Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2016
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2016 were Olivia for girls (424 babies) and Benjamin for boys (491). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Benjamin ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,914 babies born in Massachusetts in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2016
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: 95 babies, 8.1× the national rate
- Shea: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
- Cordelia: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Tess: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Livia: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Rhea: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Alisha: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Mae: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Emmeline: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Bridget: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Boys
- Jayvian: 16 babies, 14.7× the national rate
- Davi: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
- Yandel: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
- Seamus: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
- Colin: 113 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Vincenzo: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Harry: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Conor: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Jadiel: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Enzo: 57 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2016
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 424 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Emma | 412 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Charlotte | 367 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 4 | Sophia | 321 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Isabella | 317 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ava | 275 | – | 3 |
| 7 | Mia | 272 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 8 | Abigail | 259 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 9 | Grace | 253 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 10 | Amelia | 243 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 11 | Emily | 230 | ↓4 | 9 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 214 | ↑3 | 12 |
| 13 | Avery | 207 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 14 | Ella | 204 | – | 17 |
| 15 | Madison | 190 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 16 | Nora | 176 | ↑1 | 36 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 174 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 18 | Lily | 164 | ↑7 | 24 |
| 19 | Hannah | 159 | ↓3 | 33 |
| 20 | Lucy | 155 | ↑24 | 55 |
| 21 | Aria | 154 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 22 | Sofia | 154 | ↓4 | 14 |
| 23 | Riley | 153 | ↑15 | 22 |
| 24 | Gabriella | 152 | ↑5 | 61 |
| 25 | Scarlett | 148 | ↑10 | 18 |
| 26 | Lillian | 143 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 27 | Eleanor | 141 | ↑3 | 41 |
| 28 | Chloe | 139 | ↓6 | 20 |
| 29 | Harper | 138 | ↓6 | 11 |
| 30 | Penelope | 137 | ↑10 | 27 |
| 31 | Victoria | 131 | ↓11 | 21 |
| 32 | Aubrey | 128 | ↑7 | 25 |
| 33 | Maya | 125 | ↓12 | 64 |
| 34 | Caroline | 123 | ↑3 | 56 |
| 35 | Claire | 122 | new | 40 |
| 36 | Natalie | 122 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 37 | Savannah | 122 | ↓1 | 38 |
| 38 | Julia | 119 | ↓14 | 88 |
| 39 | Anna | 118 | ↓11 | 49 |
| 40 | Stella | 116 | ↑2 | 45 |
| 41 | Eva | 115 | ↑5 | 74 |
| 42 | Leah | 114 | ↓9 | 37 |
| 43 | Mila | 114 | ↓11 | 48 |
| 44 | Samantha | 111 | ↓3 | 44 |
| 45 | Violet | 108 | ↓2 | 47 |
| 46 | Sarah | 107 | new | 57 |
| 47 | Audrey | 105 | ↓2 | 39 |
| 48 | Zoe | 104 | – | 35 |
| 49 | Quinn | 102 | new | 79 |
| 50 | Addison | 99 | ↓3 | 29 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin | 491 | – | 6 |
| 2 | William | 411 | – | 3 |
| 3 | James | 401 | ↑2 | 5 |
| 4 | Noah | 398 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 5 | Lucas | 374 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 6 | Liam | 347 | – | 2 |
| 7 | John | 341 | ↑7 | 28 |
| 8 | Michael | 334 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 9 | Jack | 332 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 10 | Jacob | 317 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 11 | Owen | 317 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 12 | Daniel | 303 | ↑5 | 13 |
| 13 | Mason | 294 | ↓9 | 4 |
| 14 | Alexander | 293 | ↑6 | 11 |
| 15 | Logan | 284 | ↓4 | 18 |
| 16 | Ryan | 284 | ↓4 | 40 |
| 17 | Thomas | 282 | ↑7 | 48 |
| 18 | Jackson | 265 | ↑3 | 17 |
| 19 | Matthew | 264 | – | 15 |
| 20 | Oliver | 259 | ↑7 | 12 |
| 21 | Henry | 257 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 22 | Anthony | 256 | ↑4 | 30 |
| 23 | Ethan | 250 | ↓10 | 10 |
| 24 | Charles | 242 | ↑4 | 52 |
| 25 | Gabriel | 241 | ↑4 | 25 |
| 26 | Joseph | 241 | ↓10 | 20 |
| 27 | Samuel | 236 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 28 | Andrew | 220 | ↓10 | 34 |
| 29 | Cameron | 218 | ↑3 | 57 |
| 30 | Aiden | 211 | – | 16 |
| 31 | Julian | 209 | ↑8 | 39 |
| 32 | Dylan | 202 | ↓7 | 32 |
| 33 | Nathan | 201 | – | 43 |
| 34 | Joshua | 197 | ↑3 | 35 |
| 35 | Elijah | 182 | ↑7 | 9 |
| 36 | Luke | 180 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 37 | Isaac | 178 | new | 31 |
| 38 | Connor | 175 | – | 54 |
| 39 | David | 173 | ↓4 | 19 |
| 40 | Christopher | 168 | ↓4 | 36 |
| 41 | Caleb | 165 | ↑7 | 44 |
| 42 | Theodore | 165 | ↑4 | 83 |
| 43 | Jayden | 162 | ↓12 | 27 |
| 44 | Nicholas | 161 | ↓10 | 63 |
| 45 | Sebastian | 157 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 46 | Nolan | 156 | new | 67 |
| 47 | Leo | 151 | new | 74 |
| 48 | Robert | 148 | new | 62 |
| 49 | Carter | 147 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 50 | Wyatt | 142 | new | 33 |
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