Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2018
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2018 were Emma for girls (407 babies) and Benjamin for boys (429). Benjamin ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,893 babies born in Massachusetts in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2018
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: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
- Maeve: 89 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Theresa: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Bridget: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Siena: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Giovanna: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Brenna: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Kiera: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Celia: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Yasmin: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Boys
- Davi: 21 babies, 16.4× the national rate
- Jad: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Avi: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Jadiel: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
- Yadiel: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Lucca: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
- Colin: 84 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Theo: 85 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Rayan: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Jefferson: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2018
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2017 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 407 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Olivia | 395 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Sophia | 339 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 336 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 5 | Isabella | 302 | – | 4 |
| 6 | Ava | 261 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 7 | Amelia | 247 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 8 | Mia | 244 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 235 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 10 | Emily | 230 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 11 | Abigail | 229 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 12 | Grace | 209 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 13 | Avery | 194 | ↑3 | 16 |
| 14 | Harper | 187 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 15 | Mila | 179 | ↑15 | 14 |
| 16 | Nora | 177 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 17 | Ella | 175 | ↓5 | 15 |
| 18 | Hannah | 175 | – | 33 |
| 19 | Sofia | 159 | ↑5 | 17 |
| 20 | Madison | 158 | – | 22 |
| 21 | Maya | 153 | ↑7 | 62 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 149 | ↓7 | 13 |
| 23 | Riley | 149 | ↑23 | 28 |
| 24 | Victoria | 145 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 25 | Scarlett | 143 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 26 | Aria | 135 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 27 | Gabriella | 134 | ↑6 | 69 |
| 28 | Zoe | 134 | ↑3 | 40 |
| 29 | Penelope | 133 | ↓10 | 26 |
| 30 | Lily | 132 | ↑7 | 31 |
| 31 | Eleanor | 130 | ↓4 | 32 |
| 32 | Emilia | 128 | ↑7 | 58 |
| 33 | Stella | 127 | ↓7 | 38 |
| 34 | Chloe | 126 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 35 | Natalie | 124 | ↓1 | 39 |
| 36 | Luna | 121 | new | 23 |
| 37 | Alice | 120 | new | 71 |
| 38 | Anna | 120 | – | 54 |
| 39 | Josephine | 119 | new | 91 |
| 40 | Lucy | 115 | ↓11 | 51 |
| 41 | Layla | 107 | ↑8 | 27 |
| 42 | Violet | 107 | ↑2 | 43 |
| 43 | Isla | 106 | new | 82 |
| 44 | Camila | 103 | new | 18 |
| 45 | Lillian | 102 | ↓23 | 34 |
| 46 | Cora | 100 | new | 73 |
| 47 | Valentina | 100 | new | 81 |
| 48 | Julia | 99 | ↓12 | 93 |
| 49 | Quinn | 99 | ↓2 | 85 |
| 50 | Savannah | 99 | ↓9 | 45 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2017 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin | 429 | – | 6 |
| 2 | Liam | 397 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 3 | James | 373 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 4 | Lucas | 365 | – | 8 |
| 5 | William | 363 | ↓3 | 3 |
| 6 | Noah | 359 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 7 | Logan | 321 | – | 10 |
| 8 | Henry | 311 | ↑3 | 16 |
| 9 | Owen | 287 | ↑11 | 25 |
| 10 | Michael | 276 | – | 14 |
| 11 | Theodore | 276 | ↑19 | 44 |
| 12 | Jacob | 272 | ↓4 | 13 |
| 13 | Oliver | 267 | ↑10 | 5 |
| 14 | John | 266 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 15 | Jack | 265 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 16 | Thomas | 260 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 17 | Mason | 257 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 18 | Ethan | 254 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 19 | Ryan | 248 | ↓1 | 46 |
| 20 | Samuel | 244 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 21 | Alexander | 241 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 22 | Joseph | 241 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 23 | Julian | 232 | ↓8 | 36 |
| 24 | Jackson | 231 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 25 | Daniel | 230 | ↓9 | 15 |
| 26 | Anthony | 223 | – | 38 |
| 27 | Matthew | 220 | – | 20 |
| 28 | Gabriel | 210 | ↑3 | 35 |
| 29 | Charles | 200 | ↓15 | 53 |
| 30 | Dylan | 197 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 31 | Connor | 196 | ↑3 | 58 |
| 32 | Andrew | 195 | ↑3 | 43 |
| 33 | Isaac | 194 | ↑11 | 34 |
| 34 | Cameron | 192 | ↓1 | 69 |
| 35 | Nathan | 190 | ↑1 | 48 |
| 36 | Aiden | 188 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 37 | David | 179 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 38 | Elijah | 176 | ↑4 | 7 |
| 39 | Leo | 174 | ↑10 | 50 |
| 40 | Jayden | 169 | ↓11 | 29 |
| 41 | Nicholas | 167 | ↓1 | 74 |
| 42 | Christopher | 158 | ↓5 | 42 |
| 43 | Carter | 156 | – | 24 |
| 44 | Sebastian | 155 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 45 | Grayson | 154 | new | 32 |
| 46 | Joshua | 153 | ↓7 | 40 |
| 47 | Luke | 149 | ↓15 | 30 |
| 48 | Nolan | 149 | ↑2 | 65 |
| 49 | Caleb | 144 | ↓4 | 45 |
| 50 | Robert | 139 | new | 71 |
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