State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,333 Massachusetts births in 1916 across 823 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#63Constanceoutside the national top 200
#66Claireoutside the national top 200
#69Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#70Antoniooutside the national top 200
#71Armandoutside the national top 200
#75Antoneoutside the national top 200
#54Jeannette#173 nationally
#83Dominicoutside the national top 200
#84Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#87Annetteoutside the national top 200
#87Mariooutside the national top 200
#61Wilfred#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,754US #1
#2Helen1,473US #2
#3Dorothy1,091US #3
#4Margaret883US #4
#5Ruth863US #5
#6Rita684US #67
#7Anna653US #7
#8Alice634US #13
#9Elizabeth623US #8
#10Eleanor554US #27
#11Rose507US #15
#12Frances494US #9
#13Florence490US #14
#14Lillian479US #16
#15Doris475US #32
#16Catherine450US #20
#17Evelyn447US #11
#18Mildred420US #6
#19Marion411US #47
#20Virginia407US #10
#21Josephine402US #21
#22Irene389US #17
#23Barbara384US #74
#24Gertrude362US #35
#25Marie360US #12
#26Louise326US #18
#27Anne302US #53
#28Edith291US #28
#29Marjorie271US #37
#30Beatrice270US #38
#31Grace267US #26
#32Phyllis257US #95
#33Esther236US #34
#34Jennie232US #79
#35Edna221US #19
#36Agnes213US #50
#37Ethel210US #25
#38Stella205US #63
#39Ann199US #40
#40Pauline196US #33
#41Sophie194US #101
#42Bertha192US #49
#43Julia185US #46
#44Katherine185US #51
#45Marguerite181US #78
#46Gladys171US #22
#47Jean171US #45
#48Charlotte170US #80
#49Eva163US #55
#50Elsie148US #48
#51Theresa143US #98
#52Jane141US #62
#53Blanche140US #89
#54Jeannette138US #173
#55Thelma138US #29
#56Ida137US #54
#57Hazel136US #31
#58Lena136US #85
#59Eileen133US #118
#60Martha133US #24
#61Madeline121US #131
#62Bernice118US #42
#63Constance118
#64Laura116US #64
#65Ellen115US #87
#66Claire114
#67Sylvia114US #69
#68Sarah110US #52
#69Priscilla109
#70Muriel106US #134
#71Lucy105US #84
#72Nellie104US #61
#73Clara103US #39
#74Genevieve103US #76
#75Emily101US #100
#76Emma101US #41
#77Kathleen98US #104
#78Lucille92US #30
#79Janet91US #142
#80Dorothea90US #179
#81Pearl89US #57
#82Harriet88US #106
#83Olive84US #132
#84Angelina83
#85Anita83US #151
#86Winifred83US #148
#87Annette82
#88Viola82US #59
#89Mabel81US #65
#90Hilda80US #105
#91Loretta78US #113
#92Miriam78US #140
#93Olga78US #126
#94Antoinette77US #175
#95Geraldine76US #94
#96Caroline75US #144
#97Amelia74US #167
#98Annie74US #36
#99Celia70
#100Betty67US #44

Boys

#1John2,405US #1
#2Joseph1,662US #5
#3William1,468US #2
#4James986US #3
#5Robert982US #4
#6George979US #7
#7Charles903US #6
#8Edward897US #8
#9Frank623US #9
#10Francis606US #31
#11Thomas601US #10
#12Walter565US #11
#13Arthur557US #18
#14Albert497US #17
#15Richard448US #15
#16Paul444US #12
#17Henry438US #14
#18Raymond389US #16
#19Stanley388US #34
#20Anthony344US #37
#21Louis327US #22
#22Harold323US #13
#23Alfred298US #43
#24Frederick274US #52
#25Donald254US #20
#26Ralph252US #21
#27David246US #28
#28Michael243US #44
#29Leo238US #47
#30Harry237US #19
#31Norman218US #48
#32Peter213US #50
#33Ernest211US #36
#34Daniel189US #55
#35Kenneth173US #27
#36Philip171US #70
#37Bernard170US #49
#38Herbert165US #40
#39Lawrence164US #38
#40Carl162US #23
#41Vincent156US #67
#42Chester148US #54
#43Russell146US #51
#44Leonard145US #42
#45Manuel144US #133
#46Eugene142US #39
#47Roland140US #118
#48Theodore140US #65
#49Howard127US #25
#50Samuel126US #41
#51Andrew125US #46
#52Stephen118US #87
#53Edwin112US #53
#54Alexander110US #99
#55Nicholas109US #107
#56Edmund100US #134
#57Fred99US #29
#58Roger98US #129
#59Benjamin94US #79
#60Irving93US #109
#61Wilfred91US #168
#62Victor85US #78
#63Warren84US #102
#64Clarence82US #24
#65Everett82US #91
#66Maurice80US #100
#67Salvatore80US #150
#68Earl76US #32
#69Milton75US #72
#70Antonio73
#71Armand73
#72Martin70US #81
#73Gordon69US #90
#74Roy69US #33
#75Antone65
#76Sidney62US #95
#77Angelo61US #146
#78Leon61US #85
#79Clifford59US #61
#80Lester57US #59
#81Gerald55US #76
#82Elmer54US #45
#83Dominic51
#84Jack51US #26
#85Melvin51US #57
#86Edgar50US #88
#87Mario49
#88Abraham48US #158
#89Gilbert47US #106
#90Morris47US #97
#91Herman46US #56
#92Max46US #105
#93Arnold45US #89
#94Nathan45US #143
#95Patrick44US #154
#96Alphonse42
#97Gerard42
#98Matthew40US #148
#99Wallace40US #124
#100Willard38US #69

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑21Priscilla#69
↑21Wilfred#61
↑18Dorothea#80
↑17Antone#75
↑13Claire#66
↑13Martin#72
↑12Constance#63
↑11Maurice#66

Falling

↓20Amelia#97
↓19Arnold#93
↓17Loretta#91
↓15Clifford#79
↓14Emily#75
↓13Olga#93
↓12Samuel#50
↓12Angelo#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.