Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1996

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1996 were Emily for girls (784 babies) and Michael for boys (1,218). Social Security records list 69,372 babies born in Massachusetts in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1996

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: 23 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Meaghan: 69 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Tayla: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maeve: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jailene: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shauna: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jillian: 123 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Meghan: 231 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Colleen: 88 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kerri: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Conor: 89 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Owen: 98 babies, 5× the national rate
Brendan: 244 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Liam: 139 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Aidan: 78 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 241 babies, 3× the national rate
Nelson: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patrick: 411 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	784	–	1
2	Sarah	619	–	4
3	Samantha	616	–	5
4	Jessica	526	–	2
5	Rachel	466	↑5	9
6	Ashley	457	↓1	3
7	Nicole	453	↓1	22
8	Amanda	425	↓1	13
9	Elizabeth	408	↓1	10
10	Hannah	403	↓1	7
11	Kayla	395	–	11
12	Olivia	377	↑4	34
13	Julia	367	↑12	48
14	Alexandra	366	↓2	26
15	Brianna	359	↑7	17
16	Katherine	343	↑3	31
17	Lauren	328	↓2	16
18	Victoria	318	↓1	18
19	Jennifer	310	↓5	19
20	Emma	306	↑11	53
21	Taylor	306	–	6
22	Rebecca	284	↓2	24
23	Stephanie	266	↓10	20
24	Caroline	261	↑10	78
25	Megan	259	↓1	12
26	Courtney	257	↓8	21
27	Brittany	254	↓4	14
28	Danielle	253	↓1	29
29	Erin	242	↓3	51
30	Abigail	235	↓1	32
31	Alyssa	231	↓3	23
32	Meghan	231	–	>100
33	Alexis	230	↑8	8
34	Shannon	228	↓1	80
35	Kelsey	203	↓5	36
36	Madison	198	new	15
37	Allison	188	↓2	38
38	Anna	188	–	33
39	Haley	188	↑10	30
40	Molly	184	–	99
41	Christina	177	↓4	57
42	Melissa	176	↓6	42
43	Jacqueline	172	↑2	69
44	Michelle	167	–	47
45	Mary	164	↓6	44
46	Catherine	158	new	95
47	Sabrina	157	new	58
48	Morgan	151	new	25
49	Kelly	149	↓3	73
50	Amber	148	–	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	1,218	–	1
2	Matthew	1,178	–	2
3	Nicholas	1,003	–	6
4	Christopher	881	–	4
5	John	844	–	15
6	Joseph	780	–	12
7	Andrew	770	–	10
8	Ryan	753	–	16
9	Daniel	737	–	11
10	Joshua	629	↑1	5
11	Tyler	610	↓1	7
12	Jacob	593	↑3	3
13	James	575	↓1	17
14	Zachary	559	↓1	14
15	David	540	↑2	13
16	Anthony	534	↑2	19
17	Benjamin	526	↑4	29
18	Alexander	525	↓4	22
19	Robert	509	↑3	23
20	Kevin	506	↓4	26
21	William	506	↓1	18
22	Kyle	499	↑1	25
23	Thomas	472	↓4	28
24	Jonathan	467	–	21
25	Justin	428	↑2	20
26	Patrick	411	–	44
27	Samuel	409	↑3	30
28	Brandon	404	–	8
29	Brian	376	↓4	36
30	Sean	366	↓1	46
31	Adam	318	↑1	39
32	Timothy	307	↓1	40
33	Austin	301	↑5	9
34	Eric	295	↑1	35
35	Christian	289	↑2	24
36	Connor	275	↓2	54
37	Cameron	255	↓4	49
38	Dylan	251	↑3	33
39	Nathan	249	↓3	37
40	Steven	245	↓1	38
41	Brendan	244	↑2	>100
42	Peter	241	↑5	95
43	Jason	214	↓1	41
44	Richard	209	↑1	45
45	Stephen	205	↑1	59
46	Aaron	196	↑3	34
47	Mark	193	↓3	55
48	Evan	187	↑2	65
49	Jeffrey	187	new	72
50	Alex	182	new	53

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