Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 2012

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Benjamin	443
2	Mason	405
3	Ryan	403
3	William	403
5	Jacob	389
6	Michael	368
7	Noah	356
8	Liam	350
9	Ethan	343
9	Nathan	343
11	Joseph	339
12	Matthew	332
13	Alexander	326
14	James	323
14	John	323
16	Logan	314
17	Lucas	312
18	Samuel	296
19	Jack	293
20	Anthony	291
21	Owen	286
22	Andrew	281
22	Jackson	281
24	Daniel	279
25	Cameron	278

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joshua	262
27	Jayden	260
28	Henry	253
29	Thomas	243
30	Aiden	237
31	Gabriel	233
32	Dylan	229
33	Christopher	226
34	Tyler	217
35	David	216
36	Charles	213
37	Nicholas	210
38	Evan	197
39	Luke	182
40	Caleb	177
40	Connor	177
42	Jonathan	176
43	Zachary	174
44	Gavin	168
45	Elijah	159
46	Brayden	155
47	Isaac	153
48	Christian	148
49	Colin	145
49	Robert	145
51	Oliver	143
52	Justin	135
53	Patrick	133
54	Dominic	131
54	Jason	131
56	Jordan	129
57	Adrian	126
58	Hunter	124
59	Cole	123
59	Julian	123
61	Carter	121
62	Nolan	120
62	Sebastian	120
64	Max	119
65	Aaron	117
66	Nathaniel	116
67	Austin	115
67	Kevin	115
69	Chase	114
70	Declan	113
71	Landon	112
72	Sean	111
73	Maxwell	110
74	Adam	109
75	Aidan	99
76	Timothy	97
77	Eli	95
78	Brandon	94
79	Jeremiah	93
80	Theodore	91
80	Xavier	91
82	Parker	90
83	Brady	87
83	Jake	87
85	Blake	86
86	Isaiah	85
87	Ian	84
87	Kyle	84
89	Cooper	83
89	Josiah	83
91	Wesley	81
91	Wyatt	81
93	Vincent	80
94	Angel	79
94	Leo	79
96	Edward	78
96	Peter	78
98	Elias	77
99	Brody	76
100	Luis	74