Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2009

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2009 were Olivia for girls (514 babies) and Ryan for boys (488). Olivia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Ryan ranked #20 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,302 babies born in Massachusetts in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2009

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: 66 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lara: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shea: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tess: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Eloise: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colleen: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Theresa: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Adele: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bridget: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Celia: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Davi: 33 babies, 27.7× the national rate
Kauan: 20 babies, 26.1× the national rate
Matheus: 23 babies, 23× the national rate
Domenic: 28 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jadiel: 59 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jariel: 22 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Yadiel: 29 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Eamon: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Seamus: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Conor: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Olivia	514	↑2	3
2	Isabella	512	–	1
3	Sophia	425	↑2	4
4	Ava	419	↓3	5
5	Emma	399	↓1	2
6	Abigail	323	–	8
7	Emily	294	–	6
8	Grace	291	↑1	17
9	Madison	282	↓1	7
10	Mia	259	↑2	10
11	Ella	252	↓1	15
12	Chloe	220	↑5	9
13	Lily	220	↑2	18
14	Elizabeth	212	↑2	11
15	Julia	212	↓4	50
16	Sarah	205	↓2	21
17	Samantha	200	↓4	14
18	Alexis	188	↑8	13
19	Gabriella	184	↑1	33
20	Hannah	178	↓1	23
21	Anna	171	↓3	28
22	Charlotte	167	–	68
23	Leah	166	↑23	29
24	Gianna	165	↑17	76
25	Lillian	156	↑19	27
26	Maya	155	↑16	61
27	Molly	155	↑5	92
28	Katherine	149	↓3	60
29	Ashley	145	↓5	20
30	Sofia	144	↓9	36
31	Brooke	143	–	54
32	Avery	141	↑2	32
33	Caroline	141	↓4	87
34	Brianna	140	new	24
35	Victoria	138	↓12	31
36	Addison	133	↓8	12
37	Amelia	125	↑3	55
38	Sophie	121	↓5	65
39	Riley	120	↓12	38
40	Kayla	117	↓2	35
41	Natalie	117	↓11	16
42	Alexandra	115	↓5	69
43	Arianna	114	↑6	52
44	Madeline	113	↓8	64
45	Sydney	111	↑3	48
46	Hailey	110	↓3	25
47	Lauren	110	↓8	46
48	Zoe	109	new	47
49	Madelyn	108	↓4	59
50	Evelyn	105	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Ryan	488	–	20
2	Jacob	469	↑1	1
3	William	465	↑2	5
4	Michael	463	↓2	3
5	Matthew	427	↓1	13
6	Benjamin	412	↑7	19
7	John	395	↓1	26
8	Anthony	383	↑4	11
9	Alexander	376	–	4
10	Jack	368	↓3	42
11	Daniel	364	–	7
12	Ethan	362	↑7	2
13	Jayden	353	↑3	8
14	Joseph	349	↓4	15
15	Nicholas	346	↓7	32
16	Joshua	335	↓1	6
17	Noah	334	↑9	9
18	James	328	↑2	18
19	Andrew	324	↓5	16
20	Nathan	312	↓3	25
21	Samuel	310	↑2	24
22	Thomas	310	↑5	57
23	Liam	308	↑12	49
24	Lucas	306	↑4	39
25	Christopher	304	↓7	10
26	Tyler	292	↓4	28
27	Aiden	285	↓6	12
28	Owen	277	↓3	51
29	Logan	270	↑5	17
30	Dylan	268	↑1	30
31	Cameron	255	↓7	58
32	Evan	251	–	35
33	David	249	↓4	14
34	Gabriel	232	↓1	22
35	Connor	225	↑1	52
36	Jonathan	223	↓6	29
37	Jackson	214	↑4	27
38	Luke	210	↑1	47
39	Mason	206	new	34
40	Charles	202	↑3	64
41	Zachary	197	↓3	53
42	Christian	196	↑6	23
43	Gavin	191	↓3	33
44	Jordan	191	new	45
45	Aidan	184	↓8	72
46	Jason	171	↓4	66
47	Henry	168	↓1	71
48	Justin	168	↑1	46
49	Colin	166	↓5	>100
50	Caleb	164	new	31

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