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Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 91,937 Massachusetts births in 1949 across 794 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#57Gerard#197 nationally
#65Claireoutside the national top 200
#65Dana#192 nationally
#89Edmundoutside the national top 200
#98Denisoutside the national top 200
#81Roland#175 nationally
#63Leo#153 nationally
#75Jonathan#164 nationally
#95Eleanor#183 nationally
#99Maurice#183 nationally
#78Neil#161 nationally
#78Pauline#156 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,421US #1
#2Mary1,729US #2
#3Susan1,612US #5
#4Patricia1,383US #3
#5Kathleen1,314US #9
#6Nancy1,155US #7
#7Donna1,134US #12
#8Barbara1,045US #4
#9Carol913US #8
#10Diane882US #19
#11Sandra829US #6
#12Judith816US #16
#13Karen790US #11
#14Deborah721US #15
#15Elizabeth646US #25
#16Christine632US #30
#17Margaret589US #14
#18Janet585US #23
#19Maureen509US #89
#20Janice496US #24
#21Ann495US #44
#22Sharon469US #10
#23Jane465US #41
#24Joanne458US #61
#25Cynthia457US #27
#26Gail456US #51
#27Elaine442US #57
#28Pamela438US #21
#29Jean435US #45
#30Paula422US #55
#31Joan416US #36
#32Cheryl389US #28
#33Joyce374US #26
#34Catherine369US #37
#35Anne346US #86
#36Ellen338US #64
#37Marie314US #67
#38Marilyn312US #33
#39Beverly296US #31
#40Jeanne283US #92
#41Dorothy274US #32
#42Virginia274US #39
#43Suzanne256US #62
#44Eileen251US #95
#45Helen241US #46
#46Carolyn235US #17
#47Martha228US #34
#48Lorraine226US #102
#49Dianne225US #85
#50Katherine223US #59
#51Ruth222US #47
#52Sheila221US #76
#53Theresa221US #63
#54Brenda218US #13
#55Frances214US #49
#56Shirley194US #18
#57Louise183US #104
#58Kathryn177US #52
#59Marcia174US #78
#60Jacqueline173US #58
#61Rosemary163US #98
#62Phyllis161US #50
#63Rita146US #54
#64Roberta146US #97
#65Claire144
#66Geraldine144US #90
#67Lois143US #73
#68Marjorie140US #116
#69Bonnie139US #35
#70Charlene137US #100
#71Laura134US #65
#72Sally133US #77
#73Alice127US #53
#74Gloria126US #29
#75Carole125US #118
#76Denise125US #140
#77Leslie124US #132
#78Pauline124US #156
#79Irene120US #111
#80Valerie119US #108
#81Diana118US #48
#82Wendy118US #122
#83Constance113US #83
#84Lynda110US #93
#85Andrea107US #144
#86Michele103US #135
#87Priscilla102US #154
#88Arlene101US #133
#89Evelyn101US #80
#90Joann98US #101
#91June98US #138
#92Marsha98US #79
#93Rose93US #66
#94Betty90US #22
#95Eleanor90US #183
#96Jo90US #60
#97Lynn88US #74
#98Charlotte87US #71
#99Lynne86US #159
#100Judy85US #20

Boys

#1Robert3,300US #2
#2John3,250US #3
#3Richard2,420US #7
#4James2,161US #1
#5William2,064US #4
#6David1,947US #6
#7Michael1,814US #5
#8Paul1,686US #17
#9Thomas1,510US #8
#10Stephen1,245US #19
#11Joseph1,236US #14
#12Edward997US #21
#13Charles870US #9
#14Peter866US #38
#15Ronald810US #11
#16George777US #18
#17Donald758US #13
#18Kenneth745US #15
#19Daniel682US #22
#20Mark550US #24
#21Dennis535US #16
#22Steven530US #20
#23Bruce495US #26
#24Francis472US #78
#25Kevin412US #95
#26Raymond393US #30
#27Gary382US #12
#28Alan374US #45
#29Arthur369US #44
#30Philip365US #55
#31Lawrence364US #32
#32Frank343US #27
#33Anthony338US #36
#34Douglas334US #29
#35Gerald332US #33
#36Walter306US #37
#37Jeffrey303US #48
#38Wayne301US #35
#39Brian291US #86
#40Frederick280US #70
#41Roger245US #25
#42Albert220US #56
#43Gregory218US #31
#44Russell210US #69
#45Ralph199US #50
#46Christopher197US #81
#47Barry195US #73
#48Timothy195US #34
#49Henry186US #46
#50Louis174US #64
#51Andrew165US #75
#52Stanley165US #60
#53Leonard160US #74
#54Carl157US #43
#55Glenn144US #61
#56Patrick143US #39
#57Gerard139US #197
#58Harold137US #42
#59Norman135US #90
#60Alfred127US #96
#61Eugene127US #58
#62Vincent125US #102
#63Leo120US #153
#64Howard115US #63
#65Dana109US #192
#66Larry109US #10
#67Martin109US #83
#68Bernard108US #111
#69Ernest107US #76
#70Scott106US #99
#71Eric101US #105
#72Harry100US #59
#73Craig92US #77
#74Warren91US #115
#75Jonathan85US #164
#76Roy85US #51
#77Theodore84US #100
#78Neil80US #161
#79Clifford79US #103
#80Nicholas77US #136
#81Roland76US #175
#82Allen75US #71
#83Fred72US #72
#84Allan71US #143
#85Phillip65US #66
#86Edwin64US #123
#87Joel64US #138
#88Keith63US #85
#89Edmund60
#90Lee60US #93
#91Gordon58US #113
#92Jay57US #118
#93Marc57US #167
#94Victor57US #116
#95Herbert54US #107
#96Samuel51US #62
#97Chester50US #163
#98Denis50
#99Maurice48US #183
#100Arnold47US #158

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑19Valerie#80
↑17Leslie#77
↑13Kathryn#58
↑12Lynda#84
↑12Andrew#51
↑12Scott#70
↑12Neil#78
↑11Edmund#89

Falling

↓20Eleanor#95
↓18Judy#100
↓16Herbert#95
↓15Pauline#78
↓11Frances#55
↓11Ernest#69
↓10Sheila#52
↓10Roy#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.