State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,161 Massachusetts births in 1947 across 822 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#65Claireoutside the national top 200
#69Gerardoutside the national top 200
#37Kevin#160 nationally
#79Danaoutside the national top 200
#100Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#77Jonathan#177 nationally
#95Alexander#190 nationally
#56Leo#147 nationally
#75Roland#166 nationally
#79Denise#170 nationally
#84Neil#162 nationally
#21Maureen#98 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,708US #1
#2Mary1,858US #2
#3Patricia1,755US #3
#4Susan1,518US #8
#5Nancy1,305US #7
#6Barbara1,250US #4
#7Carol1,244US #6
#8Kathleen1,236US #11
#9Donna1,193US #10
#10Judith1,097US #12
#11Sandra1,034US #5
#12Diane852US #18
#13Margaret731US #16
#14Karen694US #13
#15Elizabeth643US #25
#16Janet575US #23
#17Ann555US #41
#18Janice547US #22
#19Jean541US #40
#20Joan534US #30
#21Maureen531US #98
#22Jane519US #36
#23Elaine503US #50
#24Joanne496US #56
#25Gail488US #49
#26Cynthia474US #33
#27Paula451US #54
#28Pamela448US #28
#29Joyce445US #20
#30Cheryl444US #24
#31Christine432US #45
#32Sharon417US #9
#33Marilyn397US #29
#34Ellen386US #61
#35Marie384US #57
#36Anne377US #95
#37Dorothy374US #26
#38Beverly354US #31
#39Deborah329US #62
#40Catherine321US #46
#41Virginia316US #34
#42Jeanne302US #86
#43Lorraine294US #84
#44Carolyn291US #15
#45Frances279US #39
#46Helen279US #38
#47Sheila275US #73
#48Suzanne271US #53
#49Ruth267US #44
#50Eileen261US #91
#51Theresa241US #85
#52Martha235US #32
#53Rosemary235US #80
#54Shirley221US #19
#55Dianne215US #83
#56Jacqueline215US #59
#57Phyllis209US #37
#58Louise207US #99
#59Roberta206US #90
#60Marcia205US #81
#61Alice204US #47
#62Geraldine198US #78
#63Katherine197US #76
#64Marjorie196US #106
#65Claire189
#66Lois179US #63
#67Rita169US #60
#68Bonnie160US #35
#69Brenda155US #21
#70Pauline155US #137
#71Irene151US #107
#72Kathryn151US #55
#73Sally149US #70
#74Leslie145US #132
#75Carole144US #102
#76Priscilla143US #151
#77Arlene142US #118
#78Constance142US #100
#79Denise140US #170
#80Marsha136US #88
#81June135US #120
#82Diana134US #48
#83Judy130US #14
#84Rose130US #65
#85Gloria129US #27
#86Betty127US #17
#87Eleanor127US #158
#88Andrea125US #126
#89Charlene118US #105
#90Joann118US #89
#91Lynda115US #77
#92Laura114US #74
#93Marion111US #160
#94Evelyn102US #72
#95Janis102US #108
#96Norma100US #82
#97Charlotte97US #68
#98Jo97US #51
#99Lynne95US #149
#100Maryann95US #157

Boys

#1Robert3,895US #2
#2John3,826US #3
#3Richard2,892US #5
#4James2,412US #1
#5William2,386US #4
#6David2,096US #6
#7Paul1,853US #18
#8Thomas1,647US #8
#9Michael1,549US #7
#10Joseph1,460US #14
#11Edward1,140US #19
#12Ronald1,083US #11
#13Charles987US #9
#14Stephen978US #21
#15Peter946US #36
#16George901US #16
#17Donald895US #13
#18Kenneth768US #15
#19Daniel613US #22
#20Dennis598US #17
#21Bruce569US #29
#22Raymond497US #27
#23Francis485US #84
#24Arthur458US #38
#25Steven450US #24
#26Alan443US #45
#27Frank427US #23
#28Wayne409US #30
#29Lawrence394US #32
#30Anthony385US #41
#31Gerald384US #28
#32Philip356US #57
#33Walter352US #34
#34Roger341US #25
#35Frederick319US #78
#36Gary318US #12
#37Kevin311US #160
#38Mark290US #47
#39Douglas289US #31
#40Jeffrey279US #66
#41Albert275US #55
#42Brian275US #95
#43Ralph266US #50
#44Russell256US #69
#45Gregory235US #33
#46Leonard230US #71
#47Barry226US #68
#48Henry225US #46
#49Alfred210US #96
#50Carl202US #40
#51Louis200US #64
#52Norman190US #81
#53Timothy185US #52
#54Stanley184US #67
#55Harold175US #35
#56Leo171US #147
#57Ernest167US #75
#58Andrew150US #82
#59Martin149US #90
#60Patrick147US #53
#61Christopher137US #127
#62Eugene135US #59
#63Warren133US #108
#64Fred131US #56
#65Vincent130US #105
#66Bernard128US #100
#67Glenn124US #70
#68Harry124US #54
#69Gerard122
#70Howard120US #62
#71Roy114US #48
#72Allen110US #73
#73Theodore110US #102
#74Larry109US #10
#75Roland107US #166
#76Nicholas102US #143
#77Jonathan95US #177
#78Gordon91US #111
#79Dana88
#80Allan83US #132
#81Phillip82US #74
#82Eric80US #122
#83Craig78US #93
#84Neil77US #162
#85Herbert75US #104
#86Scott73US #139
#87Clifford70US #101
#88Chester69US #154
#89Samuel69US #72
#90Joel68US #133
#91Edwin66US #114
#92Jay64US #119
#93Harvey59US #131
#94Victor59US #121
#95Alexander58US #190
#96Lee58US #92
#97Arnold57US #149
#98Earl56US #83
#99Jack56US #37
#100Laurence54

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑28Glenn#67
↑22Bonnie#68
↑19Kathryn#72
↑13Deborah#39
↑13Denise#79
↑13Nicholas#76
↑11Marjorie#64
↑11Steven#25

Falling

↓17Gloria#85
↓16Eleanor#87
↓14Judy#83
↓13Edwin#91
↓12Beverly#38
↓12Carole#75
↓12Norma#96
↓11Charlotte#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.