State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 109,878 Massachusetts births in 1959 across 977 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#67Gerardoutside the national top 200
#72Leooutside the national top 200
#54Dana#180 nationally
#80Seanoutside the national top 200
#60Lynne#172 nationally
#77Neil#185 nationally
#72Doreen#175 nationally
#99Laurenoutside the national top 200
#90Marianne#186 nationally
#42Francis#136 nationally
#69Shawn#161 nationally
#24Maureen#106 nationally

Girls

#1Susan1,988US #2
#2Mary1,752US #1
#3Donna1,719US #5
#4Patricia1,355US #6
#5Karen1,317US #4
#6Linda1,313US #3
#7Kathleen1,202US #23
#8Nancy1,101US #14
#9Deborah1,064US #9
#10Lisa973US #10
#11Diane943US #19
#12Debra924US #7
#13Cheryl912US #18
#14Elizabeth801US #21
#15Cynthia778US #8
#16Barbara683US #11
#17Carol680US #22
#18Sandra608US #13
#19Pamela592US #12
#20Ann566US #44
#21Sharon525US #17
#22Denise520US #29
#23Joanne519US #92
#24Maureen506US #106
#25Robin497US #32
#26Christine495US #43
#27Janet495US #28
#28Judith473US #70
#29Catherine450US #40
#30Paula444US #51
#31Laura441US #30
#32Margaret441US #36
#33Anne426US #82
#34Brenda408US #16
#35Theresa398US #34
#36Jane378US #67
#37Ellen374US #91
#38Jean369US #77
#39Laurie364US #56
#40Kathy357US #15
#41Joan342US #76
#42Michelle333US #47
#43Janice331US #37
#44Lori329US #27
#45Gail327US #75
#46Marie308US #104
#47Debbie304US #20
#48Julie299US #26
#49Cindy292US #25
#50Suzanne280US #96
#51Lynn265US #63
#52Kim263US #35
#53Elaine247US #105
#54Darlene237US #66
#55Eileen233US #126
#56Joyce225US #50
#57Wendy225US #83
#58Michele221US #89
#59Jeanne220US #129
#60Lynne217US #172
#61Katherine208US #79
#62Cathy207US #39
#63Amy205US #85
#64Kimberly202US #33
#65Teresa202US #24
#66Kathryn201US #69
#67Carolyn197US #42
#68Sheila196US #52
#69Beth195US #80
#70Dawn193US #54
#71Andrea192US #123
#72Doreen182US #175
#73Valerie171US #60
#74Maria167US #62
#75Martha167US #72
#76Leslie163US #84
#77Dianne160US #158
#78Virginia158US #93
#79Bonnie157US #71
#80Judy154US #41
#81Jennifer150US #78
#82Colleen147US #110
#83Dorothy143US #94
#84Beverly139US #55
#85Tammy138US #31
#86Lorraine135US #137
#87Sarah134US #119
#88Tina132US #53
#89Jill129US #86
#90Marianne128US #186
#91Rebecca127US #38
#92Jacqueline126US #111
#93Diana125US #49
#94Annette123US #64
#95Helen118US #108
#96Charlene117US #153
#97Ruth114US #97
#98Sally114US #114
#99Lauren112
#100Joann108US #130

Boys

#1John3,389US #4
#2Michael3,246US #1
#3Robert3,031US #5
#4David2,934US #2
#5James2,537US #3
#6Richard2,039US #8
#7Mark2,014US #6
#8William1,919US #7
#9Paul1,740US #17
#10Thomas1,633US #9
#11Joseph1,399US #13
#12Stephen1,266US #28
#13Steven1,242US #10
#14Peter1,119US #40
#15Kevin1,027US #14
#16Brian992US #22
#17Daniel960US #18
#18Edward843US #27
#19Jeffrey711US #16
#20Kenneth704US #15
#21Charles693US #11
#22Timothy689US #12
#23Donald680US #19
#24Scott634US #24
#25Gary579US #20
#26Ronald566US #21
#27Christopher536US #35
#28George524US #32
#29Anthony442US #26
#30Bruce432US #38
#31Wayne385US #51
#32Douglas383US #30
#33Dennis376US #29
#34Gregory319US #23
#35Alan306US #50
#36Raymond305US #45
#37Frank304US #42
#38Philip298US #68
#39Andrew281US #58
#40Lawrence275US #62
#41Patrick267US #43
#42Francis256US #136
#43Eric251US #46
#44Matthew250US #63
#45Keith242US #39
#46Arthur222US #76
#47Russell209US #56
#48Barry205US #73
#49Craig205US #44
#50Glenn198US #80
#51Walter189US #66
#52Gerald175US #61
#53Jonathan172US #124
#54Dana162US #180
#55Roger162US #47
#56Carl152US #54
#57Frederick145US #114
#58Louis142US #100
#59Marc142US #140
#60Vincent141US #102
#61Steve135US #41
#62Larry134US #25
#63Ralph132US #84
#64Albert131US #92
#65Jay130US #88
#66Martin128US #79
#67Gerard109
#68Henry101US #83
#69Shawn100US #161
#70Mike99US #37
#71Norman98US #131
#72Leo97
#73Eugene96US #106
#74Dale94US #49
#75Dean94US #95
#76Ernest90US #118
#77Neil90US #185
#78Alfred89US #138
#79Leonard89US #109
#80Sean89
#81Jon88US #105
#82Nicholas88US #156
#83Glen86US #134
#84Roy85US #81
#85Harold84US #87
#86Bryan81US #94
#87Howard80US #104
#88Joel79US #116
#89Stanley75US #98
#90Randy72US #31
#91Chris71US #72
#92Todd71US #99
#93Phillip69US #74
#94Bernard68US #152
#95Theodore68US #146
#96Karl67US #148
#97Warren66US #157
#98Allen63US #97
#99Lee61US #115
#100Randall61US #59

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑24Amy#63
↑19Jennifer#81
↑15Steve#61
↑14Sean#80
↑13Ernest#76
↑11Beverly#84
↑11Sarah#87
↑10Robin#25

Falling

↓17Leslie#76
↓16Ruth#97
↓15Howard#87
↓15Allen#98
↓13Helen#95
↓12Leonard#79
↓11Nicholas#82
↓11Warren#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.