State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,055 Massachusetts births in 1919 across 806 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#55Claire#197 nationally
#52Jeannette#184 nationally
#70Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#74Gerardoutside the national top 200
#77Antoneoutside the national top 200
#79Armandoutside the national top 200
#80Antoniooutside the national top 200
#82Dominicoutside the national top 200
#64Constance#182 nationally
#66Wilfred#184 nationally
#85Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#88Angelina#199 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,769US #1
#2Helen1,520US #2
#3Dorothy1,129US #3
#4Ruth969US #5
#5Margaret907US #4
#6Rita782US #54
#7Elizabeth654US #8
#8Alice613US #13
#9Anna596US #10
#10Eleanor574US #30
#11Frances517US #9
#12Virginia507US #7
#13Evelyn501US #11
#14Doris497US #18
#15Florence492US #14
#16Catherine480US #23
#17Barbara474US #60
#18Rose472US #19
#19Lillian453US #17
#20Mildred441US #6
#21Irene424US #16
#22Josephine410US #26
#23Marion402US #44
#24Gertrude395US #39
#25Marie373US #12
#26Louise342US #20
#27Marjorie329US #33
#28Phyllis326US #84
#29Edith300US #29
#30Beatrice296US #41
#31Grace283US #34
#32Pauline241US #36
#33Anne239US #63
#34Esther214US #38
#35Jennie214US #93
#36Agnes213US #50
#37Edna213US #22
#38Ann210US #49
#39Gladys206US #21
#40Jean204US #37
#41Ethel202US #28
#42Sophie199US #109
#43Stella197US #70
#44Eileen185US #103
#45Katherine185US #51
#46Charlotte181US #79
#47Shirley172US #89
#48Marguerite166US #96
#49Eva165US #55
#50Lorraine163US #62
#51Julia158US #48
#52Jeannette155US #184
#53Muriel153US #133
#54Bertha152US #52
#55Claire151US #197
#56Elsie141US #47
#57Blanche140US #97
#58Jane138US #53
#59Martha136US #25
#60Sylvia136US #77
#61Hazel134US #32
#62Theresa131US #102
#63Ida128US #57
#64Constance124US #182
#65Bernice123US #42
#66Olive120US #149
#67Emily118US #105
#68Genevieve118US #88
#69Lucille117US #27
#70Priscilla116
#71Kathleen111US #101
#72Thelma110US #31
#73Lena108US #94
#74Lucy106US #91
#75Betty105US #15
#76Ellen102US #92
#77Madeline102US #139
#78Geraldine100US #68
#79Nellie99US #69
#80Anita98US #146
#81Olga98US #137
#82Laura97US #71
#83Sarah95US #46
#84Norma94US #83
#85Pearl94US #56
#86Hilda93US #123
#87Miriam93US #145
#88Angelina88US #199
#89Janet88US #126
#90June86US #64
#91Emma85US #45
#92Nancy85US #100
#93Antoinette82US #180
#94Jeanette80US #135
#95Viola80US #58
#96Harriet78US #113
#97Maria78US #138
#98Winifred78US #164
#99Patricia77US #114
#100Loretta75US #118

Boys

#1John2,406US #1
#2Joseph1,581US #7
#3William1,389US #2
#4Robert1,245US #4
#5George1,071US #6
#6Edward1,069US #8
#7James1,035US #3
#8Charles857US #5
#9Frank641US #9
#10Arthur605US #19
#11Walter599US #11
#12Francis588US #34
#13Thomas574US #10
#14Richard566US #12
#15Albert491US #18
#16Paul474US #15
#17Raymond438US #14
#18Henry416US #16
#19Alfred375US #42
#20Harold368US #13
#21Stanley350US #37
#22Anthony345US #41
#23Louis313US #28
#24Donald299US #17
#25Ralph296US #22
#26Ernest260US #36
#27Frederick251US #64
#28David250US #27
#29Leo246US #49
#30Michael237US #46
#31Peter231US #57
#32Harry206US #20
#33Manuel192US #118
#34Herbert191US #40
#35Bernard190US #45
#36Philip186US #71
#37Norman185US #48
#38Daniel181US #51
#39Lawrence180US #38
#40Chester173US #53
#41Theodore171US #54
#42Kenneth168US #26
#43Howard164US #24
#44Russell163US #50
#45Eugene157US #33
#46Samuel153US #43
#47Vincent146US #72
#48Roland143US #119
#49Fred140US #30
#50Leonard140US #39
#51Stephen138US #97
#52Carl132US #29
#53Victor129US #68
#54Edwin122US #52
#55Andrew119US #47
#56Roger117US #124
#57Alexander111US #113
#58Nicholas106US #122
#59Earl102US #31
#60Warren102US #83
#61Everett90US #93
#62Edmund89US #144
#63Benjamin85US #79
#64Clarence84US #25
#65Roy83US #32
#66Wilfred83US #184
#67Maurice81US #108
#68Gerald79US #70
#69Gordon79US #86
#70Irving78US #111
#71Leon78US #80
#72Martin78US #81
#73Milton77US #73
#74Gerard73
#75Salvatore72US #160
#76Sidney71US #96
#77Antone68
#78Melvin65US #56
#79Armand64
#80Antonio60
#81Angelo58US #161
#82Dominic56
#83Lester56US #62
#84Arnold54US #94
#85Alphonse53
#86Morris52US #100
#87Clifford51US #60
#88Max51US #110
#89Patrick49US #166
#90Edgar46US #89
#91Jack46US #21
#92Matthew46US #152
#93Mitchell46
#94Douglas45US #121
#95Elmer45US #44
#96Wallace43US #107
#97Lloyd42US #58
#98Mario41
#99Abraham40US #176
#100Gilbert39US #102

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑25Shirley#47
↑18Betty#75
↑17Lucille#69
↑17Gerard#74
↑16Olive#66
↑15Martha#59
↑14Norma#84
↑14Maurice#67

Falling

↓16Sarah#83
↓15Winifred#98
↓15Lloyd#97
↓14Ellen#76
↓14Laura#82
↓14Irving#70
↓12Katherine#45
↓12Ida#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.