State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,766 Massachusetts births in 1943 across 735 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#51Claireoutside the national top 200
#57Kevinoutside the national top 200
#60Gerardoutside the national top 200
#74Edmundoutside the national top 200
#86Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#88Deborahoutside the national top 200
#77Christopher#184 nationally
#47Leo#133 nationally
#64Priscilla#146 nationally
#96Alexander#178 nationally
#69Roland#150 nationally
#82Neil#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,703US #1
#2Patricia1,475US #3
#3Carol1,357US #5
#4Judith1,331US #7
#5Barbara1,271US #2
#6Sandra924US #6
#7Nancy908US #9
#8Linda893US #4
#9Susan806US #18
#10Joan736US #21
#11Margaret609US #14
#12Diane598US #24
#13Kathleen582US #22
#14Donna569US #17
#15Ann558US #37
#16Elizabeth528US #23
#17Janet523US #20
#18Elaine522US #46
#19Joyce514US #16
#20Dorothy488US #19
#21Jean437US #36
#22Beverly425US #32
#23Joanne420US #49
#24Janice401US #26
#25Marie389US #45
#26Maureen386US #105
#27Marilyn364US #27
#28Carolyn359US #11
#29Jane347US #44
#30Karen344US #15
#31Virginia344US #25
#32Anne336US #80
#33Gail326US #55
#34Helen317US #28
#35Frances306US #31
#36Ruth295US #33
#37Carole273US #42
#38Catherine273US #48
#39Sheila272US #92
#40Eileen271US #68
#41Shirley252US #12
#42Ellen239US #67
#43Roberta239US #66
#44Lorraine227US #94
#45Pamela226US #54
#46Cynthia224US #101
#47Phyllis223US #39
#48Geraldine218US #51
#49Sharon212US #8
#50Paula211US #93
#51Claire209
#52Jeanne209US #113
#53Eleanor207US #107
#54Louise203US #70
#55Martha199US #29
#56Pauline199US #112
#57Jacqueline196US #65
#58Alice187US #38
#59Marcia182US #96
#60Rita177US #52
#61Dianne175US #88
#62Theresa174US #100
#63Sally173US #57
#64Priscilla170US #146
#65Lois169US #43
#66Brenda159US #35
#67Irene159US #85
#68Suzanne158US #86
#69Christine151US #84
#70Gloria141US #30
#71Marjorie137US #79
#72Marion136US #129
#73Constance132US #109
#74Katherine131US #78
#75Betty130US #10
#76Charlotte129US #47
#77Rose129US #50
#78Judy128US #13
#79Doris127US #40
#80June126US #111
#81Diana118US #62
#82Evelyn115US #53
#83Arlene111US #90
#84Joann111US #60
#85Rosemary110US #97
#86Dolores107US #74
#87Marsha106US #132
#88Deborah101
#89Bonnie94US #34
#90Lucille94US #125
#91Maryann93US #135
#92Norma82US #58
#93Lillian81US #116
#94Anna80US #64
#95Florence74US #124
#96Grace74US #130
#97Edith73US #118
#98Andrea71US #169
#99Annette69US #142
#100Kathryn68US #75

Boys

#1Robert3,143US #2
#2John3,097US #3
#3Richard2,443US #5
#4William2,109US #4
#5James1,884US #1
#6David1,417US #6
#7Paul1,338US #19
#8Joseph1,289US #13
#9Thomas1,201US #8
#10Edward1,053US #18
#11Ronald936US #9
#12Charles908US #7
#13George869US #14
#14Donald801US #11
#15Michael788US #10
#16Peter743US #39
#17Kenneth599US #15
#18Stephen528US #29
#19Raymond473US #22
#20Francis469US #64
#21Arthur433US #30
#22Frank426US #21
#23Daniel405US #25
#24Gerald371US #23
#25Walter362US #26
#26Anthony343US #44
#27Roger341US #24
#28Dennis333US #20
#29Lawrence320US #32
#30Bruce310US #51
#31Philip307US #57
#32Albert287US #43
#33Ralph263US #40
#34Frederick260US #70
#35Henry243US #31
#36Alan233US #67
#37Douglas229US #28
#38Alfred209US #78
#39Leonard204US #55
#40Norman197US #56
#41Harold184US #27
#42Louis180US #53
#43Stanley177US #54
#44Wayne177US #41
#45Russell174US #73
#46Carl160US #33
#47Leo155US #133
#48Howard153US #48
#49Steven149US #58
#50Bernard138US #92
#51Ernest138US #61
#52Gary136US #16
#53Brian134US #120
#54Vincent134US #106
#55Barry131US #82
#56Eugene128US #47
#57Kevin128
#58Harry124US #50
#59Martin119US #83
#60Gerard118
#61Fred116US #45
#62Mark104US #101
#63Timothy102US #99
#64Warren98US #102
#65Jeffrey97US #116
#66Roy97US #38
#67Andrew93US #79
#68Herbert92US #86
#69Roland90US #150
#70Theodore88US #96
#71Allan87US #136
#72Patrick87US #69
#73Allen80US #76
#74Edmund80
#75Victor80US #97
#76Gordon76US #98
#77Christopher69US #184
#78Harvey69US #111
#79Nicholas69US #148
#80Earl68US #60
#81Edwin67US #107
#82Neil65US #162
#83Phillip65US #81
#84Chester63US #137
#85Larry62US #12
#86Laurence60
#87Arnold55US #131
#88Clifford55US #94
#89Jack54US #34
#90Maurice52US #165
#91Melvin52US #63
#92Leslie51US #121
#93Eric49US #161
#94Jon49US #127
#95Samuel49US #62
#96Alexander47US #178
#97Gregory47US #163
#98Hugh47US #160
#99Craig45US #164
#100Joel45US #128

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑37Sharon#49
↑27Pamela#45
↑23Paula#50
↑16Suzanne#68
↑13Eileen#40
↑13Timothy#63
↑13Edmund#74
↑12Karen#30

Falling

↓21Samuel#95
↓16Doris#79
↓15Rosemary#85
↓14Arlene#83
↓11Jack#89
↓10Betty#75
↓9Marjorie#71
↓9Andrew#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.