Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2021
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2021 were Olivia for girls (395 babies) and Noah for boys (476). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,374 babies born in Massachusetts in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2021
Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Liz: 19 babies, 11.7× the national rate
- Shea: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
- Fiona: 70 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Luisa: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Maeve: 145 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Lina: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Greta: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Laura: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Louisa: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Brooke: 64 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Boys
- Heitor: 17 babies, 27.4× the national rate
- Davi: 20 babies, 12.6× the national rate
- Seamus: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
- Brendan: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Colin: 84 babies, 4× the national rate
- Conor: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Cillian: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Vihaan: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Rory: 69 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Ishaan: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2021
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 395 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 378 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Emma | 355 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Sophia | 295 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Amelia | 289 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 6 | Mia | 269 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | Isabella | 247 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 8 | Ava | 227 | – | 5 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 198 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 10 | Ella | 194 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 11 | Grace | 193 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 12 | Nora | 179 | – | 27 |
| 13 | Abigail | 175 | – | 17 |
| 14 | Chloe | 172 | – | 25 |
| 15 | Gianna | 166 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 16 | Madison | 165 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 17 | Luna | 163 | ↑6 | 11 |
| 18 | Sofia | 163 | ↑9 | 18 |
| 19 | Isla | 162 | ↑5 | 34 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 161 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 21 | Eleanor | 159 | – | 15 |
| 22 | Penelope | 154 | ↑10 | 23 |
| 23 | Mila | 148 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 24 | Maeve | 145 | ↑7 | >100 |
| 25 | Maya | 145 | ↓7 | 55 |
| 26 | Avery | 144 | ↓6 | 19 |
| 27 | Emilia | 143 | ↓5 | 40 |
| 28 | Emily | 143 | ↓11 | 21 |
| 29 | Layla | 142 | ↑7 | 24 |
| 30 | Lily | 141 | ↑5 | 31 |
| 31 | Natalie | 133 | ↑7 | 56 |
| 32 | Harper | 131 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 33 | Hannah | 130 | ↓7 | 44 |
| 34 | Stella | 129 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 35 | Riley | 125 | ↑9 | 37 |
| 36 | Lillian | 124 | ↑1 | 51 |
| 37 | Ayla | 123 | new | >100 |
| 38 | Violet | 121 | ↑5 | 36 |
| 39 | Josephine | 120 | new | 72 |
| 40 | Sophie | 120 | ↑8 | 76 |
| 41 | Lucy | 118 | ↓7 | 48 |
| 42 | Scarlett | 118 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 43 | Zoe | 116 | ↓14 | 42 |
| 44 | Ellie | 109 | ↑3 | 30 |
| 45 | Quinn | 109 | – | 81 |
| 46 | Aria | 107 | ↓13 | 22 |
| 47 | Madelyn | 106 | new | 71 |
| 48 | Camila | 105 | new | 12 |
| 49 | Anna | 101 | ↓9 | 85 |
| 50 | Claire | 99 | new | 59 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 476 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 449 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Henry | 375 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 4 | Benjamin | 341 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 5 | Jack | 341 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 6 | James | 333 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 7 | Oliver | 323 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 8 | Theodore | 321 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 9 | William | 314 | ↓4 | 6 |
| 10 | Lucas | 311 | ↓4 | 8 |
| 11 | Owen | 279 | ↑6 | 22 |
| 12 | John | 276 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 13 | Thomas | 271 | ↑5 | 46 |
| 14 | Logan | 259 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 15 | Leo | 242 | ↑11 | 31 |
| 16 | Jackson | 234 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 17 | Jacob | 230 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 18 | Luca | 222 | ↑31 | 42 |
| 19 | Michael | 222 | ↓8 | 17 |
| 20 | Ethan | 216 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 21 | Julian | 216 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 22 | Mason | 211 | – | 18 |
| 23 | Alexander | 210 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 24 | Joseph | 210 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 25 | Daniel | 208 | ↓6 | 16 |
| 26 | Samuel | 208 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 27 | Charles | 205 | ↓7 | 50 |
| 28 | Cameron | 204 | – | 62 |
| 29 | Anthony | 186 | – | 43 |
| 30 | Ryan | 185 | ↑6 | 66 |
| 31 | Aiden | 184 | ↑9 | 26 |
| 32 | Matthew | 177 | ↓2 | 36 |
| 33 | Elijah | 174 | ↓8 | 4 |
| 34 | Jayden | 174 | – | 41 |
| 35 | Levi | 169 | ↑4 | 12 |
| 36 | Nolan | 160 | ↑7 | 60 |
| 37 | Connor | 158 | ↑1 | 98 |
| 38 | Dylan | 155 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 39 | Sebastian | 155 | ↑6 | 19 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 154 | ↓9 | 38 |
| 41 | Luke | 153 | ↓6 | 32 |
| 42 | Nathan | 152 | ↓1 | 59 |
| 43 | Wyatt | 152 | new | 29 |
| 44 | Caleb | 151 | ↓12 | 51 |
| 45 | David | 147 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 46 | Wesley | 145 | ↑4 | 85 |
| 47 | Andrew | 135 | ↓10 | 57 |
| 48 | Joshua | 131 | ↓6 | 58 |
| 49 | Miles | 128 | new | 55 |
| 50 | Isaac | 126 | ↓3 | 40 |
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