The 40 Most Popular Baby Names In Massachusetts In The '80s

I love nostalgia, you love nostalgia, we all love nostalgia. I was born in 1980. My brother Dan was born in 1982. Bryan and Danny, wicked '80s names, right?

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 '80s for a minute...

The 40 Most Popular Baby Names In Massachusetts In The '80s

1	Michael	663,844	Jessica	469,520
2	Christopher	554,976	Jennifer	440,895
3	Matthew	459,044	Amanda	369,735
4	Joshua	396,628	Ashley	352,192
5	David	383,784	Sarah	272,636
6	James	356,548	Stephanie	218,162
7	Daniel	345,576	Melissa	217,933
8	Robert	321,719	Nicole	210,500
9	John	321,226	Elizabeth	198,984
10	Joseph	299,485	Heather	191,863
11	Jason	292,153	Tiffany	158,626
12	Justin	289,842	Michelle	154,028
13	Andrew	285,125	Amber	153,956
14	Ryan	279,025	Megan	153,511
15	William	248,332	Amy	150,670
16	Brian	234,057	Rachel	146,676
17	Brandon	232,250	Kimberly	146,442
18	Jonathan	229,994	Christina	146,014
19	Nicholas	223,355	Lauren	145,162
20	Anthony	211,883	Crystal	141,013
21	Eric	204,272	Brittany	140,860
22	Adam	195,123	Rebecca	136,238
23	Kevin	188,709	Laura	134,613
24	Thomas	177,851	Danielle	134,379
25	Steven	177,469	Emily	131,761
26	Timothy	172,856	Samantha	121,142
27	Richard	154,770	Angela	116,590
28	Jeremy	153,446	Erin	115,814
29	Jeffrey	144,821	Kelly	109,555
30	Kyle	141,966	Sara	104,675
31	Benjamin	141,430	Lisa	102,613
32	Aaron	138,384	Katherine	99,185
33	Charles	131,926	Andrea	98,262
34	Mark	129,471	Jamie	96,554
35	Jacob	124,270	Mary	95,862
36	Stephen	113,641	Erica	93,154
37	Patrick	111,436	Courtney	84,314
38	Scott	108,193	Kristen	83,229
39	Nathan	106,014	Shannon	78,422
40	Paul	104,410	April	75,948

Information courtesy of ssa.gov

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