Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2005

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	696
2	Michael	643
3	Ryan	631
4	Nicholas	543
5	John	519
6	Joseph	498
7	Andrew	486
8	Jacob	478
9	William	470
10	Anthony	468
11	Daniel	460
12	Alexander	449
13	Jack	441
14	Christopher	433
15	Benjamin	421
16	Joshua	419
17	James	410
18	Tyler	408
19	Samuel	407
20	Thomas	366
21	Ethan	338
22	Dylan	328
23	Nathan	326
24	Aidan	325
25	Zachary	308

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	298
27	Owen	293
28	David	290
29	Connor	276
30	Kevin	261
30	Sean	261
32	Luke	260
33	Christian	255
33	Jason	255
35	Evan	252
36	Cameron	244
37	Liam	243
38	Gabriel	239
39	Noah	236
40	Kyle	233
40	Lucas	233
42	Aiden	222
42	Charles	222
44	Justin	210
45	Colin	207
46	Robert	202
47	Brandon	185
48	Adam	184
49	Brady	183
50	Patrick	181
51	Logan	179
52	Jake	175
53	Brian	172
54	Jayden	167
55	Nathaniel	165
56	Eric	163
57	Elijah	162
58	Caleb	157
59	Jackson	146
59	Timothy	146
61	Cole	145
62	Alex	142
62	Gavin	142
62	Henry	142
65	Mason	139
66	Brendan	133
66	Dominic	133
68	Isaiah	129
69	Peter	124
70	Ian	121
71	Austin	116
71	Jordan	116
73	Richard	112
74	Angel	109
75	Luis	106
75	Mark	106
77	Devin	103
78	Xavier	102
79	Max	100
80	Jose	99
80	Paul	99
82	Hunter	98
83	Isaac	97
84	Maxwell	95
85	Aaron	94
85	Nolan	94
87	Steven	92
88	Bryan	91
89	Julian	88
90	Edward	87
90	Stephen	87
92	Brayden	86
93	Derek	82
93	Vincent	82
95	Antonio	81
96	George	80
96	Harrison	80
96	Marcus	80
99	Shane	79
100	Jeffrey	77