State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 100,043 Massachusetts births in 1953 across 835 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
#82Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#60Dana#178 nationally
#68Gerard#186 nationally
#91Edmundoutside the national top 200
#94Denisoutside the national top 200
#96Pauline#198 nationally
#90Roland#191 nationally
#100Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#63Leo#162 nationally
#96Stuart#185 nationally
#99Marianne#187 nationally

Girls

#1Susan1,924US #5
#2Mary1,754US #1
#3Patricia1,734US #4
#4Linda1,660US #2
#5Deborah1,552US #3
#6Kathleen1,303US #14
#7Nancy1,252US #8
#8Donna1,210US #13
#9Karen1,049US #9
#10Diane981US #17
#11Barbara921US #6
#12Carol808US #16
#13Debra792US #7
#14Cynthia748US #12
#15Elizabeth666US #21
#16Judith645US #30
#17Sandra613US #11
#18Janet597US #19
#19Denise571US #31
#20Joanne565US #71
#21Pamela564US #10
#22Gail557US #39
#23Christine553US #32
#24Ann523US #46
#25Paula513US #40
#26Margaret507US #20
#27Maureen501US #92
#28Joan493US #37
#29Cheryl471US #28
#30Sharon444US #15
#31Jane440US #43
#32Janice430US #22
#33Anne423US #80
#34Catherine401US #35
#35Jean393US #52
#36Ellen377US #76
#37Elaine368US #77
#38Joyce325US #26
#39Marilyn290US #36
#40Marie278US #86
#41Jeanne259US #97
#42Suzanne242US #78
#43Sheila238US #60
#44Dianne233US #109
#45Theresa233US #50
#46Beverly232US #34
#47Brenda231US #18
#48Robin229US #66
#49Eileen227US #108
#50Martha224US #41
#51Dorothy213US #49
#52Roberta208US #90
#53Virginia195US #53
#54Jo194US #54
#55Lorraine194US #118
#56Jacqueline189US #58
#57Kathryn186US #48
#58Katherine177US #63
#59Helen172US #65
#60Carolyn170US #25
#61Laura164US #51
#62Ruth163US #62
#63Frances160US #72
#64Marcia159US #84
#65Leslie154US #96
#66Rose153US #59
#67Bonnie152US #45
#68Lisa151US #111
#69Claire150
#70Wendy149US #110
#71Michelle147US #107
#72Laurie146US #103
#73Valerie146US #88
#74Lynn141US #67
#75Louise139US #125
#76Michele137US #102
#77Darlene135US #75
#78Lynne135US #159
#79Shirley130US #29
#80Sally127US #81
#81Charlene125US #113
#82Rosemary119US #147
#83Teresa119US #42
#84Andrea117US #131
#85June115US #155
#86Maria111US #68
#87Marjorie110US #144
#88Lois107US #91
#89Alice105US #73
#90Gloria105US #38
#91Phyllis105US #69
#92Rita103US #64
#93Joann102US #121
#94Kathy100US #23
#95Cathy96US #56
#96Pauline95US #198
#97Irene94US #127
#98Diana93US #55
#99Marianne92US #187
#100Judy90US #27

Boys

#1Robert3,414US #1
#2John3,212US #4
#3Michael2,582US #3
#4Richard2,457US #7
#5David2,407US #5
#6James2,358US #2
#7William2,096US #6
#8Paul1,868US #16
#9Thomas1,622US #8
#10Stephen1,478US #21
#11Joseph1,354US #13
#12Mark1,014US #12
#13Steven1,002US #11
#14Peter956US #38
#15Edward878US #23
#16Gary854US #10
#17Charles816US #9
#18Donald785US #14
#19Daniel741US #20
#20Kevin727US #36
#21Kenneth720US #17
#22Dennis609US #19
#23George591US #22
#24Ronald583US #15
#25Jeffrey527US #25
#26Bruce519US #28
#27Brian472US #53
#28Francis415US #90
#29Wayne410US #40
#30Alan402US #43
#31Raymond390US #34
#32Anthony359US #32
#33Lawrence355US #37
#34Philip334US #61
#35Douglas333US #27
#36Timothy324US #26
#37Frank306US #33
#38Arthur288US #50
#39Christopher279US #63
#40Scott241US #46
#41Walter234US #45
#42Frederick232US #80
#43Roger232US #31
#44Gregory211US #24
#45Ralph211US #59
#46Gerald209US #42
#47Albert205US #69
#48Russell196US #71
#49Patrick194US #39
#50Carl192US #44
#51Andrew188US #68
#52Barry173US #73
#53Leonard160US #85
#54Glenn157US #67
#55Henry149US #54
#56Keith144US #47
#57Louis142US #78
#58Alfred140US #104
#59Jonathan139US #133
#60Dana137US #178
#61Stanley135US #62
#62Harold127US #56
#63Leo126US #162
#64Martin123US #82
#65Nicholas121US #131
#66Norman121US #98
#67Eric117US #89
#68Gerard117US #186
#69Vincent116US #100
#70Craig115US #60
#71Roy107US #55
#72Howard102US #77
#73Ernest98US #87
#74Eugene96US #75
#75Jay90US #99
#76Larry89US #18
#77Marc87US #144
#78Warren87US #124
#79Bernard86US #119
#80Clifford85US #102
#81Neil82US #146
#82Bradford81
#83Gordon81US #116
#84Theodore80US #112
#85Harry78US #83
#86Matthew78US #130
#87Allen70US #81
#88Jon67US #120
#89Dean65US #105
#90Roland65US #191
#91Edmund63
#92Samuel63US #70
#93Allan61US #153
#94Denis60
#95Phillip60US #76
#96Stuart59US #185
#97Edwin57US #123
#98Lee57US #93
#99Joel56US #134
#100Laurence56

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑44Robin#48
↑15Lisa#68
↑15Leo#63
↑13Jacqueline#56
↑13Rose#66
↑13Clifford#80
↑11Debra#13
↑11Roy#71

Falling

↓25Rita#92
↓18Andrea#84
↓16Allen#87
↓15Wendy#70
↓13Bonnie#67
↓13Louise#75
↓13Lee#98
↓12Lois#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.