State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,495 Massachusetts births in 1942 across 730 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#44Claire#199 nationally
#59Kevinoutside the national top 200
#53Gerard#193 nationally
#87Edmundoutside the national top 200
#88Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#86Christopher#195 nationally
#92Deborahoutside the national top 200
#96Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#99Jonathanoutside the national top 200
#88Rosemarie#179 nationally
#56Brian#139 nationally
#94Madeline#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,625US #1
#2Patricia1,509US #3
#3Carol1,474US #5
#4Barbara1,363US #2
#5Judith1,340US #7
#6Sandra933US #6
#7Nancy927US #8
#8Linda813US #4
#9Joan801US #18
#10Susan615US #21
#11Margaret563US #14
#12Elizabeth548US #22
#13Ann529US #38
#14Elaine506US #45
#15Janet491US #19
#16Dorothy485US #17
#17Kathleen465US #24
#18Beverly443US #32
#19Diane441US #28
#20Jean436US #36
#21Joyce432US #13
#22Marie417US #43
#23Carolyn402US #10
#24Donna402US #20
#25Marilyn390US #27
#26Janice387US #25
#27Joanne377US #48
#28Maureen372US #102
#29Gail364US #60
#30Carole337US #35
#31Anne334US #76
#32Virginia334US #23
#33Helen313US #26
#34Frances309US #30
#35Ruth291US #33
#36Jane282US #46
#37Lorraine274US #91
#38Catherine267US #49
#39Ellen256US #64
#40Sheila250US #94
#41Roberta244US #66
#42Karen239US #16
#43Shirley239US #12
#44Claire233US #199
#45Eleanor232US #87
#46Geraldine221US #47
#47Phyllis213US #37
#48Pauline211US #112
#49Cynthia208US #101
#50Alice203US #39
#51Jeanne198US #119
#52Jacqueline196US #69
#53Eileen189US #88
#54Rita189US #55
#55Martha185US #29
#56Priscilla184US #135
#57Marcia183US #105
#58Louise179US #61
#59Theresa175US #98
#60Sally173US #56
#61Lois168US #44
#62Marjorie163US #74
#63Doris161US #41
#64Brenda158US #40
#65Betty155US #9
#66Irene152US #80
#67Gloria151US #31
#68Constance150US #116
#69Arlene141US #83
#70Rosemary139US #92
#71Dianne137US #109
#72Pamela137US #106
#73Paula137US #136
#74Judy136US #15
#75Katherine134US #81
#76Charlotte129US #51
#77Marion126US #130
#78Christine125US #96
#79Rose120US #50
#80Dolores119US #63
#81June117US #107
#82Lucille117US #118
#83Evelyn116US #53
#84Suzanne116US #103
#85Diana110US #68
#86Sharon110US #11
#87Norma104US #52
#88Rosemarie104US #179
#89Joann95US #58
#90Lillian95US #111
#91Florence91US #110
#92Deborah89
#93Bonnie88US #34
#94Madeline85US #177
#95Anna82US #59
#96Grace82US #129
#97Annette80US #134
#98Anita78US #93
#99Kathryn77US #82
#100Loretta77US #79

Boys

#1Robert3,173US #2
#2John3,019US #3
#3Richard2,389US #5
#4William1,987US #4
#5James1,855US #1
#6David1,436US #6
#7Joseph1,258US #11
#8Paul1,209US #19
#9Thomas1,098US #8
#10Edward993US #17
#11Charles865US #7
#12Ronald812US #9
#13George799US #14
#14Michael740US #13
#15Donald706US #10
#16Peter693US #39
#17Kenneth612US #15
#18Francis527US #58
#19Stephen493US #32
#20Raymond469US #24
#21Arthur452US #29
#22Daniel402US #28
#23Frank396US #21
#24Gerald363US #22
#25Walter351US #26
#26Anthony336US #44
#27Roger335US #25
#28Philip331US #54
#29Lawrence317US #30
#30Dennis306US #20
#31Albert302US #40
#32Douglas272US #23
#33Frederick266US #68
#34Bruce259US #50
#35Henry248US #31
#36Ralph228US #38
#37Alfred205US #76
#38Louis197US #51
#39Alan195US #81
#40Norman186US #53
#41Leonard183US #57
#42Harold175US #27
#43Wayne166US #41
#44Carl160US #36
#45Stanley160US #56
#46Russell146US #70
#47Bernard144US #90
#48Barry143US #79
#49Ernest143US #61
#50Leo141US #120
#51Eugene139US #45
#52Vincent134US #101
#53Gerard132US #193
#54Howard127US #49
#55Gary125US #18
#56Brian123US #139
#57Steven117US #75
#58Andrew114US #80
#59Kevin111
#60Jeffrey110US #116
#61Theodore110US #91
#62Fred108US #46
#63Martin108US #85
#64Roland108US #143
#65Herbert100US #83
#66Patrick97US #64
#67Harry96US #48
#68Warren91US #97
#69Gordon90US #92
#70Roy88US #42
#71Allan86US #124
#72Mark85US #117
#73Victor85US #99
#74Samuel78US #59
#75Allen76US #71
#76Timothy71US #108
#77Chester64US #137
#78Jack61US #34
#79Nicholas61US #142
#80Edwin60US #105
#81Larry60US #12
#82Clifford57US #95
#83Lee56US #87
#84Arnold55US #130
#85Harvey55US #107
#86Christopher54US #195
#87Edmund54
#88Laurence54
#89Earl53US #62
#90Phillip53US #77
#91Neil51US #160
#92Everett50US #161
#93Benjamin47US #129
#94Joel45US #134
#95Leon45US #93
#96Bradford44
#97Jon44US #125
#98Maurice43US #166
#99Jonathan42
#100Lewis42US #112

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑22Karen#42
↑21Jack#78
↑18Dianne#71
↑16Douglas#32
↑16Jeffrey#60
↑15Eileen#53
↑15Clifford#82
↑15Lee#83

Falling

↓20Maurice#98
↓18June#81
↓16Leon#95
↓15Earl#89
↓12Lillian#90
↓11Alice#50
↓10Jane#36
↓10Louise#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.