Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2010
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2010 were Isabella for girls (497 babies) and Ryan for boys (449). Ryan ranked #23 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,573 babies born in Massachusetts in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2010
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: 78 babies, 9.9× the national rate
- Meghan: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
- Lianna: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Bridget: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Giavanna: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Lara: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Willa: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Madeleine: 54 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Giovanna: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Maia: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Boys
- Matheus: 29 babies, 25.8× the national rate
- Davi: 24 babies, 23.2× the national rate
- Jayvian: 16 babies, 14.4× the national rate
- Jadiel: 48 babies, 8.8× the national rate
- Dariel: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
- Seamus: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Declan: 99 babies, 5× the national rate
- Conor: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Ronan: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Brendan: 97 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2010
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2009 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabella | 497 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Sophia | 495 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 3 | Olivia | 448 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 4 | Ava | 392 | – | 5 |
| 5 | Emma | 383 | – | 3 |
| 6 | Abigail | 327 | – | 7 |
| 7 | Emily | 319 | – | 6 |
| 8 | Ella | 302 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 9 | Mia | 278 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 10 | Madison | 247 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 11 | Grace | 238 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 12 | Chloe | 227 | – | 9 |
| 13 | Lily | 225 | – | 17 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 221 | ↑8 | 46 |
| 15 | Julia | 201 | – | 55 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 193 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 17 | Gabriella | 193 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 18 | Avery | 183 | ↑14 | 23 |
| 19 | Samantha | 170 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 20 | Anna | 169 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 21 | Lillian | 159 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 22 | Addison | 157 | ↑14 | 11 |
| 23 | Sarah | 157 | ↓7 | 26 |
| 24 | Hannah | 155 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 25 | Amelia | 153 | ↑12 | 41 |
| 26 | Sofia | 151 | ↑4 | 28 |
| 27 | Alexandra | 146 | ↑15 | 64 |
| 28 | Gianna | 142 | ↓4 | 67 |
| 29 | Molly | 141 | ↓2 | 87 |
| 30 | Victoria | 141 | ↑5 | 32 |
| 31 | Hailey | 138 | ↑15 | 19 |
| 32 | Leah | 130 | ↓9 | 24 |
| 33 | Zoe | 129 | ↑15 | 31 |
| 34 | Riley | 128 | ↑5 | 40 |
| 35 | Maya | 126 | ↓9 | 66 |
| 36 | Sophie | 125 | ↑2 | 59 |
| 37 | Caroline | 122 | ↓4 | 88 |
| 38 | Natalie | 121 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 39 | Alexis | 120 | ↓21 | 16 |
| 40 | Brooke | 118 | ↓9 | 73 |
| 41 | Brianna | 117 | ↓7 | 30 |
| 42 | Katherine | 116 | ↓14 | 70 |
| 43 | Arianna | 106 | – | 54 |
| 44 | Ashley | 106 | ↓15 | 29 |
| 45 | Claire | 106 | new | 53 |
| 46 | Mackenzie | 106 | new | 68 |
| 47 | Madelyn | 102 | ↑2 | 76 |
| 48 | Lucy | 101 | new | 75 |
| 49 | Kayla | 100 | ↓9 | 49 |
| 50 | Savannah | 100 | new | 44 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2009 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan | 449 | – | 23 |
| 2 | Benjamin | 442 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 3 | William | 435 | – | 5 |
| 4 | Jacob | 429 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 5 | Michael | 409 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 6 | Matthew | 396 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 7 | James | 360 | ↑11 | 19 |
| 8 | Alexander | 348 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 9 | Anthony | 348 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 10 | Andrew | 347 | ↑9 | 14 |
| 11 | John | 345 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 12 | Noah | 332 | ↑5 | 7 |
| 13 | Daniel | 330 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 14 | Ethan | 321 | ↓2 | 2 |
| 15 | Jayden | 321 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 16 | Jack | 319 | ↓6 | 45 |
| 17 | Joseph | 318 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 18 | Liam | 314 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 19 | Nathan | 312 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 20 | Lucas | 304 | ↑4 | 35 |
| 21 | Samuel | 304 | – | 24 |
| 22 | Nicholas | 295 | ↓7 | 37 |
| 23 | Logan | 288 | ↑6 | 17 |
| 24 | Aiden | 287 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 25 | Joshua | 287 | ↓9 | 11 |
| 26 | Christopher | 286 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 27 | Mason | 279 | ↑12 | 12 |
| 28 | Owen | 276 | – | 47 |
| 29 | Dylan | 264 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 30 | Thomas | 260 | ↓8 | 62 |
| 31 | Tyler | 258 | ↓5 | 34 |
| 32 | Gabriel | 255 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 33 | Evan | 250 | ↓1 | 36 |
| 34 | Cameron | 249 | ↓3 | 60 |
| 35 | Jackson | 241 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 36 | Connor | 236 | ↓1 | 49 |
| 37 | David | 231 | ↓4 | 15 |
| 38 | Charles | 220 | ↑2 | 63 |
| 39 | Jonathan | 216 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 40 | Luke | 203 | ↓2 | 41 |
| 41 | Zachary | 181 | – | 61 |
| 42 | Robert | 177 | new | 54 |
| 43 | Elijah | 170 | new | 18 |
| 44 | Gavin | 170 | ↓1 | 38 |
| 45 | Henry | 169 | ↑2 | 67 |
| 46 | Brayden | 167 | new | 40 |
| 47 | Colin | 156 | ↑2 | >100 |
| 48 | Jason | 156 | ↓2 | 69 |
| 49 | Patrick | 156 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Nathaniel | 155 | new | 81 |
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