↑10	40
40	Molly	187	↓2	98
41	Alexis	169	↑9	14
42	Laura	169	↑6	56
43	Marissa	168	↑1	53
44	Michelle	168	↓10	41
45	Jacqueline	165	↓9	70
46	Kelly	162	↓6	64
47	Sara	161	↓2	48
48	Caitlin	160	new	81
49	Haley	159	new	32
50	Amber	157	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	1,357	–	1
2	Matthew	1,176	–	2
3	Nicholas	1,047	–	7
4	Christopher	929	–	3
5	John	849	–	13
6	Joseph	833	–	12
7	Andrew	801	↑2	11
8	Ryan	784	–	15
9	Daniel	769	↓2	9
10	Tyler	737	–	6
11	Joshua	657	↑3	5
12	James	624	↓1	17
13	Zachary	587	↓1	14
14	Alexander	581	↓1	21
15	Jacob	570	↑7	4
16	Kevin	563	↑1	25
17	David	559	↓2	16
18	Anthony	538	↑3	19
19	Thomas	534	–	27
20	William	493	↑3	20
21	Benjamin	477	↑3	31
22	Robert	474	↓6	22
23	Kyle	473	↓5	24
24	Jonathan	468	↓4	23
25	Brian	438	–	36
26	Patrick	430	–	43
27	Justin	426	↑2	18
28	Brandon	421	–	8
29	Sean	357	↑1	45
30	Samuel	349	↑2	33
31	Timothy	339	↓4	40
32	Adam	335	↓1	38
33	Cameron	306	↑4	49
34	Connor	290	↑6	55
35	Eric	284	↓2	32
36	Nathan	268	–	39
37	Christian	262	↑13	28
38	Austin	248	new	10
39	Steven	245	↓4	37
40	Cody	239	↑3	26
41	Dylan	237	↓7	34
42	Jason	237	↑3	41
43	Brendan	230	↓5	>100
44	Mark	227	↓5	52
45	Richard	227	↓3	42
46	Stephen	224	↓5	57
47	Peter	222	↓1	89
48	Paul	212	↓1	71
49	Aaron	205	↓5	30
50	Evan	202	new	60

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