State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,339 Massachusetts births in 1957 across 912 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#61Dana#186 nationally
#64Gerard#189 nationally
#74Leo#190 nationally
#94Laurenoutside the national top 200
#96Nealoutside the national top 200
#77Neil#181 nationally
#98Seanoutside the national top 200
#99Jayneoutside the national top 200
#59Lynne#160 nationally
#53Doreen#150 nationally
#97Allan#187 nationally
#39Francis#128 nationally

Girls

#1Susan2,057US #2
#2Mary1,992US #1
#3Karen1,581US #5
#4Deborah1,499US #6
#5Patricia1,461US #8
#6Donna1,411US #10
#7Linda1,377US #3
#8Nancy1,281US #11
#9Kathleen1,236US #21
#10Cheryl1,141US #16
#11Debra1,104US #4
#12Cynthia1,049US #7
#13Diane1,016US #17
#14Carol834US #18
#15Barbara762US #9
#16Elizabeth715US #22
#17Denise596US #25
#18Pamela579US #12
#19Ann577US #44
#20Lisa574US #26
#21Sandra572US #15
#22Janet519US #23
#23Sharon497US #14
#24Judith487US #53
#25Christine480US #41
#26Catherine474US #37
#27Maureen471US #103
#28Anne463US #86
#29Margaret459US #29
#30Joanne457US #94
#31Robin457US #30
#32Jane446US #56
#33Gail442US #54
#34Paula434US #49
#35Jean423US #67
#36Joan414US #60
#37Brenda385US #13
#38Ellen381US #85
#39Cindy366US #19
#40Janice366US #32
#41Theresa363US #36
#42Elaine316US #96
#43Laura301US #31
#44Kim291US #35
#45Darlene290US #57
#46Laurie289US #73
#47Joyce278US #40
#48Kathy275US #20
#49Marie275US #98
#50Eileen261US #120
#51Michelle258US #79
#52Lynn255US #61
#53Doreen247US #150
#54Julie236US #28
#55Sheila235US #58
#56Jeanne215US #117
#57Katherine208US #72
#58Carolyn203US #33
#59Lynne198US #160
#60Leslie197US #77
#61Marianne197US #139
#62Jo194US #83
#63Wendy194US #101
#64Dorothy191US #74
#65Debbie190US #27
#66Suzanne188US #102
#67Andrea185US #130
#68Bonnie184US #64
#69Michele184US #99
#70Teresa183US #24
#71Lori182US #45
#72Cathy180US #39
#73Kathryn180US #65
#74Martha180US #63
#75Virginia180US #75
#76Dianne168US #135
#77Maria166US #71
#78Beverly160US #48
#79Valerie160US #76
#80Diana158US #43
#81Roberta150US #121
#82Lorraine148US #129
#83Helen146US #95
#84Kimberly143US #42
#85Amy142US #114
#86Dawn141US #93
#87Rose141US #69
#88Beth138US #108
#89Judy137US #38
#90Ruth133US #84
#91Marcia130US #126
#92Colleen129US #118
#93Charlene126US #136
#94Lauren120
#95Sheryl117US #112
#96Jill115US #100
#97Debora114US #161
#98Jennifer112US #87
#99Jayne110
#100Rebecca109US #34

Boys

#1John3,528US #5
#2Michael3,221US #1
#3Robert3,202US #4
#4David2,896US #3
#5James2,555US #2
#6Richard2,257US #8
#7William2,000US #6
#8Mark1,894US #7
#9Paul1,856US #18
#10Thomas1,698US #9
#11Joseph1,495US #12
#12Stephen1,412US #24
#13Steven1,178US #10
#14Peter1,103US #37
#15Kevin1,048US #20
#16Brian1,037US #26
#17Daniel1,010US #16
#18Edward917US #25
#19Charles793US #11
#20Donald770US #15
#21Gary761US #13
#22Kenneth752US #14
#23Jeffrey655US #21
#24Ronald642US #17
#25Scott589US #32
#26George587US #29
#27Timothy527US #19
#28Bruce523US #34
#29Christopher447US #43
#30Anthony440US #27
#31Douglas406US #30
#32Dennis391US #28
#33Wayne372US #47
#34Lawrence367US #46
#35Philip354US #68
#36Raymond341US #39
#37Alan337US #48
#38Gregory324US #23
#39Francis321US #128
#40Frank312US #38
#41Keith269US #36
#42Andrew258US #56
#43Arthur249US #66
#44Patrick245US #41
#45Glenn232US #62
#46Barry221US #72
#47Russell217US #54
#48Matthew206US #83
#49Frederick202US #99
#50Eric200US #60
#51Gerald195US #51
#52Ralph190US #76
#53Jonathan185US #124
#54Walter181US #58
#55Carl176US #49
#56Roger165US #42
#57Marc155US #139
#58Leonard152US #94
#59Louis151US #86
#60Albert149US #84
#61Dana149US #186
#62Martin143US #69
#63Craig139US #55
#64Gerard139US #189
#65Jay129US #88
#66Norman123US #118
#67Vincent122US #97
#68Alfred117US #131
#69Roy115US #65
#70Eugene114US #92
#71Larry113US #22
#72Henry108US #75
#73Harold107US #74
#74Leo105US #190
#75Theodore105US #132
#76Howard102US #89
#77Neil94US #181
#78Randy91US #31
#79Dean87US #93
#80Steve86US #44
#81Ernest84US #101
#82Nicholas84US #152
#83Stanley84US #81
#84Glen82US #129
#85Joel81US #104
#86Jon80US #110
#87Phillip80US #79
#88Bernard78US #137
#89Gordon77US #140
#90Karl74US #146
#91Clifford70US #130
#92Jack69US #67
#93Dale67US #50
#94Allen66US #91
#95Warren65US #147
#96Neal63
#97Allan62US #187
#98Sean62
#99Harry60US #100
#100Fred59US #103

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑30Cindy#39
↑30Debbie#65
↑27Carolyn#58
↑25Julie#54
↑20Kathy#48
↑19Steve#80
↑16Lisa#20
↑15Randy#78

Falling

↓23Ruth#90
↓17Valerie#79
↓16Suzanne#66
↓15Martha#74
↓15Rose#87
↓13Marcia#91
↓12Warren#95
↓11Allan#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.