State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,149 Massachusetts births in 1921 across 808 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#54Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#37Claire#182 nationally
#64Gerardoutside the national top 200
#55Jeannette#191 nationally
#66Armandoutside the national top 200
#78Antoneoutside the national top 200
#79Dominicoutside the national top 200
#69Antonio#188 nationally
#73Wilfred#189 nationally
#80Angelina#192 nationally
#91Mariooutside the national top 200
#94Alphonseoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,036US #1
#2Helen1,367US #3
#3Dorothy1,266US #2
#4Margaret1,047US #4
#5Ruth1,046US #5
#6Rita767US #48
#7Alice678US #15
#8Barbara664US #40
#9Elizabeth652US #10
#10Eleanor648US #29
#11Virginia600US #6
#12Doris598US #13
#13Anna595US #11
#14Irene538US #18
#15Frances516US #9
#16Rose505US #20
#17Evelyn504US #12
#18Mildred468US #7
#19Florence465US #17
#20Lillian452US #19
#21Marion440US #43
#22Marie438US #14
#23Catherine431US #23
#24Marjorie403US #16
#25Josephine387US #28
#26Louise343US #22
#27Phyllis333US #60
#28Shirley331US #44
#29Gertrude305US #46
#30Edith288US #33
#31Grace285US #35
#32Beatrice268US #41
#33Jean261US #25
#34Anne259US #70
#35Pauline256US #37
#36Ann234US #53
#37Claire228US #182
#38Eileen226US #100
#39Gladys217US #24
#40Edna210US #27
#41Jennie206US #99
#42Sophie206US #136
#43Agnes202US #56
#44Ethel195US #32
#45Marguerite195US #98
#46Lorraine189US #61
#47Constance178US #149
#48Esther176US #42
#49Theresa171US #107
#50Muriel170US #119
#51Jane169US #47
#52Julia168US #58
#53Katherine165US #49
#54Priscilla164
#55Jeannette163US #191
#56Gloria156US #102
#57Thelma147US #30
#58Bertha146US #59
#59Stella145US #86
#60Charlotte144US #79
#61Lucille144US #31
#62Lucy142US #93
#63Norma140US #51
#64Nancy137US #87
#65Elsie133US #55
#66Kathleen128US #83
#67Sylvia128US #88
#68Madeline124US #139
#69Janet122US #124
#70Patricia122US #84
#71Ellen121US #95
#72Martha119US #21
#73Anita118US #134
#74Betty117US #8
#75Hazel117US #34
#76Laura116US #71
#77Lena116US #104
#78Hilda115US #123
#79Emily114US #121
#80Angelina113US #192
#81Blanche113US #112
#82Eva113US #63
#83June112US #50
#84Bernice108US #39
#85Ida106US #67
#86Genevieve105US #90
#87Jeanne101US #109
#88Clara100US #45
#89Loretta100US #122
#90Geraldine97US #62
#91Pearl97US #65
#92Emma96US #52
#93Viola95US #66
#94Elaine91US #97
#95Natalie88
#96Annette87
#97Olive86US #154
#98Nellie82US #80
#99Antoinette81US #180
#100Miriam81US #147

Boys

#1John2,784US #1
#2Robert1,785US #2
#3Joseph1,730US #7
#4William1,647US #3
#5James1,220US #4
#6Edward1,211US #8
#7George1,197US #6
#8Charles931US #5
#9Richard769US #10
#10Francis697US #35
#11Thomas673US #11
#12Frank653US #9
#13Arthur652US #19
#14Paul567US #14
#15Walter560US #15
#16Albert544US #20
#17Raymond539US #16
#18Henry487US #17
#19Donald428US #13
#20Harold409US #12
#21Anthony364US #40
#22Alfred341US #43
#23Stanley312US #41
#24David309US #25
#25Ralph295US #23
#26Frederick290US #61
#27Louis287US #29
#28Warren277US #24
#29Ernest260US #38
#30Norman259US #46
#31Leo257US #50
#32Peter253US #57
#33Michael241US #47
#34Herbert225US #42
#35Harry222US #21
#36Daniel221US #49
#37Lawrence217US #37
#38Philip214US #72
#39Kenneth205US #22
#40Bernard201US #45
#41Vincent177US #70
#42Roger175US #99
#43Manuel171US #113
#44Roland169US #107
#45Leonard162US #39
#46Russell162US #52
#47Chester155US #56
#48Howard155US #27
#49Eugene153US #26
#50Theodore149US #65
#51Fred141US #33
#52Nicholas130US #114
#53Andrew125US #51
#54Carl125US #30
#55Edmund124US #142
#56Stephen123US #97
#57Samuel116US #44
#58Edwin114US #54
#59Alexander108US #116
#60Salvatore101US #159
#61Victor101US #83
#62Clarence98US #28
#63Maurice95US #101
#64Gerard93
#65Gerald91US #60
#66Armand88
#67Gordon88US #84
#68Irving88US #124
#69Antonio87US #188
#70Roy87US #32
#71Earl85US #31
#72Leon83US #74
#73Wilfred83US #189
#74Benjamin82US #82
#75Angelo80US #148
#76Milton78US #75
#77Everett75US #95
#78Antone74
#79Dominic73
#80Melvin73US #53
#81Clifford71US #62
#82Arnold67US #91
#83Martin65US #78
#84Patrick62US #152
#85Wallace61US #88
#86Lester60US #66
#87Douglas58US #111
#88Jack56US #18
#89Gilbert55US #103
#90Sidney54US #110
#91Mario49
#92Lewis46US #71
#93Max46US #112
#94Alphonse45
#95Edgar45US #90
#96Franklin45US #126
#97Laurence45
#98Elmer44US #48
#99Matthew43US #161
#100Edmond40

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑22Nicholas#52
↑21Constance#47
↑20Patricia#70
↑20Hilda#78
↑17Thelma#57
↑17Nancy#64
↑17Janet#69
↑17Dominic#79

Falling

↓26Eva#82
↓19Pearl#91
↓19Clifford#81
↓18Bernice#84
↓15Emily#79
↓15Melvin#80
↓14Stella#59
↓13Ellen#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.