Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2002
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 889 |
| 2 | Michael | 874 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 749 |
| 4 | Ryan | 700 |
| 5 | John | 656 |
| 6 | Jacob | 647 |
| 7 | Joseph | 639 |
| 8 | Andrew | 619 |
| 9 | William | 567 |
| 10 | Daniel | 531 |
| 11 | Anthony | 528 |
| 12 | Christopher | 523 |
| 13 | Joshua | 488 |
| 14 | Alexander | 468 |
| 15 | Zachary | 453 |
| 16 | Benjamin | 449 |
| 17 | Jack | 427 |
| 17 | Thomas | 427 |
| 19 | Tyler | 421 |
| 20 | Samuel | 415 |
| 21 | Ethan | 412 |
| 22 | James | 395 |
| 23 | Kyle | 394 |
| 24 | David | 376 |
| 25 | Cameron | 338 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Nathan | 335 |
| 27 | Jonathan | 332 |
| 28 | Aidan | 328 |
| 29 | Kevin | 326 |
| 30 | Dylan | 317 |
| 31 | Robert | 314 |
| 32 | Justin | 307 |
| 33 | Sean | 306 |
| 34 | Connor | 283 |
| 35 | Jason | 278 |
| 36 | Noah | 264 |
| 37 | Patrick | 263 |
| 38 | Adam | 251 |
| 38 | Christian | 251 |
| 40 | Owen | 249 |
| 41 | Brian | 241 |
| 42 | Liam | 232 |
| 43 | Brandon | 226 |
| 44 | Evan | 212 |
| 45 | Jake | 211 |
| 46 | Gabriel | 210 |
| 47 | Timothy | 206 |
| 48 | Lucas | 199 |
| 49 | Charles | 196 |
| 49 | Luke | 196 |
| 51 | Nathaniel | 193 |
| 52 | Eric | 191 |
| 53 | Brendan | 177 |
| 54 | Alex | 171 |
| 54 | Jordan | 171 |
| 56 | Colin | 165 |
| 57 | Jared | 157 |
| 58 | Peter | 153 |
| 59 | Logan | 149 |
| 60 | Cole | 145 |
| 61 | Austin | 144 |
| 62 | Ian | 142 |
| 63 | Elijah | 141 |
| 64 | Richard | 139 |
| 65 | Isaiah | 133 |
| 66 | Aaron | 132 |
| 66 | Henry | 132 |
| 68 | Dominic | 130 |
| 69 | Jackson | 129 |
| 70 | Caleb | 128 |
| 71 | Stephen | 125 |
| 72 | Maxwell | 124 |
| 73 | Hunter | 121 |
| 74 | Devin | 119 |
| 74 | Mark | 119 |
| 76 | Shane | 117 |
| 77 | Colby | 116 |
| 77 | Steven | 116 |
| 79 | Jose | 111 |
| 79 | Paul | 111 |
| 81 | Mason | 110 |
| 82 | Derek | 108 |
| 83 | Edward | 107 |
| 84 | George | 105 |
| 85 | Xavier | 104 |
| 86 | Jeremy | 103 |
| 87 | Trevor | 98 |
| 88 | Aiden | 95 |
| 89 | Luis | 93 |
| 89 | Nolan | 93 |
| 91 | Bryan | 92 |
| 91 | Max | 92 |
| 93 | Brady | 90 |
| 93 | Gavin | 90 |
| 95 | Angel | 89 |
| 96 | Cody | 87 |
| 97 | Jeffrey | 85 |
| 98 | Sebastian | 83 |
| 99 | Seth | 82 |
| 100 | Isaac | 79 |