State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,675 Massachusetts births in 1931 across 677 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#60Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#60Gerardoutside the national top 200
#67Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#70Normandoutside the national top 200
#16Claire#139 nationally
#63Edmund#184 nationally
#66Jeannette#185 nationally
#82Cynthiaoutside the national top 200
#83Natalieoutside the national top 200
#83Armandoutside the national top 200
#89Maureenoutside the national top 200
#84Angelo#194 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,795US #1
#2Barbara1,454US #4
#3Joan1,081US #5
#4Dorothy865US #3
#5Patricia626US #8
#6Margaret620US #7
#7Jean606US #13
#8Helen596US #6
#9Elizabeth545US #16
#10Ruth536US #11
#11Nancy490US #17
#12Lorraine478US #49
#13Shirley464US #9
#14Marilyn427US #19
#15Ann424US #35
#16Claire422US #139
#17Virginia415US #12
#18Doris411US #10
#19Eleanor400US #40
#20Phyllis382US #29
#21Marie373US #27
#22Theresa370US #59
#23Rita331US #48
#24Gloria329US #23
#25Alice324US #21
#26Irene315US #37
#27Janet294US #45
#28Frances288US #18
#29Marjorie286US #34
#30Pauline271US #56
#31Catherine264US #36
#32Jeanne262US #98
#33Marion262US #66
#34Anna258US #25
#35Anne254US #80
#36Betty247US #2
#37Norma243US #22
#38Lillian242US #47
#39Evelyn237US #24
#40Louise230US #33
#41June229US #44
#42Rose228US #30
#43Florence227US #43
#44Constance226US #118
#45Dolores206US #14
#46Beverly201US #31
#47Jane192US #50
#48Elaine188US #72
#49Lois186US #20
#50Joyce180US #15
#51Grace173US #70
#52Josephine173US #51
#53Mildred165US #26
#54Geraldine162US #38
#55Eileen153US #106
#56Joanne145US #68
#57Jacqueline140US #78
#58Carol139US #46
#59Lucille132US #62
#60Priscilla132
#61Carolyn120US #60
#62Kathleen120US #87
#63Janice117US #104
#64Beatrice112US #85
#65Edith109US #65
#66Jeannette109US #185
#67Audrey103US #64
#68Gertrude103US #115
#69Ethel101US #67
#70Ellen100US #99
#71Charlotte97US #75
#72Sylvia97US #123
#73Loretta96US #96
#74Arlene95US #77
#75Katherine94US #92
#76Sally94US #97
#77Marguerite91US #157
#78Esther87US #79
#79Gladys87US #55
#80Muriel87US #172
#81Edna86US #52
#82Cynthia82
#83Natalie82
#84Bernice77US #63
#85Elsie74US #86
#86Agnes73US #103
#87Martha70US #28
#88Thelma69US #53
#89Maureen68
#90Judith67US #168
#91Anita66US #117
#92Laura65US #89
#93Jeanette64US #105
#94Teresa63US #192
#95Estelle60
#96Roberta60US #121
#97Marlene58US #95
#98Therese58
#99Madeline55US #199
#100Winifred55

Boys

#1Robert2,534US #1
#2John2,271US #3
#3Richard1,658US #5
#4William1,449US #4
#5Joseph1,226US #9
#6James1,127US #2
#7Donald978US #7
#8Edward901US #11
#9George876US #8
#10Charles809US #6
#11Paul725US #12
#12Thomas610US #10
#13Francis582US #42
#14Raymond494US #17
#15David483US #13
#16Arthur440US #23
#17Frank377US #16
#18Walter362US #20
#19Albert332US #24
#20Kenneth292US #14
#21Norman283US #36
#22Anthony278US #46
#23Henry278US #22
#24Harold248US #18
#25Alfred247US #50
#26Ralph234US #25
#27Gerald223US #26
#28Philip218US #71
#29Louis214US #37
#30Peter214US #61
#31Lawrence210US #38
#32Daniel206US #44
#33Ronald205US #27
#34Roger202US #53
#35Frederick201US #73
#36Ernest194US #47
#37Leo183US #69
#38Michael175US #55
#39Leonard169US #48
#40Eugene166US #21
#41Herbert166US #41
#42Stanley158US #49
#43Bernard152US #54
#44Roland142US #107
#45Carl124US #28
#46Russell123US #63
#47Harry115US #30
#48Vincent115US #86
#49Fred114US #33
#50Howard113US #34
#51Theodore108US #70
#52Warren102US #100
#53Alan96US #120
#54Earl92US #40
#55Edwin92US #67
#56Gordon89US #76
#57Roy87US #35
#58Andrew86US #65
#59Maurice85US #117
#60Gerard84
#61Stephen81US #130
#62Chester74US #106
#63Edmund73US #184
#64Martin73US #91
#65Gilbert69US #92
#66Nicholas68US #145
#67Wilfred65
#68Douglas62US #85
#69Samuel62US #56
#70Normand61
#71Allen60US #79
#72Bruce58US #101
#73Victor57US #109
#74Arnold56US #98
#75Everett56US #136
#76Jack55US #15
#77Harvey54US #93
#78Melvin54US #51
#79Clifford53US #75
#80Alexander52US #172
#81Salvatore50US #176
#82Allan49US #151
#83Armand49
#84Angelo48US #194
#85Manuel48US #132
#86Patrick48US #111
#87Leon47US #84
#88Clarence46US #39
#89Milton45US #99
#90Benjamin44US #113
#91Malcolm42
#92Laurence41
#93Lester41US #96
#94Neil41US #165
#95Hugh40US #131
#96Lewis39US #87
#97Irving38
#98Rene37
#99Dominic33
#100Edgar32US #122

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑22Sylvia#72
↑21Chester#62
↑17Cynthia#82
↑17Jack#76
↑17Alexander#80
↑16Ethel#69
↑16Samuel#69
↑15Loretta#73

Falling

↓18Manuel#85
↓18Hugh#95
↓16Leon#87
↓15Salvatore#81
↓13Florence#43
↓13Allan#82
↓12Agnes#86
↓12Clarence#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.