State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,256 Massachusetts births in 1954 across 831 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#177 nationally
#85Claireoutside the national top 200
#54Dana#165 nationally
#91Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#65Marianne#172 nationally
#86Roland#193 nationally
#67Leo#172 nationally
#99Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#100Edmundoutside the national top 200
#68Lynne#157 nationally
#93Stuart#178 nationally
#74Neil#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,130US #1
#2Susan1,992US #5
#3Patricia1,638US #4
#4Deborah1,609US #3
#5Linda1,603US #2
#6Donna1,509US #11
#7Kathleen1,355US #14
#8Nancy1,246US #9
#9Karen1,144US #8
#10Debra1,064US #6
#11Diane968US #17
#12Barbara915US #7
#13Carol810US #15
#14Cynthia683US #10
#15Elizabeth673US #20
#16Judith640US #30
#17Pamela604US #12
#18Denise599US #24
#19Janet598US #19
#20Paula592US #38
#21Sandra584US #13
#22Cheryl581US #22
#23Gail537US #37
#24Ann518US #44
#25Joanne506US #78
#26Margaret495US #21
#27Joan491US #40
#28Maureen481US #97
#29Jane437US #49
#30Anne427US #80
#31Catherine423US #32
#32Jean420US #56
#33Sharon420US #16
#34Janice406US #25
#35Marie355US #79
#36Joyce347US #28
#37Ellen332US #77
#38Robin325US #41
#39Christine320US #43
#40Elaine310US #74
#41Theresa274US #47
#42Jeanne269US #112
#43Brenda249US #18
#44Marian242US #104
#45Eileen235US #115
#46Marilyn233US #35
#47Suzanne230US #82
#48Jo229US #53
#49Lisa227US #73
#50Beverly219US #31
#51Martha218US #46
#52Virginia211US #61
#53Dorothy209US #55
#54Katherine205US #64
#55Dianne204US #116
#56Sheila200US #60
#57Wendy190US #95
#58Marcia184US #90
#59Laurie182US #98
#60Kathryn180US #51
#61Ruth174US #66
#62Michele173US #89
#63Lorraine170US #120
#64Valerie169US #87
#65Marianne168US #172
#66Rose168US #54
#67Bonnie166US #52
#68Lynne166US #157
#69Roberta166US #102
#70Leslie165US #99
#71Laura164US #45
#72Jacqueline161US #68
#73Lynn161US #63
#74Maria156US #65
#75Frances154US #83
#76Darlene152US #76
#77Helen151US #72
#78Carolyn148US #27
#79Michelle146US #94
#80Louise145US #138
#81Andrea143US #136
#82Kathy135US #23
#83Charlene127US #126
#84Sally124US #84
#85Claire120
#86Julie119US #70
#87Teresa114US #34
#88Joann112US #129
#89Shirley111US #33
#90Lois109US #110
#91Diana108US #57
#92Colleen107US #119
#93Rita107US #67
#94Marjorie106US #159
#95Phyllis104US #75
#96June103US #152
#97Rebecca103US #26
#98Cathy98US #59
#99Alice97US #81
#100Jill97US #107

Boys

#1Robert3,387US #2
#2John3,251US #4
#3Michael2,807US #1
#4David2,681US #5
#5Richard2,515US #7
#6James2,329US #3
#7William2,113US #6
#8Paul1,880US #16
#9Thomas1,618US #8
#10Stephen1,446US #20
#11Joseph1,423US #13
#12Mark1,266US #12
#13Steven1,034US #11
#14Peter1,000US #37
#15Kevin935US #28
#16Edward925US #22
#17Gary916US #9
#18Charles805US #10
#19Daniel790US #18
#20Donald756US #14
#21Kenneth715US #17
#22Ronald625US #15
#23Brian562US #48
#24George558US #24
#25Bruce539US #30
#26Jeffrey513US #23
#27Dennis476US #21
#28Wayne458US #41
#29Anthony390US #32
#30Francis368US #94
#31Lawrence352US #39
#32Alan351US #43
#33Philip351US #62
#34Raymond346US #35
#35Timothy335US #26
#36Douglas331US #29
#37Frank296US #36
#38Scott296US #40
#39Christopher289US #64
#40Arthur263US #52
#41Gregory246US #25
#42Walter238US #49
#43Frederick235US #83
#44Patrick230US #38
#45Barry211US #68
#46Gerald205US #44
#47Russell205US #69
#48Roger195US #34
#49Andrew182US #70
#50Glenn182US #63
#51Albert180US #73
#52Carl178US #47
#53Ralph176US #61
#54Dana170US #165
#55Jonathan169US #121
#56Keith168US #45
#57Gerard166US #177
#58Louis146US #81
#59Norman145US #99
#60Henry138US #59
#61Leonard137US #85
#62Eric136US #89
#63Craig130US #51
#64Vincent129US #104
#65Stanley128US #58
#66Eugene116US #77
#67Leo113US #172
#68Martin113US #79
#69Ernest107US #87
#70Howard105US #80
#71Harold104US #60
#72Alfred101US #116
#73Matthew97US #124
#74Neil97US #147
#75Marc95US #133
#76Roy93US #56
#77Nicholas91US #134
#78Allan86US #149
#79Allen84US #82
#80Theodore84US #115
#81Jay82US #101
#82Larry78US #19
#83Bernard77US #123
#84Jon76US #111
#85Randall75US #55
#86Roland75US #193
#87Warren71US #126
#88Joel69US #127
#89Dean67US #110
#90Guy66US #143
#91Bradford65
#92Clifford62US #112
#93Stuart62US #178
#94Gordon61US #122
#95Harry61US #86
#96Jack60US #57
#97Samuel60US #71
#98Karl59US #166
#99Laurence59
#100Edmund58

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑34Marianne#65
↑19Lisa#49
↑15Allan#78
↑14Michele#62
↑13Wendy#57
↑13Laurie#59
↑13Matthew#73
↑12Maria#74

Falling

↓18Helen#77
↓18Carolyn#78
↓17Roberta#69
↓16Christine#39
↓16Jacqueline#72
↓16Claire#85
↓14Alfred#72
↓13Sheila#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.