State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,506 Massachusetts births in 1918 across 858 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#44Claire#186 nationally
#64Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#71Armandoutside the national top 200
#59Jeannette#185 nationally
#76Antoniooutside the national top 200
#77Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#75Constance#198 nationally
#85Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#85Antoneoutside the national top 200
#89Dominicoutside the national top 200
#68Wilfred#179 nationally
#91Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,006US #1
#2Helen1,588US #2
#3Dorothy1,192US #3
#4Ruth1,030US #5
#5Margaret938US #4
#6Rita794US #58
#7Alice687US #13
#8Elizabeth675US #9
#9Anna659US #10
#10Eleanor605US #26
#11Barbara538US #60
#12Frances529US #8
#13Evelyn524US #11
#14Florence522US #14
#15Doris520US #19
#16Lillian514US #15
#17Rose507US #17
#18Virginia497US #7
#19Catherine474US #20
#20Irene452US #16
#21Josephine451US #24
#22Marion438US #45
#23Mildred435US #6
#24Marie399US #12
#25Louise378US #18
#26Gertrude367US #39
#27Phyllis338US #80
#28Marjorie326US #34
#29Beatrice316US #40
#30Anne307US #54
#31Edith307US #30
#32Grace301US #31
#33Katherine239US #50
#34Pauline235US #35
#35Edna229US #23
#36Jennie229US #91
#37Agnes228US #47
#38Esther224US #38
#39Ann223US #44
#40Ethel211US #28
#41Sophie199US #108
#42Julia195US #48
#43Stella186US #67
#44Claire181US #186
#45Gladys175US #22
#46Lorraine174US #69
#47Jean171US #37
#48Marguerite168US #86
#49Bertha167US #51
#50Charlotte157US #78
#51Ida157US #57
#52Muriel156US #130
#53Sylvia154US #71
#54Blanche151US #96
#55Eva144US #55
#56Jane142US #53
#57Eileen138US #110
#58Bernice136US #41
#59Jeannette136US #185
#60Theresa135US #101
#61Elsie133US #49
#62Ellen131US #92
#63Lucy131US #90
#64Priscilla131
#65Genevieve130US #81
#66Thelma130US #32
#67Sarah128US #52
#68Laura127US #64
#69Nellie126US #65
#70Hazel125US #33
#71Kathleen125US #99
#72Shirley124US #97
#73Victoria124US #134
#74Martha123US #25
#75Constance121US #198
#76Lena120US #93
#77Emily110US #105
#78June108US #66
#79Pearl105US #56
#80Geraldine104US #77
#81Hilda104US #114
#82Olive104US #143
#83Winifred103US #145
#84Anita102US #151
#85Angelina100
#86Lucille99US #29
#87Madeline99US #135
#88Dorothea95US #187
#89Janet95US #129
#90Loretta95US #116
#91Miriam95US #138
#92Emma94US #46
#93Betty91US #21
#94Antoinette89US #179
#95Harriet89US #106
#96Mabel89US #74
#97Viola89US #59
#98Norma88US #98
#99Clara84US #43
#100Annie83US #36

Boys

#1John2,657US #1
#2Joseph1,787US #7
#3William1,587US #2
#4Robert1,302US #4
#5James1,137US #3
#6George1,088US #6
#7Edward1,060US #8
#8Charles965US #5
#9Frank654US #9
#10Francis639US #30
#11Arthur625US #17
#12Walter603US #11
#13Richard591US #12
#14Thomas590US #10
#15Henry492US #16
#16Albert478US #19
#17Paul445US #14
#18Raymond444US #15
#19Anthony371US #39
#20Alfred369US #42
#21Louis356US #24
#22Stanley349US #36
#23Harold336US #13
#24Frederick331US #59
#25Ralph322US #22
#26Donald315US #18
#27Leo291US #48
#28Peter265US #53
#29Ernest262US #37
#30David248US #28
#31Michael247US #45
#32Philip234US #71
#33Harry224US #20
#34Norman222US #49
#35Daniel218US #52
#36Lawrence211US #38
#37Herbert204US #40
#38Kenneth198US #27
#39Manuel194US #126
#40Bernard188US #47
#41Chester172US #54
#42Russell169US #50
#43Victor155US #63
#44Theodore153US #64
#45Fred146US #33
#46Howard146US #26
#47Leonard143US #41
#48Stephen143US #96
#49Vincent139US #73
#50Carl136US #25
#51Samuel135US #43
#52Roland134US #121
#53Earl125US #31
#54Eugene125US #35
#55Andrew120US #46
#56Irving114US #108
#57Edwin110US #55
#58Alexander108US #104
#59Edmund107US #140
#60Warren104US #90
#61Nicholas103US #113
#62Everett102US #93
#63Roger101US #116
#64Clarence99US #23
#65Leon95US #77
#66Gordon90US #85
#67Salvatore89US #155
#68Wilfred88US #179
#69Roy86US #32
#70Gerald85US #72
#71Armand82
#72Martin81US #81
#73Sidney79US #94
#74Benjamin77US #79
#75Lester76US #62
#76Antonio72
#77Alphonse68
#78Angelo68US #162
#79Milton68US #76
#80Clifford66US #60
#81Maurice66US #103
#82Lloyd65US #51
#83Edgar63US #89
#84Elmer63US #44
#85Antone62
#86Douglas61US #115
#87Matthew60US #148
#88Wallace60US #124
#89Dominic59
#90Melvin59US #56
#91Gerard58
#92Patrick58US #161
#93Arnold56US #92
#94Gilbert56US #105
#95Jack55US #21
#96Abraham49US #174
#97Morris47US #101
#98Max45US #106
#99Edmond43
#100Willard43US #83

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑20Lester#75
↑19Lucy#63
↑16Geraldine#80
↑16Victor#43
↑16Alphonse#77
↑15June#78
↑14Everett#62
↑13Armand#71

Falling

↓26Harriet#95
↓25Pearl#79
↓19Clara#99
↓19Morris#97
↓18Benjamin#74
↓15Loretta#90
↓15Maurice#81
↓14Anita#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.