Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2004

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2004 were Emily for girls (581 babies) and Michael for boys (752). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,322 babies born in Massachusetts in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2004

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: 59 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Colleen: 36 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Meghan: 110 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Skyla: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tess: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Norah: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Felicia: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delia: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Celina: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bridget: 66 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Matheus: 28 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Shea: 29 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Domenic: 28 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Ronan: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Declan: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Seamus: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Conor: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Armani: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Finn: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liam: 257 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emily	581	–	1
2	Emma	555	–	2
3	Olivia	546	–	4
4	Isabella	434	↑1	7
5	Abigail	432	↓1	6
6	Ava	389	↑9	25
7	Julia	389	↑3	32
8	Grace	386	↓1	13
9	Madison	379	↑2	3
10	Sarah	378	↓4	12
11	Sophia	353	↑2	15
12	Samantha	344	↓3	9
13	Hannah	333	↓5	5
14	Elizabeth	301	↓2	10
15	Ashley	261	↓1	8
16	Ella	260	↑16	29
17	Anna	236	–	20
18	Lauren	235	↓2	16
19	Lily	234	↑8	53
20	Caroline	232	–	74
21	Katherine	224	↓2	35
22	Jessica	218	↓4	21
23	Mia	206	–	30
24	Victoria	205	↓3	28
25	Alexandra	191	–	37
26	Alexis	191	↑9	11
27	Chloe	189	↑12	23
28	Brooke	182	new	46
29	Brianna	173	↑4	17
30	Nicole	169	↓2	43
31	Megan	166	↓2	36
32	Alyssa	165	↓8	14
33	Kayla	165	↓11	18
34	Sydney	161	↓3	27
35	Hailey	159	↑7	24
36	Natalie	153	↑13	19
37	Molly	152	–	97
38	Amanda	150	↓8	67
39	Morgan	147	↓3	31
40	Allison	146	↑1	40
41	Paige	146	↓7	51
42	Rachel	142	↓16	34
43	Sofia	136	new	69
44	Taylor	130	↓1	22
45	Angelina	128	new	60
46	Rebecca	127	↓2	70
47	Gabriella	125	new	76
48	Gianna	122	new	>100
49	Kaitlyn	122	↓2	33
50	Riley	122	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Michael	752	↑1	2
2	Matthew	721	↓1	4
3	Ryan	720	–	12
4	Nicholas	611	–	13
5	Andrew	547	↑4	6
6	William	543	↑2	8
7	John	539	↓2	17
8	Joseph	532	↓1	9
9	Daniel	500	↑2	7
10	Jacob	498	↓4	1
11	Joshua	488	↓1	3
12	Christopher	484	–	10
13	Tyler	481	↑4	16
14	Alexander	475	–	15
15	Anthony	460	–	11
16	Jack	455	↑3	42
17	Benjamin	446	↓4	25
18	James	442	–	18
19	Ethan	410	↑4	5
20	Samuel	402	↑1	23
21	Nathan	397	↑3	20
22	Thomas	384	–	37
23	Zachary	376	↓3	26
24	Dylan	356	↑2	19
25	Aidan	352	↓9	40
26	David	325	↓1	14
27	Cameron	305	↑1	50
28	Jonathan	305	↓1	21
29	Owen	289	↑5	67
30	Connor	287	–	38
31	Sean	287	↑1	64
32	Jason	280	↑3	47
33	Kyle	272	–	55
34	Evan	269	↑4	39
35	Kevin	263	↓6	34
36	Liam	257	↑9	>100
37	Luke	248	↑3	41
38	Christian	238	↑3	24
39	Charles	229	↑4	56
40	Noah	225	↑9	29
41	Justin	224	↓10	30
42	Robert	221	↓3	36
43	Adam	218	↓7	58
44	Patrick	218	↓7	100
45	Brandon	215	↑2	22
46	Colin	213	↓4	85
47	Lucas	203	↑1	66
48	Gabriel	202	↓4	32
49	Jake	195	new	98
50	Brian	189	↓4	59

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