State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,851 Massachusetts births in 1911 across 461 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#44Jeannette#192 nationally
#64Eileenoutside the national top 200
#65Armandoutside the national top 200
#78Murieloutside the national top 200
#79Veronicaoutside the national top 200
#63Wilfred#183 nationally
#84Hymanoutside the national top 200
#84Angelina#199 nationally
#87Romeooutside the national top 200
#45Phyllis#155 nationally
#69Rita#179 nationally
#92Antoneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,248US #1
#2Helen678US #2
#3Dorothy465US #4
#4Margaret460US #3
#5Ruth336US #5
#6Anna332US #6
#7Alice331US #11
#8Elizabeth276US #7
#9Lillian256US #13
#10Rose235US #14
#11Catherine233US #20
#12Evelyn215US #16
#13Florence213US #12
#14Mildred212US #8
#15Irene211US #21
#16Frances199US #10
#17Gertrude191US #30
#18Eleanor182US #49
#19Doris169US #56
#20Marion167US #58
#21Beatrice140US #37
#22Marie132US #9
#23Louise128US #19
#24Josephine127US #29
#25Anne126US #64
#26Grace125US #23
#27Edith123US #31
#28Ethel122US #15
#29Esther118US #34
#30Agnes114US #39
#31Katherine112US #55
#32Gladys111US #18
#33Marjorie110US #59
#34Edna102US #17
#35Julia98US #44
#36Bertha92US #36
#37Barbara82US #119
#38Hazel82US #25
#39Eva77US #46
#40Ann76US #53
#41Ida69US #45
#42Lena68US #70
#43Marguerite68US #87
#44Jeannette67US #192
#45Phyllis67US #155
#46Virginia67US #26
#47Jennie66US #85
#48Stella63US #72
#49Blanche62US #75
#50Thelma61US #27
#51Charlotte59US #95
#52Pauline58US #38
#53Sophie58US #125
#54Loretta56US #118
#55Sarah56US #42
#56Emma54US #35
#57Madeline54US #133
#58Laura53US #57
#59Genevieve52US #93
#60Jean51US #74
#61Ellen50US #84
#62Martha50US #28
#63Nellie50US #54
#64Eileen49
#65Elsie49US #41
#66Theresa49US #100
#67Mabel48US #43
#68Emily47US #103
#69Rita44US #179
#70Bernice43US #51
#71Betty43US #69
#72Kathleen43US #126
#73Bessie41US #40
#74Sylvia41US #82
#75Adeline39US #176
#76Clara38US #33
#77Olive38US #121
#78Muriel37
#79Veronica37
#80Annie36US #24
#81Kathryn36US #73
#82Winifred36US #166
#83Isabel35US #168
#84Angelina34US #199
#85Geraldine33US #134
#86Jane32US #98
#87Mae32US #71
#88Miriam32US #164
#89Lucy31US #77
#90Alma30US #62
#91Anita30US #187
#92Christine30US #124
#93Hilda30US #101
#94Myrtle30US #50
#95Viola30US #47
#96Dorothea29US #182
#97Maria29US #129
#98Priscilla29
#99Vera29US #67
#100Yvonne29

Boys

#1John868US #1
#2Joseph562US #6
#3William479US #2
#4James361US #3
#5George329US #4
#6Edward318US #9
#7Charles301US #7
#8Robert231US #5
#9Arthur213US #18
#10Frank211US #8
#11Thomas203US #10
#12Walter197US #12
#13Francis195US #33
#14Henry160US #11
#15Albert149US #15
#16Harold141US #16
#17Raymond129US #19
#18Paul112US #17
#19Richard112US #20
#20Louis107US #21
#21Anthony100US #35
#22Frederick99US #52
#23Michael97US #38
#24Ernest96US #32
#25Ralph89US #24
#26Stanley87US #44
#27Alfred84US #39
#28Herbert83US #41
#29Lawrence81US #37
#30Harry76US #13
#31Leo73US #51
#32Donald71US #36
#33David68US #27
#34Samuel68US #30
#35Carl64US #26
#36Peter61US #50
#37Kenneth60US #40
#38Manuel60US #112
#39Daniel59US #53
#40Howard57US #28
#41Bernard53US #54
#42Philip50US #69
#43Vincent50US #80
#44Eugene49US #43
#45Fred49US #22
#46Benjamin44US #64
#47Clarence44US #23
#48Leonard44US #46
#49Norman42US #63
#50Chester39US #58
#51Alexander36US #94
#52Edwin36US #60
#53Maurice36US #99
#54Roger36US #139
#55Earl35US #34
#56Edmund34US #142
#57Russell32US #55
#58Theodore32US #56
#59Warren31US #113
#60Gordon30US #97
#61Roland30US #147
#62Stephen29US #84
#63Wilfred29US #183
#64Elmer28US #48
#65Armand26
#66Gerald26US #88
#67Victor26US #81
#68Martin25US #75
#69Max25US #106
#70Patrick25US #128
#71Roy25US #31
#72Clifford24US #62
#73Melvin24US #73
#74Milton24US #70
#75Andrew23US #42
#76Angelo23US #174
#77Irving23US #93
#78Matthew23US #153
#79Morris23US #85
#80Jacob22US #116
#81Arnold20US #108
#82Leon20US #77
#83Sidney20US #92
#84Hyman18
#85Lester18US #65
#86Nicholas18US #120
#87Romeo18
#88Antonio17US #187
#89Herman17US #49
#90Nathan17US #109
#91Oscar17US #68
#92Antone16
#93Everett16US #102
#94Lewis15US #66
#95Edgar14US #83
#96Jack14US #25
#97Salvatore14US #166
#98Timothy14
#99Abraham13US #124
#100Adolph13US #192

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑46Leonard#48
↑37Nellie#63
↑25Rita#69
↑23Loretta#54
↑23Roger#54
↑21Muriel#78
↑21Eugene#44
↑21Clarence#47

Falling

↓53Viola#95
↓33Yvonne#100
↓30Nathan#90
↓28Patrick#70
↓27Andrew#75
↓27Lester#85
↓25Salvatore#97
↓25Timothy#98

Every state

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