State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1967 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,672 Massachusetts births in 1967 across 971 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#60Danaoutside the national top 200
#47Francis#169 nationally
#80Lynneoutside the national top 200
#85Laurenoutside the national top 200
#87Neil#200 nationally
#89Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#97Brendanoutside the national top 200
#100Kerryoutside the national top 200
#86Christian#186 nationally
#51Joanne#147 nationally
#89Eileen#180 nationally
#98Erin#185 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,042US #1
#2Michelle1,257US #3
#3Susan1,083US #5
#4Christine1,058US #14
#5Karen936US #6
#6Kimberly852US #2
#7Mary758US #4
#8Kathleen715US #40
#9Patricia689US #11
#10Jennifer649US #10
#11Elizabeth631US #13
#12Deborah580US #22
#13Cheryl540US #35
#14Donna534US #19
#15Linda500US #26
#16Laura485US #15
#17Pamela477US #17
#18Nancy470US #37
#19Amy444US #12
#20Kelly438US #23
#21Julie407US #16
#22Lori404US #24
#23Diane403US #44
#24Melissa390US #9
#25Denise385US #34
#26Wendy379US #32
#27Sandra372US #20
#28Dawn366US #27
#29Cynthia365US #18
#30Debra361US #38
#31Michele359US #36
#32Sharon345US #30
#33Ann332US #57
#34Laurie324US #72
#35Tracy317US #29
#36Stephanie314US #25
#37Tammy306US #8
#38Paula301US #46
#39Suzanne295US #63
#40Barbara294US #33
#41Tina294US #21
#42Robin291US #45
#43Brenda280US #31
#44Kim274US #49
#45Maureen266US #129
#46Andrea264US #48
#47Maria263US #42
#48Carol256US #47
#49Theresa250US #43
#50Catherine249US #55
#51Joanne240US #147
#52Kristen228US #124
#53Anne218US #84
#54Margaret218US #58
#55Heather210US #87
#56Kristin210US #97
#57Lynn203US #81
#58Jill196US #50
#59Heidi195US #88
#60Carolyn192US #60
#61Ellen192US #138
#62Beth188US #67
#63Tracey188US #78
#64Renee187US #62
#65Rebecca182US #39
#66Sheila180US #56
#67Colleen174US #96
#68Sarah171US #83
#69Jean170US #136
#70Christina168US #53
#71Janet167US #61
#72Katherine167US #76
#73Judith165US #130
#74Jacqueline158US #52
#75Angela156US #7
#76Darlene152US #111
#77Stacey148US #69
#78Gina146US #54
#79Jane141US #127
#80Lynne139
#81Kristine136US #106
#82Nicole136US #122
#83Bonnie131US #102
#84Leslie129US #66
#85Lauren126
#86Marie123US #126
#87Valerie118US #73
#88April115US #79
#89Eileen115US #180
#90Janice115US #99
#91Diana114US #65
#92Teresa114US #28
#93Rachel113US #105
#94Rhonda112US #41
#95Kathryn111US #92
#96Cindy108US #59
#97Gail108US #163
#98Erin101US #185
#99Joan101US #149
#100Kerry98

Boys

#1Michael3,064US #1
#2John2,434US #4
#3David2,425US #2
#4Robert2,043US #5
#5James1,942US #3
#6Christopher1,403US #9
#7Mark1,329US #7
#8Richard1,312US #8
#9William1,305US #6
#10Paul1,280US #18
#11Joseph1,179US #15
#12Scott1,121US #16
#13Thomas1,041US #12
#14Brian1,025US #10
#15Daniel938US #19
#16Stephen926US #26
#17Steven914US #14
#18Kevin910US #17
#19Timothy806US #11
#20Jeffrey800US #13
#21Peter679US #39
#22Edward596US #31
#23Matthew566US #28
#24Eric528US #23
#25Kenneth512US #22
#26Anthony486US #21
#27Sean470US #44
#28Charles469US #20
#29Andrew428US #35
#30Patrick386US #30
#31Ronald358US #24
#32Gary349US #32
#33Donald334US #27
#34Gregory334US #25
#35Douglas320US #33
#36Keith315US #34
#37Todd315US #29
#38George305US #36
#39Dennis236US #43
#40Shawn217US #51
#41Jonathan214US #56
#42Raymond213US #48
#43Craig212US #46
#44Wayne207US #62
#45Philip197US #82
#46Frank191US #45
#47Francis177US #169
#48Bruce174US #55
#49Marc169US #101
#50Alan168US #61
#51Glenn142US #91
#52Lawrence142US #67
#53Arthur141US #94
#54Russell139US #58
#55Roger125US #53
#56Dean120US #78
#57Frederick119US #110
#58Jason118US #54
#59Gerald115US #59
#60Dana105
#61Vincent105US #65
#62Walter105US #81
#63Barry103US #96
#64Jay103US #87
#65Carl102US #57
#66Jon98US #71
#67Adam95US #118
#68Bryan93US #52
#69Chris90US #60
#70Erik90US #133
#71Darren86US #63
#72Louis86US #107
#73Norman84US #146
#74Randy83US #49
#75Albert75US #98
#76Nicholas75US #130
#77Joel73US #90
#78Troy71US #40
#79Ralph70US #117
#80Kurt69US #113
#81Martin67US #80
#82Henry65US #93
#83Jose64US #64
#84Leonard64US #125
#85Theodore63US #149
#86Christian62US #186
#87Neil61US #200
#88Eugene60US #122
#89Geoffrey59
#90Derek58US #123
#91Ernest58US #128
#92Lee58US #103
#93Randall56US #72
#94Roy56US #95
#95Benjamin55US #119
#96Glen55US #157
#97Brendan54
#98Rodney52US #37
#99Samuel52US #69
#100Allen51US #100

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑24Stephanie#36
↑16Melissa#24
↑16Troy#78
↑15Katherine#72
↑15Theodore#85
↑14Heather#55
↑12Jason#58
↑10Wendy#26

Falling

↓29Rodney#98
↓18Kim#44
↓18Jacqueline#74
↓16Marie#86
↓15Joan#99
↓15Glen#96
↓12Judith#73
↓10Maureen#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.