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The 40 Most Popular Baby Names In Massachusetts In The ’90s
I love nostalgia, you love nostalgia, we all love nostalgia. I was born in 1980, so I grew up in the '90s. My brother Scott was born in 1990 and I remember being jealous of his name. Scott. Such a strong, simple sounding name.
Not that my name is bad, but you know what I mean, most people have names that they wished their parents had named them.
Choosing a name can be hard. I mean, the child has to live with it for the rest of their life Well, that's actually not true, they can change it. Who really wants to go through all of that, though?
When my wife and I were deciding on the names that we wanted for our two children, two years apart obviously, thankfully we agreed on "Liam" for the first.
Our second child, Olli, was solely my wife's name choice. To be honest, I hated it at first, but it grew on me. She overheard a mom in Target call their child it one day. Most assume it's short for Oliver, but it's not in our case.
Anyway, let's go back to the '90s for a minute...
The 40 Most Popular Baby Names In Massachusetts In The '90s
1 | Michael | 462,383 | Jessica | 303,115 |
2 | Christopher | 360,241 | Ashley | 301,815 |
3 | Matthew | 351,643 | Emily | 237,243 |
4 | Joshua | 329,150 | Sarah | 224,380 |
5 | Jacob | 298,390 | Samantha | 224,017 |
6 | Nicholas | 275,311 | Amanda | 191,109 |
7 | Andrew | 272,895 | Brittany | 190,818 |
8 | Daniel | 272,308 | Elizabeth | 172,676 |
9 | Tyler | 262,295 | Taylor | 169,028 |
10 | Joseph | 260,703 | Megan | 160,365 |
11 | Brandon | 259,403 | Hannah | 158,804 |
12 | David | 253,667 | Kayla | 155,889 |
13 | James | 244,940 | Lauren | 153,581 |
14 | Ryan | 241,215 | Stephanie | 149,830 |
15 | John | 240,111 | Rachel | 149,152 |
16 | Zachary | 225,270 | Jennifer | 148,033 |
17 | Justin | 220,119 | Nicole | 136,102 |
18 | William | 217,810 | Alexis | 131,191 |
19 | Anthony | 216,197 | Victoria | 117,466 |
20 | Robert | 205,433 | Amber | 115,599 |
21 | Jonathan | 197,475 | Alyssa | 115,250 |
22 | Austin | 190,124 | Courtney | 113,280 |
23 | Alexander | 183,926 | Rebecca | 109,708 |
24 | Kyle | 180,199 | Danielle | 109,583 |
25 | Kevin | 165,204 | Jasmine | 105,313 |
26 | Thomas | 146,608 | Brianna | 99,103 |
27 | Cody | 146,478 | Katherine | 96,879 |
28 | Jordan | 144,737 | Alexandra | 94,794 |
29 | Eric | 135,225 | Madison | 91,903 |
30 | Benjamin | 133,918 | Morgan | 91,187 |
31 | Aaron | 128,360 | Melissa | 89,985 |
32 | Christian | 126,041 | Michelle | 86,523 |
33 | Samuel | 125,573 | Kelsey | 85,126 |
34 | Dylan | 122,063 | Chelsea | 84,800 |
35 | Steven | 121,095 | Anna | 78,573 |
36 | Brian | 119,285 | Kimberly | 77,879 |
37 | Jose | 119,020 | Tiffany | 77,532 |
38 | Timothy | 107,750 | Olivia | 75,902 |
39 | Nathan | 107,310 | Mary | 75,689 |
40 | Adam | 106,892 | Christina | 74,656 |
Information courtesy of ssa.gov
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