Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2006

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2006 were Ava for girls (557 babies) and Matthew for boys (593). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,336 babies born in Massachusetts in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2006

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

Girls

Mariaeduarda: 15 babies, 41.8× the national rate
Maeve: 77 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Meaghan: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Isadora: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Celia: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maura: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Meghan: 73 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Delia: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Colleen: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Skyla: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Matheus: 32 babies, 21× the national rate
Seamus: 40 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Domenic: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Shea: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ronan: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Armani: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Conor: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Finn: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Harry: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brendan: 142 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Ava	557	↑2	5
2	Isabella	494	↑5	4
3	Emma	450	↓2	2
4	Sophia	437	↑1	9
5	Olivia	429	↓1	7
6	Emily	426	↓4	1
7	Abigail	424	↓1	6
8	Julia	331	–	31
9	Grace	320	↑1	16
10	Madison	314	↓1	3
11	Sarah	305	–	15
12	Hannah	299	↑1	8
13	Samantha	288	↓1	10
14	Ella	280	↑1	21
15	Mia	252	↑3	13
16	Elizabeth	243	↓2	11
17	Lily	224	↓1	33
18	Ashley	222	↓1	12
19	Anna	203	↑1	22
20	Victoria	191	↑2	27
21	Chloe	188	↑4	18
22	Katherine	188	↑2	37
23	Lauren	182	↓2	24
24	Alexandra	179	↑3	40
25	Caroline	177	↓6	89
26	Gabriella	164	↑15	50
27	Alexis	161	↑3	14
28	Brianna	159	↓2	20
29	Kayla	159	↓1	26
30	Natalie	151	↑5	17
31	Alyssa	150	↓2	19
32	Molly	144	↑1	>100
33	Sofia	143	↓2	55
34	Arianna	142	new	76
35	Rachel	141	↑5	48
36	Jessica	138	↓13	32
37	Madeline	138	new	71
38	Hailey	137	–	25
39	Lillian	137	new	38
40	Brooke	134	↓1	44
41	Charlotte	134	↑7	>100
42	Megan	132	↑5	60
43	Angelina	131	↓7	49
44	Amelia	130	new	83
45	Maya	122	↓8	57
46	Sydney	122	↓12	34
47	Nicole	121	↓5	74
48	Gianna	120	↓16	98
49	Morgan	119	new	35
50	Avery	118	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Matthew	593	–	5
2	Ryan	567	↑1	14
3	Michael	564	↓1	2
4	Nicholas	508	–	17
5	Andrew	489	↑2	7
6	John	482	↓1	19
7	Joseph	472	↓1	11
8	Jacob	460	–	1
9	William	455	–	10
10	Jack	449	↑3	36
11	Alexander	437	↑1	12
12	Benjamin	436	↑3	24
13	Anthony	426	↓3	9
14	Daniel	421	↓3	6
15	James	404	↑2	16
16	Joshua	402	–	3
17	Christopher	397	↓3	8
18	Nathan	391	↑5	23
19	Tyler	378	↓1	18
20	Aidan	358	↑4	44
21	Samuel	345	↓2	25
22	Thomas	336	↓2	51
23	Ethan	318	↓2	4
24	David	316	↑4	13
25	Owen	303	↑2	58
26	Dylan	299	↓4	26
27	Jonathan	284	↓1	22
28	Noah	281	↑11	15
29	Zachary	280	↓4	33
30	Lucas	269	↑11	59
31	Cameron	267	↑5	52
32	Evan	260	↑3	42
33	Connor	255	↓4	53
34	Aiden	247	↑8	32
35	Logan	244	new	20
36	Charles	243	↑7	60
37	Jayden	239	new	49
38	Luke	238	↓6	43
39	Gabriel	236	↓1	28
40	Sean	228	↓9	68
41	Liam	221	↓4	98
42	Kevin	213	↓12	37
43	Kyle	209	↓3	81
44	Robert	199	↑2	47
45	Jason	195	↓11	55
46	Christian	193	↓13	21
47	Adam	192	↑1	64
48	Jackson	191	new	35
49	Patrick	179	↑1	>100
50	Gavin	178	new	38

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