State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,374 Massachusetts births in 1914 across 749 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#64Angelina#195 nationally
#70Claireoutside the national top 200
#72Antoniooutside the national top 200
#61Jeannette#189 nationally
#63Wilfred#187 nationally
#82Constanceoutside the national top 200
#85Cecileoutside the national top 200
#86Antoneoutside the national top 200
#92Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#98Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#98Mitchelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,497US #1
#2Helen1,210US #2
#3Dorothy849US #3
#4Margaret841US #4
#5Ruth714US #5
#6Anna588US #6
#7Alice569US #12
#8Elizabeth503US #8
#9Rose490US #15
#10Eleanor442US #28
#11Rita427US #87
#12Lillian418US #16
#13Catherine409US #18
#14Frances399US #9
#15Evelyn398US #11
#16Florence385US #13
#17Doris373US #36
#18Mildred362US #7
#19Marion360US #50
#20Josephine350US #23
#21Irene325US #22
#22Gertrude312US #32
#23Louise308US #17
#24Barbara282US #82
#25Grace271US #25
#26Edith262US #31
#27Marie262US #10
#28Marjorie246US #45
#29Anne241US #53
#30Beatrice232US #38
#31Virginia222US #14
#32Ethel214US #21
#33Edna208US #19
#34Esther205US #35
#35Gladys196US #20
#36Agnes192US #44
#37Katherine190US #48
#38Bertha177US #41
#39Jennie171US #77
#40Stella161US #65
#41Ida160US #49
#42Ann152US #40
#43Julia150US #42
#44Phyllis150US #113
#45Sophie147US #100
#46Pauline144US #34
#47Jean136US #54
#48Blanche135US #80
#49Eva130US #52
#50Ellen127US #86
#51Hazel125US #29
#52Marguerite124US #84
#53Charlotte120US #88
#54Lena119US #75
#55Madeline110US #116
#56Thelma110US #26
#57Genevieve107US #76
#58Theresa105US #93
#59Elsie102US #46
#60Muriel102US #133
#61Jeannette100US #189
#62Lucy97US #73
#63Sarah95US #47
#64Angelina93US #195
#65Laura93US #59
#66Martha93US #27
#67Eileen90US #159
#68Hilda87US #103
#69Sylvia87US #70
#70Claire85
#71Emma85US #39
#72Bernice82US #43
#73Amelia81US #156
#74Emily80US #98
#75Jane80US #71
#76Viola79US #57
#77Kathleen77US #110
#78Mabel73US #58
#79Pearl73US #56
#80Clara71US #37
#81Olive70US #127
#82Constance68
#83Christine67US #117
#84Estelle64US #112
#85Cecile63
#86Loretta63US #122
#87Winifred63US #161
#88Dorothea62US #182
#89Jessie62US #64
#90Olga62US #136
#91Harriet61US #111
#92Kathryn61US #63
#93Myrtle61US #60
#94Nellie61US #61
#95Shirley61US #160
#96Alma60US #69
#97Marian60US #90
#98Yvonne60
#99Lucille59US #30
#100Maria59US #135

Boys

#1John1,986US #1
#2Joseph1,369US #5
#3William1,216US #2
#4James832US #3
#5George821US #6
#6Charles752US #7
#7Edward717US #8
#8Robert694US #4
#9Frank512US #9
#10Francis471US #31
#11Walter450US #10
#12Thomas444US #11
#13Arthur432US #18
#14Albert381US #15
#15Henry370US #12
#16Richard319US #17
#17Anthony310US #37
#18Paul305US #13
#19Raymond293US #16
#20Louis280US #20
#21Stanley278US #39
#22Harold274US #14
#23Alfred226US #41
#24Frederick220US #52
#25Leo206US #47
#26Ralph205US #21
#27Harry202US #19
#28Peter197US #48
#29Michael196US #40
#30Donald193US #23
#31David187US #29
#32Ernest187US #38
#33Philip171US #68
#34Lawrence157US #35
#35Daniel154US #55
#36Samuel153US #36
#37Herbert145US #42
#38Chester140US #56
#39Manuel140US #128
#40Kenneth137US #30
#41Vincent137US #61
#42Norman123US #54
#43Bernard122US #50
#44Howard110US #26
#45Russell108US #49
#46Carl107US #24
#47Roland100US #121
#48Benjamin99US #70
#49Edwin99US #53
#50Eugene99US #43
#51Leonard97US #45
#52Fred96US #28
#53Andrew92US #44
#54Clarence91US #22
#55Alexander90US #98
#56Stephen87US #80
#57Edmund86US #130
#58Roger82US #126
#59Irving81US #100
#60Maurice80US #94
#61Milton80US #69
#62Theodore80US #64
#63Wilfred76US #187
#64Warren75US #108
#65Nicholas72US #102
#66Morris66US #86
#67Victor66US #76
#68Armand64
#69Angelo62US #146
#70Everett62US #90
#71Salvatore62US #148
#72Antonio61
#73Gordon60US #88
#74Nathan59US #124
#75Abraham57US #141
#76Elmer55US #46
#77Martin55US #73
#78Earl54US #33
#79Gerald54US #81
#80Patrick54US #149
#81Max52US #99
#82Roy52US #32
#83Clifford49US #62
#84Leon49US #85
#85Jack48US #27
#86Antone47
#87Lester47US #57
#88Edgar46US #87
#89Sidney45US #89
#90Melvin42US #59
#91Lloyd40US #66
#92Alphonse39
#93Matthew39US #151
#94Leslie37US #103
#95Oscar37US #77
#96Jacob36US #113
#97Julius36US #106
#98Mitchell36
#99Herman35US #51
#100Hyman34

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑19Claire#70
↑19Milton#61
↑17Ellen#50
↑17Antonio#72
↑17Nathan#74
↑16Rita#11
↑16Hilda#68
↑14Muriel#60

Falling

↓27Hyman#100
↓22Jacob#96
↓21Emily#74
↓18Dorothea#88
↓18Earl#78
↓17Emma#71
↓16Theodore#62
↓13Bernice#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.