State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,955 Massachusetts births in 1912 across 580 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#66Eileenoutside the national top 200
#67Jeannette#199 nationally
#60Wilfred#185 nationally
#79Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#79Armandoutside the national top 200
#82Claireoutside the national top 200
#83Antoniooutside the national top 200
#84Gerardoutside the national top 200
#87Constanceoutside the national top 200
#91Dominicoutside the national top 200
#93Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#61Rita#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,636US #1
#2Helen829US #2
#3Dorothy647US #3
#4Margaret597US #4
#5Alice423US #11
#6Ruth421US #5
#7Anna368US #7
#8Elizabeth359US #8
#9Rose322US #15
#10Catherine303US #21
#11Lillian300US #14
#12Mildred284US #6
#13Frances259US #9
#14Evelyn256US #13
#15Florence253US #12
#16Eleanor251US #39
#17Doris232US #48
#18Gertrude228US #30
#19Marion226US #55
#20Josephine211US #28
#21Marie211US #10
#22Irene204US #22
#23Louise174US #17
#24Esther172US #33
#25Anne171US #58
#26Grace165US #24
#27Edith161US #31
#28Beatrice157US #37
#29Ethel156US #18
#30Marjorie151US #56
#31Barbara142US #102
#32Agnes134US #40
#33Katherine134US #53
#34Gladys127US #19
#35Edna122US #16
#36Julia118US #44
#37Ann115US #47
#38Virginia115US #20
#39Bertha114US #36
#40Stella103US #73
#41Eva101US #49
#42Jennie96US #81
#43Hazel93US #25
#44Blanche88US #75
#45Pauline88US #38
#46Ida86US #45
#47Marguerite82US #79
#48Sophie82US #117
#49Charlotte78US #91
#50Emma77US #35
#51Ellen75US #86
#52Mabel75US #46
#53Phyllis72US #140
#54Theresa72US #97
#55Martha71US #29
#56Emily70US #105
#57Lena70US #72
#58Sarah70US #41
#59Elsie69US #42
#60Madeline69US #124
#61Rita68US #165
#62Jean67US #64
#63Laura65US #57
#64Olive61US #131
#65Bessie58US #43
#66Eileen57
#67Jeannette57US #199
#68Thelma57US #26
#69Sylvia54US #77
#70Vera54US #68
#71Lucy53US #78
#72Muriel52US #156
#73Maria51US #133
#74Harriet49US #113
#75Loretta49US #119
#76Winifred49US #162
#77Bernice48US #51
#78Sally48US #136
#79Yvonne47
#80Clara46US #34
#81Kathleen46US #118
#82Claire45
#83Veronica45US #178
#84Dorothea44US #174
#85Nellie44US #59
#86Marian43US #93
#87Constance42
#88Kathryn42US #71
#89Betty41US #66
#90Genevieve41US #92
#91Viola41US #52
#92Jane40US #89
#93Angelina39
#94Annie39US #27
#95Celia39US #188
#96Dora39US #110
#97Olga39US #154
#98Alma38US #62
#99Antoinette38US #194
#100Estelle37US #111

Boys

#1John1,276US #1
#2Joseph877US #5
#3William796US #2
#4James597US #3
#5George533US #6
#6Edward503US #8
#7Charles500US #7
#8Robert403US #4
#9Frank354US #9
#10Thomas341US #10
#11Francis335US #35
#12Arthur294US #15
#13Walter260US #11
#14Henry241US #12
#15Albert222US #17
#16Harold205US #13
#17Paul205US #14
#18Richard192US #19
#19Alfred189US #40
#20Raymond189US #18
#21Anthony188US #37
#22Louis178US #20
#23Frederick146US #51
#24Harry145US #16
#25Ralph135US #23
#26David134US #29
#27Michael133US #42
#28Stanley133US #43
#29Ernest128US #32
#30Samuel124US #30
#31Donald120US #27
#32Peter120US #48
#33Leo115US #49
#34Herbert111US #39
#35Lawrence108US #38
#36Daniel106US #53
#37Philip94US #69
#38Kenneth93US #33
#39Howard87US #25
#40Carl81US #24
#41Manuel80US #137
#42Vincent80US #72
#43Bernard79US #60
#44Theodore76US #52
#45Chester73US #55
#46Eugene73US #41
#47Fred73US #26
#48Norman73US #61
#49Andrew72US #44
#50Stephen69US #88
#51Alexander67US #97
#52Edwin64US #54
#53Benjamin61US #67
#54Edmund57US #143
#55Leonard57US #45
#56Warren54US #107
#57Gordon51US #93
#58Irving51US #94
#59Maurice49US #95
#60Wilfred48US #185
#61Abraham47US #125
#62Roland47US #127
#63Clarence46US #21
#64Everett46US #96
#65Earl44US #34
#66Victor44US #81
#67Gerald43US #87
#68Patrick42US #145
#69Russell42US #56
#70Jack41US #28
#71Roger41US #138
#72Morris38US #82
#73Nicholas38US #113
#74Edgar36US #85
#75Leon36US #79
#76Martin36US #75
#77Sidney36US #80
#78Angelo35US #155
#79Armand34
#80Milton34US #64
#81Clifford33US #62
#82Roy33US #31
#83Antonio32
#84Gerard30
#85Jacob30US #110
#86Lester30US #58
#87Elmer28US #47
#88Matthew27US #156
#89Leslie26US #108
#90Arnold25US #99
#91Dominic25
#92Lewis25US #68
#93Salvatore25US #158
#94Max24US #101
#95Gilbert23US #115
#96Herman23US #50
#97Horace22US #119
#98Lloyd22US #70
#99Nathan22US #120
#100Wallace22US #128

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑38Abraham#61
↑29Vera#70
↑29Everett#64
↑26Andrew#49
↑26Jack#70
↑24Maria#73
↑21Yvonne#79
↑21Edgar#74

Falling

↓31Genevieve#90
↓25Max#94
↓23Jeannette#67
↓23Elmer#87
↓22Nellie#85
↓21Loretta#75
↓18Thelma#68
↓18Betty#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.