State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,686 Massachusetts births in 1922 across 792 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#46Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#35Claire#167 nationally
#70Jeannette#197 nationally
#74Antonio#200 nationally
#76Gerardoutside the national top 200
#80Antoneoutside the national top 200
#83Mariooutside the national top 200
#81Angelina#198 nationally
#77Wilfred#191 nationally
#87Dominicoutside the national top 200
#88Armandoutside the national top 200
#92Normandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,847US #1
#2Helen1,361US #3
#3Dorothy1,289US #2
#4Ruth936US #5
#5Margaret877US #4
#6Barbara721US #40
#7Rita682US #52
#8Elizabeth651US #9
#9Eleanor595US #28
#10Alice578US #15
#11Virginia578US #7
#12Doris571US #11
#13Anna551US #12
#14Irene527US #17
#15Frances472US #10
#16Marie469US #14
#17Catherine463US #24
#18Evelyn446US #13
#19Florence446US #18
#20Rose431US #23
#21Lillian430US #19
#22Marion418US #42
#23Mildred407US #8
#24Shirley383US #39
#25Marjorie366US #16
#26Phyllis347US #53
#27Louise346US #22
#28Josephine335US #27
#29Gertrude316US #48
#30Jean291US #20
#31Edith282US #34
#32Pauline276US #36
#33Anne270US #66
#34Grace269US #38
#35Claire258US #167
#36Gloria250US #61
#37Beatrice230US #43
#38Eileen213US #96
#39Ann209US #49
#40Lorraine198US #56
#41Constance192US #149
#42Marguerite192US #106
#43Jennie189US #105
#44Edna188US #29
#45Charlotte177US #76
#46Priscilla174
#47Ethel170US #32
#48Gladys167US #25
#49Muriel167US #112
#50Theresa167US #109
#51Agnes166US #62
#52Esther166US #44
#53Jane166US #55
#54Katherine156US #54
#55Sophie147US #153
#56Norma145US #46
#57Bernice137US #41
#58Julia137US #60
#59Stella137US #88
#60Thelma136US #31
#61Madeline135US #143
#62Nancy135US #78
#63Patricia135US #69
#64June133US #45
#65Lucy128US #93
#66Sylvia128US #94
#67Kathleen127US #80
#68Lucille127US #33
#69Ellen125US #95
#70Jeannette125US #197
#71Betty123US #6
#72Eva121US #64
#73Bertha118US #63
#74Blanche115US #115
#75Jeanne109US #97
#76Martha109US #21
#77Genevieve107US #98
#78Pearl107US #71
#79Anita105US #141
#80Hazel105US #37
#81Angelina100US #198
#82Elsie100US #59
#83Emily100US #121
#84Hilda99US #131
#85Loretta99US #125
#86Janet98US #129
#87Geraldine96US #58
#88Lena96US #107
#89Clara92US #47
#90Ida92US #65
#91Olive89US #169
#92Lois88US #35
#93Natalie87
#94Laura86US #68
#95Olga86US #156
#96Winifred83US #162
#97Viola81US #72
#98Dorothea79
#99Eunice79US #119
#100Joan79US #127

Boys

#1John2,596US #1
#2Robert1,729US #2
#3William1,725US #3
#4Joseph1,648US #7
#5Edward1,236US #8
#6James1,227US #4
#7George1,205US #6
#8Charles951US #5
#9Richard767US #9
#10Francis683US #34
#11Arthur678US #19
#12Thomas672US #11
#13Frank621US #10
#14Walter588US #15
#15Paul557US #14
#16Raymond525US #16
#17Albert524US #20
#18Donald495US #12
#19Henry427US #17
#20Harold370US #13
#21Alfred363US #42
#22Anthony318US #39
#23Ralph312US #23
#24Louis302US #27
#25Frederick293US #60
#26David286US #24
#27Stanley284US #41
#28Leo281US #51
#29Kenneth249US #21
#30Ernest244US #37
#31Peter239US #57
#32Daniel225US #47
#33Philip223US #70
#34Norman219US #44
#35Michael218US #48
#36Lawrence199US #36
#37Herbert192US #40
#38Leonard191US #38
#39Bernard187US #46
#40Eugene183US #25
#41Warren181US #45
#42Harry180US #22
#43Fred168US #33
#44Roger159US #96
#45Manuel158US #119
#46Russell158US #49
#47Edwin152US #52
#48Roland150US #115
#49Vincent147US #71
#50Howard145US #26
#51Theodore143US #62
#52Chester134US #64
#53Carl127US #30
#54Andrew119US #53
#55Stephen109US #101
#56Nicholas106US #122
#57Samuel106US #43
#58Gordon104US #76
#59Edmund102US #153
#60Roy101US #32
#61Melvin96US #50
#62Gerald95US #58
#63Irving94US #124
#64Maurice92US #103
#65Salvatore91US #154
#66Alexander87US #125
#67Earl82US #31
#68Leon81US #77
#69Victor81US #86
#70Clarence78US #29
#71Everett78US #98
#72Milton77US #74
#73Angelo75US #161
#74Antonio75US #200
#75Clifford74US #63
#76Gerard74
#77Wilfred73US #191
#78Martin72US #80
#79Wallace68US #87
#80Antone67
#81Benjamin64US #82
#82Arnold63US #94
#83Mario63
#84Sidney60US #110
#85Gilbert58US #100
#86Patrick56US #152
#87Dominic55
#88Armand53
#89Matthew51US #159
#90Douglas49US #106
#91Harvey48US #88
#92Normand48
#93Leslie47US #114
#94Lester47US #69
#95Herman46US #66
#96Jack46US #18
#97Lloyd45US #59
#98Lewis44US #75
#99Edmond43
#100Elmer43US #54

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑27Bernice#57
↑20Gloria#36
↑19June#64
↑19Melvin#61
↑15Charlotte#45
↑13Pearl#78
↑12Jeanne#75
↑11Edwin#47

Falling

↓22Armand#88
↓18Laura#94
↓17Elsie#82
↓17Janet#86
↓15Jeannette#70
↓15Bertha#73
↓13Sophie#55
↓13Warren#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.