Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2013

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2013 were Emma for girls (486 babies) and Benjamin for boys (501). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Benjamin ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,744 babies born in Massachusetts in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2013

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: 79 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Shea: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Delia: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shannon: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Giavanna: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tess: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ciara: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Alisha: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Ayla: 60 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Celia: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Davi: 19 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Domenic: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Cormac: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Conor: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Seamus: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lucca: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brendan: 62 babies, 4× the national rate
Jadiel: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Ishaan: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ronan: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Emma	486	–	2
2	Olivia	437	↑1	3
3	Sophia	429	↓1	1
4	Isabella	394	–	4
5	Ava	338	–	5
6	Emily	321	–	7
7	Abigail	309	–	8
8	Mia	280	↑1	6
9	Charlotte	276	↓1	11
10	Avery	239	↑5	12
11	Grace	235	↓1	22
12	Ella	228	–	15
13	Madison	211	↓2	9
14	Elizabeth	196	↑3	10
15	Amelia	189	↑1	17
16	Hannah	184	↓2	23
17	Lily	175	↓4	27
18	Victoria	168	↑7	25
19	Anna	167	↑2	35
20	Sofia	162	↓1	13
21	Chloe	160	↓1	14
22	Julia	152	↓4	75
23	Evelyn	148	↑6	20
24	Gabriella	144	–	38
25	Lillian	141	↓3	26
26	Maya	141	↑8	72
27	Samantha	141	↓4	29
28	Gianna	136	↓1	87
29	Addison	132	↑4	19
30	Aria	129	new	41
31	Harper	128	new	16
32	Alexandra	126	↑7	82
33	Violet	123	new	69
34	Leah	121	↑16	32
35	Riley	121	↑3	45
36	Nora	120	new	83
37	Caroline	118	↑8	63
38	Aubrey	117	↓12	18
39	Zoe	115	↓7	31
40	Natalie	112	↓9	21
41	Sarah	112	↓13	48
42	Scarlett	107	new	42
43	Eleanor	105	new	>100
44	Stella	105	↓8	70
45	Arianna	102	↓3	44
46	Molly	101	↓6	>100
47	Layla	100	–	30
48	Brooke	99	↓13	>100
49	Hailey	99	↓6	43
50	Mackenzie	99	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Benjamin	501	–	14
2	William	441	↑2	5
3	Jacob	389	↑2	2
4	Ryan	361	↓1	30
5	Michael	360	↑1	7
6	Mason	359	↓4	4
7	Liam	351	↑1	3
8	Noah	349	↓1	1
9	John	346	↑6	27
10	Lucas	341	↑7	23
11	Matthew	329	↑1	15
12	Alexander	328	↑1	8
13	Jack	313	↑6	40
14	Jackson	311	↑9	16
15	Daniel	310	↑9	10
16	James	309	↓2	13
17	Samuel	297	↑1	25
18	Ethan	293	↓9	6
19	Logan	292	↓3	18
20	Anthony	287	–	19
21	Andrew	282	↑1	22
22	Joseph	282	↓11	20
23	Owen	280	↓2	38
24	Nathan	265	↓14	31
25	Jayden	252	↑2	9
26	Dylan	249	↑6	29
27	Gabriel	236	↑4	24
28	Henry	236	–	37
29	Cameron	235	↓4	59
30	Aiden	227	–	12
31	Connor	222	↑10	56
32	Nicholas	221	↑5	54
33	Charles	213	↑3	57
34	Thomas	213	↓5	61
35	Christopher	209	↓2	26
36	David	208	↓1	17
37	Joshua	202	↓11	21
38	Evan	201	–	55
39	Luke	201	–	34
40	Caleb	195	–	32
41	Tyler	193	↓7	63
42	Zachary	188	↑1	73
43	Christian	177	↑5	35
44	Oliver	167	new	52
45	Brayden	159	↑1	48
46	Gavin	159	↓2	50
47	Jonathan	153	↓5	41
48	Elijah	152	↓3	11
49	Isaac	142	↓2	28
50	Sebastian	142	new	46

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