State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,643 Massachusetts births in 1937 across 622 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#32Claire#191 nationally
#60Edmundoutside the national top 200
#74Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#79Armandoutside the national top 200
#81Gerardoutside the national top 200
#83Normandoutside the national top 200
#43Maureen#155 nationally
#91Kevinoutside the national top 200
#92Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#62Cynthia#170 nationally
#93Brianoutside the national top 200
#75Barry#182 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,364US #1
#2Barbara1,187US #2
#3Patricia1,136US #3
#4Joan932US #9
#5Carol787US #6
#6Nancy717US #7
#7Margaret510US #10
#8Dorothy493US #8
#9Beverly483US #14
#10Ann465US #30
#11Elizabeth442US #17
#12Judith438US #34
#13Jean430US #23
#14Shirley396US #4
#15Marilyn379US #13
#16Marie371US #35
#17Helen341US #12
#18Janet327US #18
#19Sandra301US #26
#20Eleanor298US #53
#21Virginia292US #16
#22Elaine289US #45
#23Frances284US #19
#24Lorraine282US #83
#25Ruth280US #15
#26Anne279US #92
#27Janice274US #25
#28Rita233US #69
#29Joanne230US #51
#30Carole228US #56
#31Joyce228US #11
#32Claire226US #191
#33Alice225US #28
#34Jane215US #42
#35Phyllis214US #27
#36Theresa213US #95
#37Pauline205US #87
#38Catherine202US #47
#39Carolyn197US #20
#40Marjorie180US #57
#41Roberta175US #66
#42Geraldine174US #44
#43Maureen174US #155
#44Jacqueline172US #70
#45Louise172US #48
#46Irene169US #62
#47Gail161US #99
#48Doris157US #22
#49Eileen155US #107
#50Constance154US #118
#51Dolores154US #37
#52Betty153US #5
#53Rose153US #38
#54Gloria149US #32
#55Sheila144US #142
#56Kathleen140US #61
#57Sally140US #59
#58Lois139US #29
#59Lucille138US #98
#60Jeanne136US #149
#61Marcia133US #124
#62Cynthia131US #170
#63Sylvia130US #50
#64Evelyn127US #36
#65June127US #71
#66Marion125US #109
#67Martha125US #24
#68Diane123US #76
#69Arlene120US #60
#70Florence118US #81
#71Anna115US #39
#72Susan110US #97
#73Norma103US #33
#74Priscilla102
#75Ellen97US #102
#76Josephine96US #82
#77Lillian93US #84
#78Annette90US #115
#79Katherine90US #103
#80Charlotte88US #67
#81Loretta88US #63
#82Grace86US #94
#83Anita84US #93
#84Mildred83US #43
#85Linda82US #49
#86Rosemary81US #110
#87Jeannette79US #189
#88Marlene73US #40
#89Audrey71US #85
#90Beatrice69US #120
#91Rosemarie68US #171
#92Donna61US #21
#93Paula59US #165
#94Edith58US #96
#95Gertrude58US #159
#96Marguerite56
#97Bernice55US #104
#98Agnes53US #153
#99Esther53US #116
#100Harriet53US #154

Boys

#1Robert2,791US #1
#2John2,102US #3
#3Richard1,721US #5
#4William1,406US #4
#5James1,185US #2
#6David959US #8
#7Joseph949US #12
#8Paul889US #15
#9Donald876US #7
#10Edward789US #13
#11George721US #10
#12Charles709US #6
#13Thomas702US #9
#14Ronald582US #11
#15Francis441US #55
#16Raymond385US #19
#17Peter365US #52
#18Arthur354US #31
#19Kenneth354US #14
#20Frank298US #18
#21Anthony266US #47
#22Gerald249US #20
#23Michael248US #27
#24Lawrence245US #38
#25Walter241US #26
#26Daniel236US #39
#27Frederick232US #68
#28Albert227US #37
#29Henry224US #30
#30Roger222US #36
#31Philip192US #62
#32Norman189US #43
#33Ralph182US #34
#34Alfred166US #60
#35Stephen163US #92
#36Louis159US #46
#37Harold158US #21
#38Bruce145US #70
#39Leo136US #97
#40Ernest131US #53
#41Eugene125US #33
#42Bernard123US #73
#43Leonard123US #58
#44Carl120US #28
#45Russell119US #67
#46Stanley116US #57
#47Herbert110US #65
#48Alan108US #103
#49Fred107US #35
#50Vincent101US #105
#51Roland99US #126
#52Harry91US #41
#53Theodore88US #86
#54Warren80US #106
#55Gordon79US #75
#56Martin76US #87
#57Howard71US #42
#58Edwin63US #89
#59Allan62US #124
#60Edmund61
#61Andrew60US #79
#62Dennis60US #63
#63Roy58US #40
#64Douglas57US #74
#65Wayne57US #44
#66Patrick55US #94
#67Harvey52US #95
#68Samuel51US #66
#69Earl50US #48
#70Maurice50US #144
#71Chester49US #129
#72Arnold48US #111
#73Nicholas48US #159
#74Melvin47US #50
#75Barry46US #182
#76Clifford45US #90
#77Gilbert45US #112
#78Manuel45US #138
#79Armand43
#80Gary43US #29
#81Gerard42
#82Neil42US #157
#83Normand42
#84Allen39US #76
#85Lee39US #78
#86Jack38US #23
#87Leon38US #85
#88Lewis38US #104
#89Hugh36US #143
#90Jon35US #150
#91Kevin35
#92Salvatore35
#93Brian34
#94Franklin34US #77
#95Phillip34US #98
#96Victor34US #117
#97Wilfred34
#98Alexander32US #191
#99Joel32US #139
#100Edmond31

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑28Samuel#68
↑24Geraldine#42
↑15Sheila#55
↑15Marcia#61
↑15Cynthia#62
↑15Patrick#66
↑15Manuel#78
↑14Sandra#19

Falling

↓22Leon#87
↓22Victor#96
↓21Audrey#89
↓18Evelyn#64
↓17Doris#48
↓17Gerard#81
↓12Lillian#77
↓12Salvatore#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.