Most Popular Baby Names in Massachusetts (2025)

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Massachusetts than in the country as a whole include Maeve, Maya, Ayla, Cameron, Theo, and Arthur.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Massachusetts

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	348	↑ 1
2	Sophia	318	↑ 2
3	Emma	287	–
4	Olivia	281	↓ 3
5	Isabella	258	↑ 2
6	Amelia	245	↓ 1
7	Mia	243	↓ 1
8	Nora	223	–
9	Grace	193	↑ 6
10	Chloe	187	↑ 3
11	Evelyn	187	↑ 1
12	Zoe	181	↓ 1
13	Lucy	176	↑ 6
14	Eleanor	169	↑ 7
15	Maeve	169	↓ 1
16	Ava	167	↓ 6
17	Sofia	166	↓ 8
18	Maya	161	↓ 2
19	Aurora	157	↑ 5
20	Penelope	157	↑ 7
21	Isla	155	↓ 4
22	Ella	148	↑ 8
23	Lily	148	↓ 1
24	Madison	137	↑ 9
25	Violet	134	↓ 7
26	Mila	127	–
27	Ayla	125	↑ 2
28	Ailany	124	new
29	Josephine	123	↑ 8
30	Elizabeth	122	↑ 11
31	Avery	121	↓ 6
32	Luna	121	↓ 12
33	Aria	120	↑ 3
34	Eloise	119	↑ 17
35	Eliana	118	↑ 8
36	Stella	118	↑ 19
37	Sophie	116	↑ 2
38	Emilia	112	↓ 7
39	Emily	112	↓ 7
40	Gianna	112	↑ 12
41	Layla	110	↑ 3
42	Riley	110	↓ 7
43	Hazel	109	↓ 1
44	Claire	106	↑ 9
45	Harper	106	↓ 22
46	Alice	105	↓ 1
47	Clara	105	↑ 11
48	Abigail	104	↓ 14
49	Vivian	104	–
50	Cecilia	101	–
51	Hannah	101	↓ 23
52	Madeline	97	↑ 4
53	Ellie	93	↓ 6
54	Hailey	93	↑ 16
55	Lillian	92	↓ 15
56	Natalie	91	↑ 4
57	Scarlett	89	↓ 19
58	Quinn	87	↓ 4
59	Madelyn	83	↑ 4
60	Victoria	83	↓ 1
61	Valentina	82	↓ 4
62	Lyla	81	↑ 13
63	Gabriella	80	↑ 20
64	Rose	80	–
65	Adeline	79	–
66	Sadie	79	↑ 30
67	Naomi	77	↑ 22
68	Lainey	76	new
69	Margaret	76	↑ 15
70	Vivienne	75	↑ 3
71	Margot	74	–
72	Elena	73	↓ 26
73	Zoey	73	↓ 12
74	Julia	71	↓ 12
75	Ruby	71	↑ 15
76	Anna	69	↓ 4
77	Ivy	69	↓ 11
78	Willow	69	↓ 2
79	Audrey	68	↓ 11
80	Eliza	67	new
81	Emerson	67	↓ 12
82	Sienna	67	new
83	Sloane	67	↑ 8
84	Camila	65	↓ 36
85	Daisy	65	↑ 9
86	Leah	65	↑ 7
87	Addison	63	↓ 5
88	Helena	63	new
89	Maria	63	↓ 12
90	Kennedy	62	new
91	Lucia	62	↓ 10
92	Sarah	62	↑ 5
93	Liliana	60	↓ 14
94	Isabelle	59	↓ 14
95	Alaia	58	↓ 10
96	Delilah	58	↓ 10
97	Iris	58	↑ 2
98	Molly	57	new
99	Eva	56	↓ 4
100	Summer	55	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	468	–
2	Liam	446	–
3	Henry	372	↑ 1
4	Theodore	358	↑ 2
5	James	323	↓ 2
6	Jack	319	↑ 2
7	Benjamin	312	–
8	Oliver	310	↓ 3
9	William	271	↑ 1
10	Lucas	261	↓ 1
11	Owen	259	↑ 1
12	Luca	240	↓ 1
13	John	227	–
14	Leo	223	↑ 4
15	Julian	211	↑ 10
16	Thomas	209	↓ 1
17	Samuel	204	↓ 1
18	Ethan	201	↑ 1
19	Charles	200	↓ 5
20	Anthony	195	↑ 4
