State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,374 Massachusetts births in 1961 across 985 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#55Dana#180 nationally
#74Doreen#198 nationally
#73Neil#196 nationally
#80Gerardoutside the national top 200
#62Sean#177 nationally
#56Lynne#170 nationally
#87Leooutside the national top 200
#94Laurenoutside the national top 200
#45Francis#148 nationally
#87Dianne#178 nationally
#85Heidi#166 nationally
#78Nicholas#158 nationally

Girls

#1Susan1,744US #3
#2Mary1,557US #1
#3Lisa1,556US #2
#4Donna1,307US #7
#5Linda1,305US #4
#6Karen1,254US #5
#7Patricia1,151US #6
#8Kathleen1,068US #29
#9Nancy1,058US #16
#10Deborah968US #10
#11Cheryl864US #20
#12Diane801US #26
#13Elizabeth751US #19
#14Barbara669US #12
#15Debra664US #13
#16Carol632US #24
#17Pamela628US #15
#18Sandra622US #9
#19Cynthia605US #8
#20Christine588US #39
#21Sharon561US #17
#22Robin560US #27
#23Brenda547US #11
#24Denise543US #30
#25Laura537US #21
#26Ann530US #54
#27Laurie530US #43
#28Maureen513US #104
#29Lori504US #14
#30Theresa484US #35
#31Joanne482US #102
#32Michelle480US #34
#33Paula463US #60
#34Janet436US #32
#35Judith425US #83
#36Margaret408US #40
#37Catherine407US #48
#38Anne377US #90
#39Julie365US #23
#40Ellen352US #97
#41Jean341US #92
#42Jane339US #72
#43Carolyn320US #42
#44Jacqueline305US #37
#45Suzanne305US #68
#46Joan304US #89
#47Wendy295US #61
#48Kimberly294US #22
#49Kim289US #36
#50Lynn282US #71
#51Marie268US #109
#52Darlene265US #80
#53Janice258US #52
#54Kathy248US #25
#55Jennifer243US #47
#56Lynne243US #170
#57Elaine241US #118
#58Dawn240US #49
#59Gail240US #94
#60Amy239US #69
#61Katherine237US #86
#62Sheila232US #59
#63Debbie231US #31
#64Andrea227US #110
#65Cindy219US #33
#66Michele217US #63
#67Teresa214US #18
#68Joyce212US #62
#69Beth210US #65
#70Jeanne210US #138
#71Eileen208US #131
#72Bonnie202US #75
#73Valerie196US #67
#74Doreen191US #198
#75Tammy187US #28
#76Maria185US #57
#77Colleen181US #106
#78Kelly180US #45
#79Martha179US #81
#80Leslie177US #84
#81Tina170US #41
#82Tracy162US #64
#83Kathryn158US #93
#84Cathy148US #55
#85Heidi145US #166
#86Jill143US #74
#87Dianne142US #178
#88Dorothy141US #99
#89Rebecca141US #44
#90Ruth139US #96
#91Virginia137US #103
#92Sarah135US #113
#93Lorraine130US #143
#94Lauren128
#95Diana127US #56
#96Stephanie124US #78
#97Judy123US #58
#98Charlene122US #150
#99Joann122US #137
#100Beverly118US #66

Boys

#1John3,608US #3
#2Michael3,301US #1
#3Robert3,003US #5
#4David2,949US #2
#5James2,565US #4
#6Mark2,033US #6
#7Richard1,900US #8
#8William1,787US #7
#9Paul1,674US #18
#10Thomas1,570US #9
#11Joseph1,455US #12
#12Stephen1,228US #27
#13Steven1,115US #10
#14Kevin1,093US #14
#15Daniel1,044US #17
#16Brian1,006US #20
#17Peter925US #42
#18Scott886US #19
#19Edward855US #29
#20Jeffrey833US #11
#21Christopher808US #26
#22Kenneth729US #16
#23Timothy723US #15
#24Charles654US #13
#25Gary593US #21
#26Donald587US #22
#27Ronald535US #24
#28George483US #31
#29Anthony469US #25
#30Douglas421US #28
#31Bruce390US #40
#32Gregory370US #23
#33Andrew334US #52
#34Raymond325US #48
#35Alan322US #51
#36Eric320US #38
#37Dennis318US #34
#38Frank309US #41
#39Wayne301US #61
#40Philip299US #79
#41Patrick291US #39
#42Keith284US #35
#43Glenn280US #64
#44Matthew277US #59
#45Francis264US #148
#46Lawrence239US #67
#47Russell224US #55
#48Craig206US #43
#49Arthur203US #85
#50Barry196US #66
#51Roger196US #47
#52Todd171US #46
#53Carl169US #56
#54Jonathan166US #112
#55Dana165US #180
#56Frederick161US #117
#57Marc160US #133
#58Gerald155US #62
#59Walter155US #74
#60Jay148US #81
#61Ralph144US #95
#62Sean140US #177
#63Martin136US #73
#64Dean121US #84
#65Henry120US #92
#66Chris119US #57
#67Albert115US #97
#68Louis114US #105
#69Steve113US #45
#70Shawn112US #143
#71Vincent109US #98
#72Leonard107US #114
#73Neil99US #196
#74Glen98US #135
#75Norman97US #134
#76Ernest95US #123
#77Jon94US #93
#78Nicholas94US #158
#79Eugene93US #113
#80Gerard93
#81Larry92US #30
#82Mike91US #36
#83Dale89US #58
#84Theodore88US #151
#85Alfred87US #152
#86Roy80US #83
#87Leo79
#88Randy79US #33
#89Phillip78US #69
#90Bryan77US #82
#91Howard77US #109
#92Jeff72US #49
#93Randall72US #63
#94Harold71US #94
#95Karl68US #138
#96Victor67US #99
#97Jeffery65US #50
#98Kurt65US #129
#99Stanley65US #106
#100Joel64US #110

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑30Todd#52
↑29Jacqueline#44
↑24Carolyn#43
↑21Chris#66
↑19Glen#74
↑17Dawn#58
↑15Norman#75
↑14Amy#60

Falling

↓19Judy#97
↓13Eileen#71
↓13Lorraine#93
↓13Gerard#80
↓13Harold#94
↓12Gail#59
↓12Cathy#84
↓12Vincent#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.