Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1999

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1999 were Emily for girls (746 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,007). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,643 babies born in Massachusetts in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1999

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: 26 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Maeve: 52 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Tayla: 28 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Meaghan: 50 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Colleen: 70 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Fiona: 54 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kerry: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tess: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Charlotte: 74 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Meghan: 184 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Domenic: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Seamus: 27 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Declan: 39 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Conor: 64 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Owen: 179 babies, 4× the national rate
Liam: 189 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aidan: 156 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 207 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brendan: 236 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Patrick: 365 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	746	–	1
2	Sarah	564	↑1	4
3	Olivia	534	↑3	20
4	Samantha	524	↓2	5
5	Julia	519	–	30
6	Hannah	517	↓2	2
7	Elizabeth	446	↑3	10
8	Emma	430	↓1	17
9	Jessica	390	–	9
10	Ashley	349	↓2	6
11	Madison	341	↑4	7
12	Abigail	334	↑1	18
13	Nicole	334	↓2	25
14	Rachel	320	–	19
15	Amanda	318	↓3	22
16	Alexis	301	↑3	3
17	Lauren	299	↑4	12
18	Victoria	295	–	16
19	Alyssa	294	↑7	11
20	Katherine	292	↓3	36
21	Grace	273	↑13	27
22	Megan	266	↑2	15
23	Alexandra	260	↓1	32
24	Caroline	259	↑3	71
25	Kayla	255	↓5	13
26	Taylor	255	↓10	8
27	Brianna	245	↓4	14
28	Rebecca	234	↓3	38
29	Jennifer	224	–	21
30	Sophia	220	↑13	53
31	Stephanie	200	↓1	37
32	Anna	196	↓1	29
33	Erin	191	↓5	58
34	Isabella	187	↑16	60
35	Sydney	186	↑11	23
36	Meghan	184	↓3	>100
37	Molly	176	–	>100
38	Allison	175	↓6	40
39	Danielle	164	↓4	43
40	Haley	157	↓1	31
41	Shannon	156	↓5	>100
42	Jillian	155	↓4	>100
43	Mary	151	↑6	45
44	Kaitlyn	146	new	33
45	Morgan	144	↓3	24
46	Natalie	143	new	34
47	Catherine	142	new	98
48	Gabrielle	139	↓8	46
49	Jenna	139	new	61
50	Christina	135	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Matthew	1,007	↑1	3
2	Michael	992	↓1	2
3	Nicholas	868	–	5
4	John	802	–	15
5	Ryan	769	–	12
6	Andrew	704	↑4	7
7	Jacob	685	–	1
8	Joseph	681	↑1	8
9	Christopher	669	↓3	6
10	Daniel	602	↓2	9
11	Zachary	582	↑3	17
12	William	566	↑6	14
13	Joshua	546	–	4
14	Tyler	530	↓2	10
15	Benjamin	527	–	29
16	Kyle	512	↓5	28
17	Alexander	504	↓1	21
18	Anthony	501	↑3	18
19	James	499	↓2	19
20	Thomas	472	–	31
21	David	435	↓2	16
22	Jonathan	433	–	22
23	Justin	394	–	20
24	Kevin	387	↑4	34
25	Cameron	385	↓1	33
26	Robert	381	↑1	26
27	Samuel	369	↓2	27
28	Patrick	365	↑2	63
29	Brian	342	↑2	43
30	Jack	323	↑10	52
31	Nathan	319	↑3	32
32	Sean	319	↓3	56
33	Dylan	315	↑2	23
34	Timothy	309	↓2	49
35	Noah	293	↑2	24
36	Brandon	291	↓10	11
37	Jason	271	↑2	40
38	Ethan	252	↑6	37
39	Christian	249	↓1	25
40	Connor	240	↓7	48
41	Adam	238	↑2	44
42	Brendan	236	↓6	96
43	Evan	232	↑4	57
44	Eric	225	↓2	39
45	Peter	207	↑3	>100
46	Jake	199	↑4	97
47	Jordan	197	↓1	30
48	Nathaniel	191	new	62
49	Austin	190	↓8	13
50	Liam	189	↓1	>100

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