Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1996

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,218
2	Matthew	1,178
3	Nicholas	1,003
4	Christopher	881
5	John	844
6	Joseph	780
7	Andrew	770
8	Ryan	753
9	Daniel	737
10	Joshua	629
11	Tyler	610
12	Jacob	593
13	James	575
14	Zachary	559
15	David	540
16	Anthony	534
17	Benjamin	526
18	Alexander	525
19	Robert	509
20	Kevin	506
20	William	506
22	Kyle	499
23	Thomas	472
24	Jonathan	467
25	Justin	428

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	411
27	Samuel	409
28	Brandon	404
29	Brian	376
30	Sean	366
31	Adam	318
32	Timothy	307
33	Austin	301
34	Eric	295
35	Christian	289
36	Connor	275
37	Cameron	255
38	Dylan	251
39	Nathan	249
40	Steven	245
41	Brendan	244
42	Peter	241
43	Jason	214
44	Richard	209
45	Stephen	205
46	Aaron	196
47	Mark	193
48	Evan	187
48	Jeffrey	187
50	Alex	182
51	Jordan	179
52	Cody	178
53	Jeremy	176
54	Jared	172
55	Jake	169
56	Charles	167
57	Jack	165
58	Derek	162
59	Paul	159
60	Ian	150
61	Noah	148
62	Bryan	144
63	Colin	142
64	Liam	139
65	Lucas	134
65	Scott	134
67	Ethan	132
68	Gregory	129
69	Devin	128
70	Nathaniel	127
71	Edward	126
72	Shawn	118
73	Trevor	116
74	Corey	113
75	Kenneth	112
75	Shane	112
77	Jesse	111
78	Luis	107
79	Gabriel	103
80	Luke	101
81	Owen	98
82	Jose	97
83	Mitchell	96
84	Drew	94
84	Isaiah	94
86	George	91
87	Conor	89
88	Travis	88
89	Brett	87
90	Alec	86
90	Elijah	86
92	Aidan	78
93	Maxwell	77
94	Collin	75
94	Henry	75
96	Carlos	71
96	Tristan	71
98	Antonio	70
99	Erik	67
100	Marcus	66