Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2005

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2005 were Emma for girls (531 babies) and Matthew for boys (696). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,343 babies born in Massachusetts in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2005

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: 56 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Bridget: 74 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jaime: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colleen: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Casey: 49 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tess: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lara: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Meghan: 71 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shea: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Julia: 378 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Joao: 18 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Domenic: 36 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Theo: 23 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Shea: 28 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jomar: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Seamus: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Conor: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Declan: 68 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ronan: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Theodore: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emma	531	↑1	2
2	Emily	503	↓1	1
3	Ava	474	↑3	9
4	Olivia	462	↓1	5
5	Sophia	445	↑6	12
6	Abigail	400	↓1	4
7	Isabella	398	↓3	6
8	Julia	378	↓1	31
9	Madison	374	–	3
10	Grace	357	↓2	14
11	Sarah	346	↓1	15
12	Samantha	343	–	8
13	Hannah	307	–	7
14	Elizabeth	284	–	11
15	Ella	257	↑1	23
16	Lily	239	↑3	39
17	Ashley	225	↓2	10
18	Mia	225	↑5	17
19	Caroline	213	↑1	83
20	Anna	211	↓3	22
21	Lauren	193	↓3	21
22	Victoria	192	↑2	28
23	Jessica	190	↓1	27
24	Katherine	185	↓3	36
25	Chloe	183	↑2	19
26	Brianna	171	↑3	20
27	Alexandra	170	↓2	37
28	Kayla	169	↑5	25
29	Alyssa	167	↑3	16
30	Alexis	163	↓4	13
31	Sofia	163	↑12	52
32	Gianna	162	↑16	>100
33	Molly	162	↑4	97
34	Sydney	162	–	30
35	Natalie	158	↑1	18
36	Angelina	148	↑9	43
37	Maya	146	new	73
38	Hailey	145	↓3	26
39	Brooke	143	↓11	47
40	Rachel	135	↑2	38
41	Gabriella	134	↑6	61
42	Nicole	132	↓12	56
43	Amanda	131	↓5	79
44	Allison	129	↓4	45
45	Riley	128	↑5	54
46	Taylor	128	↓2	24
47	Megan	123	↓16	41
48	Charlotte	122	new	>100
49	Mackenzie	117	new	51
50	Paige	117	↓9	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Matthew	696	↑1	4
2	Michael	643	↓1	2
3	Ryan	631	–	14
4	Nicholas	543	–	15
5	John	519	↑2	18
6	Joseph	498	↑2	9
7	Andrew	486	↓2	6
8	Jacob	478	↑2	1
9	William	470	↓3	11
10	Anthony	468	↑5	8
11	Daniel	460	↓2	7
12	Alexander	449	↑2	13
13	Jack	441	↑3	34
14	Christopher	433	↓2	10
15	Benjamin	421	↑2	25
16	Joshua	419	↓5	3
17	James	410	↑1	17
18	Tyler	408	↓5	16
19	Samuel	407	↑1	21
20	Thomas	366	↑2	40
21	Ethan	338	↓2	5
22	Dylan	328	↑2	24
23	Nathan	326	↓2	20
24	Aidan	325	↑1	43
25	Zachary	308	↓2	29
26	Jonathan	298	↑2	19
27	Owen	293	↑2	60
28	David	290	↓2	12
29	Connor	276	↑1	48
30	Kevin	261	↑5	33
31	Sean	261	–	75
32	Luke	260	↑5	41
33	Christian	255	↑5	22
34	Jason	255	↓2	51
35	Evan	252	↓1	39
36	Cameron	244	↓9	52
37	Liam	243	↓1	>100
38	Gabriel	239	↑10	28
39	Noah	236	↑1	23
40	Kyle	233	↓7	69
41	Lucas	233	↑6	58
42	Aiden	222	new	50
43	Charles	222	↓4	56
44	Justin	210	↓3	36
45	Colin	207	↑1	95
46	Robert	202	↓4	37
47	Brandon	185	↓2	27
48	Adam	184	↓5	64
49	Brady	183	new	>100
50	Patrick	181	↓6	>100

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