State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,139 Massachusetts births in 1930 across 699 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#57Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#58Jeannette#196 nationally
#68Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#70Normandoutside the national top 200
#74Gerardoutside the national top 200
#75Armandoutside the national top 200
#83Natalieoutside the national top 200
#20Claire#136 nationally
#62Edmund#177 nationally
#86Irvingoutside the national top 200
#87Judithoutside the national top 200
#90Thereseoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,962US #1
#2Barbara1,391US #6
#3Dorothy1,023US #3
#4Joan800US #8
#5Jean694US #14
#6Helen674US #4
#7Margaret626US #5
#8Patricia623US #7
#9Ruth600US #10
#10Elizabeth556US #15
#11Shirley517US #11
#12Lorraine499US #46
#13Theresa479US #50
#14Marie468US #26
#15Virginia467US #12
#16Doris462US #9
#17Rita451US #42
#18Nancy439US #24
#19Eleanor434US #39
#20Claire416US #136
#21Alice410US #20
#22Ann409US #41
#23Marilyn396US #22
#24Phyllis367US #28
#25Irene360US #33
#26Frances327US #16
#27Gloria320US #30
#28Pauline314US #52
#29Marjorie304US #32
#30Florence285US #38
#31Catherine283US #35
#32Evelyn281US #19
#33Rose277US #29
#34Louise276US #31
#35Janet275US #53
#36Anna270US #23
#37Anne269US #83
#38Betty268US #2
#39Marion264US #60
#40Dolores247US #13
#41Lillian236US #44
#42Jeanne228US #92
#43Jane222US #55
#44Beverly215US #34
#45June214US #47
#46Norma213US #25
#47Lois205US #17
#48Josephine204US #49
#49Mildred203US #21
#50Eileen182US #110
#51Elaine172US #69
#52Grace166US #62
#53Jacqueline158US #74
#54Geraldine153US #43
#55Joyce150US #18
#56Constance143US #147
#57Priscilla138
#58Jeannette135US #196
#59Lucille133US #59
#60Carolyn130US #72
#61Kathleen130US #84
#62Carol129US #54
#63Gertrude124US #96
#64Beatrice120US #76
#65Edith120US #61
#66Joanne118US #81
#67Charlotte115US #75
#68Marguerite112US #159
#69Audrey111US #63
#70Muriel111US #155
#71Arlene108US #103
#72Esther103US #77
#73Sally103US #98
#74Agnes100US #102
#75Janice98US #126
#76Gladys96US #48
#77Edna95US #51
#78Ellen95US #100
#79Martha95US #27
#80Bernice92US #58
#81Katherine92US #85
#82Anita85US #115
#83Natalie84
#84Rosemary82US #82
#85Ethel80US #65
#86Thelma77US #45
#87Judith75
#88Loretta74US #105
#89Lucy74US #119
#90Therese74
#91Christine71US #124
#92Jeanette69US #106
#93Teresa68US #194
#94Sylvia66US #132
#95Madeline65US #173
#96Dorothea63
#97Harriet62US #138
#98Jennie62US #152
#99Cynthia61
#100Hazel60US #71

Boys

#1Robert2,693US #1
#2John2,445US #3
#3William1,656US #4
#4Richard1,627US #5
#5Joseph1,280US #9
#6James1,204US #2
#7Edward1,010US #10
#8Donald950US #7
#9George917US #8
#10Charles841US #6
#11Paul781US #12
#12Thomas613US #11
#13Francis591US #42
#14Arthur544US #23
#15David497US #15
#16Raymond493US #16
#17Frank396US #13
#18Albert395US #24
#19Walter386US #19
#20Henry316US #22
#21Anthony297US #44
#22Kenneth295US #17
#23Norman275US #40
#24Harold269US #18
#25Alfred256US #46
#26Frederick244US #74
#27Leo242US #63
#28Louis238US #34
#29Ralph236US #25
#30Daniel231US #47
#31Roger228US #58
#32Lawrence219US #36
#33Ernest215US #43
#34Philip213US #75
#35Gerald209US #30
#36Eugene204US #21
#37Peter201US #56
#38Stanley186US #49
#39Herbert178US #35
#40Ronald173US #37
#41Michael172US #54
#42Bernard160US #52
#43Roland154US #107
#44Leonard146US #45
#45Russell140US #60
#46Vincent137US #84
#47Fred135US #32
#48Carl133US #26
#49Theodore126US #67
#50Harry124US #28
#51Howard117US #31
#52Warren105US #96
#53Gordon103US #77
#54Edwin100US #66
#55Maurice92US #116
#56Alan89US #136
#57Roy87US #33
#58Gilbert84US #90
#59Earl82US #38
#60Stephen82US #138
#61Andrew81US #62
#62Edmund81US #177
#63Arnold78US #98
#64Martin78US #83
#65Nicholas78US #147
#66Salvatore73US #167
#67Manuel72US #121
#68Wilfred67
#69Allan66US #155
#70Normand65
#71Leon64US #81
#72Bruce63US #109
#73Douglas63US #89
#74Gerard61
#75Armand59
#76Clarence56US #39
#77Hugh56US #131
#78Clifford55US #73
#79Melvin52US #50
#80Allen51US #85
#81Harvey51US #92
#82Patrick51US #118
#83Chester50US #103
#84Everett50US #134
#85Samuel49US #55
#86Irving47
#87Victor46US #100
#88Angelo44US #190
#89Milton44US #93
#90Lester43US #95
#91Edgar41US #119
#92Alvin40US #79
#93Jack40US #14
#94Lewis40US #87
#95Benjamin39US #115
#96Laurence38
#97Alexander37US #168
#98Rene36
#99Wallace36US #112
#100Herman35US #78

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑22Janet#35
↑19Janice#75
↑19Allan#69
↑19Harvey#81
↑16Arnold#63
↑15Arlene#71
↑14Carolyn#60
↑13Maurice#55

Falling

↓26Victor#87
↓25Therese#90
↓23Samuel#85
↓23Jack#93
↓17Sylvia#94
↓16Chester#83
↓14Melvin#79
↓13Edith#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.