State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,719 Massachusetts births in 1932 across 670 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
#64Normandoutside the national top 200
#67Gerardoutside the national top 200
#74Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#65Edmund#190 nationally
#16Claire#140 nationally
#79Natalieoutside the national top 200
#81Maureenoutside the national top 200
#81Barryoutside the national top 200
#66Muriel#181 nationally
#62Jeannette#175 nationally
#88Irvingoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,728US #1
#2Barbara1,656US #3
#3Joan1,168US #5
#4Dorothy804US #4
#5Patricia747US #6
#6Jean606US #15
#7Margaret554US #7
#8Elizabeth539US #17
#9Ann528US #34
#10Helen516US #8
#11Nancy506US #13
#12Shirley455US #9
#13Lorraine444US #55
#14Ruth430US #11
#15Marilyn406US #16
#16Claire403US #140
#17Doris355US #10
#18Eleanor346US #45
#19Virginia346US #14
#20Marie344US #31
#21Phyllis332US #30
#22Frances323US #19
#23Rita318US #53
#24Alice315US #21
#25Theresa306US #60
#26Janet297US #35
#27Beverly291US #28
#28Irene288US #43
#29Pauline283US #59
#30Gloria275US #25
#31Anne264US #81
#32Marjorie260US #37
#33Constance251US #99
#34Catherine247US #39
#35Louise244US #36
#36Jane242US #49
#37Marion236US #73
#38Anna232US #24
#39Dolores232US #18
#40Rose230US #33
#41Evelyn225US #23
#42Carol213US #32
#43Betty211US #2
#44Norma211US #22
#45Jeanne210US #112
#46Joyce209US #12
#47Lois209US #20
#48Florence198US #47
#49Lillian194US #48
#50June192US #44
#51Elaine188US #68
#52Joanne186US #62
#53Jacqueline180US #85
#54Geraldine168US #42
#55Mildred159US #26
#56Carolyn153US #46
#57Grace148US #72
#58Josephine144US #57
#59Kathleen141US #83
#60Priscilla141
#61Lucille139US #63
#62Jeannette133US #175
#63Janice130US #94
#64Audrey124US #61
#65Gertrude117US #124
#66Muriel115US #181
#67Eileen114US #114
#68Arlene113US #80
#69Charlotte113US #74
#70Judith110US #144
#71Beatrice109US #87
#72Sylvia107US #96
#73Ellen97US #104
#74Sally97US #84
#75Bernice92US #71
#76Katherine92US #95
#77Carole91US #151
#78Edith91US #69
#79Natalie86
#80Roberta85US #109
#81Maureen82
#82Marcia79US #191
#83Marguerite77US #182
#84Ethel75US #66
#85Anita73US #116
#86Jeanette73US #106
#87Martha73US #27
#88Christine72US #127
#89Esther72US #82
#90Loretta72US #89
#91Marlene72US #78
#92Thelma72US #51
#93Diane71US #142
#94Gladys70US #54
#95Edna69US #50
#96Rosemary68US #100
#97Cynthia66
#98Agnes62US #115
#99Harriet60US #149
#100Laura56US #88

Boys

#1Robert2,690US #1
#2John2,408US #3
#3Richard1,719US #5
#4William1,543US #4
#5James1,182US #2
#6Joseph1,177US #9
#7Donald1,053US #7
#8George908US #8
#9Edward859US #11
#10Charles832US #6
#11Paul754US #13
#12Thomas632US #10
#13Francis551US #43
#14David514US #12
#15Ronald396US #16
#16Raymond393US #19
#17Arthur383US #25
#18Frank370US #15
#19Walter327US #21
#20Kenneth290US #14
#21Albert283US #26
#22Anthony275US #45
#23Norman261US #37
#24Gerald248US #24
#25Henry246US #23
#26Daniel242US #42
#27Philip240US #70
#28Frederick234US #73
#29Alfred233US #49
#30Lawrence233US #35
#31Ralph223US #27
#32Harold221US #18
#33Peter220US #62
#34Roger202US #50
#35Louis183US #39
#36Leo177US #74
#37Ernest173US #47
#38Eugene164US #22
#39Michael157US #54
#40Herbert156US #44
#41Leonard155US #48
#42Stanley144US #52
#43Bernard129US #60
#44Roland128US #111
#45Carl119US #28
#46Russell109US #63
#47Harry108US #32
#48Vincent108US #93
#49Warren107US #102
#50Fred101US #33
#51Gordon101US #81
#52Theodore96US #67
#53Roy90US #38
#54Alan87US #127
#55Chester87US #112
#56Howard87US #36
#57Stephen86US #124
#58Edwin81US #72
#59Earl75US #41
#60Maurice75US #122
#61Nicholas74US #163
#62Andrew73US #69
#63Bruce73US #98
#64Normand70
#65Edmund68US #190
#66Samuel67US #56
#67Gerard66
#68Douglas65US #85
#69Allan59US #153
#70Patrick58US #114
#71Leon57US #83
#72Gilbert56US #97
#73Salvatore55US #181
#74Wilfred55
#75Manuel52US #129
#76Arnold51US #100
#77Martin51US #88
#78Allen50US #80
#79Alexander49US #178
#80Harvey49US #95
#81Barry43
#82Benjamin42US #115
#83Clifford42US #84
#84Melvin42US #51
#85Jack41US #17
#86Victor41US #110
#87Everett40US #140
#88Irving40
#89Lewis40US #92
#90Neil37US #162
#91Armand36
#92Lester36US #101
#93Malcolm36
#94Rene36
#95Angelo35
#96Marvin34US #46
#97Laurence33
#98Wayne33US #57
#99Dominic32
#100Edgar30US #135

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑20Judith#70
↑19Beverly#27
↑18Ronald#15
↑16Carol#42
↑16Roberta#80
↑16Patrick#70
↑16Leon#71
↑14Muriel#66

Falling

↓17Loretta#90
↓15Ethel#84
↓15Gladys#94
↓15Cynthia#97
↓14Edna#95
↓13Jeanne#45
↓13Edith#78
↓13Martin#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.