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
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
Sun, 05/28/2017 - 7:23pm

No Athol?!

Hey There, Georgy Girl

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

Written by Athol Guy.

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

But...

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

There are already plenty of Athols out there.

Hey kidlet

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

Cool list

I'm also waiting

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

for Becket (not sure what sex, though).

Beckett is on the list

By Greta
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
Mon, 05/29/2017 - 8:00am

Is also unisex.

Aquinnah??

By bostnkid
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
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
Mon, 05/29/2017 - 3:31pm

Maybe use it for a middle name..l.

Could throw Beverly on the

By ZachAndTired
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
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
Sun, 05/28/2017 - 10:07pm

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Leicester?

By Refugee
Sun, 05/28/2017 - 8:59pm

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Hamilton?

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

Hamilton?

No Logan?

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

No Logan?

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

By adamg
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
Sun, 05/28/2017 - 10:34pm

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But it is a PLACE is it not ;

By Muerl
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
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
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
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
Mon, 05/29/2017 - 6:27am

Now yuh scarin me.

:-)

A bit dated

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

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

Good old Gil

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

[img]http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/simps...

But what about...

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

Gill, MA?

Don't Call Me Shirley!

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

[youtube=336x189]KM2K7sV-K74[/youtube]

Let's not forget Leslie Aspen

By anon
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
Mon, 05/29/2017 - 8:45pm

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Entering Marion

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

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

My question

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

And don't forget Lowell.

Yes!

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

Don't forget Lowell..

[img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4270/34969576425_18e...

Wings

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

One of TV's most underappreciated comedies.

My next son will be named

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

My next son will be named West Bridgewater.

"BRAINTREE!!!

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

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

Orange

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

Orange stayed outside, ignoring the dinner bell.

Hilarious

By lbb
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
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
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
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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