State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,602 Massachusetts births in 1926 across 767 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#56Gerardoutside the national top 200
#58Thereseoutside the national top 200
#59Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#61Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#71Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#78Normandoutside the national top 200
#80Armandoutside the national top 200
#25Claire#144 nationally
#86Natalieoutside the national top 200
#86Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#89Reneoutside the national top 200
#90Angelinaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,331US #1
#2Dorothy1,141US #2
#3Barbara994US #16
#4Helen972US #4
#5Ruth861US #6
#6Margaret807US #5
#7Rita673US #50
#8Doris610US #7
#9Jean601US #12
#10Theresa601US #64
#11Elizabeth584US #11
#12Shirley579US #14
#13Virginia551US #8
#14Alice540US #17
#15Eleanor540US #32
#16Irene495US #21
#17Phyllis493US #33
#18Marie492US #18
#19Frances418US #10
#20Evelyn416US #13
#21Anna404US #15
#22Lillian404US #28
#23Marjorie394US #22
#24Rose385US #25
#25Claire381US #144
#26Gloria371US #20
#27Catherine359US #31
#28Florence350US #26
#29Marion348US #47
#30Louise330US #27
#31Pauline326US #39
#32Lorraine320US #53
#33Patricia314US #23
#34Mildred302US #9
#35Josephine280US #37
#36Ann276US #55
#37Gertrude231US #71
#38June231US #40
#39Anne216US #86
#40Norma212US #29
#41Grace211US #46
#42Eileen208US #92
#43Edith206US #42
#44Nancy204US #57
#45Betty203US #3
#46Jeanne198US #88
#47Constance197US #146
#48Beatrice196US #58
#49Jane194US #56
#50Marilyn193US #65
#51Joan183US #51
#52Muriel167US #129
#53Lucille160US #43
#54Elaine157US #68
#55Kathleen155US #83
#56Janet149US #110
#57Charlotte148US #78
#58Therese148
#59Marguerite146US #137
#60Agnes145US #77
#61Priscilla144
#62Lois143US #19
#63Katherine135US #72
#64Esther134US #62
#65Jennie134US #132
#66Beverly130US #74
#67Edna129US #38
#68Ethel128US #41
#69Geraldine126US #54
#70Jacqueline124US #119
#71Jeannette120
#72Gladys118US #35
#73Bernice116US #45
#74Teresa115US #181
#75Thelma109US #36
#76Laura106US #81
#77Lucy101US #106
#78Bertha97US #76
#79Ellen96US #100
#80Elsie96US #69
#81Arlene94US #108
#82Eva94US #79
#83Martha93US #24
#84Sylvia92US #107
#85Hilda88US #139
#86Natalie85
#87Rosemary85US #95
#88Carolyn83US #114
#89Stella83US #121
#90Angelina81
#91Audrey81US #60
#92Madeline81US #163
#93Hazel80US #48
#94Genevieve79US #128
#95Julia78US #75
#96Emily77US #142
#97Ida77US #82
#98Lena76US #123
#99Harriet75US #133
#100Anita74US #150

Boys

#1John2,632US #2
#2Robert2,366US #1
#3William1,767US #4
#4Joseph1,513US #8
#5James1,217US #3
#6Richard1,165US #7
#7George1,131US #6
#8Edward1,075US #10
#9Charles905US #5
#10Donald763US #9
#11Francis728US #35
#12Paul672US #13
#13Thomas644US #11
#14Raymond611US #15
#15Arthur603US #20
#16Frank520US #12
#17Walter500US #17
#18Albert493US #21
#19Henry420US #19
#20Harold372US #14
#21Anthony342US #42
#22David342US #22
#23Alfred331US #45
#24Kenneth308US #18
#25Norman301US #39
#26Leo292US #54
#27Louis289US #30
#28Ralph272US #24
#29Ernest259US #37
#30Frederick258US #64
#31Daniel238US #46
#32Peter230US #58
#33Herbert227US #44
#34Stanley220US #43
#35Philip214US #70
#36Roger213US #89
#37Lawrence208US #36
#38Eugene195US #23
#39Leonard187US #38
#40Bernard183US #49
#41Harry182US #25
#42Roland182US #107
#43Michael163US #56
#44Gerald162US #41
#45Vincent154US #77
#46Warren154US #71
#47Russell152US #52
#48Edwin146US #55
#49Fred144US #31
#50Theodore125US #63
#51Howard122US #27
#52Chester116US #79
#53Carl113US #26
#54Andrew107US #59
#55Earl105US #32
#56Gerard105
#57Edmund104US #156
#58Gordon100US #76
#59Wilfred100
#60Maurice99US #110
#61Roy98US #34
#62Manuel95US #120
#63Stephen94US #130
#64Ronald90US #88
#65Nicholas88US #133
#66Samuel85US #48
#67Irving82US #144
#68Melvin81US #47
#69Clifford80US #62
#70Everett78US #119
#71Alan76US #174
#72Arnold76US #99
#73Salvatore74US #158
#74Victor73US #94
#75Martin72US #80
#76Gilbert70US #101
#77Leon68US #73
#78Normand68
#79Alexander65US #146
#80Armand65
#81Angelo64US #172
#82Milton62US #83
#83Douglas59US #103
#84Allan58US #182
#85Clarence58US #29
#86Malcolm58
#87Jack56US #16
#88Patrick54US #141
#89Rene54
#90Rudolph54US #111
#91Benjamin50US #98
#92Lester50US #78
#93Wallace48US #95
#94Dominic45
#95Harvey44US #90
#96Sidney44US #129
#97Allen43US #93
#98Antonio42US #194
#99Lewis42US #82
#100Mario42

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑20Therese#58
↑17Alan#71
↑16Teresa#74
↑15Ronald#64
↑14Janet#56
↑13Jeanne#46
↑13Beverly#66
↑12Carolyn#88

Falling

↓23Julia#95
↓22Milton#82
↓16Clarence#85
↓14Gladys#72
↓13Priscilla#61
↓13Dominic#94
↓13Antonio#98
↓9Jane#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.