State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,207 Massachusetts births in 1969 across 1,043 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#52Francis#189 nationally
#72Danaoutside the national top 200
#71Joshua#197 nationally
#60Kerry#176 nationally
#86Laurenoutside the national top 200
#92Shaunoutside the national top 200
#54Maureen#161 nationally
#94Lynneoutside the national top 200
#100Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#68Joanne#156 nationally
#77Neil#164 nationally
#64Alexander#150 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,549US #1
#2Jennifer1,258US #3
#3Michelle1,100US #2
#4Kimberly998US #4
#5Christine957US #14
#6Susan798US #11
#7Karen767US #13
#8Kelly602US #15
#9Elizabeth590US #16
#10Laura589US #10
#11Amy586US #6
#12Kathleen549US #42
#13Julie537US #12
#14Melissa537US #5
#15Mary509US #8
#16Patricia476US #18
#17Deborah448US #27
#18Tracy430US #17
#19Pamela414US #24
#20Dawn411US #21
#21Cheryl406US #41
#22Heather398US #34
#23Lori397US #20
#24Kristen392US #96
#25Nancy371US #45
#26Donna365US #26
#27Linda360US #33
#28Sandra332US #25
#29Denise313US #35
#30Michele311US #30
#31Laurie303US #79
#32Stephanie302US #19
#33Tina300US #22
#34Sharon298US #36
#35Tammy293US #9
#36Wendy292US #29
#37Kristin286US #76
#38Cynthia284US #23
#39Andrea273US #48
#40Christina267US #37
#41Debra267US #43
#42Rebecca267US #28
#43Diane258US #61
#44Ann251US #57
#45Catherine250US #58
#46Suzanne245US #75
#47Maria242US #40
#48Paula233US #50
#49Brenda232US #38
#50Robin232US #46
#51Heidi228US #80
#52Barbara223US #39
#53Nicole215US #47
#54Maureen214US #161
#55Jill212US #51
#56Sarah212US #72
#57Kim204US #66
#58Tracey192US #65
#59Beth191US #82
#60Kerry191US #176
#61Lynn191US #103
#62Angela188US #7
#63Margaret186US #73
#64Theresa184US #49
#65Colleen180US #109
#66Erin178US #114
#67Carol174US #56
#68Joanne174US #156
#69Stacey174US #52
#70Gina173US #63
#71Carolyn171US #71
#72Renee166US #67
#73Anne155US #101
#74Rachel152US #69
#75Katherine150US #70
#76Shannon148US #31
#77Holly142US #87
#78Tara142US #107
#79Danielle132US #111
#80Jacqueline131US #62
#81Kathryn131US #104
#82Sheila130US #68
#83Stacy127US #53
#84Darlene125US #137
#85Janet123US #84
#86Lauren123
#87Jean118US #167
#88Kristine115US #110
#89Jodi113US #95
#90Kellie111US #130
#91Judith110US #157
#92Ellen105US #169
#93Leslie105US #64
#94Lynne105
#95Rhonda105US #44
#96Marie103US #145
#97Carrie101US #94
#98Charlene100US #163
#99Jessica100US #134
#100Sherry97US #55

Boys

#1Michael2,924US #1
#2David2,198US #2
#3John2,103US #4
#4Robert1,837US #5
#5James1,723US #3
#6Christopher1,439US #7
#7Scott1,279US #12
#8Mark1,237US #8
#9William1,174US #6
#10Richard1,110US #10
#11Joseph1,071US #15
#12Paul1,052US #22
#13Thomas1,022US #13
#14Brian980US #9
#15Daniel887US #18
#16Jeffrey858US #11
#17Kevin858US #16
#18Steven803US #14
#19Stephen770US #27
#20Matthew647US #24
#21Eric638US #21
#22Peter623US #43
#23Timothy613US #17
#24Edward541US #32
#25Sean534US #37
#26Andrew495US #33
#27Kenneth450US #23
#28Anthony429US #20
#29Charles410US #19
#30Gregory390US #26
#31Todd389US #28
#32Patrick363US #31
#33Jonathan358US #46
#34Jason357US #25
#35Donald314US #30
#36Keith314US #36
#37Ronald310US #29
#38Shawn295US #41
#39George291US #38
#40Douglas282US #34
#41Craig278US #39
#42Gary275US #35
#43Dennis233US #44
#44Marc228US #63
#45Raymond180US #50
#46Frank159US #47
#47Derek158US #109
#48Philip151US #86
#49Glenn149US #88
#50Bruce137US #72
#51Wayne135US #75
#52Francis131US #189
#53Adam128US #114
#54Dean122US #89
#55Alan118US #76
#56Lawrence116US #71
#57Carl115US #62
#58Glen115US #136
#59Arthur114US #97
#60Jay110US #95
#61Frederick105US #116
#62Nicholas105US #123
#63Christian102US #140
#64Alexander101US #150
#65Darren100US #60
#66Gerald100US #65
#67Russell99US #57
#68Benjamin97US #91
#69Jon97US #68
#70Erik96US #119
#71Joshua96US #197
#72Dana94
#73Vincent91US #70
#74Walter91US #84
#75Bryan88US #51
#76Jose88US #56
#77Neil87US #164
#78Roger87US #59
#79Barry86US #99
#80Louis84US #121
#81Joel83US #80
#82Randy79US #55
#83Corey76US #58
#84Leonard70US #133
#85Albert68US #108
#86Samuel68US #64
#87Phillip67US #74
#88Troy67US #42
#89Martin65US #78
#90Aaron64US #61
#91Ralph63US #126
#92Shaun62
#93Brett56US #94
#94Henry56US #100
#95Victor56US #102
#96Karl55US #180
#97Luis55US #151
#98Kyle54US #143
#99Allen53US #111
#100Bradford53

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑39Derek#47
↑36Nicole#53
↑32Erin#66
↑29Heather#22
↑22Joshua#71
↑21Rachel#74
↑20Rebecca#42
↑20Neil#77

Falling

↓17Carolyn#71
↓17Anne#73
↓17Bryan#75
↓17Roger#78
↓16Lynne#94
↓15Joanne#68
↓14Diane#43
↓14Kim#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.