Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2011

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2011 were Sophia for girls (555 babies) and William for boys (469). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,541 babies born in Massachusetts in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2011

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: 61 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Meghan: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bridget: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lara: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alanna: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Riya: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fiona: 66 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ciara: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Celia: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mae: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Matheus: 17 babies, 22× the national rate
Davi: 19 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Jayvian: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Jariel: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jadiel: 44 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Seamus: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Theo: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brendan: 96 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Conor: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ronan: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	555	↑1	1
2	Olivia	456	↑1	4
3	Isabella	439	↓2	2
4	Emma	432	↑1	3
5	Ava	405	↓1	5
6	Ella	300	↑2	12
7	Emily	300	–	6
8	Abigail	299	↓2	7
9	Mia	263	–	9
10	Charlotte	243	↑4	27
11	Madison	235	↓1	8
12	Grace	231	↓1	16
13	Elizabeth	203	↑3	11
14	Lily	201	↓1	15
15	Julia	178	–	58
16	Sofia	174	↑10	19
17	Avery	172	↑1	18
18	Chloe	170	↓6	10
19	Hannah	165	↑5	25
20	Samantha	164	↓1	17
21	Amelia	161	↑4	30
22	Zoe	158	↑11	31
23	Gabriella	154	↓6	34
24	Leah	152	↑8	29
25	Natalie	152	↑13	14
26	Anna	151	↓6	38
27	Lillian	150	↓6	22
28	Addison	144	↓6	13
29	Victoria	144	↑1	23
30	Gianna	142	↓2	63
31	Sarah	141	↓8	39
32	Arianna	130	↑11	52
33	Sophie	128	↑3	51
34	Alexandra	124	↓7	76
35	Brooke	123	↑5	86
36	Maya	120	↓1	64
37	Caroline	118	–	87
38	Molly	118	↓9	78
39	Evelyn	117	new	24
40	Mackenzie	116	↑6	68
41	Aubrey	111	new	20
42	Hailey	110	↓11	32
43	Riley	110	↓9	47
44	Alexis	108	↓5	26
45	Layla	105	new	35
46	Madeline	105	new	85
47	Eva	99	new	83
48	Stella	99	new	74
49	Aaliyah	97	new	46
50	Alexa	97	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	469	↑2	3
2	Benjamin	460	–	19
3	Jacob	452	↑1	1
4	Michael	447	↑1	6
5	Ryan	433	↓4	25
6	Mason	416	↑21	2
7	John	377	↑4	27
8	Anthony	354	↑1	11
9	Noah	340	↑3	5
10	Jack	331	↑6	45
11	Matthew	330	↓5	12
12	Alexander	325	↓4	8
13	Joseph	322	↑4	22
14	Andrew	316	↓4	16
15	Daniel	312	↓2	10
16	Liam	306	↑2	15
17	Lucas	306	↑3	29
18	Ethan	299	↓4	7
19	Tyler	296	↑12	38
20	Jayden	295	↓5	4
21	Samuel	293	–	26
22	James	292	↓15	17
23	Nathan	291	↓4	28
24	Jackson	290	↑11	23
25	Logan	289	↓2	21
26	Aiden	281	↓2	9
27	Nicholas	269	↓5	42
28	Cameron	262	↑6	53
29	Owen	253	↓1	44
30	Gabriel	249	↑2	24
31	Joshua	244	↓6	14
32	Dylan	236	↓3	33
33	Christopher	233	↓7	20
34	Thomas	231	↓4	63
35	Charles	230	↑3	61
36	Jonathan	218	↑3	31
37	Connor	217	↓1	54
38	David	206	↓1	18
39	Gavin	199	↑5	37
40	Evan	195	↓7	40
41	Brayden	192	↑5	36
42	Henry	189	↑3	57
43	Zachary	189	↓2	64
44	Caleb	176	new	32
45	Christian	171	new	30
46	Elijah	171	↓3	13
47	Luke	166	↓7	39
48	Colin	157	↓1	>100
49	Chase	146	new	69
50	Hunter	143	new	55

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