Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2023
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (362 babies) and Noah for boys (525). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,646 babies born in Massachusetts in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2023
Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Aylla: 17 babies, 31.6× the national rate
- Liz: 37 babies, 12.3× the national rate
- Shea: 27 babies, 7.5× the national rate
- Helena: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
- Fiona: 56 babies, 5× the national rate
- Bridget: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Hayley: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Maeve: 183 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Vienna: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Keira: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Boys
- Heitor: 23 babies, 26.7× the national rate
- Davi: 39 babies, 17.5× the national rate
- Bernardo: 23 babies, 9.9× the national rate
- Ravi: 20 babies, 9.9× the national rate
- Shea: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
- Seamus: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
- Conor: 44 babies, 6.1× the national rate
- Benicio: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Rory: 92 babies, 4× the national rate
- Colin: 61 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2023
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | 362 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 2 | Olivia | 329 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Emma | 297 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Sophia | 271 | – | 5 |
| 5 | Isabella | 236 | – | 7 |
| 6 | Mia | 222 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 7 | Amelia | 221 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 8 | Nora | 206 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 9 | Chloe | 199 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 10 | Evelyn | 191 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 11 | Maeve | 183 | ↑14 | 73 |
| 12 | Sofia | 177 | ↑7 | 12 |
| 13 | Isla | 172 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 14 | Grace | 170 | ↓1 | 39 |
| 15 | Lily | 168 | ↑6 | 20 |
| 16 | Luna | 161 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 17 | Lucy | 159 | ↑1 | 40 |
| 18 | Ava | 155 | ↓8 | 8 |
| 19 | Eleanor | 152 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 20 | Maya | 148 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 21 | Zoe | 145 | ↑1 | 36 |
| 22 | Madison | 141 | ↓8 | 37 |
| 23 | Aurora | 138 | ↑24 | 22 |
| 24 | Penelope | 137 | ↑3 | 23 |
| 25 | Emilia | 135 | ↑11 | 42 |
| 26 | Layla | 131 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 27 | Stella | 131 | ↑23 | 46 |
| 28 | Scarlett | 130 | ↑12 | 17 |
| 29 | Harper | 129 | ↓9 | 11 |
| 30 | Ella | 128 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 31 | Riley | 126 | ↑7 | 43 |
| 32 | Emily | 124 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 33 | Mila | 124 | ↓17 | 28 |
| 34 | Avery | 122 | ↓8 | 29 |
| 35 | Abigail | 120 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 36 | Gianna | 119 | ↓6 | 21 |
| 37 | Violet | 118 | ↓3 | 16 |
| 38 | Sophie | 117 | ↑4 | 60 |
| 39 | Alice | 108 | ↑4 | 66 |
| 40 | Elizabeth | 108 | ↓16 | 15 |
| 41 | Ellie | 108 | new | 27 |
| 42 | Hazel | 107 | ↑4 | 18 |
| 43 | Madeline | 107 | new | 95 |
| 44 | Hannah | 105 | ↓11 | 48 |
| 45 | Claire | 103 | new | 68 |
| 46 | Natalie | 103 | ↓11 | 63 |
| 47 | Aria | 99 | ↓6 | 25 |
| 48 | Cecilia | 99 | new | >100 |
| 49 | Camila | 97 | new | 13 |
| 50 | Josephine | 97 | ↓6 | 64 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 525 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 422 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Theodore | 339 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 4 | Benjamin | 337 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 5 | Jack | 314 | ↑2 | 14 |
| 6 | James | 312 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 7 | Henry | 310 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 8 | Oliver | 289 | – | 3 |
| 9 | Owen | 267 | ↑2 | 20 |
| 10 | Lucas | 250 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 11 | William | 244 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 12 | Leo | 242 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 13 | Ethan | 228 | ↑8 | 24 |
| 14 | Luca | 226 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 15 | Thomas | 226 | ↑5 | 41 |
| 16 | John | 224 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 17 | Julian | 210 | ↑5 | 33 |
| 18 | Cameron | 203 | ↑1 | 58 |
| 19 | Michael | 199 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 20 | Charles | 196 | ↓2 | 54 |
| 21 | Logan | 195 | ↑4 | 39 |
| 22 | Samuel | 191 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 23 | Anthony | 188 | ↓6 | 46 |
| 24 | Joseph | 186 | ↓10 | 29 |
| 25 | Mason | 177 | ↑8 | 30 |
| 26 | Jackson | 175 | ↓10 | 28 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 173 | ↑3 | 38 |
| 28 | Daniel | 166 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 29 | Miles | 166 | ↑13 | 43 |
| 30 | Isaac | 165 | ↑9 | 42 |
| 31 | Dylan | 163 | ↑6 | 34 |
| 32 | Jacob | 163 | – | 35 |
| 33 | Aiden | 162 | ↑5 | 40 |
| 34 | Elijah | 162 | ↓7 | 5 |
| 35 | Theo | 161 | ↑11 | 78 |
| 36 | Matthew | 160 | ↓8 | 32 |
| 37 | Nathan | 151 | ↑3 | 59 |
| 38 | Alexander | 150 | ↓9 | 22 |
| 39 | Levi | 147 | ↓8 | 12 |
| 40 | Jayden | 145 | ↑3 | 49 |
| 41 | Caleb | 141 | – | 51 |
| 42 | Ryan | 141 | ↓7 | 83 |
| 43 | Luke | 139 | ↓9 | 31 |
| 44 | Mateo | 129 | new | 6 |
| 45 | Christopher | 128 | ↑2 | 55 |
| 46 | Wesley | 128 | ↓1 | 70 |
| 47 | Sebastian | 127 | new | 13 |
| 48 | Nolan | 126 | ↓4 | 57 |
| 49 | Declan | 124 | new | >100 |
| 50 | David | 122 | ↓14 | 27 |
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