State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,872 Massachusetts births in 1951 across 778 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#69Claireoutside the national top 200
#59Gerard#183 nationally
#67Dana#185 nationally
#75Roland#184 nationally
#99Edmundoutside the national top 200
#100Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#58Leo#156 nationally
#95Stuart#186 nationally
#97Pauline#180 nationally
#69Jonathan#147 nationally
#70Lynne#144 nationally
#78Neil#149 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,973US #1
#2Patricia1,893US #3
#3Susan1,743US #6
#4Mary1,703US #2
#5Kathleen1,362US #10
#6Nancy1,257US #7
#7Deborah1,214US #4
#8Donna1,191US #12
#9Karen1,056US #8
#10Barbara953US #5
#11Diane888US #15
#12Carol848US #11
#13Christine827US #24
#14Judith736US #25
#15Elizabeth677US #23
#16Sandra652US #9
#17Janet575US #19
#18Gail559US #36
#19Margaret552US #17
#20Janice549US #21
#21Ann540US #46
#22Joan508US #39
#23Sharon494US #13
#24Denise492US #48
#25Cynthia480US #20
#26Jane478US #43
#27Maureen466US #93
#28Joanne448US #73
#29Anne432US #82
#30Pamela430US #16
#31Cheryl428US #30
#32Elaine418US #66
#33Jean416US #49
#34Paula413US #51
#35Ellen386US #68
#36Catherine366US #34
#37Joyce344US #28
#38Debra337US #18
#39Marie298US #78
#40Marilyn265US #41
#41Eileen253US #95
#42Beverly250US #33
#43Dorothy245US #42
#44Martha237US #38
#45Virginia232US #47
#46Jeanne230US #98
#47Dianne228US #90
#48Sheila210US #69
#49Theresa202US #64
#50Brenda198US #14
#51Lorraine195US #102
#52Ruth194US #53
#53Suzanne194US #83
#54Katherine193US #55
#55Marcia184US #74
#56Helen178US #54
#57Carolyn176US #22
#58Kathryn175US #45
#59Frances172US #59
#60Roberta172US #92
#61Bonnie170US #37
#62Louise164US #117
#63Jacqueline157US #56
#64Rosemary152US #109
#65Wendy151US #110
#66Shirley147US #27
#67Laura142US #60
#68Lois140US #85
#69Claire139
#70Lynne137US #144
#71Phyllis135US #57
#72Alice132US #62
#73Sally126US #77
#74Charlene123US #103
#75Leslie120US #133
#76Lynn117US #72
#77Rita116US #61
#78Robin115US #122
#79Irene114US #105
#80Marjorie114US #128
#81Valerie113US #100
#82Andrea109US #136
#83Joann106US #104
#84Michelle106US #151
#85Constance105US #86
#86Gloria104US #31
#87Geraldine102US #108
#88Kathy102US #35
#89Arlene100US #134
#90June99US #142
#91Michele99US #125
#92Rose99US #65
#93Darlene98US #79
#94Julie95US #99
#95Rebecca95US #32
#96Jo92US #67
#97Pauline92US #180
#98Laurie91US #139
#99Judy90US #26
#100Marsha90US #76

Boys

#1Robert3,335US #2
#2John3,257US #3
#3Richard2,378US #7
#4James2,192US #1
#5Michael2,076US #4
#6William2,053US #6
#7David2,034US #5
#8Paul1,763US #18
#9Thomas1,629US #8
#10Stephen1,533US #19
#11Joseph1,326US #14
#12Edward898US #23
#13Peter881US #38
#14Charles879US #9
#15Steven780US #13
#16Gary767US #10
#17Donald761US #15
#18Kenneth751US #16
#19Mark710US #20
#20George705US #22
#21Dennis701US #17
#22Ronald687US #12
#23Daniel677US #21
#24Kevin581US #53
#25Bruce533US #26
#26Francis446US #85
#27Alan427US #40
#28Wayne414US #37
#29Brian376US #75
#30Raymond369US #32
#31Lawrence362US #33
#32Anthony353US #34
#33Arthur337US #44
#34Douglas337US #27
#35Jeffrey333US #35
#36Frank303US #31
#37Philip303US #55
#38Frederick279US #78
#39Gerald275US #36
#40Christopher272US #61
#41Walter263US #42
#42Roger240US #29
#43Timothy236US #28
#44Gregory222US #25
#45Ralph212US #51
#46Albert201US #60
#47Russell200US #73
#48Andrew192US #69
#49Barry189US #71
#50Henry181US #47
#51Carl178US #43
#52Patrick168US #39
#53Leonard166US #80
#54Louis166US #76
#55Glenn158US #58
#56Stanley154US #54
#57Alfred153US #100
#58Leo150US #156
#59Gerard144US #183
#60Scott144US #68
#61Vincent143US #104
#62Norman141US #90
#63Eric126US #93
#64Harold125US #46
#65Ernest123US #83
#66Martin119US #81
#67Dana118US #185
#68Craig115US #63
#69Jonathan115US #147
#70Theodore105US #99
#71Warren102US #118
#72Larry97US #11
#73Nicholas97US #120
#74Eugene95US #65
#75Roland94US #184
#76Roy92US #52
#77Bernard90US #107
#78Neil90US #149
#79Howard88US #74
#80Keith82US #59
#81Harry80US #70
#82Victor80US #110
#83Allan75US #137
#84Gordon75US #108
#85Allen73US #72
#86Clifford71US #101
#87Herbert71US #112
#88Jay70US #116
#89Phillip69US #79
#90Joel67US #129
#91Marc67US #148
#92Dean63US #105
#93Matthew63US #163
#94Dale61US #49
#95Stuart61US #186
#96Lee60US #92
#97Fred58US #87
#98Samuel58US #67
#99Edmund54
#100Laurence50

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑60Debra#38
↑18Lois#68
↑16Denise#24
↑13Lynne#70
↑13Lynn#76
↑11Leo#58
↑9Roland#75
↑8Victor#82

Falling

↓29Marsha#100
↓18Howard#79
↓15Marjorie#80
↓15Pauline#97
↓12Fred#97
↓11Allan#83
↓10Constance#85
↓9Darlene#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.