Names of Massachusetts

8,213,855 births across 5,887 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Massachusetts more than Normand.

Most concentrated in Massachusetts

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name	Born here	Concentration
Normand	1,831	15.3×
Domenic	1,909	9.2×
Armand	2,220	8.2×
Meaghan	1,984	6.7×
Siobhan	809	6.6×
Maura	2,454	6.2×
Earle	985	6.2×
Cecile	1,978	6.2×
Seamus	778	5.9×
Tayla	443	5.8×
Emile	697	5.8×
Alphonse	951	5.6×
Maryellen	1,261	5.3×
Lucien	681	5.1×
Eliot	495	4.7×
Laureen	526	4.6×
Frederic	1,002	4.5×
Maureen	15,411	4.4×
Annmarie	1,661	4.4×
Marybeth	786	4.4×

Most given, girls

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	116,511
2	Elizabeth	56,541
3	Patricia	55,633
4	Barbara	51,890
5	Susan	49,012
6	Jennifer	40,927
7	Linda	40,707
8	Margaret	40,326
9	Nancy	40,055
10	Kathleen	39,421
11	Dorothy	34,974
12	Karen	34,150
13	Helen	33,516
14	Lisa	33,228
15	Donna	31,610

Most given, boys

#	Name	Births
1	John	200,990
2	Robert	172,687
3	Michael	145,902
4	James	131,719
5	William	127,200
6	David	115,997
7	Joseph	111,252
8	Richard	109,550
9	Thomas	83,245
10	Paul	78,627
11	Daniel	64,252
12	Christopher	61,741
13	Edward	60,385
14	Charles	57,286
15	Matthew	54,724

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.