State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,322 Massachusetts births in 1948 across 810 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#60Gerardoutside the national top 200
#68Claireoutside the national top 200
#71Dana#196 nationally
#94Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#100Edmundoutside the national top 200
#30Kevin#127 nationally
#75Roland#170 nationally
#75Eleanor#169 nationally
#100Marianne#192 nationally
#62Leo#151 nationally
#84Jonathan#173 nationally
#63Pauline#145 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,413US #1
#2Mary1,817US #2
#3Susan1,648US #5
#4Patricia1,491US #4
#5Kathleen1,350US #10
#6Nancy1,278US #7
#7Barbara1,235US #3
#8Donna1,186US #11
#9Carol1,061US #8
#10Judith892US #15
#11Sandra872US #6
#12Karen764US #12
#13Diane758US #19
#14Elizabeth649US #26
#15Margaret630US #13
#16Janet563US #24
#17Deborah531US #30
#18Ann520US #44
#19Maureen512US #88
#20Cynthia510US #27
#21Jane487US #39
#22Elaine472US #53
#23Joan469US #37
#24Christine455US #35
#25Gail452US #51
#26Joanne448US #65
#27Paula448US #52
#28Jean443US #47
#29Cheryl427US #25
#30Janice427US #23
#31Pamela409US #22
#32Sharon395US #9
#33Joyce387US #21
#34Anne361US #87
#35Marie354US #60
#36Ellen346US #67
#37Dorothy336US #29
#38Catherine333US #41
#39Beverly326US #31
#40Marilyn302US #33
#41Jeanne288US #95
#42Sheila277US #71
#43Virginia267US #36
#44Frances265US #42
#45Lorraine258US #96
#46Suzanne253US #66
#47Carolyn251US #14
#48Ruth251US #45
#49Martha249US #32
#50Helen243US #40
#51Eileen238US #91
#52Theresa238US #63
#53Marcia225US #79
#54Dianne217US #86
#55Rosemary196US #90
#56Brenda189US #17
#57Louise183US #99
#58Roberta179US #101
#59Phyllis175US #46
#60Katherine174US #68
#61Marjorie170US #110
#62Jacqueline169US #58
#63Pauline164US #145
#64Shirley164US #20
#65Rita159US #59
#66Alice154US #49
#67Lois154US #70
#68Claire153
#69Bonnie144US #34
#70Geraldine143US #83
#71Kathryn142US #54
#72Sally142US #72
#73Laura138US #73
#74Carole134US #106
#75Eleanor134US #169
#76Irene133US #111
#77Charlene132US #105
#78Denise129US #147
#79Gloria128US #28
#80Andrea126US #128
#81Diana125US #48
#82Judy123US #16
#83Evelyn121US #74
#84Constance120US #93
#85Rose120US #62
#86Priscilla108US #156
#87Betty106US #18
#88Marsha105US #76
#89June101US #127
#90Arlene97US #125
#91Doris96US #64
#92Lucille96US #154
#93Charlotte95US #69
#94Leslie95US #131
#95Joann94US #94
#96Lynda93US #84
#97Maria93US #75
#98Lynne91US #166
#99Valerie89US #135
#100Marianne87US #192

Boys

#1Robert3,549US #2
#2John3,406US #3
#3Richard2,465US #7
#4James2,310US #1
#5William2,251US #4
#6David2,012US #5
#7Paul1,771US #18
#8Michael1,666US #6
#9Thomas1,539US #8
#10Joseph1,347US #13
#11Stephen1,072US #20
#12Edward1,041US #19
#13Charles878US #9
#14Peter855US #37
#15Ronald850US #10
#16George801US #16
#17Donald789US #14
#18Kenneth726US #15
#19Daniel624US #22
#20Bruce554US #28
#21Dennis507US #17
#22Francis480US #80
#23Steven448US #23
#24Mark442US #29
#25Raymond442US #27
#26Philip414US #54
#27Arthur406US #44
#28Gary402US #12
#29Alan401US #46
#30Kevin389US #127
#31Frank384US #25
#32Lawrence377US #31
#33Anthony374US #41
#34Gerald330US #30
#35Walter322US #35
#36Wayne296US #34
#37Roger282US #24
#38Douglas273US #33
#39Brian265US #95
#40Jeffrey265US #58
#41Ralph258US #51
#42Frederick243US #75
#43Albert231US #55
#44Henry219US #45
#45Gregory210US #32
#46Barry197US #74
#47Russell194US #67
#48Louis190US #64
#49Timothy190US #38
#50Carl188US #42
#51Leonard179US #71
#52Alfred173US #96
#53Stanley161US #65
#54Patrick156US #48
#55Christopher155US #102
#56Norman151US #85
#57Harold148US #36
#58Ernest137US #76
#59Glenn136US #73
#60Gerard132
#61Bernard131US #107
#62Leo125US #151
#63Andrew124US #77
#64Eugene122US #61
#65Martin119US #88
#66Roy119US #49
#67Vincent115US #106
#68Howard112US #63
#69Larry110US #11
#70Warren108US #109
#71Dana106US #196
#72Harry103US #57
#73Craig97US #82
#74Fred91US #66
#75Roland91US #170
#76Theodore91US #104
#77Allen90US #72
#78Eric90US #114
#79Herbert88US #103
#80Allan87US #132
#81Nicholas84US #142
#82Scott78US #122
#83Gordon76US #112
#84Jonathan73US #173
#85Joel71US #137
#86Edwin69US #116
#87Clifford64US #105
#88Keith59US #89
#89Lee59US #93
#90Neil59US #165
#91Phillip59US #69
#92Victor59US #115
#93Jack58US #43
#94Geoffrey56
#95Marc54US #175
#96Earl53US #83
#97Samuel52US #70
#98Chester50US #158
#99Dale49US #56
#100Edmund49

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑22Deborah#17
↑19Laura#73
↑14Mark#24
↑13Brenda#56
↑12Eleanor#75
↑12Charlene#77
↑11Evelyn#83
↑10Craig#73

Falling

↓20Leslie#94
↓13Arlene#90
↓12Janice#30
↓10Shirley#64
↓10Priscilla#86
↓10Fred#74
↓10Phillip#91
↓10Chester#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.