Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2000

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2000 were Emily for girls (753 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,038). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,629 babies born in Massachusetts in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2000

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: 19 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Meaghan: 56 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Maeve: 44 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Brigid: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kerry: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Colleen: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Fiona: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nora: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Eleanor: 51 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Meghan: 159 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Domenic: 29 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Seamus: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Declan: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Conor: 58 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rory: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Liam: 193 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Owen: 174 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Aidan: 208 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 189 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	753	–	1
2	Hannah	547	↑4	2
3	Olivia	531	–	16
4	Sarah	509	↓2	5
5	Julia	504	–	29
6	Emma	495	↑2	17
7	Samantha	475	↓3	7
8	Ashley	402	↑2	4
9	Abigail	387	↑3	14
10	Madison	387	↑1	3
11	Jessica	376	↓2	8
12	Elizabeth	367	↓5	9
13	Lauren	319	↑4	11
14	Nicole	314	↓1	31
15	Rachel	309	↓1	21
16	Victoria	306	↑2	20
17	Grace	299	↑4	19
18	Katherine	292	↑2	33
19	Caroline	291	↑5	65
20	Kayla	278	↑5	13
21	Sophia	277	↑9	42
22	Amanda	265	↓7	32
23	Alyssa	262	↓4	12
24	Anna	250	↑8	22
25	Brianna	248	↑2	15
26	Alexandra	236	↓3	36
27	Alexis	234	↓11	6
28	Isabella	216	↑6	45
29	Erin	214	↑4	61
30	Megan	209	↓8	18
31	Taylor	208	↓5	10
32	Molly	206	↑5	96
33	Sydney	201	↑2	23
34	Rebecca	182	↓6	39
35	Haley	180	↑5	28
36	Jennifer	176	↓7	26
37	Mackenzie	176	new	43
38	Margaret	165	new	>100
39	Catherine	161	↑8	81
40	Kaitlyn	160	↑4	30
41	Meghan	159	↓5	>100
42	Caitlin	154	new	76
43	Stephanie	153	↓12	40
44	Jillian	151	↓2	>100
45	Jenna	148	↑4	63
46	Morgan	146	↓1	25
47	Allison	142	↓9	44
48	Hailey	142	new	35
49	Kathryn	140	new	89
50	Danielle	138	↓11	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Matthew	1,038	–	3
2	Michael	1,018	–	2
3	John	814	↑1	14
4	Nicholas	798	↓1	6
5	Ryan	705	–	13
6	Joseph	665	↑2	8
7	Christopher	647	↑2	5
8	Jacob	645	↓1	1
9	Andrew	644	↓3	7
10	Benjamin	588	↑5	26
11	William	564	↑1	11
12	Daniel	556	↓2	9
13	Joshua	533	–	4
14	Anthony	528	↑4	17
15	Zachary	491	↓4	15
16	Alexander	481	↑1	20
17	Tyler	473	↓3	10
18	Kyle	458	↓2	37
19	James	456	–	18
20	Thomas	443	–	33
21	David	437	–	16
22	Samuel	427	↑5	28
23	Kevin	415	↑1	32
24	Cameron	410	↑1	31
25	Jonathan	409	↓3	21
26	Justin	397	↓3	19
27	Jack	359	↑3	46
28	Robert	343	↓2	29
29	Brandon	333	↑7	12
30	Nathan	333	↑1	30
31	Patrick	329	↓3	68
32	Sean	329	–	57
33	Dylan	316	–	24
34	Ethan	300	↑4	25
35	Christian	278	↑4	22
36	Noah	278	↓1	27
37	Timothy	277	↓3	58
38	Brian	257	↓9	43
39	Connor	252	↑1	50
40	Jason	246	↓3	39
41	Evan	236	↑2	55
42	Adam	230	↓1	45
43	Jared	218	new	56
44	Brendan	214	↓2	>100
45	Jake	209	↑1	96
46	Aidan	208	new	>100
47	Eric	203	↓3	42
48	Charles	194	new	51
49	Liam	193	↑1	>100
50	Peter	189	↓5	>100

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