Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2003

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	780
2	Michael	778
3	Ryan	712
4	Nicholas	693
5	John	616
6	Jacob	584
7	Joseph	582
8	William	556
9	Andrew	528
10	Joshua	513
11	Daniel	504
12	Christopher	501
13	Benjamin	497
14	Alexander	483
15	Anthony	467
16	Aidan	464
17	Tyler	455
18	James	448
19	Jack	421
20	Zachary	402
21	Samuel	395
22	Thomas	388
23	Ethan	383
24	Nathan	378
25	David	375

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	347
27	Jonathan	340
28	Cameron	325
29	Kevin	304
30	Connor	300
31	Justin	298
32	Sean	296
33	Kyle	288
34	Owen	276
35	Jason	275
36	Adam	256
37	Patrick	249
38	Evan	245
39	Robert	238
40	Luke	233
41	Christian	231
41	Colin	231
43	Charles	229
44	Gabriel	224
45	Liam	220
46	Brian	215
47	Brandon	214
48	Lucas	202
49	Noah	198
50	Brendan	183
51	Nathaniel	182
52	Eric	178
53	Timothy	177
54	Jake	169
55	Cole	157
56	Jackson	155
57	Peter	154
58	Alex	153
58	Logan	153
60	Aaron	149
61	Dominic	142
62	Jordan	140
63	Maxwell	139
64	Gavin	133
65	Caleb	131
65	Elijah	131
67	Henry	130
68	Aiden	129
69	Jared	128
70	Steven	126
71	Richard	123
72	Devin	121
73	Isaiah	120
74	Jayden	119
75	Hunter	118
76	Xavier	115
77	Austin	109
77	Jeffrey	109
77	Jeremy	109
80	Derek	107
80	Mason	107
82	Edward	106
82	Luis	106
84	Ian	104
85	Brady	103
85	Stephen	103
87	Nicolas	102
87	Paul	102
89	Shane	101
90	Max	100
91	Angel	97
92	Jose	96
93	Isaac	95
94	Trevor	92
95	Bryan	90
96	Cody	89
97	Mark	88
97	Nolan	88
99	Jaden	83
100	Carlos	82