State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 109,885 Massachusetts births in 1960 across 956 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
#69Seanoutside the national top 200
#57Dana#187 nationally
#69Doreen#194 nationally
#79Neil#199 nationally
#86Leooutside the national top 200
#55Lynne#164 nationally
#43Francis#145 nationally
#98Marianne#200 nationally
#73Shawn#163 nationally
#83Heidi#170 nationally
#76Dianne#160 nationally

Girls

#1Susan1,846US #2
#2Mary1,693US #1
#3Donna1,582US #5
#4Karen1,380US #4
#5Linda1,306US #3
#6Patricia1,239US #7
#7Lisa1,237US #6
#8Kathleen1,064US #27
#9Nancy1,035US #15
#10Deborah936US #10
#11Diane882US #22
#12Cheryl852US #17
#13Debra775US #8
#14Elizabeth728US #18
#15Barbara671US #12
#16Cynthia656US #9
#17Carol645US #23
#18Sandra637US #11
#19Ann564US #51
#20Pamela537US #14
#21Christine526US #40
#22Denise524US #29
#23Robin500US #33
#24Laura478US #25
#25Sharon477US #16
#26Joanne464US #99
#27Paula461US #55
#28Brenda460US #13
#29Laurie454US #37
#30Judith452US #74
#31Maureen448US #106
#32Catherine431US #42
#33Theresa431US #35
#34Anne418US #88
#35Michelle417US #39
#36Janet404US #32
#37Margaret400US #36
#38Lori390US #20
#39Jane359US #67
#40Jean358US #86
#41Kim342US #34
#42Julie330US #28
#43Ellen327US #94
#44Kathy314US #21
#45Joan310US #80
#46Kimberly301US #26
#47Gail296US #90
#48Janice294US #41
#49Suzanne276US #78
#50Lynn262US #64
#51Marie262US #103
#52Elaine259US #112
#53Debbie258US #24
#54Cindy251US #30
#55Lynne250US #164
#56Wendy249US #63
#57Darlene233US #75
#58Eileen227US #130
#59Joyce224US #58
#60Michele224US #89
#61Jennifer212US #61
#62Sheila208US #56
#63Katherine200US #81
#64Jeanne198US #129
#65Bonnie193US #71
#66Teresa193US #19
#67Carolyn192US #43
#68Andrea190US #115
#69Doreen188US #194
#70Maria183US #59
#71Colleen182US #107
#72Cathy181US #46
#73Jacqueline180US #85
#74Amy179US #77
#75Dawn179US #57
#76Dianne174US #160
#77Beth173US #72
#78Judy172US #48
#79Valerie170US #65
#80Lorraine169US #135
#81Dorothy165US #95
#82Leslie164US #92
#83Heidi157US #170
#84Kathryn153US #82
#85Martha145US #83
#86Kelly143US #52
#87Virginia142US #102
#88Tammy138US #31
#89Tina136US #45
#90Ruth135US #97
#91Diana130US #53
#92Sarah128US #116
#93Beverly125US #60
#94Jill125US #76
#95Stephanie125US #91
#96Tracy123US #84
#97Helen122US #117
#98Marianne119US #200
#99Angela116US #50
#100Rhonda116US #44

Boys

#1John3,479US #4
#2Michael3,261US #2
#3David3,112US #1
#4Robert2,848US #5
#5James2,503US #3
#6Mark2,153US #6
#7Richard1,946US #8
#8William1,860US #7
#9Paul1,802US #18
#10Thomas1,668US #9
#11Joseph1,477US #12
#12Stephen1,237US #27
#13Steven1,236US #10
#14Kevin1,068US #15
#15Brian1,027US #20
#16Daniel1,012US #17
#17Peter997US #42
#18Jeffrey791US #14
#19Scott779US #23
#20Edward771US #26
#21Kenneth739US #16
#22Charles697US #13
#23Christopher683US #29
#24Timothy681US #11
#25Donald662US #19
#26Gary567US #22
#27Ronald538US #21
#28George484US #33
#29Anthony424US #25
#30Bruce405US #39
#31Andrew357US #51
#32Douglas357US #30
#33Raymond337US #46
#34Dennis333US #31
#35Gregory328US #24
#36Philip322US #76
#37Wayne322US #58
#38Alan318US #50
#39Eric315US #44
#40Frank298US #40
#41Lawrence272US #64
#42Matthew263US #61
#43Francis262US #145
#44Patrick247US #45
#45Keith246US #35
#46Craig234US #41
#47Glenn214US #74
#48Arthur212US #82
#49Russell211US #56
#50Walter207US #70
#51Barry198US #72
#52Jonathan188US #118
#53Frederick176US #114
#54Gerald173US #62
#55Roger170US #47
#56Carl168US #53
#57Dana163US #187
#58Jay153US #78
#59Vincent152US #98
#60Louis148US #106
#61Ralph148US #89
#62Albert138US #93
#63Dean130US #94
#64Steve129US #43
#65Martin123US #77
#66Marc121US #136
#67Gerard114
#68Jon112US #97
#69Sean112
#70Henry106US #84
#71Mike101US #36
#72Dale100US #54
#73Shawn99US #163
#74Larry98US #28
#75Leonard98US #113
#76Alfred95US #147
#77Nicholas95US #153
#78Eugene93US #109
#79Neil93US #199
#80Phillip93US #66
#81Harold90US #92
#82Todd90US #71
#83Randy89US #32
#84Howard87US #108
#85Ernest83US #120
#86Leo82
#87Chris80US #63
#88Theodore78US #149
#89Karl77US #135
#90Norman77US #132
#91Bryan74US #88
#92Roy74US #80
#93Glen72US #143
#94Randall71US #59
#95Fred70US #117
#96Stanley69US #100
#97Allen66US #99
#98Jeff64US #49
#99Gordon63US #159
#100Joel63US #110

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑20Jennifer#61
↑19Jacqueline#73
↑18Kimberly#46
↑14Bonnie#65
↑13Jon#68
↑13Phillip#80
↑12Dean#63
↑11Kim#41

Falling

↓19Norman#90
↓18Kathryn#84
↓14Leo#86
↓12Larry#74
↓12Joel#100
↓11Amy#74
↓10Cathy#72
↓10Martha#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.