State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,927 Massachusetts births in 1923 across 821 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#52Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#30Claire#167 nationally
#64Gerardoutside the national top 200
#60Jeannette#194 nationally
#67Armandoutside the national top 200
#80Antoneoutside the national top 200
#84Dominicoutside the national top 200
#63Wilfred#179 nationally
#91Normandoutside the national top 200
#90Angelina#199 nationally
#92Natalieoutside the national top 200
#42Constance#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,779US #1
#2Helen1,299US #3
#3Dorothy1,297US #2
#4Ruth998US #6
#5Margaret875US #4
#6Barbara814US #33
#7Elizabeth655US #9
#8Rita652US #50
#9Virginia652US #7
#10Eleanor649US #28
#11Doris648US #11
#12Alice606US #15
#13Irene536US #17
#14Anna490US #13
#15Evelyn484US #12
#16Marie467US #14
#17Frances461US #10
#18Florence460US #18
#19Marjorie449US #16
#20Shirley449US #26
#21Catherine447US #24
#22Lillian438US #20
#23Phyllis432US #45
#24Rose425US #23
#25Marion381US #44
#26Mildred371US #8
#27Louise369US #22
#28Josephine364US #30
#29Jean325US #19
#30Claire307US #167
#31Pauline283US #37
#32Gloria270US #48
#33Grace249US #39
#34Edith248US #36
#35Gertrude241US #59
#36Lorraine241US #57
#37Anne240US #71
#38Beatrice236US #46
#39Eileen221US #95
#40Theresa216US #105
#41Ann215US #52
#42Constance213US #150
#43Patricia192US #56
#44Jane191US #55
#45Agnes182US #63
#46Norma181US #41
#47Lucille179US #35
#48Kathleen177US #70
#49Esther175US #47
#50Ethel172US #38
#51Marguerite172US #115
#52Priscilla172
#53Charlotte169US #77
#54Betty168US #5
#55Gladys168US #29
#56Nancy168US #75
#57Jennie164US #107
#58June163US #42
#59Muriel163US #114
#60Jeannette155US #194
#61Katherine154US #60
#62Edna153US #32
#63Bertha151US #64
#64Bernice140US #43
#65Thelma140US #31
#66Stella139US #96
#67Julia135US #62
#68Geraldine132US #58
#69Lena129US #108
#70Elsie123US #61
#71Elaine122US #87
#72Sylvia122US #98
#73Martha121US #21
#74Hilda116US #140
#75Blanche113US #119
#76Sophie112US #159
#77Janet111US #121
#78Lucy110US #92
#79Jeanne109US #90
#80Ellen107US #103
#81Ida106US #68
#82Laura104US #73
#83Joan103US #117
#84Marilyn103US #118
#85Anita101US #138
#86Madeline101US #143
#87Pearl99US #78
#88Eva95US #66
#89Hazel95US #40
#90Angelina94US #199
#91Genevieve92US #97
#92Natalie92
#93Emily91US #128
#94Winifred91US #164
#95Jeanette87US #131
#96Emma85US #53
#97Lois85US #27
#98Miriam82US #145
#99Antoinette80US #175
#100Cecile80

Boys

#1John2,655US #1
#2Robert1,950US #2
#3William1,780US #3
#4Joseph1,738US #7
#5James1,254US #4
#6Edward1,244US #8
#7George1,191US #6
#8Charles914US #5
#9Richard865US #9
#10Francis666US #34
#11Arthur661US #19
#12Thomas650US #12
#13Paul632US #14
#14Frank588US #11
#15Walter575US #16
#16Donald571US #10
#17Raymond543US #15
#18Albert527US #20
#19Henry490US #18
#20Harold412US #13
#21Alfred384US #42
#22Anthony353US #39
#23Leo329US #49
#24Louis323US #27
#25David322US #24
#26Ralph290US #23
#27Ernest266US #38
#28Stanley260US #41
#29Frederick258US #60
#30Kenneth258US #21
#31Herbert257US #40
#32Warren242US #43
#33Peter239US #58
#34Norman232US #44
#35Philip229US #70
#36Daniel224US #47
#37Michael223US #50
#38Lawrence217US #36
#39Bernard209US #46
#40Harry207US #22
#41Leonard197US #37
#42Roland193US #104
#43Eugene181US #25
#44Roger181US #95
#45Vincent170US #72
#46Howard155US #26
#47Russell153US #52
#48Fred148US #33
#49Edwin144US #56
#50Manuel144US #114
#51Theodore135US #62
#52Chester130US #63
#53Nicholas120US #120
#54Edmund116US #143
#55Andrew115US #53
#56Samuel111US #45
#57Stephen111US #109
#58Gordon107US #76
#59Carl101US #28
#60Irving100US #124
#61Salvatore100US #151
#62Earl98US #31
#63Wilfred97US #179
#64Gerard95
#65Gerald94US #54
#66Maurice91US #101
#67Armand83
#68Victor83US #88
#69Wallace83US #69
#70Milton81US #81
#71Leon80US #77
#72Melvin79US #48
#73Martin78US #80
#74Roy74US #32
#75Everett73US #99
#76Clarence70US #29
#77Angelo69US #157
#78Benjamin68US #86
#79Alexander65US #129
#80Antone63
#81Antonio62US #189
#82Clifford62US #65
#83Arnold60US #93
#84Dominic58
#85Gilbert58US #102
#86Sidney57US #115
#87Rudolph56US #128
#88Lester55US #71
#89Lloyd55US #59
#90Edgar51US #94
#91Normand51
#92Jack49US #17
#93Patrick49US #147
#94Alphonse45
#95Elmer45US #57
#96Douglas44US #108
#97Mario44
#98Rene44
#99Lionel43
#100Ronald43US #142

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑21Lucille#47
↑21Armand#67
↑20Patricia#43
↑19Kathleen#48
↑19Geraldine#68
↑19Lena#69
↑17Betty#54
↑17Joan#83

Falling

↓25Madeline#86
↓21Sophie#76
↓18Edna#62
↓16Eva#88
↓14Jennie#57
↓14Genevieve#91
↓14Roy#74
↓14Mario#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.