State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,867 Massachusetts births in 1935 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.

#56Gerardoutside the national top 200
#29Claire#171 nationally
#68Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#71Edmundoutside the national top 200
#72Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#74Normandoutside the national top 200
#78Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#82Reneoutside the national top 200
#92Margueriteoutside the national top 200
#93Angelooutside the national top 200
#72Cynthia#179 nationally
#94Kevinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,424US #1
#2Barbara1,274US #3
#3Joan1,094US #7
#4Patricia1,044US #5
#5Shirley939US #2
#6Dorothy609US #6
#7Nancy562US #9
#8Ann515US #30
#9Jean490US #18
#10Margaret483US #8
#11Carol458US #11
#12Elizabeth445US #17
#13Helen390US #10
#14Janet371US #22
#15Lorraine365US #68
#16Marie354US #33
#17Marilyn352US #14
#18Judith346US #54
#19Beverly333US #20
#20Ruth325US #15
#21Anne298US #84
#22Elaine293US #51
#23Eleanor292US #48
#24Alice289US #25
#25Phyllis289US #27
#26Jane286US #43
#27Virginia283US #16
#28Frances278US #19
#29Claire264US #171
#30Catherine223US #42
#31Marjorie221US #46
#32Joanne220US #44
#33Pauline212US #80
#34Doris206US #13
#35Rita199US #63
#36Dolores198US #26
#37Carolyn197US #28
#38Betty196US #4
#39Theresa194US #86
#40Irene188US #52
#41Janice187US #47
#42Lois186US #21
#43Sandra186US #50
#44Jacqueline179US #79
#45Jeanne174US #133
#46Gloria173US #32
#47Louise172US #45
#48Marion172US #88
#49Constance170US #125
#50Joyce169US #12
#51Evelyn162US #31
#52June161US #55
#53Kathleen157US #71
#54Roberta152US #77
#55Rose151US #37
#56Carole149US #93
#57Geraldine147US #40
#58Sylvia144US #60
#59Maureen141US #162
#60Florence136US #74
#61Eileen131US #108
#62Anna123US #34
#63Charlotte123US #65
#64Arlene122US #59
#65Lillian120US #66
#66Grace118US #83
#67Sally117US #58
#68Priscilla115
#69Ellen113US #95
#70Gail113US #127
#71Sheila111US #151
#72Cynthia108US #179
#73Lucille108US #85
#74Josephine105US #75
#75Norma102US #29
#76Martha98US #24
#77Katherine93US #103
#78Marcia91US #149
#79Mildred91US #35
#80Diane90US #109
#81Audrey89US #64
#82Loretta86US #69
#83Marlene84US #39
#84Gertrude83US #145
#85Jeannette79US #186
#86Annette75US #142
#87Edith73US #87
#88Rosemary67US #97
#89Beatrice64US #107
#90Harriet64US #157
#91Esther63US #94
#92Marguerite63
#93Susan61US #126
#94Rosemarie60US #191
#95Anita59US #119
#96Muriel58
#97Natalie58
#98Edna56US #67
#99Bernice53US #90
#100Laura53US #101

Boys

#1Robert2,482US #1
#2John2,139US #3
#3Richard1,798US #5
#4William1,495US #4
#5James1,202US #2
#6Donald1,050US #7
#7Joseph923US #10
#8George799US #8
#9Edward777US #13
#10Paul733US #14
#11Charles707US #6
#12David691US #11
#13Thomas643US #9
#14Ronald515US #12
#15Francis479US #53
#16Raymond397US #17
#17Arthur396US #29
#18Frank327US #16
#19Peter292US #59
#20Kenneth287US #15
#21Albert280US #31
#22Walter274US #23
#23Anthony270US #52
#24Gerald263US #21
#25Roger257US #36
#26Daniel247US #43
#27Henry238US #27
#28Norman229US #38
#29Frederick227US #73
#30Lawrence227US #35
#31Philip208US #65
#32Michael194US #41
#33Harold184US #20
#34Ralph178US #32
#35Alfred174US #63
#36Louis168US #42
#37Leo143US #92
#38Ernest140US #55
#39Stanley140US #56
#40Eugene136US #26
#41Carl132US #28
#42Leonard129US #54
#43Fred126US #34
#44Bruce124US #77
#45Stephen121US #113
#46Herbert119US #58
#47Russell111US #68
#48Bernard107US #67
#49Roland104US #119
#50Vincent92US #106
#51Alan91US #122
#52Theodore88US #79
#53Warren88US #97
#54Harry86US #37
#55Howard84US #39
#56Gerard81
#57Gordon76US #70
#58Edwin72US #89
#59Douglas68US #75
#60Allan67US #150
#61Martin67US #93
#62Roy66US #40
#63Arnold63US #103
#64Earl63US #46
#65Andrew61US #85
#66Maurice58US #130
#67Nicholas58US #158
#68Chester57US #121
#69Manuel56US #137
#70Victor52US #116
#71Edmund51
#72Salvatore50
#73Dennis48US #72
#74Normand48
#75Samuel48US #62
#76Harvey47US #99
#77Clifford46US #88
#78Laurence46
#79Patrick46US #112
#80Barry45US #183
#81Leon45US #86
#82Rene45
#83Gilbert44US #111
#84Melvin44US #57
#85Phillip42US #107
#86Wayne42US #49
#87Neil41US #167
#88Allen38US #83
#89Everett38US #146
#90Jerome36US #96
#91Benjamin35US #123
#92Franklin35US #71
#93Angelo34
#94Kevin33
#95Wallace33US #133
#96Alexander32US #186
#97Gary32US #44
#98Jack32US #18
#99Armand31
#100Lewis30US #98

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑27Sandra#43
↑25Dennis#73
↑24Roberta#54
↑19Judith#18
↑17Janice#41
↑14Dolores#36
↑14Laurence#78
↑13Gail#70

Falling

↓27Norma#75
↓25Jack#98
↓23Anna#62
↓19Allen#88
↓17Armand#99
↓16Franklin#92
↓15Natalie#97
↓15Alexander#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.