Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2000
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 1,038 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,018 |
| 3 | John | 814 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 798 |
| 5 | Ryan | 705 |
| 6 | Joseph | 665 |
| 7 | Christopher | 647 |
| 8 | Jacob | 645 |
| 9 | Andrew | 644 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 588 |
| 11 | William | 564 |
| 12 | Daniel | 556 |
| 13 | Joshua | 533 |
| 14 | Anthony | 528 |
| 15 | Zachary | 491 |
| 16 | Alexander | 481 |
| 17 | Tyler | 473 |
| 18 | Kyle | 458 |
| 19 | James | 456 |
| 20 | Thomas | 443 |
| 21 | David | 437 |
| 22 | Samuel | 427 |
| 23 | Kevin | 415 |
| 24 | Cameron | 410 |
| 25 | Jonathan | 409 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Justin | 397 |
| 27 | Jack | 359 |
| 28 | Robert | 343 |
| 29 | Brandon | 333 |
| 29 | Nathan | 333 |
| 31 | Patrick | 329 |
| 31 | Sean | 329 |
| 33 | Dylan | 316 |
| 34 | Ethan | 300 |
| 35 | Christian | 278 |
| 35 | Noah | 278 |
| 37 | Timothy | 277 |
| 38 | Brian | 257 |
| 39 | Connor | 252 |
| 40 | Jason | 246 |
| 41 | Evan | 236 |
| 42 | Adam | 230 |
| 43 | Jared | 218 |
| 44 | Brendan | 214 |
| 45 | Jake | 209 |
| 46 | Aidan | 208 |
| 47 | Eric | 203 |
| 48 | Charles | 194 |
| 49 | Liam | 193 |
| 50 | Peter | 189 |
| 51 | Owen | 174 |
| 52 | Luke | 172 |
| 53 | Colin | 171 |
| 54 | Nathaniel | 165 |
| 55 | Steven | 159 |
| 56 | Austin | 158 |
| 57 | Devin | 156 |
| 58 | Maxwell | 152 |
| 58 | Paul | 152 |
| 58 | Richard | 152 |
| 61 | Ian | 146 |
| 62 | Gabriel | 145 |
| 63 | Alex | 143 |
| 63 | Jordan | 143 |
| 65 | Cole | 134 |
| 65 | Lucas | 134 |
| 67 | Mark | 132 |
| 68 | Jeffrey | 131 |
| 69 | Aaron | 128 |
| 69 | Stephen | 128 |
| 71 | Henry | 122 |
| 72 | Hunter | 121 |
| 73 | Luis | 117 |
| 74 | Shane | 115 |
| 75 | Derek | 114 |
| 76 | Isaiah | 113 |
| 77 | Jeremy | 111 |
| 77 | Jose | 111 |
| 79 | Edward | 108 |
| 80 | Elijah | 107 |
| 81 | Trevor | 106 |
| 82 | Jackson | 105 |
| 83 | Bryan | 103 |
| 83 | Logan | 103 |
| 85 | Sebastian | 93 |
| 86 | Angel | 90 |
| 87 | Max | 88 |
| 88 | George | 87 |
| 89 | Isaac | 86 |
| 90 | Dominic | 82 |
| 91 | Mason | 79 |
| 91 | Shawn | 79 |
| 93 | Brett | 78 |
| 93 | Scott | 78 |
| 93 | Seth | 78 |
| 96 | Carlos | 77 |
| 96 | Harrison | 77 |
| 96 | Nicolas | 77 |
| 99 | Marcus | 76 |
| 100 | Gregory | 75 |
| 100 | Nolan | 75 |
| 100 | Riley | 75 |