Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2003

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2003 were Emily for girls (655 babies) and Matthew for boys (780). Matthew ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,308 babies born in Massachusetts in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2003

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: 81 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Siobhan: 18 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Meaghan: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Colleen: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Katerina: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Skyla: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Charlotte: 119 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Katarina: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Meghan: 108 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nora: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Matheus: 23 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Domenic: 34 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Seamus: 38 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Shea: 28 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Declan: 69 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Conor: 57 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ronan: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Anderson: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Armani: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brendan: 183 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	655	–	1
2	Emma	653	↑1	2
3	Olivia	547	↓1	5
4	Abigail	466	↑1	6
5	Isabella	407	↑5	12
6	Sarah	403	↓2	11
7	Grace	392	↑2	13
8	Hannah	383	–	4
9	Samantha	361	↑2	10
10	Julia	354	↓3	33
11	Madison	352	↓5	3
12	Elizabeth	346	–	9
13	Sophia	346	–	20
14	Ashley	317	–	8
15	Ava	276	↑16	39
16	Lauren	249	–	15
17	Anna	245	↑4	21
18	Jessica	238	↓3	18
19	Katherine	237	↓2	35
20	Caroline	232	↓1	68
21	Victoria	229	↓3	22
22	Kayla	213	↑3	16
23	Mia	208	↑14	36
24	Alyssa	205	↑4	14
25	Alexandra	198	↑2	38
26	Rachel	198	↓4	28
27	Lily	196	↑9	69
28	Nicole	196	↓5	40
29	Megan	191	–	30
30	Amanda	188	–	54
31	Sydney	182	↓5	25
32	Ella	177	new	44
33	Brianna	169	↓9	17
34	Paige	168	↑15	47
35	Alexis	167	↓15	7
36	Morgan	167	↑12	29
37	Molly	163	↑1	99
38	Jenna	162	↑7	55
39	Chloe	152	↓7	24
40	Erin	152	↓7	80
41	Allison	147	↑1	46
42	Hailey	146	↑1	26
43	Taylor	146	↓9	19
44	Rebecca	143	↓9	63
45	Catherine	142	new	>100
46	Jennifer	140	↓7	31
47	Kaitlyn	140	new	32
48	Mackenzie	138	↓7	45
49	Natalie	135	new	23
50	Haley	130	↓3	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Matthew	780	–	4
2	Michael	778	–	2
3	Ryan	712	↑1	13
4	Nicholas	693	↓1	12
5	John	616	–	17
6	Jacob	584	–	1
7	Joseph	582	–	6
8	William	556	↑1	11
9	Andrew	528	↓1	5
10	Joshua	513	↑3	3
11	Daniel	504	↓1	8
12	Christopher	501	–	9
13	Benjamin	497	↑3	24
14	Alexander	483	–	16
15	Anthony	467	↓4	10
16	Aidan	464	↑12	39
17	Tyler	455	↑2	15
18	James	448	↑4	18
19	Jack	421	↓2	45
20	Zachary	402	↓5	20
21	Samuel	395	↓1	23
22	Thomas	388	↓4	36
23	Ethan	383	↓2	7
24	Nathan	378	↑2	26
25	David	375	↓1	14
26	Dylan	347	↑4	19
27	Jonathan	340	–	22
28	Cameron	325	↓3	40
29	Kevin	304	–	32
30	Connor	300	↑4	43
31	Justin	298	↑1	27
32	Sean	296	↑1	61
33	Kyle	288	↓10	53
34	Owen	276	↑6	72
35	Jason	275	–	42
36	Adam	256	↑2	58
37	Patrick	249	–	91
38	Evan	245	↑6	44
39	Robert	238	↓8	35
40	Luke	233	↑10	46
41	Christian	231	↓2	25
42	Colin	231	new	88
43	Charles	229	↑6	57
44	Gabriel	224	↑2	29
45	Liam	220	↓3	>100
46	Brian	215	↓5	59
47	Brandon	214	↓4	21
48	Lucas	202	–	71
49	Noah	198	↓13	31
50	Brendan	183	new	>100

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