State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 110,870 Massachusetts births in 1958 across 949 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#64Gerard#191 nationally
#59Dana#184 nationally
#56Lynne#176 nationally
#77Leo#196 nationally
#94Seanoutside the national top 200
#70Neil#174 nationally
#84Allan#180 nationally
#40Francis#135 nationally
#67Doreen#161 nationally
#91Marianne#181 nationally
#22Maureen#110 nationally
#60Marc#145 nationally

Girls

#1Susan2,182US #2
#2Mary1,837US #1
#3Karen1,488US #4
#4Linda1,402US #3
#5Patricia1,394US #5
#6Donna1,334US #10
#7Kathleen1,240US #21
#8Deborah1,192US #7
#9Nancy1,160US #12
#10Cheryl1,008US #13
#11Debra1,007US #6
#12Diane946US #18
#13Elizabeth778US #22
#14Cynthia773US #8
#15Barbara760US #9
#16Carol746US #20
#17Lisa743US #19
#18Pamela652US #11
#19Ann592US #47
#20Joanne558US #80
#21Sandra551US #15
#22Maureen514US #110
#23Denise508US #27
#24Christine504US #43
#25Sharon490US #17
#26Judith488US #62
#27Catherine471US #38
#28Paula464US #53
#29Anne440US #87
#30Janet440US #28
#31Margaret438US #31
#32Kathy406US #14
#33Laura406US #29
#34Theresa406US #33
#35Robin405US #32
#36Brenda392US #16
#37Jean386US #73
#38Joan369US #68
#39Gail365US #72
#40Janice348US #35
#41Laurie347US #70
#42Jane343US #61
#43Ellen331US #93
#44Julie308US #23
#45Darlene306US #49
#46Marie302US #106
#47Elaine290US #101
#48Kim285US #40
#49Lynn285US #60
#50Cindy279US #25
#51Michelle268US #56
#52Debbie263US #24
#53Lori260US #30
#54Joyce258US #46
#55Eileen252US #125
#56Lynne232US #176
#57Carolyn228US #37
#58Jeanne227US #123
#59Leslie226US #79
#60Suzanne223US #104
#61Michele220US #92
#62Katherine219US #74
#63Kathryn208US #58
#64Cathy198US #34
#65Wendy198US #107
#66Sheila193US #59
#67Doreen188US #161
#68Martha187US #69
#69Teresa185US #26
#70Valerie184US #64
#71Bonnie179US #63
#72Dianne178US #143
#73Kimberly176US #39
#74Virginia174US #85
#75Jo171US #91
#76Judy171US #36
#77Andrea170US #135
#78Beth166US #95
#79Maria165US #65
#80Dawn160US #84
#81Ruth159US #90
#82Helen148US #100
#83Dorothy146US #86
#84Colleen144US #116
#85Diana144US #45
#86Lorraine142US #136
#87Amy141US #97
#88Jacqueline134US #99
#89Jill134US #98
#90Roberta134US #133
#91Marianne127US #181
#92Marcia126US #128
#93Sally123US #112
#94Joann122US #122
#95Beverly121US #55
#96Charlene119US #138
#97Rose117US #78
#98Sarah116US #117
#99Sheryl114US #121
#100Jennifer111US #81

Boys

#1John3,370US #5
#2Michael3,322US #1
#3Robert3,122US #4
#4David3,019US #2
#5James2,582US #3
#6Richard2,205US #8
#7William2,001US #6
#8Mark1,982US #7
#9Paul1,796US #15
#10Thomas1,643US #9
#11Joseph1,459US #12
#12Stephen1,355US #26
#13Steven1,155US #10
#14Kevin1,006US #20
#15Brian984US #24
#16Peter962US #41
#17Daniel928US #16
#18Edward835US #28
#19Charles766US #11
#20Kenneth753US #14
#21Donald713US #18
#22Scott693US #25
#23Jeffrey668US #21
#24Gary636US #17
#25Ronald580US #19
#26Timothy569US #13
#27Christopher535US #39
#28George514US #31
#29Anthony463US #27
#30Bruce448US #36
#31Douglas397US #30
#32Wayne394US #48
#33Dennis353US #29
#34Frank343US #38
#35Alan338US #49
#36Raymond337US #43
#37Lawrence330US #52
#38Philip329US #67
#39Gregory304US #23
#40Francis289US #135
#41Matthew267US #60
#42Arthur258US #72
#43Keith249US #37
#44Andrew247US #55
#45Eric233US #50
#46Patrick232US #42
#47Glenn221US #76
#48Barry216US #79
#49Russell197US #54
#50Frederick187US #110
#51Gerald186US #58
#52Walter186US #63
#53Jonathan184US #124
#54Carl165US #51
#55Albert163US #89
#56Craig158US #53
#57Jay158US #86
#58Roger146US #47
#59Dana142US #184
#60Marc141US #145
#61Louis139US #94
#62Ralph139US #78
#63Martin138US #71
#64Gerard127US #191
#65Larry123US #22
#66Norman123US #125
#67Leonard119US #102
#68Dale118US #46
#69Vincent116US #98
#70Neil111US #174
#71Nicholas110US #153
#72Howard109US #95
#73Alfred106US #133
#74Eugene105US #103
#75Henry104US #83
#76Steve104US #44
#77Leo100US #196
#78Dean98US #97
#79Glen96US #131
#80Mike94US #40
#81Stanley91US #88
#82Roy90US #75
#83Allen89US #92
#84Allan85US #180
#85Harold83US #84
#86Warren80US #149
#87Joel76US #120
#88Phillip74US #81
#89Ernest73US #113
#90Clifford72US #128
#91Jon72US #117
#92Bryan70US #101
#93Gordon70US #152
#94Sean70
#95Randy69US #32
#96Fred68US #115
#97Theodore68US #140
#98Bernard67US #143
#99Karl66US #146
#100Todd66US #116

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑25Dale#68
↑18Lori#53
↑16Kathy#32
↑13Debbie#52
↑13Judy#76
↑13Allan#84
↑11Kimberly#73
↑11Nicholas#71

Falling

↓30Marianne#91
↓22Theodore#97
↓19Dorothy#83
↓17Beverly#95
↓17Randy#95
↓14Doreen#67
↓13Jo#75
↓13Roy#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.