State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,531 Massachusetts births in 1925 across 777 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#48Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#64Gerardoutside the national top 200
#30Claire#159 nationally
#66Jeannette#195 nationally
#78Thereseoutside the national top 200
#78Normandoutside the national top 200
#80Armandoutside the national top 200
#81Dominicoutside the national top 200
#82Dorotheaoutside the national top 200
#71Wilfred#188 nationally
#84Natalieoutside the national top 200
#85Antoniooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,504US #1
#2Dorothy1,181US #2
#3Helen1,084US #4
#4Barbara951US #22
#5Ruth915US #6
#6Margaret803US #5
#7Rita638US #48
#8Doris631US #8
#9Alice617US #15
#10Elizabeth599US #10
#11Virginia575US #7
#12Eleanor568US #31
#13Irene540US #19
#14Shirley510US #17
#15Marie454US #16
#16Frances450US #11
#17Theresa450US #80
#18Jean441US #14
#19Evelyn439US #12
#20Gloria435US #20
#21Rose424US #26
#22Anna423US #13
#23Lillian423US #25
#24Phyllis415US #40
#25Marion407US #47
#26Marjorie404US #21
#27Catherine397US #29
#28Mildred376US #9
#29Florence358US #24
#30Claire346US #159
#31Pauline323US #38
#32Louise313US #27
#33Josephine306US #36
#34Patricia297US #28
#35Lorraine289US #51
#36Ann269US #52
#37Grace255US #44
#38June238US #39
#39Betty237US #3
#40Jane224US #53
#41Gertrude222US #70
#42Eileen212US #96
#43Nancy210US #60
#44Beatrice209US #50
#45Edith207US #42
#46Anne205US #85
#47Constance196US #152
#48Priscilla184
#49Norma180US #34
#50Charlotte172US #77
#51Joan171US #66
#52Marguerite171US #132
#53Muriel164US #126
#54Lucille161US #41
#55Marilyn158US #83
#56Agnes157US #69
#57Jennie154US #121
#58Gladys153US #33
#59Jeanne152US #89
#60Edna148US #37
#61Elaine148US #73
#62Kathleen145US #81
#63Esther143US #56
#64Katherine136US #61
#65Ethel127US #43
#66Jeannette127US #195
#67Thelma127US #35
#68Bernice125US #46
#69Lois125US #18
#70Janet124US #111
#71Geraldine123US #54
#72Julia110US #65
#73Lucy110US #102
#74Martha110US #23
#75Ellen107US #101
#76Laura106US #75
#77Jacqueline103US #135
#78Therese103
#79Beverly102US #105
#80Stella102US #114
#81Bertha98US #74
#82Dorothea95
#83Madeline93US #158
#84Natalie92
#85Clara88US #55
#86Loretta88US #122
#87Sylvia87US #106
#88Genevieve86US #113
#89Elsie85US #63
#90Teresa85
#91Anita83US #146
#92Hilda82US #142
#93Eva81US #71
#94Pearl80US #90
#95Annette79
#96Emily78US #145
#97Audrey77US #78
#98Estelle77US #176
#99Janice77US #157
#100Carolyn76US #127

Boys

#1John2,647US #2
#2Robert2,288US #1
#3William1,778US #3
#4Joseph1,656US #7
#5James1,200US #4
#6George1,188US #6
#7Edward1,136US #9
#8Richard1,059US #8
#9Charles842US #5
#10Thomas693US #11
#11Francis683US #35
#12Donald675US #10
#13Paul675US #13
#14Arthur623US #20
#15Raymond581US #15
#16Walter550US #16
#17Frank537US #12
#18Albert491US #21
#19Henry429US #18
#20Harold376US #14
#21Alfred357US #43
#22David344US #22
#23Anthony343US #39
#24Leo321US #54
#25Kenneth297US #19
#26Ralph292US #25
#27Louis283US #29
#28Norman263US #41
#29Ernest259US #37
#30Frederick251US #65
#31Daniel237US #44
#32Philip228US #75
#33Peter222US #60
#34Stanley222US #40
#35Roland217US #98
#36Michael209US #55
#37Bernard203US #48
#38Leonard203US #38
#39Roger193US #90
#40Lawrence188US #36
#41Herbert180US #42
#42Harry177US #23
#43Eugene176US #24
#44Russell167US #53
#45Vincent163US #71
#46Gerald147US #45
#47Fred145US #33
#48Theodore142US #63
#49Howard141US #26
#50Edmund135US #152
#51Edwin134US #57
#52Earl130US #31
#53Warren127US #66
#54Carl124US #28
#55Manuel124US #114
#56Andrew117US #56
#57Chester113US #73
#58Roy105US #32
#59Samuel105US #46
#60Milton101US #80
#61Nicholas95US #133
#62Stephen94US #122
#63Gordon92US #72
#64Gerard90
#65Salvatore90US #155
#66Maurice88US #111
#67Clifford84US #59
#68Melvin84US #50
#69Clarence83US #30
#70Alexander82US #137
#71Wilfred81US #188
#72Irving77US #141
#73Martin77US #83
#74Leon74US #76
#75Victor72US #89
#76Angelo70US #168
#77Arnold68US #95
#78Normand66
#79Ronald66US #104
#80Armand63
#81Dominic63
#82Everett62US #108
#83Gilbert62US #105
#84Wallace57US #92
#85Antonio56
#86Patrick55US #143
#87Jack54US #17
#88Alan52US #179
#89Harvey52US #88
#90Lester52US #81
#91Sidney52US #131
#92Allan51US #193
#93Allen51US #94
#94Lionel50
#95Benjamin48US #93
#96Edgar45US #96
#97Edmond45
#98Calvin44US #47
#99Lewis44US #79
#100Rene44

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑19Milton#60
↑18Dorothea#82
↑16Theresa#17
↑16Jacqueline#77
↑15Beverly#79
↑14Geraldine#71
↑14Clarence#69
↑13Joan#51

Falling

↓21Benjamin#95
↓19Sidney#91
↓18Sylvia#87
↓18Anita#91
↓14Bertha#81
↓14Calvin#98
↓13Madeline#83
↓12Agnes#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.