State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,195 Massachusetts births in 1915 across 809 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#71Antoniooutside the national top 200
#75Constanceoutside the national top 200
#62Jeannette#187 nationally
#76Armandoutside the national top 200
#79Claireoutside the national top 200
#81Dominicoutside the national top 200
#89Gerardoutside the national top 200
#88Angelina#199 nationally
#90Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#91Mariooutside the national top 200
#92Antoneoutside the national top 200
#96Lioneloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,794US #1
#2Helen1,452US #2
#3Dorothy1,038US #3
#4Margaret886US #4
#5Ruth877US #5
#6Alice670US #13
#7Anna659US #7
#8Rita654US #71
#9Elizabeth617US #8
#10Rose516US #16
#11Lillian512US #15
#12Eleanor483US #28
#13Florence474US #14
#14Catherine465US #19
#15Evelyn457US #10
#16Mildred452US #6
#17Frances447US #9
#18Irene412US #17
#19Doris409US #34
#20Josephine391US #22
#21Marion362US #50
#22Virginia352US #12
#23Marie348US #11
#24Barbara343US #83
#25Gertrude337US #35
#26Louise334US #18
#27Edith313US #31
#28Beatrice291US #37
#29Esther284US #33
#30Marjorie282US #39
#31Grace277US #27
#32Anne275US #52
#33Jennie245US #73
#34Ethel223US #23
#35Agnes216US #45
#36Edna206US #20
#37Gladys206US #21
#38Stella205US #64
#39Phyllis196US #100
#40Pauline193US #32
#41Katherine192US #49
#42Sophie191US #97
#43Bertha184US #46
#44Julia183US #44
#45Ann180US #43
#46Jean158US #48
#47Marguerite153US #85
#48Hazel150US #26
#49Eva148US #55
#50Lena141US #77
#51Ida137US #54
#52Theresa137US #93
#53Elsie135US #41
#54Charlotte130US #81
#55Eileen130US #132
#56Jane130US #69
#57Laura129US #61
#58Thelma129US #30
#59Blanche128US #87
#60Martha126US #25
#61Emily125US #99
#62Jeannette123US #187
#63Lucy123US #79
#64Sylvia120US #67
#65Madeline119US #121
#66Genevieve117US #76
#67Bernice108US #42
#68Sarah105US #51
#69Clara99US #38
#70Ellen99US #88
#71Muriel99US #134
#72Emma96US #40
#73Nellie93US #63
#74Loretta89US #115
#75Constance88
#76Harriet85US #112
#77Amelia84US #165
#78Kathleen84US #104
#79Claire82
#80Olga82US #130
#81Pearl82US #56
#82Viola81US #59
#83Olive78US #123
#84Winifred78US #143
#85Lucille76US #29
#86Mabel75US #62
#87Kathryn74US #60
#88Angelina73US #199
#89Myrtle73US #58
#90Priscilla73
#91Veronica72US #185
#92Anita68US #164
#93Annie68US #36
#94Betty68US #53
#95Caroline68US #137
#96Antoinette67US #173
#97Bessie67US #57
#98Dorothea67US #182
#99Estelle66US #117
#100Miriam65US #138

Boys

#1John2,291US #1
#2Joseph1,557US #5
#3William1,318US #2
#4George944US #6
#5James902US #3
#6Robert852US #4
#7Edward848US #8
#8Charles830US #7
#9Frank582US #9
#10Francis581US #29
#11Thomas524US #10
#12Walter524US #11
#13Arthur500US #18
#14Albert446US #17
#15Henry433US #14
#16Paul430US #13
#17Richard409US #15
#18Raymond369US #16
#19Harold354US #12
#20Anthony352US #36
#21Stanley306US #34
#22Louis304US #23
#23Alfred297US #42
#24Ralph283US #21
#25Frederick268US #52
#26Donald249US #20
#27Ernest249US #35
#28Michael246US #43
#29Leo229US #47
#30Harry215US #19
#31David203US #31
#32Peter197US #49
#33Herbert196US #40
#34Philip191US #69
#35Daniel186US #55
#36Norman181US #50
#37Lawrence180US #37
#38Samuel179US #39
#39Bernard148US #48
#40Kenneth147US #28
#41Manuel144US #134
#42Russell144US #51
#43Chester143US #54
#44Vincent136US #65
#45Carl130US #22
#46Leonard128US #44
#47Fred127US #26
#48Howard127US #25
#49Stephen127US #86
#50Roland125US #118
#51Eugene122US #41
#52Benjamin114US #71
#53Theodore112US #64
#54Andrew110US #46
#55Irving109US #107
#56Victor107US #74
#57Warren103US #105
#58Nicholas102US #104
#59Edmund101US #136
#60Alexander100US #103
#61Edwin99US #53
#62Roger92US #124
#63Earl82US #33
#64Clifford79US #61
#65Angelo76US #149
#66Everett76US #89
#67Gordon75US #90
#68Milton75US #73
#69Salvatore74US #148
#70Clarence73US #24
#71Antonio72
#72Elmer68US #45
#73Gerald66US #78
#74Arnold65US #91
#75Leon65US #82
#76Armand62
#77Maurice62US #101
#78Morris61US #93
#79Sidney59US #94
#80Roy57US #32
#81Dominic55
#82Wilfred55US #181
#83Lester53US #57
#84Abraham51US #152
#85Martin50US #79
#86Matthew49US #150
#87Max48US #102
#88Patrick48US #164
#89Gerard47
#90Edgar44US #85
#91Mario44
#92Antone42
#93Herman42US #56
#94Jack42US #27
#95Melvin42US #60
#96Lionel40
#97Nathan39US #139
#98Alphonse38
#99Frederic37
#100Gilbert37US #100

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑21Nellie#73
↑19Jane#56
↑19Clifford#64
↑15Harriet#76
↑15Earl#63
↑14Lucille#85
↑13Emily#61
↑12Eileen#55

Falling

↓24Angelina#88
↓23Nathan#97
↓20Ellen#70
↓19Wilfred#82
↓17Maurice#77
↓16Clarence#70
↓15Estelle#99
↓12Edwin#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.