State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 91,390 Massachusetts births in 1946 across 796 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#57Claireoutside the national top 200
#38Kevin#179 nationally
#62Gerard#197 nationally
#80Danaoutside the national top 200
#81Edmundoutside the national top 200
#90Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#100Doreenoutside the national top 200
#71Roland#166 nationally
#79Jonathan#173 nationally
#55Leo#147 nationally
#77Priscilla#160 nationally
#98Valerie#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,665US #1
#2Patricia1,651US #3
#3Carol1,391US #5
#4Linda1,390US #2
#5Susan1,282US #8
#6Barbara1,208US #4
#7Nancy1,173US #7
#8Judith1,146US #10
#9Donna1,064US #13
#10Kathleen1,042US #16
#11Sandra1,024US #6
#12Diane825US #19
#13Margaret606US #17
#14Joan598US #28
#15Karen593US #15
#16Elizabeth565US #25
#17Janet557US #21
#18Elaine524US #47
#19Ann522US #40
#20Janice514US #22
#21Maureen502US #95
#22Jane493US #35
#23Jean490US #37
#24Joanne458US #57
#25Gail452US #49
#26Beverly410US #30
#27Dorothy395US #23
#28Joyce395US #20
#29Sharon383US #9
#30Anne380US #81
#31Cynthia377US #46
#32Marilyn373US #29
#33Pamela359US #34
#34Carolyn357US #12
#35Cheryl350US #27
#36Marie348US #54
#37Paula337US #69
#38Jeanne317US #83
#39Virginia316US #31
#40Christine305US #50
#41Ellen302US #58
#42Sheila300US #70
#43Catherine277US #48
#44Lorraine268US #93
#45Frances261US #39
#46Shirley260US #18
#47Helen254US #36
#48Ruth254US #38
#49Eileen248US #80
#50Suzanne243US #52
#51Dianne240US #76
#52Deborah229US #119
#53Rosemary219US #74
#54Phyllis208US #41
#55Martha207US #32
#56Geraldine204US #66
#57Claire200
#58Louise200US #91
#59Jacqueline196US #62
#60Theresa193US #96
#61Lois188US #55
#62Alice185US #44
#63Carole185US #72
#64Marcia182US #89
#65Roberta182US #86
#66Rita180US #56
#67Pauline174US #133
#68Gloria172US #26
#69Judy159US #11
#70Katherine158US #78
#71Eleanor155US #139
#72Irene152US #102
#73Brenda148US #24
#74Diana147US #42
#75Marjorie147US #106
#76Leslie140US #130
#77Priscilla140US #160
#78Sally140US #67
#79Betty137US #14
#80Constance132US #100
#81June129US #116
#82Rose124US #60
#83Andrea123US #125
#84Norma119US #77
#85Arlene118US #113
#86Charlotte118US #64
#87Laura118US #75
#88Evelyn117US #65
#89Marsha116US #98
#90Bonnie113US #33
#91Kathryn113US #63
#92Denise107US #169
#93Doris102US #51
#94Lucille96US #137
#95Marion95US #155
#96Joann93US #90
#97Anita92US #84
#98Valerie87US #181
#99Charlene83US #107
#100Doreen81

Boys

#1Robert3,663US #2
#2John3,386US #3
#3Richard3,165US #5
#4William2,237US #4
#5James2,206US #1
#6Paul1,729US #18
#7David1,726US #6
#8Thomas1,345US #8
#9Joseph1,312US #14
#10Michael1,251US #7
#11Edward1,001US #19
#12Ronald982US #10
#13Charles907US #9
#14Peter863US #38
#15Donald828US #13
#16George785US #16
#17Stephen768US #24
#18Kenneth750US #15
#19Dennis551US #17
#20Daniel507US #21
#21Francis468US #80
#22Raymond467US #25
#23Bruce459US #32
#24Arthur442US #36
#25Lawrence398US #31
#26Frank386US #22
#27Gerald366US #27
#28Alan365US #49
#29Philip341US #61
#30Roger336US #23
#31Walter335US #30
#32Anthony329US #44
#33Frederick305US #75
#34Gary288US #12
#35Wayne286US #29
#36Steven263US #28
#37Douglas252US #34
#38Kevin242US #179
#39Albert241US #52
#40Russell224US #66
#41Henry218US #41
#42Ralph217US #48
#43Jeffrey209US #78
#44Mark209US #58
#45Brian207US #103
#46Leonard201US #67
#47Alfred189US #94
#48Carl188US #39
#49Barry187US #68
#50Norman173US #76
#51Harold172US #33
#52Louis170US #63
#53Gregory162US #56
#54Stanley156US #65
#55Leo152US #147
#56Eugene150US #57
#57Andrew141US #84
#58Vincent139US #110
#59Ernest137US #71
#60Howard132US #55
#61Timothy128US #60
#62Gerard126US #197
#63Harry120US #50
#64Martin119US #92
#65Bernard111US #102
#66Fred109US #51
#67Roy106US #43
#68Christopher103US #150
#69Patrick100US #59
#70Warren98US #105
#71Roland91US #166
#72Allen86US #74
#73Allan84US #124
#74Herbert83US #97
#75Larry83US #11
#76Gordon79US #111
#77Craig77US #108
#78Edwin75US #112
#79Jonathan75US #173
#80Dana74
#81Edmund73
#82Clifford72US #100
#83Eric72US #134
#84Theodore72US #101
#85Samuel69US #70
#86Phillip68US #83
#87Earl67US #82
#88Chester66US #149
#89Nicholas64US #144
#90Laurence63
#91Neil63US #161
#92Victor63US #120
#93Jon60US #117
#94Lee60US #91
#95Glenn58US #81
#96Jack58US #35
#97Maurice52US #176
#98Jay51US #115
#99Joel51US #127
#100Rodney51US #93

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑24Gregory#53
↑17Edwin#78
↑16Rosemary#53
↑12June#81
↑12Norma#84
↑11Christine#40
↑11Catherine#43
↑11Deborah#52

Falling

↓21Victor#92
↓18Theodore#84
↓15Marcia#64
↓12Joel#99
↓11Lorraine#44
↓11Carole#63
↓10Marjorie#75
↓10Jack#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.