State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,007 Massachusetts births in 1913 across 626 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#56Jeannette#192 nationally
#70Armandoutside the national top 200
#73Hymanoutside the national top 200
#81Constanceoutside the national top 200
#69Eileen#184 nationally
#89Claireoutside the national top 200
#89Antoniooutside the national top 200
#69Wilfred#180 nationally
#90Gerardoutside the national top 200
#93Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#94Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#70Dorothea#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,874US #1
#2Helen940US #2
#3Dorothy683US #3
#4Margaret637US #4
#5Ruth512US #5
#6Alice498US #11
#7Elizabeth451US #8
#8Anna439US #7
#9Catherine346US #22
#10Rose346US #14
#11Eleanor324US #34
#12Lillian318US #16
#13Mildred281US #6
#14Marion276US #51
#15Evelyn270US #12
#16Josephine270US #24
#17Florence262US #13
#18Gertrude248US #33
#19Frances246US #9
#20Irene238US #21
#21Doris236US #44
#22Marie217US #10
#23Edith207US #29
#24Louise202US #17
#25Grace196US #25
#26Esther188US #32
#27Rita186US #116
#28Anne181US #57
#29Barbara181US #94
#30Agnes174US #41
#31Beatrice171US #37
#32Katherine171US #54
#33Marjorie168US #48
#34Virginia163US #15
#35Ethel162US #20
#36Edna139US #18
#37Gladys133US #19
#38Jennie125US #80
#39Phyllis123US #122
#40Bertha121US #39
#41Stella121US #69
#42Ann113US #46
#43Hazel108US #27
#44Eva106US #50
#45Julia105US #42
#46Ida99US #49
#47Marguerite99US #78
#48Elsie96US #40
#49Sophie94US #113
#50Blanche91US #76
#51Jean90US #60
#52Pauline88US #35
#53Emily87US #99
#54Emma87US #38
#55Madeline84US #117
#56Jeannette81US #192
#57Laura80US #62
#58Martha80US #28
#59Bernice79US #45
#60Charlotte79US #87
#61Genevieve79US #84
#62Sarah79US #43
#63Theresa76US #97
#64Thelma71US #26
#65Lena70US #73
#66Bessie69US #47
#67Ellen68US #88
#68Lucy68US #77
#69Eileen66US #184
#70Dorothea65US #176
#71Jane64US #81
#72Viola64US #52
#73Sylvia63US #72
#74Muriel62US #137
#75Olive62US #129
#76Antoinette60US #181
#77Winifred60US #157
#78Kathleen59US #110
#79Mabel58US #56
#80Myrtle55US #53
#81Constance54
#82Estelle54US #112
#83Clara52US #36
#84Hilda52US #105
#85Nellie52US #58
#86Amelia51US #161
#87Harriet51US #125
#88Annie49US #30
#89Claire48
#90Loretta46US #118
#91Nancy46US #102
#92Jeanette45US #159
#93Priscilla45
#94Maria43US #133
#95Sadie43US #115
#96Veronica43US #183
#97Geraldine42US #121
#98Janet42US #162
#99Caroline39US #149
#100Sally39US #138

Boys

#1John1,480US #1
#2Joseph987US #5
#3William880US #2
#4James666US #3
#5George634US #6
#6Charles562US #7
#7Edward555US #8
#8Robert492US #4
#9Francis368US #30
#10Thomas361US #10
#11Arthur344US #17
#12Frank340US #9
#13Walter325US #11
#14Albert285US #16
#15Henry276US #12
#16Richard240US #19
#17Harold224US #13
#18Paul217US #14
#19Raymond212US #18
#20Alfred211US #42
#21Stanley211US #41
#22Anthony195US #38
#23Louis194US #20
#24Frederick189US #49
#25Harry167US #15
#26Michael163US #40
#27Ernest162US #34
#28Leo160US #48
#29David150US #29
#30Ralph149US #22
#31Donald144US #25
#32Philip141US #69
#33Peter129US #51
#34Herbert128US #39
#35Daniel126US #54
#36Lawrence123US #35
#37Samuel119US #36
#38Manuel112US #125
#39Bernard98US #52
#40Howard95US #26
#41Carl94US #23
#42Chester93US #56
#43Kenneth92US #33
#44Norman92US #57
#45Vincent92US #66
#46Theodore80US #60
#47Russell79US #50
#48Leonard76US #46
#49Benjamin75US #70
#50Roland74US #128
#51Fred72US #27
#52Eugene70US #43
#53Clarence69US #21
#54Edwin69US #55
#55Roger66US #138
#56Edmund65US #131
#57Stephen65US #86
#58Andrew64US #47
#59Alexander59US #98
#60Earl57US #31
#61Warren56US #109
#62Morris54US #89
#63Irving53US #104
#64Everett52US #97
#65Salvatore52US #162
#66Victor51US #80
#67Maurice48US #95
#68Nicholas48US #110
#69Wilfred48US #180
#70Armand44
#71Max44US #101
#72Angelo42US #153
#73Hyman42
#74Jacob42US #117
#75Roy42US #32
#76Sidney42US #90
#77Abraham40US #142
#78Patrick40US #148
#79Gordon39US #94
#80Milton39US #71
#81Gerald37US #84
#82Jack37US #28
#83Martin35US #75
#84Clifford34US #68
#85Elmer34US #45
#86Leon34US #81
#87Melvin34US #61
#88Arnold32US #92
#89Antonio30
#90Gerard30
#91Nathan29US #127
#92Edgar28US #87
#93Oscar28US #76
#94Alphonse27
#95Antone27
#96Earle27
#97Herman26US #53
#98Rudolph26US #139
#99Dominic25
#100Hugh25US #115

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑34Rita#27
↑29Genevieve#61
↑28Salvatore#65
↑23Antoinette#76
↑23Max#71
↑22Russell#47
↑21Jane#71
↑19Viola#72

Falling

↓27Mabel#79
↓22Sally#100
↓22Gordon#79
↓21Maria#94
↓18Edgar#92
↓16Ellen#67
↓16Abraham#77
↓15Loretta#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.