State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,261 Massachusetts births in 1910 across 375 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Massachusetts more than they say America.

#54Jeannette#192 nationally
#63Armandoutside the national top 200
#67Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#67Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#71Constanceoutside the national top 200
#72Dorotheaoutside the national top 200
#72Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#73Timothyoutside the national top 200
#79Eileenoutside the national top 200
#84Jeremiahoutside the national top 200
#88Allanoutside the national top 200
#89Priscillaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary989US #1
#2Helen473US #2
#3Margaret374US #3
#4Dorothy331US #4
#5Alice313US #10
#6Anna252US #6
#7Ruth247US #5
#8Elizabeth224US #7
#9Mildred198US #8
#10Lillian196US #14
#11Rose187US #16
#12Catherine184US #22
#13Evelyn175US #17
#14Florence168US #12
#15Marion162US #59
#16Frances146US #11
#17Gertrude138US #26
#18Eleanor137US #55
#19Grace135US #23
#20Doris132US #64
#21Marie130US #9
#22Irene121US #21
#23Beatrice114US #36
#24Josephine110US #30
#25Ethel105US #13
#26Louise98US #20
#27Katherine97US #57
#28Agnes96US #41
#29Gladys94US #15
#30Edna92US #18
#31Edith91US #35
#32Esther86US #38
#33Marjorie86US #68
#34Anne81US #67
#35Eva80US #45
#36Bertha78US #33
#37Ann75US #52
#38Hazel67US #24
#39Julia59US #49
#40Ida58US #47
#41Marguerite58US #84
#42Viola58US #48
#43Barbara56US #136
#44Virginia56US #29
#45Blanche55US #74
#46Theresa55US #96
#47Sarah53US #40
#48Elsie51US #44
#49Jennie51US #81
#50Laura49US #53
#51Lena49US #66
#52Stella49US #72
#53Charlotte47US #99
#54Jeannette44US #192
#55Pauline43US #42
#56Sophie43US #133
#57Ellen41US #88
#58Mabel41US #46
#59Emma40US #34
#60Jean40US #77
#61Madeline39US #145
#62Thelma37US #25
#63Emily36US #110
#64Martha36US #28
#65Phyllis36US #175
#66Lucy35US #75
#67Yvonne34
#68Bernice33US #58
#69Clara33US #32
#70Bessie30US #37
#71Constance29
#72Dorothea29
#73Harriet29US #126
#74Kathryn29US #80
#75Sylvia29US #92
#76Genevieve28US #98
#77Loretta28US #124
#78Annie27US #19
#79Eileen27
#80Geraldine27US #148
#81Hilda27US #109
#82Kathleen27US #131
#83Caroline26US #146
#84Maria26US #132
#85Pearl26US #39
#86Betty25US #69
#87Marian25US #106
#88Olive25US #125
#89Priscilla25
#90Vera25US #71
#91Victoria25US #142
#92Celia24US #169
#93Myrtle24US #43
#94Rita24US #198
#95Adeline23US #172
#96Cecile23
#97Eunice23US #113
#98Minnie23US #50
#99Muriel23US #187
#100Nellie23US #51

Boys

#1John513US #1
#2Joseph299US #6
#3William259US #3
#4James212US #2
#5Edward177US #9
#6George177US #5
#7Charles163US #7
#8Francis127US #36
#9Frank125US #8
#10Thomas119US #12
#11Robert108US #4
#12Walter103US #13
#13Albert97US #14
#14Arthur95US #17
#15Henry94US #10
#16Harold76US #18
#17Richard74US #21
#18Paul58US #15
#19Anthony53US #37
#20Alfred52US #38
#21Frederick52US #69
#22Louis50US #24
#23Leo48US #51
#24Stanley46US #47
#25Harry44US #16
#26Ralph42US #28
#27Raymond42US #19
#28Samuel41US #32
#29Daniel40US #53
#30Michael39US #45
#31Carl37US #26
#32Kenneth36US #43
#33Ernest35US #31
#34David34US #30
#35Philip34US #83
#36Fred33US #22
#37Lawrence33US #35
#38Peter33US #56
#39Herbert26US #41
#40Donald24US #44
#41Theodore24US #54
#42Patrick23US #129
#43Warren22US #122
#44Alexander20US #101
#45Benjamin20US #70
#46Manuel20US #107
#47Norman20US #63
#48Andrew19US #42
#49Chester19US #61
#50Howard18US #27
#51Stephen18US #96
#52Victor18US #90
#53Maurice17US #110
#54Bernard16US #62
#55Edwin16US #71
#56Roland16US #163
#57Edmund15US #154
#58Lester15US #64
#59Martin15US #86
#60Nathan15US #135
#61Russell15US #58
#62Vincent15US #99
#63Armand14
#64Earl14US #33
#65Eugene14US #39
#66Sidney14US #93
#67Wilfred14
#68Clarence13US #20
#69Gerald13US #105
#70Leon13US #81
#71Nicholas12US #137
#72Salvatore12
#73Timothy12
#74Everett11US #88
#75Irving11US #118
#76Melvin11US #75
#77Roger11US #171
#78Roy11US #29
#79Franklin10US #170
#80Milton10US #76
#81Edgar9US #80
#82Elmer9US #48
#83Jack9US #23
#84Jeremiah9
#85Leslie9US #102
#86Lewis9US #65
#87Max9US #115
#88Allan8
#89Antonio8US #180
#90Gilbert8US #116
#91Harvey8US #89
#92Hugh8US #112
#93Laurence8
#94Leonard8US #46
#95Nelson8US #189
#96Alphonse7
#97Angelo7US #195
#98Austin7
#99Dennis7US #196
#100Gerard7

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.