State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,998 Massachusetts births in 1964 across 969 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#64Danaoutside the national top 200
#62Lynne#194 nationally
#87Laurenoutside the national top 200
#69Neil#182 nationally
#89Leooutside the national top 200
#48Francis#159 nationally
#91Erikoutside the national top 200
#94Doreenoutside the national top 200
#99Dianneoutside the national top 200
#100Gerardoutside the national top 200
#72Heather#160 nationally
#99Gregg#186 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,121US #1
#2Susan1,531US #3
#3Karen1,303US #4
#4Mary1,252US #2
#5Patricia1,076US #5
#6Donna944US #7
#7Kathleen938US #30
#8Christine899US #28
#9Linda838US #8
#10Deborah819US #12
#11Nancy702US #26
#12Elizabeth678US #16
#13Pamela638US #11
#14Diane632US #32
#15Michelle631US #23
#16Cheryl608US #29
#17Robin548US #27
#18Laura537US #14
#19Sandra524US #13
#20Lori483US #15
#21Barbara477US #19
#22Kimberly475US #6
#23Debra472US #24
#24Denise472US #25
#25Cynthia469US #9
#26Laurie469US #59
#27Jennifer450US #31
#28Ann445US #60
#29Sharon445US #20
#30Paula442US #45
#31Carol436US #36
#32Maureen423US #107
#33Julie410US #17
#34Brenda404US #18
#35Catherine360US #54
#36Theresa353US #38
#37Margaret350US #49
#38Kelly346US #35
#39Anne345US #76
#40Dawn345US #33
#41Suzanne334US #67
#42Jacqueline330US #37
#43Wendy320US #55
#44Joanne316US #116
#45Kim315US #42
#46Amy302US #44
#47Maria301US #41
#48Janet291US #48
#49Beth275US #65
#50Lynn275US #72
#51Judith270US #98
#52Jean266US #100
#53Carolyn254US #56
#54Michele254US #58
#55Tammy245US #10
#56Ellen244US #119
#57Sheila242US #51
#58Darlene240US #80
#59Tracy239US #40
#60Jane234US #93
#61Joan234US #99
#62Lynne232US #194
#63Tina223US #34
#64Andrea216US #77
#65Heidi203US #124
#66Marie199US #110
#67Melissa191US #53
#68Colleen190US #94
#69Jill180US #61
#70Valerie178US #66
#71Gail176US #125
#72Heather173US #160
#73Bonnie170US #89
#74Janice168US #69
#75Leslie167US #73
#76Teresa167US #21
#77Angela166US #22
#78Katherine165US #82
#79Eileen162US #153
#80Elaine158US #142
#81Cindy156US #47
#82Stephanie156US #57
#83Kathryn155US #84
#84Kathy151US #39
#85Jeanne150US #156
#86Rebecca150US #46
#87Lauren141
#88Sarah140US #92
#89Martha138US #95
#90Christina137US #88
#91Gina135US #79
#92Debbie134US #52
#93Tracey133US #111
#94Doreen129
#95Holly129US #121
#96Joyce124US #87
#97Rhonda122US #43
#98Diana121US #63
#99Dianne118
#100Ruth109US #114

Boys

#1John3,550US #2
#2Michael3,118US #1
#3David2,775US #3
#4Robert2,704US #5
#5James2,412US #4
#6Paul1,696US #16
#7Richard1,654US #8
#8Mark1,619US #6
#9William1,573US #7
#10Thomas1,410US #9
#11Joseph1,383US #11
#12Scott1,114US #14
#13Kevin1,075US #13
#14Steven1,061US #12
#15Stephen1,022US #29
#16Daniel1,008US #19
#17Brian953US #20
#18Christopher935US #23
#19Peter851US #39
#20Jeffrey841US #10
#21Timothy758US #15
#22Edward747US #27
#23Kenneth660US #18
#24Charles557US #17
#25Donald486US #25
#26Ronald481US #24
#27Gary477US #26
#28Anthony473US #21
#29Eric457US #32
#30Patrick427US #30
#31Andrew418US #37
#32George408US #33
#33Douglas399US #31
#34Gregory390US #22
#35Matthew339US #43
#36Keith283US #34
#37Bruce272US #46
#38Todd266US #28
#39Philip264US #76
#40Raymond258US #44
#41Frank248US #41
#42Wayne238US #61
#43Sean230US #118
#44Dennis225US #42
#45Alan221US #53
#46Jonathan221US #83
#47Lawrence217US #68
#48Francis210US #159
#49Glenn210US #81
#50Shawn197US #88
#51Frederick174US #105
#52Marc171US #113
#53Roger168US #49
#54Craig167US #48
#55Arthur164US #91
#56Russell156US #58
#57Carl149US #55
#58Gerald149US #60
#59Barry146US #69
#60Walter146US #80
#61Jon136US #79
#62Louis136US #102
#63Vincent136US #64
#64Dana127
#65Dean121US #85
#66Jay116US #84
#67Martin113US #63
#68Albert105US #100
#69Neil99US #182
#70Ralph95US #103
#71Phillip94US #67
#72Chris90US #65
#73Adam89US #122
#74Randy89US #38
#75Steve87US #51
#76Harold84US #98
#77Glen83US #154
#78Bryan81US #70
#79Nicholas79US #158
#80Karl78US #135
#81Leonard78US #115
#82Henry75US #92
#83Ernest74US #124
#84Allen73US #93
#85Alfred72US #163
#86Theodore72US #152
#87Eugene71US #114
#88Norman69US #144
#89Leo66
#90Dale65US #72
#91Erik63
#92Warren63US #160
#93Jeff62US #52
#94Randall61US #66
#95Kurt59US #109
#96Larry59US #36
#97Stanley59US #111
#98Darryl58US #87
#99Gregg58US #186
#100Gerard55

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑25Dawn#40
↑22Angela#77
↑19Jacqueline#42
↑17Heather#72
↑16Adam#73
↑15Frederick#51
↑14Lynn#50
↑13Randy#74

Falling

↓22Gerard#100
↓18Kathy#84
↓15Jane#60
↓13Allen#84
↓13Norman#88
↓12Joanne#44
↓12Lynne#62
↓12Jeanne#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.