Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2012

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2012 were Emma for girls (508 babies) and Benjamin for boys (443). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Benjamin ranked #16 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,090 babies born in Massachusetts in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2012

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: 74 babies, 9× the national rate
Shea: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tess: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bridget: 47 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Livia: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Fiona: 83 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marina: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Beatrice: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deborah: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Davi: 32 babies, 25.6× the national rate
Yariel: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Domenic: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Eamon: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jadiel: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Javian: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Yadiel: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Seamus: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Conor: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ronan: 40 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	508	↑3	2
2	Sophia	503	↓1	1
3	Olivia	453	↓1	4
4	Isabella	409	↓1	3
5	Ava	358	–	5
6	Emily	306	↑1	6
7	Abigail	280	↑1	7
8	Charlotte	272	↑2	19
9	Mia	254	–	8
10	Grace	228	↑2	21
11	Madison	226	–	9
12	Ella	212	↓6	12
13	Lily	196	↑1	16
14	Hannah	192	↑5	22
15	Avery	189	↑2	13
16	Amelia	184	↑5	23
17	Elizabeth	184	↓4	10
18	Julia	173	↓3	65
19	Sofia	171	↓3	18
20	Chloe	170	↓2	11
21	Anna	160	↑5	34
22	Lillian	158	↑5	25
23	Samantha	152	↓3	26
24	Gabriella	150	↓1	37
25	Victoria	146	↑4	28
26	Aubrey	135	↑15	15
27	Gianna	131	↑3	73
28	Sarah	131	↑3	42
29	Evelyn	130	↑10	27
30	Sophie	124	↑3	52
31	Natalie	123	↓6	17
32	Zoe	122	↓10	30
33	Addison	121	↓5	14
34	Maya	119	↑2	63
35	Brooke	117	–	>100
36	Stella	116	↑12	62
37	Claire	113	new	45
38	Riley	112	↑5	47
39	Alexandra	111	↓5	76
40	Molly	108	↓2	90
41	Alexis	104	↑3	40
42	Arianna	104	↓10	49
43	Hailey	104	↓1	32
44	Savannah	104	new	43
45	Caroline	103	↓8	80
46	Katherine	99	new	64
47	Layla	99	↓2	31
48	Lucy	99	new	66
49	Madelyn	99	new	67
50	Leah	98	↓26	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Benjamin	443	↑1	16
2	Mason	405	↑4	2
3	Ryan	403	↑2	26
4	William	403	↓3	5
5	Jacob	389	↓2	1
6	Michael	368	↓2	7
7	Noah	356	↑2	4
8	Liam	350	↑8	6
9	Ethan	343	↑9	3
10	Nathan	343	↑13	29
11	Joseph	339	↑2	19
12	Matthew	332	↓1	12
13	Alexander	326	↓1	9
14	James	323	↑8	14
15	John	323	↓8	28
16	Logan	314	↑9	22
17	Lucas	312	–	27
18	Samuel	296	↑3	25
19	Jack	293	↓9	46
20	Anthony	291	↓12	15
21	Owen	286	↑8	38
22	Andrew	281	↓8	18
23	Jackson	281	↑1	21
24	Daniel	279	↓9	11
25	Cameron	278	↑3	54
26	Joshua	262	↑5	17
27	Jayden	260	↓7	8
28	Henry	253	↑14	44
29	Thomas	243	↑5	63
30	Aiden	237	↓4	10
31	Gabriel	233	↓1	24
32	Dylan	229	–	31
33	Christopher	226	–	23
34	Tyler	217	↓15	50
35	David	216	↑3	20
36	Charles	213	↓1	62
37	Nicholas	210	↓10	49
38	Evan	197	↑2	47
39	Luke	182	↑8	37
40	Caleb	177	↑4	32
41	Connor	177	↓4	59
42	Jonathan	176	↓6	34
43	Zachary	174	–	67
44	Gavin	168	↓5	40
45	Elijah	159	↑1	13
46	Brayden	155	↓5	39
47	Isaac	153	new	30
48	Christian	148	↓3	33
49	Colin	145	↓1	>100
50	Robert	145	new	60

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