State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,565 Massachusetts births in 1928 across 724 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
#62Gerardoutside the national top 200
#63Thereseoutside the national top 200
#71Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#72Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#73Armandoutside the national top 200
#74Natalieoutside the national top 200
#75Normandoutside the national top 200
#79Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#82Reneoutside the national top 200
#21Claire#136 nationally
#53Edmund#163 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,150US #1
#2Barbara1,272US #8
#3Dorothy1,110US #3
#4Helen739US #4
#5Ruth711US #6
#6Margaret682US #5
#7Shirley638US #10
#8Jean621US #12
#9Doris614US #7
#10Theresa608US #49
#11Elizabeth557US #14
#12Lorraine552US #39
#13Phyllis520US #26
#14Patricia513US #11
#15Virginia506US #9
#16Eleanor486US #36
#17Alice470US #19
#18Marie467US #21
#19Irene466US #28
#20Rita450US #57
#21Claire411US #136
#22Anna370US #16
#23Frances369US #13
#24Marjorie365US #29
#25Rose363US #24
#26Marion344US #47
#27Evelyn336US #17
#28Catherine335US #33
#29Ann331US #54
#30Lillian330US #35
#31Gloria325US #25
#32Florence322US #32
#33Joan315US #27
#34Pauline304US #48
#35Nancy303US #43
#36Marilyn296US #38
#37Louise266US #31
#38Anne262US #93
#39Betty255US #2
#40Mildred244US #15
#41Josephine243US #42
#42June239US #44
#43Jane226US #62
#44Grace225US #52
#45Jeanne208US #90
#46Norma208US #23
#47Elaine187US #68
#48Eileen179US #102
#49Lois176US #18
#50Priscilla167
#51Beverly165US #46
#52Gertrude163US #86
#53Beatrice159US #70
#54Edith158US #56
#55Lucille154US #51
#56Janet153US #95
#57Muriel144US #139
#58Constance139US #162
#59Dolores137US #20
#60Jacqueline136US #97
#61Kathleen135US #82
#62Marguerite134US #147
#63Therese132
#64Edna131US #45
#65Gladys126US #41
#66Esther122US #66
#67Charlotte121US #72
#68Martha120US #22
#69Thelma120US #40
#70Geraldine119US #50
#71Jeannette119
#72Audrey116US #60
#73Katherine115US #75
#74Natalie113
#75Bernice111US #53
#76Ethel109US #55
#77Agnes107US #85
#78Arlene103US #106
#79Carolyn100US #91
#80Carol99US #77
#81Joyce96US #30
#82Sylvia94US #119
#83Ellen90US #98
#84Lucy85US #112
#85Janice82US #149
#86Jennie81US #143
#87Laura78US #83
#88Madeline78US #167
#89Sally78US #128
#90Anita76US #137
#91Elsie71US #73
#92Julia71US #80
#93Rosemary70US #88
#94Winifred70
#95Emily69US #150
#96Estelle69US #187
#97Harriet69US #133
#98Clara68US #65
#99Teresa68US #172
#100Angelina67

Boys

#1Robert2,613US #1
#2John2,597US #2
#3William1,676US #4
#4Richard1,468US #6
#5Joseph1,376US #9
#6James1,220US #3
#7Edward1,092US #10
#8George1,010US #8
#9Charles872US #5
#10Donald842US #7
#11Paul726US #13
#12Francis672US #40
#13Thomas662US #11
#14Raymond566US #16
#15Arthur565US #22
#16Frank488US #12
#17Albert465US #23
#18Alfred442US #33
#19Walter424US #18
#20David392US #19
#21Henry355US #21
#22Anthony317US #44
#23Harold317US #14
#24Kenneth316US #17
#25Norman306US #39
#26Herbert273US #25
#27Lawrence255US #38
#28Philip254US #73
#29Ralph252US #24
#30Frederick249US #67
#31Leo239US #61
#32Louis239US #32
#33Daniel238US #47
#34Eugene224US #20
#35Roger222US #71
#36Peter221US #56
#37Ernest190US #43
#38Stanley186US #45
#39Leonard185US #42
#40Bernard177US #49
#41Gerald176US #41
#42Michael169US #53
#43Roland168US #107
#44Harry165US #26
#45Russell154US #55
#46Fred142US #36
#47Warren134US #85
#48Vincent127US #82
#49Ronald124US #50
#50Howard118US #31
#51Carl117US #28
#52Edwin117US #58
#53Edmund107US #163
#54Theodore107US #66
#55Roy106US #34
#56Gordon100US #77
#57Andrew97US #60
#58Maurice96US #119
#59Chester90US #88
#60Earl88US #37
#61Salvatore87US #158
#62Gerard84
#63Stephen82US #130
#64Gilbert78US #96
#65Manuel78US #111
#66Arnold77US #98
#67Nicholas77US #140
#68Martin76US #83
#69Melvin76US #48
#70Samuel76US #52
#71Alan74US #157
#72Wilfred67
#73Armand66
#74Douglas64US #102
#75Normand64
#76Clifford63US #68
#77Leon63US #81
#78Victor61US #99
#79Malcolm60
#80Irving59US #166
#81Everett57US #123
#82Rene57
#83Clarence56US #35
#84Alexander55US #152
#85Angelo50US #177
#86Allan49US #171
#87Wallace48US #104
#88Allen47US #93
#89Benjamin47US #106
#90Bruce47US #112
#91Patrick47US #132
#92Edmond46
#93Lester46US #89
#94Antone44
#95Edgar44US #114
#96Rudolph44US #134
#97Harvey42US #90
#98Laurence42
#99Milton39US #92
#100Lloyd38US #59

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑26Dolores#59
↑20Malcolm#79
↑15Alan#71
↑13Herbert#26
↑13Martin#68
↑13Wallace#87
↑11Gladys#65
↑11Audrey#72

Falling

↓28Teresa#99
↓27Milton#99
↓16Lester#93
↓14Charlotte#67
↓14Ethel#76
↓13Leon#77
↓11Irving#80
↓11Everett#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.