Baby names in the top 1000 last year that are also places in Massachusetts

By adamg on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 7:13pm

List compiled by Greta Gaffin:

For boys:

Lincoln
Hudson
Easton
Everett
Weston
Kingston
Spencer
Holden
Dalton
Warren
Russell
Princeton
Franklin
Sterling
Heath
Paxton
Otis
Lawrence
Dennis
Douglas
Quincy
Boston
Lee
Sutton

For girls:

Holland
Sharon
Chelsea
Hadley
Bristol
Sutton

What do you think will be next? I would be unsurprised to see Ashby, Aquinnah, Canton, Leyden, Mendon, Palmer, Rowley, Tolland, Salem and Swansea.

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Aquinnah?

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 7:19pm.

Waiting for all the mutant spellings on that one, just like Michaela got morphed into Mikkkayylahh and Meekaylya and Miq'allah and other things suitable for space aliens.

Akweenah? Acqinuh? Ahkuinaaaa?

What?

By anon on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 7:23pm.

No Athol?!

It's more of a nickname

By BostonDog on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 8:43am.

Hey There, Georgy Girl

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 8:02pm.

Written by Athol Guy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athol_Guy

But...

By pnwn on Tue, 05/30/2017 - 1:21pm.

There are already plenty of Athols out there.

Hey kidlet

By Stevil on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 7:27pm.

Cool list

I'm also waiting

By Kathode on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 7:37pm.

for Becket (not sure what sex, though).

Beckett is on the list

By Greta on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 8:37pm.

But since the spelling is different, I didn't include it. There's also Lennox, for both boys and girls.

Lee

By Lee on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 8:00am.

Is also unisex.

Aquinnah??

By bostnkid on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 8:14pm.

a friend of mine named his kid Aquinnah but everyone insists on calling her Gay Head which makes a lot of the immature kids giggle.

Aquinnah

By Beks on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 11:48pm.

I've thought about and had my heart set for years in naming a future daughter Aquinnah my family goes way back on MV...now you got me thinking twice! :(

Maybe use it for a middle

By Denise on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 3:31pm.

Maybe use it for a middle name..l.

Could throw Beverly on the

By ZachAndTired on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 8:17pm.

Could throw Beverly on the girls list too.

I hope people start naming their kids Mattapoisett at some point.

Or Marion or Carlisle

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 8:33pm.

Works for boys and girls, at least traditionally.

Erving, Norton, Buckland or Berkley for guys.

I could see MelRose work, too.

Yes, Virginia, There's A Florida In Massachusetts

By Elmer on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 10:07pm.

          
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Hamilton?

By anon on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 9:09pm.

Hamilton?

No Logan?

By Muerl on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 9:10pm.

No Logan?

Logan is on both boy's and girl's lists

By adamg on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 9:52pm.

But, alas, it's not a town name.

And Don't Forget, More Than One Person Has Your Own Name!

By Elmer on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 10:34pm.

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But it is a PLACE is it not ;

By Muerl on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 11:28pm.

But it is a PLACE is it not ;)

I think it would be interesting if we added neighborhoods as well as universities/colleges.

Logan is a place

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 11:00pm.

A major international airport is definitely a place.

At 3.725 square miles, it is bigger than about a third of Massachusetts municipalities.

Popular names in the 1940s

By wils on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 9:14pm.

Names from the 1940s list included these places:
Wendell (boys)
Milton (boys)
Chester (boys)
Marion (boys and girls)
Lynn (boys and girls)
Shirley (girls)
Beverly (girls)

Indeed!

By Greta on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 10:17pm.

As was

Dennis, Lawrence, Douglas, Russell, Franklin, Warren, Everett, Lowell, Otis, Clinton, Randolph, Spencer, Maynard, Sterling, Monroe, Milford, Dudley, Dalton, Lincoln, Alford, Palmer, Newton, Lincoln, Wayland, and Weston for boys. Oh, and Shirley, Beverly, and Sharon for boys too. Also, Lee for girls and boys.

With an honorary mention to Bradford (boys), annexed to Haverhill in 1897, and Dana (both), destroyed for the Quabbin in 1933.

Ok kidlet

By Stevil on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 6:27am.

Now yuh scarin me.

:-)

A bit dated

By BostonDog on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 11:05am.

Gill used to be a common name and is also a town.

Good old Gil

By anon on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 12:30pm.

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But what about...

By Creamed Chipped Beef on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:20am.

Gill, MA?

Don't Call Me Shirley!

By Elmer on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 9:22pm.

Let's not forget Leslie Aspen

By anon on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 1:40pm.

Let's not forget Leslie Aspen, Congresswoman from Wisconsin.

The creator of Don't Ask Don't Tell had his own thing to not tell.

I'm Sorry...

By Elmer on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 8:45pm.

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Entering Marion

By ruthling on Sun, 05/28/2017 - 10:16pm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_RiJsG3GZw

My question

By Sock_Puppet on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 9:22am.

Did you derive this list by looking down the list of the 1000 most popular names from the SSA and picking out names you knew were also places in Massachusetts, or did you download two lists, import them to a db, and run a join query?

If you hate your kid

By Bill O. on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 10:01am.

you'd name it Rehoboth. Sheer torture in spelling and pronouncement for a lifetime.

In his house at R'lyeh...

By Mollynotloggedin on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 6:15pm.

And everyone will think s/he is an Eldritch God, which could be a plus or a minus, depending.

Sounds very old school

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 11:04pm.

As in biblical old school.

Rehoboth Hepsibah for a girl ... Amaziah Rehoboth for a boy ...

What? No Squantum?

By APB on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 10:10am.

And don't forget Lowell.

Yes!

By cybah on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 11:30am.

Don't forget Lowell..

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Wings

By Sources Say on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 11:56am.

One of TV's most underappreciated comedies.

My next son will be named

By anon on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 11:36am.

My next son will be named West Bridgewater.

"BRAINTREE!!!

By John-W on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 10:16pm.

....YOU GET IN THIS HOUSE THIS INSTANT! AND STOP PICKING ON GROTON!!!"

Orange

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 10:54pm.

Orange stayed outside, ignoring the dinner bell.

Hilarious

By lbb on Tue, 05/30/2017 - 8:48am.

I do know people personally who don't fit this stereotype, but whenever I see a baby list like this, I picture yuppies with comic social pretentions, looking for posh-sounding names for their kids in the belief that this will somehow distinguish them. And then you get what I saw more than once at a resort ski school checkin desk:

Proud parent: This is Liam!

Tactful employee: That's great! We have a few Liams today, what's your last name?

Proud parent: *deflate*

Kid naming is a no-win game

By Gary C on Tue, 05/30/2017 - 10:40am.

My wife tells the story of a family that was so afraid of their kid being made fun of because of his name that they chose the most generic name possible, "John Smith."

And in the end, all the kids called him, "John Tits."

I don't think...

By lbb on Tue, 05/30/2017 - 1:11pm.

And in the end, all the kids called him, "John Tits."

I don't think that was because of his name.

You missed

By SamWack on Tue, 05/30/2017 - 1:25pm.

my cousin Sagamore, and his twin sister Bourne. Yes, their last name is Bridges. It's not a very imaginative family.

Baby names in the top 1000 last year that are also places in Massachusetts

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