State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,499 Massachusetts births in 1920 across 789 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#47Claire#194 nationally
#55Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#76Armandoutside the national top 200
#67Jeannette#189 nationally
#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#81Antoneoutside the national top 200
#71Antonio#190 nationally
#79Angelina#193 nationally
#88Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#68Wilfred#176 nationally
#96Dominicoutside the national top 200
#97Edmondoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,970US #1
#2Helen1,515US #3
#3Dorothy1,239US #2
#4Ruth1,060US #5
#5Margaret1,004US #4
#6Rita781US #52
#7Elizabeth643US #8
#8Eleanor633US #25
#9Alice626US #15
#10Barbara626US #47
#11Doris562US #14
#12Anna555US #10
#13Virginia532US #7
#14Frances522US #9
#15Lillian501US #18
#16Catherine497US #21
#17Irene475US #17
#18Florence467US #16
#19Evelyn464US #12
#20Rose463US #20
#21Marion455US #43
#22Mildred446US #6
#23Marjorie420US #24
#24Josephine417US #28
#25Marie390US #13
#26Phyllis344US #72
#27Louise325US #19
#28Gertrude318US #42
#29Edith312US #32
#30Grace271US #37
#31Beatrice258US #41
#32Pauline256US #36
#33Shirley250US #56
#34Anne239US #65
#35Edna228US #27
#36Jean228US #33
#37Agnes219US #54
#38Esther214US #39
#39Ann213US #49
#40Ethel213US #30
#41Jennie199US #97
#42Katherine199US #45
#43Marguerite197US #93
#44Gladys190US #22
#45Stella189US #82
#46Eileen188US #100
#47Claire181US #194
#48Jane177US #48
#49Julia169US #55
#50Lorraine167US #70
#51Sophie166US #129
#52Bertha159US #57
#53Charlotte159US #79
#54Theresa153US #108
#55Priscilla144
#56Eva143US #58
#57Sylvia142US #85
#58Ellen137US #92
#59Norma137US #69
#60Kathleen136US #91
#61Martha135US #23
#62Lucille134US #29
#63Muriel133US #123
#64Emily131US #119
#65Laura131US #63
#66Bernice128US #40
#67Jeannette128US #189
#68Constance125US #165
#69Blanche124US #102
#70Hazel124US #34
#71Lena119US #98
#72Pearl119US #62
#73Anita118US #131
#74Thelma117US #31
#75Madeline116US #138
#76Betty112US #11
#77Elsie112US #51
#78Lucy104US #94
#79Angelina103US #193
#80Loretta103US #120
#81Nancy103US #95
#82June101US #53
#83Viola101US #59
#84Ida100US #66
#85Winifred98US #160
#86Janet95US #124
#87Miriam95US #140
#88Emma94US #46
#89Joan92US #143
#90Patricia92US #104
#91Sarah92US #50
#92Clara91US #44
#93Dorothea90US #187
#94Nellie90US #76
#95Olive90US #151
#96Harriet89US #112
#97Geraldine87US #60
#98Hilda87US #125
#99Jeanne82US #114
#100Olga80US #146

Boys

#1John2,699US #1
#2William1,715US #2
#3Joseph1,662US #7
#4Robert1,594US #3
#5Edward1,227US #8
#6James1,226US #4
#7George1,080US #6
#8Charles909US #5
#9Richard725US #10
#10Thomas677US #11
#11Francis659US #34
#12Arthur645US #18
#13Frank609US #9
#14Walter591US #13
#15Albert552US #19
#16Paul538US #14
#17Raymond509US #15
#18Henry450US #17
#19Donald413US #16
#20Harold392US #12
#21Stanley377US #40
#22Alfred364US #42
#23Anthony362US #43
#24Ralph342US #22
#25Louis314US #28
#26Frederick291US #60
#27David280US #25
#28Ernest271US #37
#29Leo262US #48
#30Peter261US #57
#31Kenneth240US #23
#32Michael235US #50
#33Lawrence226US #36
#34Norman225US #47
#35Daniel216US #52
#36Herbert202US #41
#37Philip199US #71
#38Harry196US #21
#39Bernard189US #46
#40Roger185US #103
#41Roland176US #114
#42Russell175US #51
#43Warren172US #39
#44Chester165US #55
#45Manuel164US #118
#46Leonard161US #38
#47Theodore159US #63
#48Eugene152US #30
#49Howard148US #24
#50Vincent148US #73
#51Fred145US #33
#52Carl129US #27
#53Edmund129US #138
#54Andrew123US #49
#55Samuel123US #44
#56Edwin115US #53
#57Stephen107US #96
#58Irving104US #116
#59Alexander103US #117
#60Earl101US #31
#61Maurice101US #102
#62Clifford98US #59
#63Clarence95US #26
#64Roy95US #32
#65Melvin89US #54
#66Victor88US #81
#67Salvatore86US #156
#68Wilfred86US #176
#69Benjamin85US #83
#70Gordon85US #85
#71Antonio83US #190
#72Gerald82US #64
#73Milton82US #74
#74Nicholas81US #124
#75Martin77US #78
#76Armand74
#77Everett73US #95
#78Angelo72US #155
#79Gerard69
#80Sidney68US #107
#81Antone64
#82Lester62US #69
#83Lewis61US #72
#84Leon58US #75
#85Wallace55US #93
#86Matthew53US #152
#87Arnold52US #91
#88Alphonse51
#89Elmer51US #45
#90Franklin50US #119
#91Jack49US #20
#92Edgar48US #89
#93Patrick48US #159
#94Harvey47US #87
#95Douglas46US #106
#96Dominic43
#97Edmond43
#98Malcolm43
#99Morris43US #108
#100Allan40

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑25Norma#59
↑25Clifford#62
↑20Loretta#80
↑18Ellen#58
↑17Laura#65
↑17Warren#43
↑16Roger#40
↑15Priscilla#55

Falling

↓29Olive#95
↓21Elsie#77
↓21Ida#84
↓19Geraldine#97
↓19Olga#100
↓16Nicholas#74
↓16Everett#77
↓15Jeannette#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.