State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,561 Massachusetts births in 1917 across 811 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#56Claire#200 nationally
#68Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#48Jeannette#177 nationally
#75Antonio#200 nationally
#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#81Antoneoutside the national top 200
#84Armandoutside the national top 200
#85Constanceoutside the national top 200
#92Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#93Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#97Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#98Yvonneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,818US #1
#2Helen1,537US #2
#3Dorothy1,157US #3
#4Ruth991US #5
#5Margaret947US #4
#6Rita768US #63
#7Elizabeth673US #8
#8Alice665US #13
#9Anna657US #7
#10Eleanor585US #26
#11Rose540US #16
#12Frances519US #9
#13Evelyn493US #11
#14Lillian490US #15
#15Marion482US #45
#16Doris475US #25
#17Catherine472US #18
#18Florence452US #14
#19Mildred451US #6
#20Virginia450US #10
#21Josephine424US #21
#22Irene421US #17
#23Barbara402US #67
#24Louise386US #19
#25Gertrude370US #37
#26Marie354US #12
#27Marjorie335US #36
#28Edith316US #28
#29Grace298US #30
#30Beatrice280US #39
#31Phyllis258US #92
#32Anne254US #53
#33Esther254US #38
#34Ethel230US #24
#35Edna227US #20
#36Ann226US #44
#37Agnes223US #48
#38Jennie222US #81
#39Pauline221US #33
#40Stella216US #62
#41Gladys203US #23
#42Katherine201US #49
#43Jean197US #40
#44Sophie192US #100
#45Julia185US #47
#46Bertha180US #51
#47Marguerite170US #78
#48Jeannette166US #177
#49Eileen161US #106
#50Eva154US #54
#51Blanche153US #91
#52Charlotte152US #76
#53Ida147US #56
#54Pearl139US #57
#55Theresa139US #97
#56Claire138US #200
#57Elsie138US #50
#58Muriel138US #128
#59Thelma135US #32
#60Hazel134US #31
#61Sylvia132US #69
#62Genevieve125US #77
#63Jane123US #55
#64Laura123US #65
#65Martha123US #22
#66Nellie123US #64
#67Bernice122US #42
#68Priscilla118
#69Harriet116US #104
#70Anita115US #137
#71Sarah112US #52
#72Kathleen110US #101
#73Lena110US #85
#74Ellen109US #90
#75Loretta109US #114
#76Emily107US #103
#77Olive105US #138
#78Winifred105US #141
#79Lucille101US #29
#80Clara100US #41
#81Lois97US #43
#82Lucy97US #88
#83Shirley96US #123
#84Hilda95US #112
#85Constance94
#86Janet94US #136
#87Amelia90US #173
#88Emma90US #46
#89Madeline90US #127
#90Viola90US #59
#91Maria86US #146
#92Angelina85
#93June85US #73
#94Olga85US #131
#95Dorothea84US #180
#96Geraldine84US #89
#97Antoinette83US #170
#98Yvonne80
#99Annie79US #35
#100Marian77US #74

Boys

#1John2,471US #1
#2Joseph1,590US #5
#3William1,519US #2
#4Robert1,162US #4
#5George1,035US #6
#6James996US #3
#7Edward994US #8
#8Charles917US #7
#9Frank679US #9
#10Francis631US #30
#11Arthur599US #17
#12Walter592US #11
#13Albert544US #18
#14Thomas531US #10
#15Richard497US #14
#16Henry443US #15
#17Paul420US #13
#18Raymond413US #16
#19Harold402US #12
#20Anthony367US #38
#21Stanley352US #34
#22Louis324US #23
#23Alfred308US #43
#24Donald304US #20
#25Ralph300US #21
#26Frederick280US #51
#27Michael251US #44
#28Ernest237US #37
#29Peter229US #50
#30Leo225US #47
#31Harry221US #19
#32David215US #28
#33Norman207US #46
#34Philip204US #66
#35Bernard188US #49
#36Daniel187US #54
#37Samuel184US #42
#38Herbert181US #40
#39Lawrence180US #36
#40Kenneth177US #27
#41Vincent175US #65
#42Chester172US #56
#43Manuel167US #128
#44Howard147US #26
#45Russell134US #52
#46Fred133US #29
#47Roland130US #117
#48Leonard128US #41
#49Carl127US #24
#50Stephen127US #89
#51Alexander126US #97
#52Eugene121US #39
#53Theodore121US #63
#54Edwin107US #55
#55Andrew105US #48
#56Benjamin101US #76
#57Clarence101US #25
#58Nicholas99US #109
#59Victor97US #78
#60Warren97US #93
#61Irving94US #106
#62Roger94US #119
#63Wilfred92US #164
#64Earl90US #32
#65Edmund90US #135
#66Maurice90US #101
#67Leon85US #82
#68Salvatore84US #155
#69Gordon81US #84
#70Lloyd77US #53
#71Sidney77US #95
#72Milton74US #75
#73Martin73US #77
#74Angelo72US #152
#75Antonio70US #200
#76Everett70US #94
#77Gerald70US #69
#78Morris69US #99
#79Gerard68
#80Roy68US #33
#81Antone65
#82Elmer64US #45
#83Patrick62US #154
#84Armand61
#85Abraham60US #171
#86Arnold60US #91
#87Clifford60US #59
#88Gilbert60US #105
#89Lewis54US #70
#90Melvin53US #57
#91Max49US #104
#92Matthew47US #149
#93Alphonse46
#94Leslie44US #107
#95Lester44US #61
#96Herman43US #58
#97Malcolm43
#98Dominic42
#99Jacob42US #130
#100Jack41US #22

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑27Pearl#54
↑18Gerard#79
↑16Loretta#75
↑15Anita#70
↑13Harriet#69
↑13Samuel#37
↑12Muriel#58
↑12Genevieve#62

Falling

↓28Madeline#89
↓22Constance#85
↓16Jack#100
↓15Lena#73
↓15Dorothea#95
↓15Lester#95
↓15Dominic#98
↓13Armand#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.