Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1998

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1998 were Emily for girls (802 babies) and Michael for boys (1,175). Social Security records list 68,607 babies born in Massachusetts in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1998

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, 10.7× the national rate
Maeve: 34 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tayla: 29 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Meaghan: 52 babies, 7× the national rate
Kerry: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Colleen: 76 babies, 5× the national rate
Jillian: 167 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Meghan: 196 babies, 4× the national rate
Charlotte: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tess: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Domenic: 30 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Declan: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Bradford: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Liam: 201 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Conor: 73 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dimitri: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Owen: 138 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brendan: 272 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aidan: 119 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rory: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	802	–	1
2	Samantha	627	–	3
3	Sarah	609	–	4
4	Hannah	520	↑1	2
5	Julia	491	↑1	32
6	Olivia	480	↑5	21
7	Emma	430	↑10	22
8	Ashley	422	↑1	5
9	Jessica	395	↓5	8
10	Elizabeth	382	–	10
11	Nicole	380	↓4	24
12	Amanda	354	–	19
13	Abigail	346	↑11	18
14	Rachel	343	↓6	15
15	Madison	332	↑7	9
16	Taylor	313	–	7
17	Katherine	312	↓3	33
18	Victoria	309	↑3	16
19	Alexis	292	↑12	6
20	Kayla	284	–	12
21	Lauren	282	↓6	14
22	Alexandra	274	↓4	27
23	Brianna	266	↓10	17
24	Megan	260	↓5	13
25	Rebecca	257	–	30
26	Alyssa	256	–	11
27	Caroline	256	↑1	75
28	Erin	249	↓1	57
29	Jennifer	215	↓6	20
30	Stephanie	214	↓1	29
31	Anna	204	↑5	31
32	Allison	201	↑3	38
33	Meghan	196	↑1	>100
34	Grace	194	new	53
35	Danielle	180	↓5	41
36	Shannon	176	↑1	>100
37	Molly	173	↓4	>100
38	Jillian	167	new	>100
39	Haley	163	↓7	36
40	Gabrielle	159	new	47
41	Courtney	158	↓2	39
42	Morgan	157	–	23
43	Sophia	156	–	73
44	Caitlin	155	new	78
45	Sara	155	↑4	48
46	Sydney	154	new	28
47	Madeline	150	new	50
48	Brittany	148	↓10	25
49	Mary	147	↓2	44
50	Isabella	145	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	1,175	↑1	1
2	Matthew	1,136	↓1	3
3	Nicholas	1,009	–	6
4	John	746	↑1	15
5	Ryan	718	↑3	17
6	Christopher	700	↓2	5
7	Jacob	688	↑3	2
8	Daniel	675	↑1	12
9	Joseph	658	↓2	11
10	Andrew	639	↓4	9
11	Kyle	581	↑3	24
12	Tyler	579	–	8
13	Joshua	570	↓2	4
14	Zachary	525	↑1	16
15	Benjamin	521	↑2	30
16	Alexander	519	–	22
17	James	517	↓4	18
18	William	514	↑4	14
19	David	465	–	13
20	Thomas	465	↑1	31
21	Anthony	444	↓3	19
22	Jonathan	442	↓2	21
23	Justin	421	↑3	20
24	Cameron	419	↑8	35
25	Samuel	391	↑3	28
26	Brandon	384	↓1	7
27	Robert	381	↓4	23
28	Kevin	375	↓4	32
29	Sean	354	↑1	50
30	Patrick	346	↓3	57
31	Brian	314	↓2	41
32	Timothy	306	↓1	49
33	Connor	289	↑6	47
34	Nathan	289	↑1	34
35	Dylan	279	↑3	25
36	Brendan	272	↑5	99
37	Noah	272	new	29
38	Christian	269	↓1	26
39	Jason	267	↓5	40
40	Jack	264	↑10	61
41	Austin	256	↓8	10
42	Eric	236	↓2	39
43	Adam	235	↓7	45
44	Ethan	221	new	38
45	Jared	213	new	51
46	Jordan	209	–	27
47	Evan	206	↓3	63
48	Peter	204	↓6	>100
49	Liam	201	↓1	>100
50	Jake	200	↓5	>100

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