21	Levi	188	↑ 7
22	Michael	188	–
23	Wesley	179	↑ 4
24	Logan	175	↓ 7
25	Joseph	166	↓ 4
26	Isaac	164	↑ 16
27	Daniel	163	↓ 4
28	Mason	163	↑ 5
29	Jackson	153	↑ 8
30	Alexander	151	↑ 11
31	Bennett	150	↑ 20
32	Matthew	147	↑ 6
33	Miles	147	↓ 3
34	Cameron	143	↓ 14
35	Elias	143	↓ 3
36	Elijah	142	↓ 7
37	Gabriel	142	↑ 2
38	Jacob	141	↓ 7
39	Jayden	141	↓ 13
40	Dylan	140	↑ 4
41	Theo	138	↓ 7
42	Roman	135	↑ 41
43	Rowan	126	↑ 13
44	Cooper	125	↑ 22
45	Luke	124	↓ 2
46	Nathan	123	↓ 6
47	Arthur	122	↑ 15
48	Nolan	120	–
49	Ryan	117	↓ 13
50	Ezra	112	↑ 2
51	Mateo	109	↓ 16
52	Carter	108	↑ 5
53	Sebastian	108	↑ 2
54	Enzo	107	↑ 6
55	Robert	107	↑ 36
56	Aiden	106	↓ 9
57	Andrew	106	↑ 1
58	Rory	106	↑ 34
59	Callum	105	↑ 40
60	Caleb	104	↓ 15
61	Connor	102	↓ 8
62	David	101	↓ 3
63	Joshua	101	↓ 17
64	Brooks	100	↑ 15
65	Wyatt	100	↓ 16
66	George	97	↓ 5
67	Cole	95	↑ 2
68	Grayson	95	↓ 5
69	Thiago	93	↓ 1
70	Myles	92	↑ 17
71	Harrison	91	↑ 1
72	August	90	↑ 12
73	Dominic	89	↓ 8
74	Hudson	89	↑ 6
75	Isaiah	89	↑ 19
76	Asher	88	↓ 22
77	Calvin	88	↓ 10
78	Jonathan	88	↑ 3
79	Lorenzo	88	↓ 4
80	Christopher	87	↓ 30
81	Vincent	87	new
82	Adrian	86	↑ 16
83	Charlie	86	new
84	Declan	86	↓ 14
85	Maverick	84	↓ 21
86	Callan	82	↑ 14
87	Gael	82	new
88	Adam	81	↓ 10
89	Lincoln	80	↓ 3
90	Axel	79	↓ 2
91	Beau	74	↑ 2
92	Colin	74	new
93	Eithan	74	new
94	Eli	73	new
95	Matteo	73	↓ 13
96	Graham	72	new
97	Kai	72	↓ 26
98	Nicholas	71	new
99	Weston	71	new
100	Amir	69	↓ 24

Names more popular in Massachusetts

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Massachusetts than across the US.

Girls

Name	Massachusetts	US
Maeve	#15	#76
Maya	#18	#62
Ayla	#27	#77
Cecilia	#50	#108

Boys

Name	Massachusetts	US
Cameron	#34	#76
Theo	#41	#82
Arthur	#47	#87
Ryan	#49	#99

Number-one names in Massachusetts by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (348)	Noah (468)
2024	Olivia (340)	Noah (515)
2023	Charlotte (362)	Noah (525)
2022	Olivia (363)	Noah (548)
2021	Olivia (395)	Noah (476)
2020	Olivia (381)	Noah (459)
2019	Olivia (444)	Benjamin (477)
2018	Emma (407)	Benjamin (429)
2017	Emma (394)	Benjamin (494)
2016	Olivia (424)	Benjamin (491)
2015	Olivia (431)	Benjamin (456)
2014	Emma (448)	Benjamin (458)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Massachusetts

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Massachusetts

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Massachusetts by year

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