Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2002

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2002 were Emily for girls (677 babies) and Matthew for boys (889). Matthew ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,187 babies born in Massachusetts in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2002

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: 16 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Maeve: 53 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Meaghan: 31 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Livia: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Colleen: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Katerina: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Delia: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Meghan: 146 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tess: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maura: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Shea: 38 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Domenic: 28 babies, 8× the national rate
Declan: 61 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Seamus: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Conor: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Emmett: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jefferson: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Liam: 232 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luca: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Owen: 249 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	677	–	1
2	Olivia	594	–	10
3	Emma	522	↑3	4
4	Sarah	481	–	8
5	Abigail	456	↑4	7
6	Madison	417	↑2	2
7	Julia	414	↓2	33
8	Hannah	412	↓5	3
9	Grace	388	↑1	15
10	Isabella	376	↑7	14
11	Samantha	365	↓4	9
12	Elizabeth	352	↓1	11
13	Sophia	337	↑7	27
14	Ashley	327	↓2	6
15	Jessica	302	↓1	16
16	Lauren	302	↓3	13
17	Katherine	276	↓1	36
18	Victoria	271	↓3	21
19	Caroline	251	↓1	67
20	Alexis	242	↑10	5
21	Anna	242	↓2	20
22	Rachel	237	↑5	24
23	Nicole	225	↑1	37
24	Brianna	222	↓1	17
25	Kayla	221	↓4	19
26	Sydney	218	↑6	23
27	Alexandra	213	↓2	38
28	Alyssa	213	↓6	12
29	Megan	212	↓1	22
30	Amanda	205	↓1	46
31	Ava	205	new	82
32	Chloe	201	↑3	25
33	Erin	179	↓7	72
34	Taylor	178	↓3	18
35	Rebecca	168	↑1	54
36	Lily	164	↑3	79
37	Mia	163	new	43
38	Molly	161	↓5	>100
39	Jennifer	160	↓1	28
40	Brooke	151	new	52
41	Mackenzie	150	↑8	42
42	Allison	148	↓8	44
43	Hailey	148	↑4	31
44	Meghan	146	↑2	>100
45	Jenna	145	↓8	47
46	Jillian	140	↓4	>100
47	Haley	139	↓6	35
48	Morgan	137	↓5	29
49	Paige	136	new	51
50	Mary	135	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Matthew	889	–	4
2	Michael	874	–	2
3	Nicholas	749	–	9
4	Ryan	700	–	16
5	John	656	–	17
6	Jacob	647	–	1
7	Joseph	639	–	7
8	Andrew	619	–	6
9	William	567	↑2	11
10	Daniel	531	↑2	10
11	Anthony	528	↑5	12
12	Christopher	523	↓3	8
13	Joshua	488	–	3
14	Alexander	468	↑1	15
15	Zachary	453	↓1	19
16	Benjamin	449	↓6	27
17	Jack	427	↑4	44
18	Thomas	427	↑2	36
19	Tyler	421	↓1	14
20	Samuel	415	↓1	25
21	Ethan	412	↑6	5
22	James	395	↓5	18
23	Kyle	394	↓1	40
24	David	376	–	13
25	Cameron	338	↓2	39
26	Nathan	335	↑2	28
27	Jonathan	332	↓2	21
28	Aidan	328	↑6	60
29	Kevin	326	↓3	33
30	Dylan	317	↑1	23
31	Robert	314	↑1	34
32	Justin	307	↓3	22
33	Sean	306	↓3	59
34	Connor	283	↑2	47
35	Jason	278	–	42
36	Noah	264	↑3	31
37	Patrick	263	↓4	79
38	Adam	251	↑2	55
39	Christian	251	↓2	24
40	Owen	249	new	94
41	Brian	241	↓3	51
42	Liam	232	↑3	>100
43	Brandon	226	↓2	20
44	Evan	212	↓2	56
45	Jake	211	↑4	>100
46	Gabriel	210	↑2	32
47	Timothy	206	–	70
48	Lucas	199	new	75
49	Charles	196	↑1	58
50	Luke	196	↓6	46

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