Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2006

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	593
2	Ryan	567
3	Michael	564
4	Nicholas	508
5	Andrew	489
6	John	482
7	Joseph	472
8	Jacob	460
9	William	455
10	Jack	449
11	Alexander	437
12	Benjamin	436
13	Anthony	426
14	Daniel	421
15	James	404
16	Joshua	402
17	Christopher	397
18	Nathan	391
19	Tyler	378
20	Aidan	358
21	Samuel	345
22	Thomas	336
23	Ethan	318
24	David	316
25	Owen	303

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	299
27	Jonathan	284
28	Noah	281
29	Zachary	280
30	Lucas	269
31	Cameron	267
32	Evan	260
33	Connor	255
34	Aiden	247
35	Logan	244
36	Charles	243
37	Jayden	239
38	Luke	238
39	Gabriel	236
40	Sean	228
41	Liam	221
42	Kevin	213
43	Kyle	209
44	Robert	199
45	Jason	195
46	Christian	193
47	Adam	192
48	Jackson	191
49	Patrick	179
50	Gavin	178
51	Justin	177
51	Nathaniel	177
53	Jordan	164
54	Colin	161
55	Brady	160
56	Elijah	159
57	Jake	157
58	Henry	156
59	Brian	147
60	Brandon	142
60	Brendan	142
62	Caleb	139
63	Mason	137
63	Timothy	137
65	Cole	132
66	Alex	131
67	Isaiah	128
68	Dominic	123
69	Aaron	117
69	Ian	117
69	Isaac	117
72	Maxwell	116
73	Angel	115
74	Austin	107
74	Jose	107
76	Xavier	102
77	Richard	100
78	Eric	99
78	Luis	99
80	Steven	98
81	Mark	97
82	Hunter	96
83	Bryan	94
83	Peter	94
85	Chase	93
86	Nolan	92
86	Shane	92
88	Sebastian	90
89	Devin	89
90	Julian	88
90	Nicolas	88
92	Jaden	87
92	Tristan	87
92	Vincent	87
95	Edward	86
96	Paul	85
97	Cody	84
98	Stephen	82
98	Victor	82
100	Oliver	81