Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2001
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 918 |
| 2 | Michael | 904 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 792 |
| 4 | Ryan | 746 |
| 5 | John | 732 |
| 6 | Jacob | 620 |
| 7 | Joseph | 597 |
| 8 | Andrew | 576 |
| 9 | Christopher | 572 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 548 |
| 11 | William | 540 |
| 12 | Daniel | 532 |
| 13 | Joshua | 527 |
| 14 | Zachary | 495 |
| 15 | Alexander | 478 |
| 16 | Anthony | 476 |
| 17 | James | 453 |
| 18 | Tyler | 436 |
| 19 | Samuel | 434 |
| 20 | Thomas | 420 |
| 21 | Jack | 418 |
| 22 | Kyle | 416 |
| 23 | Cameron | 413 |
| 24 | David | 381 |
| 25 | Jonathan | 368 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Kevin | 367 |
| 27 | Ethan | 360 |
| 28 | Nathan | 337 |
| 29 | Justin | 336 |
| 30 | Sean | 320 |
| 31 | Dylan | 311 |
| 32 | Robert | 305 |
| 33 | Patrick | 299 |
| 34 | Aidan | 278 |
| 35 | Jason | 265 |
| 36 | Connor | 261 |
| 37 | Christian | 259 |
| 38 | Brian | 255 |
| 39 | Noah | 253 |
| 40 | Adam | 243 |
| 41 | Brandon | 238 |
| 42 | Evan | 234 |
| 43 | Jared | 228 |
| 44 | Luke | 211 |
| 45 | Liam | 205 |
| 46 | Brendan | 202 |
| 46 | Timothy | 202 |
| 48 | Gabriel | 193 |
| 49 | Jake | 192 |
| 50 | Charles | 186 |
| 51 | Eric | 184 |
| 52 | Aaron | 168 |
| 53 | Alex | 166 |
| 53 | Nathaniel | 166 |
| 55 | Colin | 165 |
| 56 | Cole | 162 |
| 57 | Owen | 160 |
| 58 | Ian | 157 |
| 59 | Steven | 155 |
| 60 | Peter | 151 |
| 61 | Devin | 147 |
| 62 | Lucas | 143 |
| 63 | Maxwell | 142 |
| 64 | Stephen | 137 |
| 65 | Austin | 136 |
| 65 | Jordan | 136 |
| 67 | Hunter | 135 |
| 68 | Jackson | 134 |
| 69 | Isaiah | 133 |
| 70 | Jeffrey | 129 |
| 71 | Richard | 126 |
| 72 | Henry | 125 |
| 73 | Caleb | 119 |
| 74 | Colby | 117 |
| 74 | Shane | 117 |
| 76 | Luis | 116 |
| 77 | Trevor | 114 |
| 78 | Mark | 112 |
| 79 | Logan | 111 |
| 80 | Paul | 110 |
| 81 | Edward | 109 |
| 82 | Jose | 106 |
| 83 | Jeremy | 103 |
| 84 | Derek | 101 |
| 85 | Dominic | 98 |
| 86 | Angel | 94 |
| 87 | Elijah | 92 |
| 88 | Carlos | 89 |
| 89 | Isaac | 88 |
| 90 | Max | 87 |
| 91 | Antonio | 86 |
| 92 | Scott | 85 |
| 92 | Sebastian | 85 |
| 94 | Nolan | 82 |
| 95 | George | 81 |
| 95 | Spencer | 81 |
| 95 | Xavier | 81 |
| 98 | Harrison | 80 |
| 99 | Bryan | 79 |
| 100 | Gregory | 78 |