Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1990
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,142 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,551 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,545 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,106 |
| 5 | Nicholas | 1,036 |
| 6 | Andrew | 1,002 |
| 7 | Joseph | 977 |
| 8 | John | 931 |
| 9 | Ryan | 927 |
| 10 | David | 905 |
| 11 | Joshua | 846 |
| 12 | James | 840 |
| 13 | Robert | 824 |
| 14 | Jonathan | 717 |
| 15 | William | 647 |
| 16 | Justin | 638 |
| 17 | Brian | 622 |
| 18 | Kevin | 619 |
| 19 | Anthony | 612 |
| 20 | Patrick | 592 |
| 21 | Thomas | 586 |
| 22 | Kyle | 582 |
| 23 | Alexander | 572 |
| 24 | Timothy | 544 |
| 25 | Sean | 518 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Benjamin | 503 |
| 27 | Eric | 501 |
| 28 | Stephen | 474 |
| 29 | Zachary | 472 |
| 30 | Steven | 435 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | 426 |
| 32 | Richard | 422 |
| 33 | Adam | 387 |
| 34 | Tyler | 377 |
| 35 | Samuel | 348 |
| 36 | Paul | 342 |
| 37 | Mark | 315 |
| 38 | Derek | 308 |
| 39 | Gregory | 307 |
| 40 | Peter | 294 |
| 41 | Scott | 288 |
| 42 | Jacob | 282 |
| 43 | Nathan | 278 |
| 44 | Jason | 268 |
| 45 | Brandon | 256 |
| 46 | Jordan | 247 |
| 47 | Corey | 239 |
| 48 | Brendan | 220 |
| 49 | Charles | 215 |
| 50 | Alex | 207 |
| 51 | Shawn | 194 |
| 52 | Edward | 190 |
| 53 | Evan | 184 |
| 53 | Ian | 184 |
| 53 | Jeremy | 184 |
| 56 | Jared | 182 |
| 57 | Bryan | 180 |
| 58 | Aaron | 179 |
| 59 | Jesse | 177 |
| 60 | Cameron | 171 |
| 61 | Luis | 168 |
| 62 | Jose | 164 |
| 63 | Shane | 154 |
| 64 | Travis | 145 |
| 65 | Kenneth | 142 |
| 66 | Craig | 136 |
| 67 | Keith | 134 |
| 68 | Brett | 132 |
| 69 | Christian | 124 |
| 70 | Cory | 121 |
| 71 | George | 120 |
| 72 | Colin | 119 |
| 73 | Ethan | 117 |
| 74 | Cody | 116 |
| 74 | Nathaniel | 116 |
| 76 | Philip | 114 |
| 77 | Marc | 107 |
| 78 | Dylan | 105 |
| 79 | Douglas | 99 |
| 79 | Raymond | 99 |
| 81 | Erik | 97 |
| 81 | Taylor | 97 |
| 83 | Vincent | 96 |
| 84 | Carlos | 94 |
| 85 | Angel | 91 |
| 86 | Luke | 87 |
| 87 | Donald | 86 |
| 88 | Trevor | 84 |
| 89 | Ronald | 75 |
| 90 | Devin | 73 |
| 90 | Max | 73 |
| 90 | Seth | 73 |
| 93 | Chad | 70 |
| 93 | Joel | 70 |
| 93 | Mathew | 70 |
| 96 | Victor | 69 |
| 97 | Austin | 68 |
| 98 | Dennis | 67 |
| 99 | Casey | 66 |
| 99 | Frank | 66 |
| 99 | Garrett | 66 |
| 99 | Maxwell | 66 |