State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,350 Massachusetts births in 1933 across 626 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#61Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#65Gerardoutside the national top 200
#67Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#69Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#75Cynthiaoutside the national top 200
#19Claire#144 nationally
#76Edmundoutside the national top 200
#79Normandoutside the national top 200
#83Armandoutside the national top 200
#86Natalieoutside the national top 200
#84Muriel#198 nationally
#89Malcolmoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,513US #1
#2Barbara1,439US #3
#3Joan1,142US #5
#4Dorothy742US #4
#5Patricia725US #6
#6Jean587US #14
#7Nancy527US #11
#8Margaret515US #7
#9Ann509US #34
#10Elizabeth473US #17
#11Helen465US #8
#12Lorraine417US #54
#13Shirley403US #9
#14Ruth402US #13
#15Marilyn393US #16
#16Eleanor367US #38
#17Janet353US #25
#18Marie343US #33
#19Claire331US #144
#20Phyllis331US #28
#21Doris319US #10
#22Beverly309US #26
#23Anne305US #85
#24Carol300US #20
#25Virginia270US #15
#26Alice269US #22
#27Rita266US #53
#28Irene262US #46
#29Frances261US #18
#30Theresa253US #70
#31Marjorie245US #41
#32Pauline233US #64
#33June228US #45
#34Gloria225US #31
#35Betty223US #2
#36Jane220US #47
#37Catherine217US #44
#38Marion215US #73
#39Constance210US #105
#40Elaine209US #61
#41Lois208US #19
#42Joyce195US #12
#43Rose195US #35
#44Evelyn190US #30
#45Lillian189US #51
#46Louise189US #39
#47Joanne182US #56
#48Norma179US #23
#49Anna176US #29
#50Dolores175US #21
#51Florence173US #49
#52Jeanne162US #125
#53Geraldine156US #42
#54Judith153US #119
#55Kathleen149US #77
#56Jacqueline143US #86
#57Carole141US #107
#58Sylvia138US #84
#59Eileen134US #115
#60Janice133US #81
#61Priscilla127
#62Maureen125US #170
#63Carolyn122US #40
#64Josephine122US #62
#65Sally121US #76
#66Grace117US #69
#67Jeannette111
#68Martha106US #27
#69Audrey105US #59
#70Mildred105US #32
#71Arlene94US #74
#72Ellen93US #104
#73Lucille93US #78
#74Charlotte90US #79
#75Cynthia90
#76Beatrice89US #94
#77Edith86US #80
#78Rosemary84US #102
#79Marguerite83US #190
#80Marlene77US #50
#81Katherine76US #100
#82Roberta72US #112
#83Ethel71US #71
#84Muriel70US #198
#85Marcia65US #162
#86Natalie63
#87Jeanette62US #103
#88Laura62US #91
#89Gertrude61US #133
#90Loretta61US #87
#91Susan61US #149
#92Edna60US #55
#93Sandra59US #145
#94Esther58US #88
#95Diane57US #134
#96Julia56US #97
#97Gladys55US #60
#98Agnes54US #118
#99Anita54US #116
#100Annette54

Boys

#1Robert2,513US #1
#2John2,087US #3
#3Richard1,687US #5
#4William1,355US #4
#5James1,150US #2
#6Joseph1,061US #9
#7Donald956US #7
#8Edward783US #11
#9Charles776US #6
#10Paul754US #14
#11George734US #8
#12Thomas654US #10
#13David513US #13
#14Francis496US #45
#15Ronald392US #12
#16Raymond391US #19
#17Arthur390US #25
#18Frank351US #16
#19Walter297US #21
#20Albert295US #30
#21Kenneth283US #15
#22Peter250US #60
#23Anthony248US #46
#24Daniel240US #42
#25Henry240US #24
#26Ralph233US #29
#27Frederick223US #78
#28Harold218US #18
#29Gerald212US #22
#30Roger208US #48
#31Norman201US #37
#32Lawrence190US #38
#33Alfred189US #57
#34Philip186US #70
#35Louis183US #40
#36Leonard173US #47
#37Michael170US #53
#38Leo167US #75
#39Eugene161US #23
#40Bernard153US #63
#41Stanley145US #55
#42Ernest143US #50
#43Herbert125US #49
#44Vincent115US #94
#45Roland111US #114
#46Carl109US #28
#47Harry107US #35
#48Russell106US #67
#49Warren99US #99
#50Theodore97US #68
#51Fred96US #34
#52Howard94US #36
#53Stephen89US #126
#54Bruce87US #91
#55Alan85US #122
#56Edwin81US #77
#57Gordon79US #71
#58Leon69US #85
#59Nicholas66US #160
#60Earl65US #41
#61Maurice64US #129
#62Andrew61US #76
#63Martin61US #89
#64Allan59US #154
#65Gerard57
#66Roy57US #39
#67Franklin56US #33
#68Gilbert55US #104
#69Wilfred55
#70Manuel54US #134
#71Arnold52US #103
#72Everett52US #139
#73Douglas51US #81
#74Patrick51US #110
#75Salvatore51US #183
#76Edmund49
#77Harvey49US #97
#78Melvin47US #51
#79Normand45
#80Samuel45US #61
#81Victor45US #116
#82Jack43US #17
#83Armand41
#84Wayne41US #52
#85Chester40US #119
#86Clifford40US #86
#87Neil40US #149
#88Hugh38US #141
#89Malcolm38
#90Allen36US #84
#91Benjamin36US #118
#92Clarence36US #43
#93Laurence36
#94Angelo35
#95Leslie34US #137
#96Lewis33US #92
#97Edgar32US #135
#98Dennis31US #106
#99Milton31US #113
#100Lloyd30US #73

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑22Cynthia#75
↑20Carole#57
↑19Maureen#62
↑19Martha#68
↑18Carol#24
↑18Rosemary#78
↑17June#33
↑16Judith#54

Falling

↓30Chester#85
↓24Gertrude#89
↓18Muriel#84
↓15Mildred#70
↓15Normand#79
↓14Anita#99
↓14Samuel#80
↓13Roy#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.