State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,322 Massachusetts births in 1927 across 763 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#50Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#55Thereseoutside the national top 200
#65Gerardoutside the national top 200
#72Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#74Armandoutside the national top 200
#79Normandoutside the national top 200
#73Wilfred#194 nationally
#80Reneoutside the national top 200
#82Natalieoutside the national top 200
#20Claire#136 nationally
#91Antoneoutside the national top 200
#87Allan#196 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,261US #1
#2Dorothy1,199US #2
#3Barbara1,170US #10
#4Helen863US #4
#5Ruth789US #6
#6Margaret723US #5
#7Theresa660US #52
#8Doris627US #7
#9Shirley597US #9
#10Elizabeth586US #13
#11Jean573US #14
#12Rita555US #54
#13Eleanor536US #33
#14Virginia508US #8
#15Marie493US #20
#16Phyllis490US #29
#17Irene488US #21
#18Alice482US #17
#19Lorraine478US #44
#20Claire443US #136
#21Patricia417US #18
#22Marjorie415US #25
#23Anna407US #16
#24Evelyn394US #15
#25Frances393US #12
#26Rose367US #23
#27Lillian346US #32
#28Catherine341US #31
#29Gloria339US #22
#30Pauline328US #42
#31Marion327US #51
#32Florence322US #28
#33Mildred308US #11
#34Louise295US #27
#35Marilyn295US #46
#36Ann265US #59
#37Betty259US #3
#38Joan242US #41
#39Anne233US #92
#40Nancy230US #56
#41Josephine226US #39
#42June214US #43
#43Grace208US #50
#44Jeanne208US #85
#45Norma207US #26
#46Jane205US #60
#47Eileen204US #91
#48Elaine196US #69
#49Lois183US #19
#50Priscilla179
#51Gertrude173US #78
#52Beatrice168US #67
#53Charlotte167US #75
#54Edith166US #48
#55Therese149
#56Constance148US #155
#57Kathleen145US #83
#58Jacqueline143US #115
#59Lucille140US #45
#60Beverly139US #57
#61Janet139US #111
#62Ethel137US #47
#63Muriel137US #138
#64Marguerite133US #143
#65Thelma131US #38
#66Edna128US #40
#67Katherine122US #73
#68Agnes119US #81
#69Esther119US #65
#70Geraldine116US #58
#71Teresa116US #174
#72Jeannette115
#73Martha114US #24
#74Bernice113US #49
#75Arlene106US #108
#76Gladys106US #37
#77Carolyn104US #99
#78Sylvia104US #116
#79Joyce101US #35
#80Laura99US #82
#81Elsie96US #72
#82Natalie96
#83Audrey91US #62
#84Ellen91US #93
#85Dolores87US #34
#86Lucy87US #112
#87Carol86US #106
#88Eva86US #79
#89Anita83US #148
#90Julia83US #76
#91Jennie81US #135
#92Bertha78US #80
#93Genevieve78US #126
#94Roberta78US #122
#95Stella78US #123
#96Estelle77US #173
#97Madeline77US #163
#98Sophie77
#99Sally75US #147
#100Hazel74US #53

Boys

#1John2,654US #2
#2Robert2,485US #1
#3William1,747US #4
#4Joseph1,451US #9
#5Richard1,324US #6
#6James1,247US #3
#7Edward1,153US #10
#8George1,078US #7
#9Charles921US #5
#10Donald853US #8
#11Francis733US #36
#12Thomas686US #11
#13Paul663US #13
#14Arthur610US #22
#15Raymond560US #15
#16Frank512US #12
#17Walter472US #17
#18Albert464US #23
#19David398US #21
#20Henry386US #19
#21Alfred372US #45
#22Anthony336US #43
#23Harold319US #14
#24Leo302US #55
#25Kenneth298US #18
#26Ralph293US #24
#27Norman286US #39
#28Louis284US #29
#29Frederick253US #64
#30Lawrence245US #37
#31Roger233US #84
#32Eugene229US #20
#33Ernest227US #41
#34Daniel226US #46
#35Stanley213US #44
#36Peter208US #59
#37Leonard194US #40
#38Philip189US #75
#39Herbert186US #42
#40Roland185US #109
#41Bernard183US #50
#42Harry175US #25
#43Michael173US #52
#44Gerald167US #38
#45Russell157US #54
#46Fred149US #35
#47Vincent140US #77
#48Howard139US #28
#49Warren139US #79
#50Carl135US #26
#51Ronald127US #63
#52Edwin125US #57
#53Theodore124US #62
#54Earl113US #33
#55Chester109US #85
#56Gordon106US #74
#57Roy103US #34
#58Edmund101US #160
#59Stephen97US #125
#60Manuel93US #116
#61Maurice93US #122
#62Samuel93US #49
#63Melvin92US #48
#64Leon88US #78
#65Gerard84
#66Salvatore83US #149
#67Andrew81US #56
#68Arnold81US #97
#69Irving80US #155
#70Everett79US #120
#71Nicholas79US #137
#72Milton71US #88
#73Wilfred71US #194
#74Armand70
#75Gilbert70US #99
#76Victor70US #98
#77Lester68US #83
#78Clarence67US #32
#79Normand67
#80Rene67
#81Martin66US #87
#82Angelo64US #168
#83Clifford61US #65
#84Alexander59US #146
#85Jack59US #16
#86Alan55US #178
#87Allan49US #196
#88Allen48US #95
#89Patrick48US #140
#90Alvin47US #66
#91Antone47
#92Rudolph45US #110
#93Bruce43US #123
#94Edgar43US #107
#95Dominic41
#96Edmond41
#97Lewis41US #82
#98Harvey40US #94
#99Malcolm40
#100Wallace40US #96

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑15Marilyn#35
↑15Lester#77
↑13Lorraine#19
↑13Joan#38
↑13Lois#49
↑13Ronald#51
↑13Leon#64
↑12Patricia#21

Falling

↓26Jennie#91
↓15Alan#86
↓14Gertrude#51
↓14Bertha#92
↓14Wilfred#73
↓14Clifford#83
↓13Andrew#67
↓13Malcolm#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.