Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2022

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2022 were Olivia for girls (363 babies) and Noah for boys (548). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,171 babies born in Massachusetts in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2022

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mariaalice: 15 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Liz: 43 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Isadora: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Shea: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Laura: 61 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Helena: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lara: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Amaia: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Clare: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Keira: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Heitor: 16 babies, 21× the national rate
Ravi: 23 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Davi: 26 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Bernardo: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Cormac: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jad: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Benicio: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colin: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lucca: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Conor: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Olivia	363	–	1
2	Charlotte	350	–	3
3	Emma	323	–	2
4	Sophia	309	–	5
5	Isabella	272	↑2	6
6	Amelia	245	↓1	4
7	Mia	244	↓1	8
8	Evelyn	223	↑1	9
9	Nora	218	↑3	28
10	Ava	213	↓2	7
11	Chloe	184	↑3	19
12	Luna	177	↑5	10
13	Grace	169	↓2	35
14	Madison	169	↑2	34
15	Isla	164	↑4	36
16	Mila	157	↑7	18
17	Maya	155	↑8	51
18	Lucy	150	↑23	48
19	Sofia	150	↓1	13
20	Harper	149	↑12	11
21	Lily	148	↑9	30
22	Zoe	148	↑21	38
23	Eleanor	147	↓2	16
24	Elizabeth	147	↓4	15
25	Maeve	146	↓1	>100
26	Avery	143	–	26
27	Penelope	140	↓5	21
28	Ella	138	↓18	25
29	Emily	137	↓1	17
30	Gianna	135	↓15	22
31	Layla	127	↓2	29
32	Ayla	126	↑5	98
33	Hannah	126	–	47
34	Violet	124	↑4	20
35	Natalie	123	↓4	55
36	Emilia	122	↓9	44
37	Abigail	117	↓24	24
38	Riley	117	↓3	39
39	Madelyn	116	↑8	60
40	Scarlett	115	↑2	14
41	Aria	113	↑5	23
42	Sophie	113	↓2	63
43	Alice	112	new	64
44	Josephine	110	↓5	70
45	Quinn	108	–	73
46	Hazel	107	new	27
47	Aurora	106	new	31
48	Lillian	106	↓12	50
49	Addison	103	new	54
50	Stella	101	↓16	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Noah	548	–	2
2	Liam	406	–	1
3	James	344	↑3	4
4	Theodore	322	↑4	10
5	Benjamin	320	↓1	9
6	Henry	315	↓3	7
7	Jack	310	↓2	15
8	Oliver	309	↓1	3
9	Lucas	286	↑1	8
10	William	281	↓1	6
11	Owen	264	–	18
12	John	254	–	26
13	Leo	241	↑2	22
14	Joseph	233	↑10	30
15	Luca	229	↑3	28
16	Jackson	228	–	23
17	Anthony	222	↑12	44
18	Charles	220	↑9	50
19	Cameron	217	↑9	64
20	Thomas	217	↓7	45
21	Ethan	216	↓1	21
22	Julian	216	↓1	35
23	Michael	216	↓4	16
24	Samuel	207	↑2	19
25	Logan	199	↓11	33
26	Daniel	191	↓1	14
27	Elijah	188	↑6	5
28	Matthew	187	↑4	39
29	Alexander	183	↓6	17
30	Gabriel	183	↑10	36
31	Levi	174	↑4	12
32	Jacob	172	↓15	32
33	Mason	165	↓11	24
34	Luke	162	↑7	34
35	Ryan	153	↓5	74
36	David	152	↑9	31
37	Dylan	152	↑1	42
38	Aiden	150	↓7	29
39	Isaac	148	↑11	41
40	Nathan	147	↑2	57
41	Caleb	145	↑3	52
42	Miles	143	↑7	56
43	Jayden	140	↓9	46
44	Nolan	135	↓8	65
45	Wesley	133	↑1	70
46	Theo	131	new	98
47	Christopher	130	new	55
48	Carter	129	new	47
49	Elias	128	new	43
50	Andrew	125	↓3	61

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