Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2014
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2014 were Emma for girls (448 babies) and Benjamin for boys (458). Benjamin ranked #12 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,307 babies born in Massachusetts in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2014
Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Shea: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
- Maeve: 66 babies, 7.2× the national rate
- Tess: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Lina: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
- Bridget: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Lara: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Estelle: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
- Ayla: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Aliana: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Clare: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Boys
- Matheus: 18 babies, 23.1× the national rate
- Davi: 17 babies, 15.6× the national rate
- Domenic: 17 babies, 9.2× the national rate
- Seamus: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
- Jadiel: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Cormac: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
- Ishaan: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Brendan: 60 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Eliezer: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
- Armani: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2014
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2013 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 448 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Olivia | 443 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Isabella | 393 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 4 | Sophia | 384 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ava | 345 | – | 5 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 325 | ↑3 | 10 |
| 7 | Emily | 282 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 8 | Abigail | 252 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 9 | Grace | 243 | ↑2 | 20 |
| 10 | Mia | 242 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 11 | Avery | 217 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 12 | Madison | 217 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 13 | Ella | 199 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 14 | Sofia | 191 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 15 | Amelia | 186 | – | 15 |
| 16 | Lily | 175 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 170 | ↓3 | 13 |
| 18 | Julia | 170 | ↑4 | 86 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 164 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 20 | Hannah | 164 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 21 | Gabriella | 159 | ↑3 | 42 |
| 22 | Nora | 152 | ↑14 | 49 |
| 23 | Chloe | 147 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 24 | Lillian | 143 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 25 | Harper | 141 | ↑6 | 11 |
| 26 | Anna | 138 | ↓7 | 34 |
| 27 | Victoria | 136 | ↓9 | 19 |
| 28 | Caroline | 133 | ↑9 | 59 |
| 29 | Maya | 131 | ↓3 | 74 |
| 30 | Natalie | 131 | ↑10 | 23 |
| 31 | Zoe | 127 | ↑8 | 32 |
| 32 | Aria | 123 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 33 | Sarah | 123 | ↑8 | 50 |
| 34 | Samantha | 122 | ↓7 | 33 |
| 35 | Aubrey | 120 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 36 | Scarlett | 118 | ↑6 | 30 |
| 37 | Gianna | 117 | ↓9 | 95 |
| 38 | Savannah | 117 | new | 38 |
| 39 | Eleanor | 115 | ↑4 | 78 |
| 40 | Mackenzie | 115 | ↑10 | 69 |
| 41 | Lucy | 113 | new | 61 |
| 42 | Zoey | 113 | new | 22 |
| 43 | Audrey | 111 | new | 36 |
| 44 | Claire | 110 | new | 44 |
| 45 | Riley | 109 | ↓10 | 47 |
| 46 | Alexandra | 108 | ↓14 | 92 |
| 47 | Vivian | 108 | new | 97 |
| 48 | Addison | 107 | ↓19 | 24 |
| 49 | Annabelle | 104 | new | 57 |
| 50 | Madeline | 104 | new | 89 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2013 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin | 458 | – | 12 |
| 2 | William | 417 | – | 5 |
| 3 | Jacob | 398 | – | 4 |
| 4 | Liam | 376 | ↑3 | 2 |
| 5 | Michael | 369 | – | 7 |
| 6 | Mason | 350 | – | 3 |
| 7 | Alexander | 349 | ↑5 | 8 |
| 8 | James | 348 | ↑8 | 9 |
| 9 | Noah | 345 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 10 | Daniel | 339 | ↑5 | 10 |
| 11 | Lucas | 325 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 12 | John | 324 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 13 | Joseph | 324 | ↑9 | 20 |
| 14 | Ryan | 309 | ↓10 | 37 |
| 15 | Samuel | 298 | ↑2 | 23 |
| 16 | Jack | 296 | ↓3 | 41 |
| 17 | Owen | 285 | ↑6 | 36 |
| 18 | Ethan | 284 | – | 6 |
| 19 | Logan | 282 | – | 13 |
| 20 | Matthew | 280 | ↓9 | 16 |
| 21 | Jackson | 278 | ↓7 | 18 |
| 22 | Anthony | 277 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 23 | Henry | 265 | ↑5 | 33 |
| 24 | Thomas | 254 | ↑10 | 54 |
| 25 | Aiden | 252 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 26 | Cameron | 251 | ↑3 | 53 |
| 27 | Andrew | 248 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 28 | Dylan | 243 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 29 | Jayden | 242 | ↓4 | 15 |
| 30 | Gabriel | 236 | ↓3 | 24 |
| 31 | Nathan | 228 | ↓7 | 38 |
| 32 | Nicholas | 219 | – | 57 |
| 33 | Connor | 214 | ↓2 | 52 |
| 34 | Charles | 212 | ↓1 | 51 |
| 35 | Luke | 196 | ↑4 | 28 |
| 36 | Joshua | 181 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 37 | David | 180 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 38 | Oliver | 180 | ↑6 | 32 |
| 39 | Caleb | 177 | ↑1 | 35 |
| 40 | Christopher | 175 | ↓5 | 30 |
| 41 | Isaac | 175 | ↑8 | 31 |
| 42 | Hunter | 170 | new | 40 |
| 43 | Jonathan | 168 | ↑4 | 44 |
| 44 | Zachary | 162 | ↓2 | 82 |
| 45 | Christian | 160 | ↓2 | 42 |
| 46 | Tyler | 156 | ↓5 | 72 |
| 47 | Carter | 155 | new | 27 |
| 48 | Elijah | 155 | – | 11 |
| 49 | Brayden | 154 | ↓4 | 62 |
| 50 | Evan | 153 | ↓12 | 58 |
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