State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,257 Massachusetts births in 1934 across 635 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#60Gerardoutside the national top 200
#19Claire#155 nationally
#65Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#70Edmundoutside the national top 200
#73Jeannette#195 nationally
#81Alexander#200 nationally
#82Natalieoutside the national top 200
#82Armandoutside the national top 200
#63Cynthia#179 nationally
#79Salvatore#195 nationally
#86Murieloutside the national top 200
#87Normandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,507US #1
#2Barbara1,354US #3
#3Joan1,123US #7
#4Patricia909US #6
#5Shirley675US #4
#6Dorothy639US #5
#7Nancy573US #10
#8Jean533US #16
#9Margaret530US #8
#10Elizabeth504US #18
#11Ann483US #32
#12Carol432US #14
#13Helen432US #9
#14Janet391US #21
#15Marilyn387US #17
#16Lorraine386US #56
#17Ruth370US #13
#18Eleanor330US #44
#19Claire320US #155
#20Virginia311US #15
#21Phyllis304US #28
#22Marie303US #34
#23Beverly296US #22
#24Doris286US #11
#25Theresa281US #77
#26Frances271US #19
#27Anne262US #88
#28Alice259US #25
#29Pauline251US #71
#30Jane249US #48
#31Rita232US #63
#32Catherine229US #42
#33Joanne224US #45
#34Elaine223US #54
#35Marjorie214US #41
#36Betty209US #2
#37Judith208US #94
#38Constance206US #117
#39Anna201US #31
#40Irene197US #49
#41Gloria195US #30
#42Carolyn192US #33
#43Louise191US #40
#44June188US #46
#45Jeanne181US #131
#46Lois180US #20
#47Rose180US #37
#48Norma178US #24
#49Carole171US #89
#50Dolores169US #26
#51Jacqueline168US #80
#52Joyce167US #12
#53Marion161US #86
#54Florence159US #61
#55Lillian151US #52
#56Evelyn149US #29
#57Geraldine149US #43
#58Janice148US #68
#59Kathleen141US #74
#60Arlene135US #53
#61Eileen133US #109
#62Sylvia133US #70
#63Cynthia127US #179
#64Maureen124US #171
#65Priscilla122
#66Ellen116US #95
#67Sally114US #62
#68Grace111US #79
#69Lucille110US #84
#70Sandra110US #93
#71Josephine109US #60
#72Mildred108US #35
#73Jeannette106US #195
#74Charlotte96US #72
#75Audrey90US #69
#76Loretta90US #83
#77Beatrice89US #99
#78Roberta89US #104
#79Martha88US #27
#80Edith87US #81
#81Gertrude85US #135
#82Natalie84
#83Gail80US #164
#84Marcia80US #157
#85Katherine78US #101
#86Muriel65
#87Rosemary64US #111
#88Agnes63US #120
#89Susan63US #138
#90Diane62US #124
#91Gladys62US #66
#92Lucy62US #134
#93Marguerite62US #188
#94Bernice60US #82
#95Jeanette59US #106
#96Marlene58US #57
#97Edna57US #55
#98Esther54US #91
#99Paula52
#100Anita51US #130

Boys

#1Robert2,476US #1
#2John2,218US #3
#3Richard1,863US #5
#4William1,394US #4
#5James1,236US #2
#6Donald1,053US #6
#7Joseph950US #10
#8George797US #8
#9Edward792US #13
#10Paul732US #14
#11Charles706US #7
#12Thomas611US #9
#13David589US #12
#14Francis484US #49
#15Ronald466US #11
#16Arthur404US #29
#17Raymond357US #19
#18Kenneth327US #15
#19Peter312US #61
#20Walter301US #21
#21Frank299US #16
#22Albert263US #32
#23Gerald242US #22
#24Roger241US #39
#25Anthony236US #52
#26Norman235US #38
#27Philip233US #69
#28Daniel229US #42
#29Henry228US #27
#30Ralph223US #31
#31Harold207US #18
#32Lawrence205US #34
#33Frederick196US #77
#34Michael191US #47
#35Alfred184US #64
#36Louis184US #40
#37Ernest183US #51
#38Leo173US #86
#39Eugene151US #24
#40Carl134US #28
#41Bernard130US #65
#42Leonard127US #53
#43Herbert122US #57
#44Russell122US #70
#45Stanley122US #58
#46Warren115US #96
#47Roland109US #119
#48Fred105US #33
#49Harry103US #36
#50Bruce101US #78
#51Gordon100US #71
#52Theodore99US #74
#53Stephen96US #121
#54Alan94US #124
#55Howard92US #37
#56Vincent89US #101
#57Martin88US #91
#58Chester76US #123
#59Manuel72US #131
#60Gerard70
#61Maurice70US #132
#62Roy70US #35
#63Edwin68US #80
#64Arnold64US #105
#65Earl59US #41
#66Douglas57US #72
#67Victor57US #122
#68Allan55US #151
#69Allen55US #88
#70Edmund55
#71Nicholas55US #165
#72Patrick53US #109
#73Jack49US #17
#74Gilbert48US #106
#75Andrew46US #76
#76Franklin46US #46
#77Harvey46US #99
#78Leon46US #87
#79Salvatore46US #195
#80Samuel46US #66
#81Alexander43US #200
#82Armand42
#83Phillip40US #113
#84Wayne40US #48
#85Clifford39US #85
#86Leroy38US #54
#87Normand38
#88Wilfred38
#89Everett37US #145
#90Milton37US #115
#91Hugh36US #135
#92Laurence36
#93Lewis36US #94
#94Melvin36US #55
#95Neil36US #153
#96Clarence34US #45
#97Jerome31US #107
#98Dennis30US #95
#99Earle30
#100Angelo29

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑27Chester#58
↑23Sandra#70
↑21Carolyn#42
↑21Allen#69
↑17Judith#37
↑14Joanne#33
↑14Loretta#76
↑14Victor#67

Falling

↓20Leon#78
↓19Wilfred#88
↓17Everett#89
↓16Marlene#96
↓16Melvin#94
↓15Marion#53
↓14Marguerite#93
↓13Andrew#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.