State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,990 Massachusetts births in 1929 across 707 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#53Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#63Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#65Thereseoutside the national top 200
#71Gerardoutside the national top 200
#72Normandoutside the national top 200
#74Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#76Natalieoutside the national top 200
#18Claire#134 nationally
#86Armandoutside the national top 200
#57Edmund#171 nationally
#90Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#91Reneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,937US #1
#2Barbara1,285US #7
#3Dorothy972US #3
#4Helen705US #4
#5Jean658US #12
#6Margaret657US #5
#7Ruth656US #8
#8Theresa565US #49
#9Joan544US #13
#10Shirley544US #9
#11Patricia540US #10
#12Lorraine528US #42
#13Doris525US #6
#14Elizabeth508US #15
#15Phyllis495US #24
#16Marie477US #22
#17Eleanor457US #38
#18Claire436US #134
#19Rita432US #52
#20Alice425US #21
#21Virginia409US #11
#22Irene393US #29
#23Ann387US #46
#24Frances352US #16
#25Nancy335US #32
#26Marjorie325US #30
#27Gloria316US #28
#28Rose311US #26
#29Florence304US #35
#30Pauline303US #50
#31Catherine299US #34
#32Evelyn298US #19
#33Marilyn295US #33
#34Anna284US #20
#35Louise281US #31
#36Lillian276US #40
#37Marion276US #53
#38Betty253US #2
#39Anne236US #91
#40Jeanne234US #92
#41June228US #48
#42Mildred226US #18
#43Norma209US #25
#44Josephine204US #45
#45Jane201US #62
#46Beverly197US #39
#47Dolores186US #14
#48Eileen183US #98
#49Grace182US #54
#50Elaine179US #67
#51Lois173US #17
#52Edith166US #59
#53Priscilla159
#54Lucille155US #57
#55Constance154US #159
#56Beatrice151US #72
#57Janet150US #82
#58Geraldine145US #43
#59Charlotte142US #73
#60Gertrude140US #95
#61Jacqueline135US #87
#62Kathleen125US #89
#63Jeannette121
#64Joyce119US #23
#65Therese113
#66Carol112US #63
#67Marguerite111US #155
#68Audrey108US #58
#69Joanne108US #101
#70Muriel108US #149
#71Sally103US #112
#72Katherine102US #84
#73Bernice100US #55
#74Carolyn99US #77
#75Ethel99US #56
#76Natalie99
#77Sylvia98US #119
#78Agnes96US #94
#79Esther95US #71
#80Thelma92US #41
#81Gladys91US #44
#82Martha91US #27
#83Ellen89US #97
#84Rosemary87US #80
#85Edna86US #51
#86Arlene81US #105
#87Anita79US #125
#88Teresa76US #192
#89Madeline74US #173
#90Julia73US #88
#91Lucy72US #116
#92Harriet71US #135
#93Laura71US #90
#94Janice70US #136
#95Elsie68US #78
#96Jennie66US #152
#97Jeanette62US #131
#98Winifred62
#99Roberta61US #126
#100Pearl60US #114

Boys

#1John2,439US #3
#2Robert2,434US #1
#3William1,650US #4
#4Richard1,451US #6
#5Joseph1,314US #9
#6James1,091US #2
#7Edward960US #10
#8Donald947US #7
#9George935US #8
#10Charles798US #5
#11Paul670US #13
#12Francis642US #39
#13Thomas634US #11
#14Arthur532US #22
#15Raymond526US #15
#16David473US #17
#17Frank446US #12
#18Albert430US #24
#19Walter418US #19
#20Alfred357US #41
#21Henry334US #21
#22Anthony314US #44
#23Harold294US #16
#24Kenneth277US #18
#25Norman269US #40
#26Ralph269US #26
#27Frederick259US #67
#28Leo253US #60
#29Daniel233US #47
#30Roger232US #64
#31Eugene228US #20
#32Louis227US #32
#33Peter216US #55
#34Philip213US #76
#35Ernest212US #43
#36Herbert210US #25
#37Lawrence201US #38
#38Gerald191US #33
#39Stanley189US #48
#40Bernard176US #52
#41Harry161US #27
#42Ronald158US #45
#43Michael150US #54
#44Russell147US #56
#45Leonard146US #42
#46Roland145US #104
#47Carl134US #28
#48Fred129US #34
#49Vincent125US #82
#50Howard119US #31
#51Warren119US #92
#52Theodore114US #65
#53Earl112US #36
#54Edwin97US #66
#55Nicholas97US #142
#56Andrew95US #59
#57Edmund92US #171
#58Stephen88US #126
#59Alan87US #146
#60Gordon83US #79
#61Victor83US #100
#62Samuel80US #53
#63Martin77US #83
#64Roy77US #35
#65Melvin76US #49
#66Gilbert73US #91
#67Chester72US #96
#68Maurice72US #125
#69Manuel71US #111
#70Jack70US #14
#71Gerard69
#72Normand69
#73Salvatore68US #160
#74Wilfred67
#75Angelo66US #176
#76Douglas64US #97
#77Leon64US #81
#78Allen63US #86
#79Arnold62US #95
#80Patrick62US #121
#81Everett59US #130
#82Clarence56US #37
#83Clifford55US #72
#84Alexander54US #156
#85Bruce54US #112
#86Armand52
#87Benjamin48US #107
#88Allan47US #161
#89Irving43US #185
#90Laurence42
#91Rene42
#92Dominic41
#93Lester41US #88
#94Sumner41
#95Wallace41US #106
#96Alvin40US #77
#97Mario38
#98Milton38US #94
#99Dennis36US #154
#100Harvey36US #90

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑24Joan#9
↑18Sally#71
↑17Joyce#64
↑17Victor#61
↑14Carol#66
↑12Dolores#47
↑12Geraldine#58
↑12Nicholas#55

Falling

↓21Edna#85
↓16Gladys#81
↓14Martha#82
↓13Muriel#70
↓13Esther#79
↓13Arnold#79
↓13Armand#86
↓12Anna#34

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.