State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,377 Massachusetts births in 1966 across 957 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#66Danaoutside the national top 200
#82Lynneoutside the national top 200
#49Francis#164 nationally
#83Neil#198 nationally
#86Gerardoutside the national top 200
#90Brendanoutside the national top 200
#91Greggoutside the national top 200
#93Laurenoutside the national top 200
#89Alexander#182 nationally
#80Eileen#168 nationally
#62Kristen#149 nationally
#35Maureen#119 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,138US #1
#2Susan1,151US #6
#3Karen1,112US #5
#4Michelle1,074US #4
#5Christine976US #20
#6Kimberly828US #2
#7Mary820US #3
#8Kathleen816US #37
#9Patricia763US #7
#10Deborah698US #14
#11Elizabeth674US #16
#12Donna616US #12
#13Cheryl592US #34
#14Jennifer578US #10
#15Linda549US #18
#16Nancy538US #33
#17Pamela499US #15
#18Laura470US #19
#19Julie450US #13
#20Diane439US #45
#21Sandra404US #17
#22Kelly403US #26
#23Cynthia395US #11
#24Debra391US #35
#25Denise386US #32
#26Kim380US #43
#27Laurie378US #63
#28Amy376US #30
#29Dawn375US #24
#30Lori373US #21
#31Barbara368US #27
#32Sharon364US #28
#33Robin340US #42
#34Michele336US #36
#35Maureen335US #119
#36Wendy335US #41
#37Paula331US #50
#38Tracy331US #31
#39Ann327US #61
#40Melissa324US #22
#41Catherine319US #54
#42Brenda318US #25
#43Carol307US #48
#44Theresa297US #46
#45Suzanne294US #62
#46Maria293US #44
#47Tammy274US #8
#48Joanne270US #132
#49Margaret265US #55
#50Andrea262US #52
#51Tina252US #23
#52Anne242US #83
#53Heidi237US #87
#54Lynn231US #81
#55Beth227US #65
#56Jacqueline227US #47
#57Jill216US #49
#58Carolyn210US #60
#59Colleen203US #93
#60Stephanie202US #38
#61Judith197US #110
#62Kristen197US #149
#63Jean193US #123
#64Kristin193US #107
#65Ellen188US #130
#66Darlene186US #94
#67Janet186US #57
#68Sheila182US #51
#69Heather179US #125
#70Marie175US #114
#71Renee173US #66
#72Tracey170US #69
#73Rebecca169US #40
#74Christina165US #67
#75Angela160US #9
#76Kristine160US #104
#77Sarah157US #85
#78Jane153US #111
#79Bonnie147US #90
#80Eileen143US #168
#81Gina143US #58
#82Lynne142
#83Stacey141US #76
#84Joan133US #133
#85Rhonda130US #39
#86Teresa130US #29
#87Katherine128US #78
#88Elaine127US #166
#89Janice126US #80
#90Leslie126US #71
#91Gail125US #152
#92Holly125US #101
#93Lauren122
#94Kathryn121US #86
#95Cindy118US #56
#96Jeanne116US #177
#97Valerie114US #74
#98Diana109US #64
#99Kathy100US #59
#100Sherry99US #53

Boys

#1Michael2,945US #1
#2John2,727US #4
#3David2,440US #2
#4Robert2,183US #5
#5James2,063US #3
#6Richard1,419US #8
#7Paul1,414US #18
#8William1,370US #6
#9Mark1,281US #7
#10Christopher1,241US #12
#11Joseph1,198US #15
#12Thomas1,159US #10
#13Scott1,101US #16
#14Steven1,019US #13
#15Kevin1,015US #17
#16Brian1,004US #14
#17Stephen971US #26
#18Daniel938US #19
#19Jeffrey821US #9
#20Timothy769US #11
#21Peter739US #39
#22Edward620US #30
#23Kenneth580US #21
#24Eric503US #25
#25Charles468US #20
#26Anthony446US #22
#27Matthew435US #34
#28Ronald421US #24
#29Donald393US #27
#30Andrew389US #36
#31Gary383US #28
#32Patrick378US #31
#33Sean368US #50
#34Keith355US #32
#35Gregory352US #23
#36George319US #37
#37Douglas306US #33
#38Todd300US #29
#39Jonathan239US #65
#40Shawn234US #54
#41Bruce225US #53
#42Dennis218US #44
#43Raymond218US #47
#44Frank204US #43
#45Philip197US #86
#46Craig195US #46
#47Wayne195US #59
#48Marc182US #105
#49Francis176US #164
#50Alan169US #57
#51Lawrence159US #66
#52Glenn150US #90
#53Arthur136US #96
#54Walter136US #83
#55Dean132US #84
#56Barry128US #87
#57Russell128US #61
#58Roger120US #51
#59Gerald119US #60
#60Jay114US #91
#61Frederick113US #109
#62Carl112US #56
#63Adam110US #123
#64Erik101US #145
#65Jon101US #76
#66Dana96
#67Vincent95US #58
#68Darren94US #63
#69Rodney93US #35
#70Jason92US #89
#71Randy90US #45
#72Chris85US #55
#73Albert83US #100
#74Nicholas83US #139
#75Henry82US #92
#76Louis82US #104
#77Bryan80US #52
#78Martin71US #78
#79Leonard70US #125
#80Norman70US #137
#81Glen69US #161
#82Ralph69US #112
#83Neil67US #198
#84Phillip64US #71
#85Ernest63US #122
#86Gerard63
#87Joel63US #102
#88Kurt62US #110
#89Alexander60US #182
#90Brendan60
#91Gregg60
#92Allen59US #97
#93Karl59US #158
#94Troy59US #48
#95Stanley58US #128
#96Darryl56US #88
#97Lee56US #106
#98Jeffery55US #42
#99Alfred54US #170
#100Theodore54US #149

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑38Kristen#62
↑20Christina#74
↑20Jason#70
↑18Melissa#40
↑16Heather#69
↑15Kim#26
↑14Heidi#53
↑14Kristine#76

Falling

↓21Cindy#95
↓18Kathy#99
↓15Janet#67
↓15Ralph#82
↓14Teresa#86
↓13Jane#78
↓12Lynne#82
↓12Darryl#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.