Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2008
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2008 were Ava for girls (470 babies) and Ryan for boys (543). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Ryan ranked #18 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,244 babies born in Massachusetts in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2008
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: 16 babies, 48.3× the national rate
- Niamh: 16 babies, 15× the national rate
- Maeve: 80 babies, 11.4× the national rate
- Esme: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
- Colleen: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
- Meghan: 57 babies, 5.7× the national rate
- Tess: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Bridget: 59 babies, 5× the national rate
- Lianna: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Delia: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Boys
- Kauan: 17 babies, 37.3× the national rate
- Joao: 18 babies, 18.8× the national rate
- Matheus: 23 babies, 18.1× the national rate
- Jadiel: 46 babies, 12.2× the national rate
- Domenic: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
- Jacoby: 74 babies, 6.8× the national rate
- Yadiel: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
- Seamus: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Ronan: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
- Rayan: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2008
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | 470 | – | 5 |
| 2 | Isabella | 461 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Olivia | 459 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 4 | Emma | 453 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 5 | Sophia | 441 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 6 | Abigail | 391 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | Emily | 361 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 8 | Madison | 334 | – | 6 |
| 9 | Grace | 284 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 10 | Ella | 275 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 11 | Julia | 267 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 12 | Mia | 266 | ↑2 | 14 |
| 13 | Samantha | 256 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 14 | Sarah | 248 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 15 | Lily | 224 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 218 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 17 | Chloe | 202 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 18 | Anna | 198 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 19 | Hannah | 185 | ↓9 | 17 |
| 20 | Gabriella | 174 | ↑4 | 35 |
| 21 | Sofia | 170 | – | 36 |
| 22 | Charlotte | 167 | ↑6 | 86 |
| 23 | Victoria | 166 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 24 | Ashley | 160 | ↓4 | 18 |
| 25 | Katherine | 159 | – | 45 |
| 26 | Alexis | 156 | ↑11 | 15 |
| 27 | Riley | 154 | ↑14 | 39 |
| 28 | Addison | 151 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 29 | Caroline | 150 | ↑9 | 94 |
| 30 | Natalie | 145 | ↓4 | 13 |
| 31 | Brooke | 143 | ↓2 | 52 |
| 32 | Molly | 142 | ↓5 | >100 |
| 33 | Sophie | 140 | ↑10 | 75 |
| 34 | Avery | 136 | ↑10 | 38 |
| 35 | Alyssa | 131 | ↓5 | 16 |
| 36 | Madeline | 129 | ↑9 | 56 |
| 37 | Alexandra | 127 | ↓1 | 61 |
| 38 | Kayla | 127 | ↓7 | 28 |
| 39 | Lauren | 127 | ↓6 | 30 |
| 40 | Amelia | 125 | ↑2 | 68 |
| 41 | Gianna | 122 | ↓18 | 88 |
| 42 | Maya | 121 | ↓3 | 71 |
| 43 | Hailey | 120 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 44 | Lillian | 119 | ↓12 | 29 |
| 45 | Madelyn | 119 | new | 64 |
| 46 | Leah | 114 | new | 40 |
| 47 | Sadie | 111 | new | >100 |
| 48 | Sydney | 107 | new | 49 |
| 49 | Arianna | 106 | new | 66 |
| 50 | Allison | 104 | new | 32 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan | 543 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 2 | Michael | 542 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Jacob | 492 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 4 | Matthew | 488 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 5 | William | 463 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 6 | John | 442 | ↑5 | 20 |
| 7 | Jack | 418 | ↑5 | 39 |
| 8 | Nicholas | 414 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 9 | Alexander | 400 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 10 | Joseph | 400 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 11 | Daniel | 399 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 12 | Anthony | 396 | ↓5 | 7 |
| 13 | Benjamin | 396 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 14 | Andrew | 375 | ↓5 | 12 |
| 15 | Joshua | 364 | – | 4 |
| 16 | Jayden | 363 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 17 | Nathan | 355 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 18 | Christopher | 348 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 19 | Ethan | 340 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 20 | James | 324 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 21 | Aiden | 311 | ↑9 | 16 |
| 22 | Tyler | 306 | – | 28 |
| 23 | Samuel | 303 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 24 | Cameron | 301 | ↑7 | 53 |
| 25 | Owen | 293 | ↓1 | 58 |
| 26 | Noah | 290 | – | 15 |
| 27 | Thomas | 285 | ↓4 | 52 |
| 28 | Lucas | 277 | ↑6 | 46 |
| 29 | David | 269 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 269 | ↑3 | 26 |
| 31 | Dylan | 266 | ↓6 | 31 |
| 32 | Evan | 249 | ↑4 | 38 |
| 33 | Gabriel | 249 | ↑5 | 24 |
| 34 | Logan | 243 | ↓5 | 19 |
| 35 | Liam | 242 | ↑4 | 75 |
| 36 | Connor | 241 | ↓1 | 57 |
| 37 | Aidan | 238 | ↓5 | 59 |
| 38 | Zachary | 230 | ↓11 | 47 |
| 39 | Luke | 227 | ↑1 | 43 |
| 40 | Gavin | 222 | ↑9 | 30 |
| 41 | Jackson | 210 | ↑5 | 32 |
| 42 | Jason | 209 | ↓5 | 60 |
| 43 | Charles | 194 | ↑2 | 63 |
| 44 | Colin | 193 | new | >100 |
| 45 | Sean | 193 | ↓3 | 83 |
| 46 | Henry | 191 | new | 78 |
| 47 | Kevin | 187 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 48 | Christian | 177 | ↓7 | 23 |
| 49 | Justin | 174 | ↓1 | 44 |
| 50 | Brady | 168 | ↓6 | 94 |
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