State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,538 Massachusetts births in 1945 across 728 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#49Kevinoutside the national top 200
#56Claireoutside the national top 200
#63Gerardoutside the national top 200
#81Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#88Edmundoutside the national top 200
#63Deborah#161 nationally
#47Leo#139 nationally
#69Roland#158 nationally
#90Jonathan#179 nationally
#82Priscilla#166 nationally
#78Christopher#160 nationally
#25Maureen#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,418US #1
#2Patricia1,247US #4
#3Carol1,128US #5
#4Barbara1,014US #3
#5Judith1,007US #9
#6Linda914US #2
#7Susan907US #10
#8Sandra845US #6
#9Nancy815US #7
#10Kathleen715US #19
#11Donna686US #17
#12Diane583US #22
#13Joan527US #25
#14Margaret511US #15
#15Janet455US #20
#16Elaine447US #44
#17Elizabeth436US #26
#18Karen432US #16
#19Ann431US #39
#20Janice428US #24
#21Jean412US #38
#22Jane374US #36
#23Joyce371US #18
#24Joanne369US #53
#25Maureen369US #105
#26Marilyn331US #27
#27Dorothy318US #21
#28Carolyn316US #12
#29Gail312US #52
#30Marie312US #49
#31Beverly297US #37
#32Virginia270US #28
#33Lorraine268US #87
#34Paula268US #67
#35Anne262US #81
#36Sharon256US #8
#37Frances245US #34
#38Helen237US #31
#39Cheryl236US #32
#40Ellen236US #61
#41Cynthia228US #90
#42Jeanne223US #98
#43Pamela223US #42
#44Ruth222US #33
#45Sheila211US #89
#46Eileen209US #70
#47Phyllis206US #40
#48Martha201US #30
#49Marcia199US #88
#50Shirley199US #14
#51Christine191US #62
#52Carole187US #51
#53Dianne185US #72
#54Catherine179US #50
#55Louise176US #78
#56Claire168
#57Roberta168US #75
#58Suzanne167US #68
#59Geraldine166US #56
#60Jacqueline163US #63
#61Lois153US #48
#62Alice150US #41
#63Deborah149US #161
#64Pauline145US #125
#65Marjorie143US #94
#66Theresa141US #96
#67Gloria138US #23
#68Irene136US #97
#69Rosemary132US #79
#70Diana131US #43
#71Rita131US #59
#72Brenda126US #29
#73Eleanor126US #130
#74Judy126US #13
#75Sally126US #64
#76Arlene119US #99
#77Constance114US #109
#78Betty110US #11
#79Rose109US #54
#80Katherine107US #82
#81Andrea106US #126
#82Priscilla106US #166
#83Bonnie103US #35
#84Doris100US #46
#85Evelyn99US #57
#86Marsha99US #113
#87Leslie96US #142
#88Charlotte94US #55
#89Lucille93US #129
#90Kathryn81US #65
#91Marion80US #145
#92Joann79US #80
#93June77US #121
#94Laura76US #77
#95Maryann70US #144
#96Norma69US #74
#97Dolores68US #103
#98Anita64US #100
#99Charlene64US #114
#100Loretta62US #107

Boys

#1Robert2,890US #2
#2John2,765US #3
#3Richard2,272US #5
#4James1,780US #1
#5William1,741US #4
#6David1,387US #6
#7Paul1,327US #17
#8Thomas1,061US #8
#9Joseph1,060US #14
#10Michael859US #9
#11Edward805US #18
#12Charles768US #7
#13George753US #15
#14Peter702US #38
#15Ronald702US #10
#16Donald632US #12
#17Kenneth552US #16
#18Stephen516US #26
#19Raymond402US #23
#20Francis401US #76
#21Arthur386US #34
#22Frank363US #21
#23Daniel345US #24
#24Dennis345US #19
#25Gerald324US #25
#26Walter307US #27
#27Lawrence292US #30
#28Philip291US #58
#29Alan284US #52
#30Anthony281US #46
#31Roger281US #22
#32Bruce255US #48
#33Frederick251US #77
#34Gary238US #13
#35Albert223US #49
#36Douglas216US #29
#37Wayne209US #35
#38Ralph204US #44
#39Steven192US #43
#40Henry175US #37
#41Norman166US #65
#42Brian165US #113
#43Alfred163US #88
#44Jeffrey158US #91
#45Leonard156US #57
#46Russell154US #64
#47Leo149US #139
#48Stanley148US #59
#49Kevin145
#50Barry143US #84
#51Mark143US #72
#52Carl140US #39
#53Harold133US #28
#54Ernest132US #60
#55Louis115US #55
#56Andrew104US #86
#57Eugene104US #50
#58Martin104US #90
#59Vincent104US #110
#60Howard103US #54
#61Bernard95US #98
#62Harry92US #47
#63Gerard91
#64Timothy90US #70
#65Fred89US #51
#66Theodore85US #101
#67Warren83US #106
#68Allan82US #137
#69Roland78US #158
#70Herbert77US #94
#71Victor74US #95
#72Gordon73US #109
#73Allen72US #74
#74Roy72US #40
#75Larry71US #11
#76Patrick70US #63
#77Gregory65US #96
#78Christopher62US #160
#79Samuel62US #62
#80Clifford61US #99
#81Laurence58
#82Eric55US #153
#83Manuel54US #150
#84Nicholas53US #151
#85Craig51US #134
#86Jack50US #32
#87Joel50US #135
#88Edmund49
#89Jon49US #112
#90Jonathan49US #179
#91Lee49US #87
#92Phillip48US #85
#93Earl45US #71
#94Chester44US #144
#95Edwin43US #117
#96Glenn43US #93
#97Neil43US #157
#98Alexander42US #178
#99Leslie39US #115
#100Rodney39US #105

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑15Larry#75
↑14Timothy#64
↑13Christine#51
↑12Suzanne#58
↑12Judy#74
↑12Victor#71
↑12Jack#86
↑11Rosemary#69

Falling

↓25Neil#97
↓19Edwin#95
↓16Rita#71
↓15Carole#52
↓15Phillip#92
↓14Earl#93
↓13Pauline#64
↓13Eleanor#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.