Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2001

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2001 were Emily for girls (708 babies) and Matthew for boys (918). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,034 babies born in Massachusetts in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2001

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Maeve: 74 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Meaghan: 41 babies, 8× the national rate
Shauna: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Charlotte: 102 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colleen: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Meghan: 142 babies, 4× the national rate
Bridget: 81 babies, 4× the national rate
Tess: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nora: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carolyn: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Matheus: 21 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Domenic: 33 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Seamus: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ronan: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shea: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Declan: 58 babies, 6× the national rate
Conor: 66 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Liam: 205 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cullen: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aidan: 278 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	708	–	1
2	Olivia	574	↑1	10
3	Hannah	516	↓1	3
4	Sarah	505	–	6
5	Julia	503	–	27
6	Emma	501	–	13
7	Samantha	473	–	7
8	Madison	471	↑2	2
9	Abigail	458	–	8
10	Grace	396	↑7	16
11	Elizabeth	372	↑1	9
12	Ashley	341	↓4	4
13	Lauren	317	–	15
14	Jessica	316	↓3	11
15	Victoria	297	↑1	21
16	Katherine	278	↑2	35
17	Isabella	274	↑11	28
18	Caroline	270	↑1	62
19	Anna	266	↑5	19
20	Sophia	261	↑1	37
21	Kayla	258	↓1	17
22	Alyssa	250	↑1	14
23	Brianna	248	↑2	18
24	Nicole	234	↓10	36
25	Alexandra	228	↑1	38
26	Erin	228	↑3	60
27	Rachel	228	↓12	24
28	Megan	227	↑2	20
29	Amanda	223	↓7	39
30	Alexis	213	↓3	5
31	Taylor	213	–	12
32	Sydney	198	↑1	23
33	Molly	182	↓1	90
34	Allison	179	↑13	44
35	Chloe	178	new	30
36	Rebecca	174	↓2	46
37	Jenna	173	↑8	45
38	Jennifer	163	↓2	26
39	Lily	157	new	>100
40	Catherine	156	↓1	81
41	Haley	154	↓6	34
42	Jillian	146	↑2	>100
43	Morgan	145	↑3	29
44	Sara	145	new	58
45	Caitlin	144	↓3	89
46	Meghan	142	↓5	>100
47	Hailey	141	↑1	33
48	Kaitlyn	141	↓8	31
49	Mackenzie	140	↓12	40
50	Madeline	139	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Matthew	918	–	3
2	Michael	904	–	2
3	Nicholas	792	↑1	6
4	Ryan	746	↑1	15
5	John	732	↓2	14
6	Jacob	620	↑2	1
7	Joseph	597	↓1	8
8	Andrew	576	↑1	7
9	Christopher	572	↓2	5
10	Benjamin	548	–	27
11	William	540	–	10
12	Daniel	532	–	9
13	Joshua	527	–	4
14	Zachary	495	↑1	16
15	Alexander	478	↑1	20
16	Anthony	476	↓2	11
17	James	453	↑2	19
18	Tyler	436	↓1	13
19	Samuel	434	↑3	26
20	Thomas	420	–	33
21	Jack	418	↑6	48
22	Kyle	416	↓4	40
23	Cameron	413	↑1	35
24	David	381	↓3	12
25	Jonathan	368	–	23
26	Kevin	367	↓3	32
27	Ethan	360	↑7	17
28	Nathan	337	↑2	31
29	Justin	336	↓3	22
30	Sean	320	↑2	57
31	Dylan	311	↑2	21
32	Robert	305	↓4	30
33	Patrick	299	↓2	72
34	Aidan	278	↑12	86
35	Jason	265	↑5	41
36	Connor	261	↑3	49
37	Christian	259	↓2	24
38	Brian	255	–	46
39	Noah	253	↓3	28
40	Adam	243	↑2	51
41	Brandon	238	↓12	18
42	Evan	234	↓1	56
43	Jared	228	–	65
44	Luke	211	new	50
45	Liam	205	↑4	>100
46	Brendan	202	↓2	>100
47	Timothy	202	↓10	67
48	Gabriel	193	new	38
49	Jake	192	↓4	100
50	Charles	186	↓2	55

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