State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,996 Massachusetts births in 1941 across 688 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#43Claire#196 nationally
#55Gerard#200 nationally
#61Kevinoutside the national top 200
#83Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#84Edmundoutside the national top 200
#85Deborahoutside the national top 200
#96Armandoutside the national top 200
#59Brian#153 nationally
#37Maureen#129 nationally
#95Alexander#184 nationally
#56Roland#144 nationally
#87Rosemarie#175 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia1,440US #3
#2Mary1,439US #1
#3Judith1,173US #6
#4Barbara1,115US #2
#5Carol1,076US #4
#6Nancy769US #8
#7Joan746US #17
#8Sandra701US #9
#9Margaret568US #12
#10Ann517US #37
#11Linda496US #5
#12Elizabeth459US #21
#13Dorothy430US #14
#14Susan420US #27
#15Janet418US #18
#16Jean413US #32
#17Beverly396US #29
#18Joyce394US #13
#19Elaine393US #44
#20Marie383US #42
#21Janice360US #22
#22Kathleen326US #36
#23Marilyn309US #30
#24Virginia308US #23
#25Carolyn303US #11
#26Jane301US #46
#27Joanne298US #54
#28Diane289US #40
#29Helen286US #24
#30Anne283US #82
#31Gail269US #68
#32Ruth265US #28
#33Frances259US #31
#34Donna241US #20
#35Carole240US #48
#36Lorraine236US #93
#37Maureen233US #129
#38Phyllis224US #35
#39Alice221US #34
#40Shirley220US #10
#41Pauline217US #109
#42Catherine211US #51
#43Claire205US #196
#44Sheila204US #110
#45Ellen203US #67
#46Eleanor199US #78
#47Cynthia189US #112
#48Louise188US #62
#49Roberta186US #72
#50Jacqueline185US #73
#51Rita183US #63
#52Geraldine178US #45
#53Jeanne173US #126
#54Marjorie168US #71
#55Theresa165US #95
#56Brenda158US #41
#57Lois158US #43
#58Martha158US #25
#59Priscilla152US #132
#60Irene150US #74
#61Marcia142US #105
#62Gloria140US #26
#63June136US #90
#64Karen134US #19
#65Doris133US #38
#66Sally133US #61
#67Arlene130US #77
#68Eileen129US #121
#69Betty128US #7
#70Constance122US #114
#71Charlotte118US #55
#72Marion118US #130
#73Dolores116US #57
#74Judy111US #16
#75Rose111US #49
#76Lucille106US #119
#77Katherine105US #85
#78Lillian104US #104
#79Suzanne104US #97
#80Evelyn103US #50
#81Christine102US #101
#82Rosemary99US #94
#83Paula92US #151
#84Florence90US #107
#85Deborah84
#86Anna83US #56
#87Rosemarie83US #175
#88Norma79US #47
#89Dianne78US #146
#90Sylvia75US #65
#91Anita73US #91
#92Josephine71US #92
#93Grace69US #123
#94Joann66US #58
#95Maryann65US #147
#96Bonnie63US #33
#97Sarah63US #60
#98Diana62US #100
#99Loretta62US #81
#100Mildred62US #64

Boys

#1Robert2,682US #2
#2John2,538US #3
#3Richard2,150US #5
#4William1,675US #4
#5James1,393US #1
#6David1,241US #7
#7Paul1,121US #18
#8Joseph1,077US #12
#9Thomas948US #8
#10Edward850US #17
#11Ronald778US #9
#12George739US #13
#13Charles733US #6
#14Donald657US #10
#15Peter590US #44
#16Michael521US #16
#17Kenneth519US #15
#18Francis443US #60
#19Raymond389US #22
#20Arthur370US #33
#21Daniel346US #31
#22Stephen334US #41
#23Frank331US #21
#24Gerald314US #20
#25Roger299US #25
#26Walter287US #26
#27Anthony284US #46
#28Lawrence276US #34
#29Bruce263US #51
#30Philip259US #52
#31Albert248US #40
#32Henry208US #28
#33Frederick202US #69
#34Norman191US #49
#35Ralph171US #38
#36Dennis170US #23
#37Alfred164US #74
#38Alan162US #84
#39Carl156US #29
#40Louis154US #50
#41Harold151US #24
#42Leonard150US #54
#43Stanley134US #57
#44Leo132US #116
#45Barry127US #91
#46Wayne127US #37
#47Bernard119US #87
#48Douglas116US #53
#49Ernest116US #61
#50Eugene112US #42
#51Howard112US #47
#52Russell112US #75
#53Martin103US #85
#54Vincent102US #104
#55Gerard98US #200
#56Roland90US #144
#57Steven88US #90
#58Herbert86US #76
#59Brian85US #153
#60Gary85US #19
#61Kevin85
#62Allan84US #135
#63Roy82US #39
#64Warren82US #105
#65Fred80US #43
#66Andrew79US #82
#67Harry78US #48
#68Mark75US #122
#69Gordon72US #92
#70Allen66US #73
#71Theodore65US #95
#72Patrick63US #70
#73Timothy63US #121
#74Earl61US #58
#75Edwin61US #97
#76Jeffrey59US #134
#77Chester58US #136
#78Maurice56US #163
#79Leon55US #93
#80Samuel55US #65
#81Arnold54US #123
#82Neil53US #161
#83Laurence50
#84Edmund49
#85Harvey48US #106
#86Nicholas48US #146
#87Victor48US #118
#88Gilbert47US #117
#89Joel46US #142
#90Phillip46US #77
#91Stuart44US #173
#92Everett42US #166
#93Larry42US #11
#94Jon41US #128
#95Alexander40US #184
#96Armand40
#97Clifford40US #94
#98Lee40US #81
#99Jack39US #32
#100Manuel39US #154

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑32Karen#64
↑22Gary#60
↑19Donna#34
↑18Jeffrey#76
↑13Steven#57
↑12Lillian#78
↑12Earl#74
↑12Gilbert#88

Falling

↓25Nicholas#86
↓23Brenda#56
↓18Theodore#71
↓16Diana#98
↓15Fred#65
↓13Manuel#100
↓11Eleanor#46
↓10Betty#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.