Name Legacy

Baby names in Massachusetts, 2010s

2010–2019 · 545,773 recorded births

Benjamin was the most common name given in Massachusetts across the 2010s, with 4,651 births in the decade. The state recorded 545,773 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Massachusetts in the 2010s

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
Mariaeduarda4220×
Kauan5418×
Guilherme5016×
Heitor3315×
Matheus13113×
Davi21513×
Pedrohenrique1212×
Jayvian117

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Benjamin4,651
#2Olivia4,312
#3Emma4,227
#4William4,159
#5Sophia4,020
#6Noah3,729
#7Isabella3,711
#8Jacob3,583
#9Liam3,581
#10Michael3,464
#11James3,448
#12Ryan3,410
#13Lucas3,382
#14John3,221
#15Mason3,219
#16Ava3,214
#17Charlotte3,102
#18Jack3,086
#19Logan3,069
#20Alexander3,002
#21Ethan2,897
#22Daniel2,891
#23Matthew2,879
#24Joseph2,866
#25Owen2,802

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