State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,868 Massachusetts births in 1944 across 708 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#51Kevinoutside the national top 200
#59Claireoutside the national top 200
#63Gerardoutside the national top 200
#86Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#87Edmundoutside the national top 200
#89Jonathanoutside the national top 200
#99Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#98Rosemarie#196 nationally
#72Deborah#168 nationally
#100Stuart#192 nationally
#72Neil#161 nationally
#82Christopher#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,521US #1
#2Patricia1,349US #4
#3Carol1,151US #5
#4Judith1,081US #9
#5Barbara1,032US #2
#6Nancy926US #7
#7Sandra892US #6
#8Linda816US #3
#9Susan801US #13
#10Kathleen670US #20
#11Joan650US #22
#12Donna634US #17
#13Margaret589US #14
#14Diane527US #24
#15Elizabeth508US #23
#16Elaine490US #46
#17Janet488US #21
#18Ann467US #39
#19Karen417US #16
#20Jean400US #37
#21Joyce388US #18
#22Dorothy387US #19
#23Maureen386US #107
#24Jane370US #41
#25Carolyn365US #11
#26Janice356US #28
#27Joanne350US #55
#28Beverly349US #35
#29Marilyn337US #27
#30Gail324US #56
#31Marie306US #48
#32Ruth298US #32
#33Virginia297US #26
#34Anne286US #86
#35Frances282US #33
#36Lorraine253US #93
#37Carole249US #43
#38Helen235US #31
#39Pamela235US #44
#40Ellen231US #63
#41Paula229US #82
#42Catherine223US #49
#43Sharon222US #8
#44Cheryl217US #36
#45Eileen207US #73
#46Louise206US #69
#47Jeanne202US #108
#48Marcia199US #89
#49Cynthia197US #105
#50Martha190US #29
#51Pauline190US #124
#52Sheila190US #103
#53Phyllis185US #40
#54Roberta184US #70
#55Rita181US #54
#56Geraldine179US #53
#57Shirley174US #15
#58Dianne168US #90
#59Claire166
#60Eleanor164US #122
#61Theresa164US #96
#62Alice161US #38
#63Jacqueline159US #64
#64Christine158US #75
#65Gloria155US #25
#66Marjorie143US #85
#67Irene141US #91
#68Lois136US #47
#69Sally135US #59
#70Suzanne135US #78
#71Constance130US #104
#72Deborah130US #168
#73Doris127US #42
#74Priscilla127US #157
#75Brenda126US #30
#76Betty120US #10
#77Evelyn120US #57
#78Arlene118US #101
#79Katherine118US #77
#80Rosemary118US #99
#81Diana115US #60
#82June113US #121
#83Marion111US #140
#84Bonnie105US #34
#85Rose100US #52
#86Judy96US #12
#87Andrea95US #128
#88Joann95US #65
#89Lucille94US #132
#90Charlotte91US #50
#91Kathryn91US #68
#92Marsha85US #111
#93Dolores83US #92
#94Lillian80US #126
#95Charlene79US #109
#96Maryann76US #143
#97Grace72US #135
#98Rosemarie71US #196
#99Florence68US #133
#100Edith67US #123

Boys

#1Robert2,954US #2
#2John2,883US #3
#3Richard2,271US #5
#4William1,819US #4
#5James1,791US #1
#6David1,458US #6
#7Paul1,308US #17
#8Joseph1,104US #13
#9Thomas1,051US #8
#10Edward842US #18
#11Michael837US #9
#12Charles752US #7
#13Ronald738US #10
#14George721US #14
#15Donald688US #11
#16Peter679US #40
#17Kenneth570US #16
#18Stephen480US #28
#19Francis445US #71
#20Raymond438US #22
#21Arthur394US #29
#22Daniel360US #25
#23Frank337US #21
#24Anthony311US #46
#25Walter311US #26
#26Roger308US #23
#27Gerald305US #24
#28Lawrence296US #32
#29Dennis295US #20
#30Bruce288US #51
#31Alan271US #55
#32Philip271US #60
#33Frederick250US #73
#34Albert243US #44
#35Douglas210US #34
#36Wayne207US #37
#37Ralph200US #42
#38Henry189US #35
#39Gary185US #15
#40Alfred183US #82
#41Harold176US #27
#42Steven176US #52
#43Norman170US #58
#44Carl165US #36
#45Leonard163US #56
#46Brian161US #116
#47Russell152US #63
#48Barry148US #84
#49Louis148US #54
#50Stanley146US #57
#51Kevin144
#52Ernest140US #59
#53Jeffrey140US #101
#54Leo122US #132
#55Mark122US #93
#56Bernard121US #94
#57Harry113US #49
#58Eugene110US #48
#59Vincent110US #113
#60Howard106US #53
#61Fred103US #47
#62Andrew101US #81
#63Gerard96
#64Patrick95US #64
#65Allan89US #141
#66Theodore89US #96
#67Warren89US #100
#68Martin88US #91
#69Gordon85US #105
#70Roland79US #155
#71Herbert75US #90
#72Neil75US #161
#73Nicholas75US #150
#74Roy74US #39
#75Allen68US #77
#76Edwin68US #106
#77Phillip68US #83
#78Timothy66US #92
#79Earl63US #65
#80Joel61US #125
#81Chester59US #137
#82Christopher59US #170
#83Victor59US #107
#84Samuel58US #62
#85Clifford57US #99
#86Laurence53
#87Edmund52
#88Maurice51US #168
#89Jonathan50
#90Larry47US #12
#91Glenn46US #88
#92Lee46US #85
#93Leslie46US #114
#94Manuel46US #149
#95Harvey45US #118
#96Gilbert44US #127
#97Jon42US #122
#98Jack41US #30
#99Wilfred41
#100Stuart40US #192

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑20Joel#80
↑16Deborah#72
↑13Gary#39
↑12Jeffrey#53
↑11Karen#19
↑11Marcia#48
↑11Andrea#87
↑11Samuel#84

Falling

↓17Harvey#95
↓16Shirley#57
↓15Timothy#78
↓14Charlotte#90
↓13Sheila#52
↓13Edmund#87
↓12Howard#60
↓11Roberta#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.