State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,424 Massachusetts births in 1924 across 801 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#47Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#60Gerardoutside the national top 200
#29Claire#160 nationally
#64Wilfred#194 nationally
#76Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#81Antoniooutside the national top 200
#82Armandoutside the national top 200
#86Natalieoutside the national top 200
#87Alanoutside the national top 200
#88Dominicoutside the national top 200
#89Mariooutside the national top 200
#91Reneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,746US #1
#2Dorothy1,326US #2
#3Helen1,231US #3
#4Barbara958US #28
#5Ruth923US #6
#6Margaret897US #5
#7Rita744US #49
#8Doris675US #9
#9Elizabeth661US #11
#10Eleanor652US #29
#11Virginia650US #7
#12Alice627US #15
#13Irene562US #18
#14Shirley527US #19
#15Frances504US #10
#16Phyllis489US #44
#17Anna484US #13
#18Evelyn474US #12
#19Marie474US #14
#20Lillian455US #23
#21Marion449US #46
#22Rose443US #25
#23Florence426US #20
#24Catherine425US #27
#25Marjorie416US #17
#26Mildred394US #8
#27Jean368US #16
#28Josephine349US #34
#29Claire339US #160
#30Louise332US #24
#31Grace315US #43
#32Gloria311US #41
#33Theresa296US #96
#34Patricia288US #35
#35Lorraine284US #52
#36Ann273US #55
#37Pauline264US #38
#38Gertrude263US #60
#39Anne245US #79
#40Beatrice242US #50
#41Eileen239US #93
#42Edith236US #36
#43Betty206US #4
#44Agnes203US #63
#45Jane201US #53
#46Nancy198US #69
#47Priscilla193
#48June191US #45
#49Marguerite184US #125
#50Norma178US #40
#51Constance177US #154
#52Edna175US #31
#53Gladys174US #30
#54Ethel171US #39
#55Lucille171US #37
#56Charlotte170US #80
#57Jennie168US #111
#58Kathleen162US #76
#59Esther161US #51
#60Katherine161US #59
#61Muriel160US #126
#62Jeanne153US #90
#63Bernice146US #47
#64Joan139US #95
#65Thelma138US #33
#66Marilyn137US #101
#67Bertha136US #65
#68Janet136US #118
#69Sylvia125US #104
#70Madeline124US #150
#71Elaine123US #73
#72Hazel123US #42
#73Anita122US #142
#74Julia122US #62
#75Ellen121US #99
#76Jeannette121
#77Martha121US #21
#78Stella121US #105
#79Laura119US #72
#80Lois119US #22
#81Lucy118US #98
#82Elsie114US #61
#83Eva113US #66
#84Genevieve113US #107
#85Geraldine111US #58
#86Natalie110
#87Pearl104US #78
#88Ida96US #70
#89Angelina94US #195
#90Sophie94US #170
#91Emily91US #136
#92Hilda90US #141
#93Jacqueline87US #148
#94Beverly83US #121
#95Lena83US #112
#96Viola82US #82
#97Audrey81US #84
#98Carolyn80US #127
#99Blanche78US #137
#100Dorothea78

Boys

#1John2,809US #2
#2Robert2,246US #1
#3William1,812US #3
#4Joseph1,658US #7
#5James1,288US #4
#6Edward1,279US #9
#7George1,209US #6
#8Richard1,004US #8
#9Charles981US #5
#10Francis739US #34
#11Thomas695US #11
#12Arthur658US #20
#13Paul639US #14
#14Donald631US #10
#15Raymond614US #15
#16Walter601US #16
#17Frank588US #12
#18Henry504US #18
#19Albert502US #21
#20Harold431US #13
#21Alfred396US #43
#22Anthony390US #39
#23David353US #24
#24Kenneth327US #19
#25Leo320US #51
#26Ralph310US #23
#27Louis298US #28
#28Norman297US #42
#29Stanley289US #40
#30Frederick270US #62
#31Peter266US #59
#32Lawrence263US #36
#33Daniel262US #47
#34Philip257US #71
#35Ernest252US #37
#36Michael234US #54
#37Roland225US #98
#38Bernard214US #46
#39Harry212US #22
#40Roger209US #93
#41Herbert205US #41
#42Leonard197US #38
#43Eugene182US #25
#44Russell162US #52
#45Fred161US #32
#46Vincent161US #78
#47Warren158US #58
#48Howard152US #26
#49Gerald147US #49
#50Edmund146US #148
#51Edwin145US #55
#52Chester141US #67
#53Carl139US #27
#54Manuel130US #108
#55Theodore124US #65
#56Earl117US #33
#57Samuel113US #45
#58Maurice109US #102
#59Stephen102US #110
#60Gerard99
#61Nicholas96US #122
#62Roy96US #31
#63Gordon93US #75
#64Wilfred92US #194
#65Victor90US #90
#66Andrew89US #56
#67Salvatore84US #157
#68Melvin82US #48
#69Irving81US #137
#70Angelo80US #165
#71Everett79US #104
#72Sidney78US #119
#73Arnold76US #95
#74Benjamin76US #89
#75Martin76US #82
#76Alexander70US #129
#77Clifford67US #64
#78Leon67US #76
#79Milton66US #81
#80Jack63US #17
#81Antonio62
#82Armand62
#83Clarence59US #29
#84Calvin58US #44
#85Allen57US #94
#86Elmer56US #57
#87Alan55
#88Dominic53
#89Mario52
#90Patrick52US #147
#91Rene50
#92Wallace50US #87
#93Gilbert49US #100
#94Allan48
#95Malcolm47
#96Hugh45US #116
#97Herman44US #70
#98Lester44US #72
#99Lewis44US #77
#100Edgar43US #96

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑19Joan#64
↑18Marilyn#66
↑17Jeanne#62
↑17Hazel#72
↑17Lois#80
↑16Madeline#70
↑16Gerald#49
↑14Sidney#72

Falling

↓26Lena#95
↓24Blanche#99
↓23Wallace#92
↓18Hilda#92
↓17Geraldine#85
↓16Jeannette#76
↓15Warren#47
↓15Armand#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.