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Baby names in Massachusetts, 1990s

1990–1999 · 727,972 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Massachusetts across the 1990s, with 14,809 births in the decade. The state recorded 727,972 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Massachusetts in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Kerrin5810×
Tayla289
Siobhan215
Matheus27
Meaghan743
Maeve203
Domenic186
Niamh43

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael14,809
#2Matthew12,331
#3Christopher10,214
#4Nicholas10,208
#5John8,454
#6Ryan8,238
#7Daniel8,128
#8Joseph8,046
#9Andrew8,017
#10Emily7,220
#11Samantha6,824
#12Sarah6,730
#13Jessica6,675
#14Joshua6,648
#15James6,531
#16Ashley6,182
#17David6,137
#18Tyler6,000
#19Alexander5,817
#20Zachary5,606
#21Amanda5,598
#22Kyle5,529
#23Robert5,475
#24Jonathan5,435
#25Anthony5,393

Other decades in Massachusetts

All Massachusetts names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org