Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2017

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2017 were Emma for girls (394 babies) and Benjamin for boys (494). Benjamin ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,021 babies born in Massachusetts in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2017

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: 23 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Maeve: 93 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Giovanna: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Yasmin: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lara: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Amalia: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alianna: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bridget: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Fiona: 93 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Madeleine: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Davi: 26 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Bernardo: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Seamus: 26 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lucca: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Brendan: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brady: 99 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Colby: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jadiel: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colin: 92 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	394	↑1	1
2	Olivia	381	↓1	2
3	Charlotte	348	–	7
4	Sophia	330	–	5
5	Isabella	296	–	4
6	Amelia	285	↑4	8
7	Ava	264	↓1	3
8	Evelyn	254	↑4	9
9	Abigail	251	↓1	10
10	Mia	242	↓3	6
11	Emily	231	–	12
12	Ella	221	↑2	16
13	Grace	208	↓4	21
14	Nora	179	↑2	29
15	Elizabeth	177	↑2	13
16	Avery	176	↓3	14
17	Harper	164	↑12	11
18	Hannah	162	↑1	32
19	Penelope	162	↑11	24
20	Madison	159	↓5	17
21	Scarlett	153	↑4	18
22	Lillian	146	↑4	27
23	Victoria	146	↑8	19
24	Sofia	145	↓2	15
25	Aria	139	↓4	20
26	Stella	139	↑14	42
27	Eleanor	137	–	36
28	Maya	136	↑5	60
29	Lucy	131	↓9	52
30	Mila	130	↑13	30
31	Zoe	130	↑17	41
32	Chloe	128	↓4	22
33	Gabriella	126	↓9	65
34	Natalie	121	↑2	35
35	Caroline	120	↓1	55
36	Julia	119	↑2	93
37	Lily	117	↓19	33
38	Anna	116	↑1	53
39	Emilia	114	new	77
40	Claire	111	↓5	49
41	Savannah	111	↓4	38
42	Vivian	109	new	97
43	Aubrey	108	↓11	31
44	Violet	106	↑1	47
45	Madelyn	105	new	63
46	Riley	104	↓23	25
47	Quinn	103	↑2	76
48	Hazel	102	new	43
49	Layla	102	new	26
50	Zoey	100	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Benjamin	494	–	6
2	William	426	–	3
3	Liam	375	↑3	1
4	Lucas	374	↑1	11
5	Noah	370	↓1	2
6	James	339	↓3	4
7	Logan	325	↑8	5
8	Jacob	311	↑2	9
9	John	309	↓2	27
10	Michael	300	↓2	12
11	Henry	287	↑10	19
12	Jack	276	↓3	36
13	Thomas	276	↑4	49
14	Charles	275	↑10	48
15	Julian	274	↑16	37
16	Daniel	273	↓4	15
17	Ethan	270	↑6	14
18	Ryan	270	↓2	44
19	Mason	268	↓6	7
20	Owen	264	↓9	28
21	Joseph	263	↑5	18
22	Alexander	261	↓8	13
23	Oliver	259	↓3	10
24	Samuel	255	↑3	21
25	Jackson	251	↓7	20
26	Anthony	235	↓4	33
27	Matthew	225	↓8	16
28	Dylan	220	↑4	29
29	Jayden	213	↑14	26
30	Theodore	202	↑12	61
31	Gabriel	198	↓6	31
32	Luke	194	↑4	30
33	Cameron	185	↓4	60
34	Connor	185	↑4	56
35	Andrew	177	↓7	40
36	Nathan	175	↓3	45
37	Christopher	174	↑3	39
38	Aiden	173	↓8	17
39	Joshua	170	↓5	38
40	Nicholas	169	↑4	68
41	David	166	↓2	22
42	Elijah	163	↓7	8
43	Carter	158	↑6	24
44	Isaac	157	↓7	32
45	Caleb	150	↓4	50
46	Sebastian	145	↓1	23
47	Hunter	140	new	53
48	Brayden	138	new	72
49	Leo	138	↓2	62
50	Nolan	138	↓4	67

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