Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1997

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1997 were Emily for girls (768 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,169). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,082 babies born in Massachusetts in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1997

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: 35 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Maeve: 35 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Meaghan: 59 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Siobhan: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Colleen: 92 babies, 5× the national rate
Jillian: 142 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shauna: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Eliza: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tess: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kerri: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Domenic: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Liam: 190 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Owen: 114 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Conor: 68 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shayne: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Aidan: 92 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brendan: 220 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Oliver: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Cullen: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 217 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	768	–	1
2	Samantha	682	↑1	6
3	Sarah	640	↓1	4
4	Jessica	513	–	2
5	Hannah	497	↑5	5
6	Julia	443	↑7	37
7	Nicole	428	–	21
8	Rachel	411	↓3	13
9	Ashley	410	↓3	3
10	Elizabeth	405	↓1	9
11	Olivia	405	↑1	27
12	Amanda	384	↓4	16
13	Brianna	338	↑2	17
14	Katherine	330	↑2	32
15	Lauren	328	↑2	14
16	Taylor	328	↑5	7
17	Emma	323	↑3	36
18	Alexandra	322	↓4	30
19	Megan	313	↑6	11
20	Kayla	312	↓9	12
21	Victoria	310	↓3	19
22	Madison	293	↑14	10
23	Jennifer	289	↓4	18
24	Abigail	286	↑6	26
25	Rebecca	273	↓3	25
26	Alyssa	271	↑5	15
27	Erin	250	↑2	52
28	Caroline	231	↓4	75
29	Stephanie	224	↓6	23
30	Danielle	210	↓2	34
31	Alexis	206	↑2	8
32	Haley	205	↑7	31
33	Molly	201	↑7	98
34	Meghan	199	↓2	>100
35	Allison	190	↑2	39
36	Anna	181	↑2	33
37	Shannon	180	↓3	85
38	Brittany	177	↓11	20
39	Courtney	170	↓13	28
40	Christina	162	↑1	62
41	Sabrina	162	↑6	53
42	Morgan	158	↑6	22
43	Sophia	155	new	94
44	Catherine	154	↑2	96
45	Kathryn	149	new	86
46	Jacqueline	148	↓3	77
47	Mary	147	↓2	46
48	Melissa	146	↓6	44
49	Sara	146	new	50
50	Kaitlyn	143	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Matthew	1,169	↑1	3
2	Michael	1,119	↓1	1
3	Nicholas	1,006	–	6
4	Christopher	800	–	4
5	John	796	–	15
6	Andrew	750	↑1	7
7	Joseph	717	↓1	12
8	Ryan	700	–	16
9	Daniel	664	–	11
10	Jacob	595	↑2	2
11	Joshua	580	↓1	5
12	Tyler	563	↓1	10
13	James	554	–	17
14	Kyle	548	↑8	24
15	Zachary	542	↓1	13
16	Alexander	535	↑2	22
17	Benjamin	519	–	29
18	Anthony	499	↓2	18
19	David	489	↓4	14
20	Jonathan	475	↑4	21
21	Thomas	472	↑2	31
22	William	447	↓1	19
23	Robert	437	↓4	23
24	Kevin	430	↓4	28
25	Brandon	415	↑3	8
26	Justin	413	↓1	20
27	Patrick	403	↓1	50
28	Samuel	395	↓1	27
29	Brian	363	–	37
30	Sean	318	–	48
31	Timothy	314	↑1	43
32	Cameron	313	↑5	45
33	Austin	286	–	9
34	Jason	259	↑9	41
35	Nathan	259	↑4	34
36	Adam	256	↓5	39
37	Christian	256	↓2	25
38	Dylan	252	–	30
39	Connor	240	↓3	52
40	Eric	239	↓6	35
41	Brendan	220	–	>100
42	Peter	217	–	>100
43	Stephen	205	↑2	68
44	Evan	201	↑4	61
45	Jake	198	new	>100
46	Jordan	197	new	26
47	Steven	197	↓7	40
48	Liam	190	new	>100
49	Alex	184	↑1	55
50	Jack	181	new	76

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