Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1999

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,007
2	Michael	992
3	Nicholas	868
4	John	802
5	Ryan	769
6	Andrew	704
7	Jacob	685
8	Joseph	681
9	Christopher	669
10	Daniel	602
11	Zachary	582
12	William	566
13	Joshua	546
14	Tyler	530
15	Benjamin	527
16	Kyle	512
17	Alexander	504
18	Anthony	501
19	James	499
20	Thomas	472
21	David	435
22	Jonathan	433
23	Justin	394
24	Kevin	387
25	Cameron	385

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Robert	381
27	Samuel	369
28	Patrick	365
29	Brian	342
30	Jack	323
31	Nathan	319
31	Sean	319
33	Dylan	315
34	Timothy	309
35	Noah	293
36	Brandon	291
37	Jason	271
38	Ethan	252
39	Christian	249
40	Connor	240
41	Adam	238
42	Brendan	236
43	Evan	232
44	Eric	225
45	Peter	207
46	Jake	199
47	Jordan	197
48	Nathaniel	191
49	Austin	190
50	Liam	189
51	Jared	188
52	Owen	179
53	Steven	167
54	Charles	162
55	Stephen	160
56	Aidan	156
57	Colin	155
58	Richard	154
59	Devin	152
60	Luke	149
61	Maxwell	146
62	Alex	145
63	Aaron	137
63	Jose	137
65	Paul	136
66	Ian	135
67	Jeremy	130
68	Mark	123
69	Jeffrey	122
70	Gabriel	118
70	Henry	118
70	Hunter	118
70	Shane	118
70	Trevor	118
75	Shawn	116
76	Scott	113
77	Cole	109
78	Edward	107
78	Luis	107
80	Lucas	106
81	Cody	105
81	Isaiah	105
83	Derek	104
84	Carlos	102
85	Brett	98
86	Elijah	96
86	George	96
88	Jackson	94
88	Max	94
90	Nicolas	93
91	Bryan	91
92	Caleb	89
92	Isaac	89
94	Corey	84
95	Mitchell	83
96	Spencer	78
97	Dominic	76
98	Gregory	75
99	Drew	73
99	Marcus	73