Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2009

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

RankNameBabies
1Ryan488
2Jacob469
3William465
4Michael463
5Matthew427
6Benjamin412
7John395
8Anthony383
9Alexander376
10Jack368
11Daniel364
12Ethan362
13Jayden353
14Joseph349
15Nicholas346
16Joshua335
17Noah334
18James328
19Andrew324
20Nathan312
21Samuel310
21Thomas310
23Liam308
24Lucas306
25Christopher304
RankNameBabies
26Tyler292
27Aiden285
28Owen277
29Logan270
30Dylan268
31Cameron255
32Evan251
33David249
34Gabriel232
35Connor225
36Jonathan223
37Jackson214
38Luke210
39Mason206
40Charles202
41Zachary197
42Christian196
43Gavin191
43Jordan191
45Aidan184
46Jason171
47Henry168
47Justin168
49Colin166
50Caleb164
51Elijah163
52Kevin162
53Robert160
54Cole156
55Adam150
56Patrick149
57Brayden145
58Chase142
59Max141
60Kyle138
61Nathaniel136
61Sean136
63Brady132
64Brandon130
65Xavier125
66Dominic122
67Jake120
68Hunter110
68Isaiah110
70Oliver108
71Aaron105
72Maxwell104
73Julian103
74Brendan102
75Angel101
75Jeremiah101
77Brian100
78Isaac97
79Ian95
79Luis95
81Alex94
81Nolan94
83Timothy93
84Sebastian90
85Peter89
86Landon86
87Austin85
87Jose85
87Richard85
90Carter84
91Vincent79
92Edward78
93Shane77
94Adrian76
95Brody75
95Cooper75
95Declan75
98Theodore74
99Jeremy73
100Tristan72