State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,892 Massachusetts births in 1970 across 1,102 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#62Francis#192 nationally
#71Danaoutside the national top 200
#84Laurenoutside the national top 200
#66Kerry#176 nationally
#72Maureen#182 nationally
#96Kerrioutside the national top 200
#99Shaunoutside the national top 200
#88Ellen#188 nationally
#52Joshua#150 nationally
#79Joanne#170 nationally
#87Neil#178 nationally
#74Glen#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,645US #1
#2Lisa1,358US #2
#3Michelle1,059US #4
#4Kimberly995US #3
#5Christine912US #14
#6Karen760US #12
#7Amy723US #5
#8Susan658US #15
#9Melissa638US #7
#10Julie559US #11
#11Tracy540US #10
#12Elizabeth515US #18
#13Kathleen511US #45
#14Laura502US #13
#15Heather500US #19
#16Kelly494US #20
#17Mary437US #9
#18Dawn426US #16
#19Patricia403US #24
#20Kristen400US #83
#21Pamela395US #26
#22Lori375US #23
#23Nicole364US #30
#24Deborah362US #33
#25Cheryl351US #44
#26Kristin346US #63
#27Tammy346US #8
#28Stephanie334US #17
#29Wendy310US #28
#30Linda308US #38
#31Donna300US #32
#32Nancy298US #50
#33Denise297US #36
#34Sandra293US #27
#35Michele284US #31
#36Sharon283US #37
#37Cynthia274US #25
#38Tina269US #21
#39Andrea265US #43
#40Laurie262US #88
#41Debra260US #47
#42Diane244US #70
#43Rebecca241US #29
#44Erin233US #111
#45Robin228US #51
#46Christina226US #35
#47Heidi226US #81
#48Angela222US #6
#49Tracey219US #55
#50Ann213US #62
#51Maria213US #39
#52Jill211US #52
#53Suzanne211US #87
#54Brenda209US #40
#55Catherine208US #59
#56Sarah208US #65
#57Kim203US #78
#58Paula201US #57
#59Stacey200US #48
#60Barbara192US #41
#61Shannon192US #22
#62Theresa189US #53
#63Rachel187US #58
#64Tara187US #69
#65Colleen186US #117
#66Kerry182US #176
#67Jessica181US #98
#68Beth179US #92
#69Stacy178US #42
#70Carol174US #71
#71Lynn174US #119
#72Maureen171US #182
#73Katherine170US #67
#74Gina162US #61
#75Kristine161US #109
#76Anne160US #112
#77Holly154US #74
#78Renee154US #68
#79Joanne146US #170
#80Jacqueline138US #66
#81Margaret138US #80
#82Carolyn137US #84
#83Danielle135US #114
#84Lauren130
#85Leslie126US #64
#86Jodi124US #95
#87Sheila118US #75
#88Ellen117US #188
#89Carrie116US #73
#90Jean116US #159
#91Kathryn113US #104
#92Cindy111US #72
#93Kellie109US #158
#94Darlene108US #155
#95Bonnie105US #130
#96Kerri101
#97Victoria98US #85
#98Kristina97US #125
#99Sara97US #126
#100Janet96US #96

Boys

#1Michael2,797US #1
#2David2,034US #3
#3John2,019US #4
#4Robert1,788US #5
#5James1,655US #2
#6Christopher1,555US #6
#7Scott1,194US #12
#8William1,150US #7
#9Mark1,092US #9
#10Joseph1,074US #16
#11Richard1,015US #10
#12Brian985US #8
#13Paul983US #23
#14Jeffrey920US #11
#15Kevin910US #14
#16Thomas894US #17
#17Daniel887US #19
#18Stephen723US #27
#19Steven723US #15
#20Eric721US #18
#21Jason718US #13
#22Matthew712US #24
#23Peter648US #44
#24Sean568US #37
#25Timothy557US #20
#26Edward513US #31
#27Andrew490US #32
#28Anthony449US #22
#29Charles408US #21
#30Todd406US #28
#31Derek405US #77
#32Shawn395US #34
#33Kenneth393US #25
#34Jonathan377US #42
#35Gregory376US #26
#36Keith353US #38
#37Craig322US #39
#38Patrick312US #33
#39Ronald283US #29
#40Donald279US #30
#41George274US #40
#42Douglas258US #36
#43Gary252US #35
#44Dennis234US #46
#45Marc225US #60
#46Frank185US #48
#47Raymond183US #49
#48Wayne171US #80
#49Adam156US #72
#50Glenn149US #109
#51Philip149US #92
#52Joshua136US #150
#53Alan128US #91
#54Lawrence124US #83
#55Aaron123US #52
#56Erik123US #101
#57Christian120US #127
#58Jose118US #56
#59Bryan116US #53
#60Russell116US #58
#61Bruce111US #94
#62Francis111US #192
#63Frederick108US #115
#64Arthur107US #111
#65Jeremy106US #70
#66Benjamin105US #81
#67Jon102US #68
#68Alexander101US #137
#69Nicholas101US #123
#70Carl97US #66
#71Dana92
#72Roger92US #61
#73Albert91US #107
#74Glen89US #155
#75Darren88US #75
#76Gerald88US #67
#77Jay84US #97
#78Barry82US #117
#79Louis81US #124
#80Vincent80US #79
#81Dean79US #112
#82Chris78US #63
#83Randy78US #59
#84Corey77US #84
#85Martin77US #93
#86Walter77US #89
#87Neil76US #178
#88Joel74US #82
#89Brett73US #99
#90Henry70US #104
#91Shane69US #64
#92Troy69US #41
#93Lee68US #118
#94Ralph68US #147
#95Lance67US #76
#96Kurt66US #149
#97Justin65US #138
#98Jamie61US #125
#99Shaun61
#100Jesse59US #119

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑35Aaron#55
↑32Jessica#67
↑30Nicole#23
↑22Erin#44
↑19Joshua#52
↑18Jose#58
↑16Derek#31
↑16Bryan#59

Falling

↓27Dean#81
↓18Maureen#72
↓18Margaret#81
↓17Jay#77
↓16Glen#74
↓15Janet#100
↓13Carl#70
↓12Walter#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.