State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,760 Massachusetts births in 1971 across 1,083 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#70Danaoutside the national top 200
#74Francisoutside the national top 200
#81Maureenoutside the national top 200
#78Kerri#195 nationally
#87Laurenoutside the national top 200
#87Brendanoutside the national top 200
#80Joanne#188 nationally
#93Karaoutside the national top 200
#38Kerry#145 nationally
#100Sethoutside the national top 200
#80Glen#174 nationally
#16Kristen#87 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,015US #1
#2Lisa1,089US #3
#3Michelle1,064US #2
#4Kimberly851US #4
#5Amy720US #5
#6Christine712US #18
#7Karen630US #15
#8Melissa602US #7
#9Susan559US #17
#10Heather531US #12
#11Julie483US #10
#12Elizabeth477US #19
#13Kelly465US #22
#14Kathleen422US #53
#15Laura418US #16
#16Kristen413US #87
#17Dawn406US #14
#18Tracy404US #13
#19Nicole383US #27
#20Lori352US #25
#21Tammy348US #8
#22Mary347US #9
#23Patricia339US #26
#24Pamela331US #28
#25Deborah324US #33
#26Kristin310US #71
#27Tina306US #20
#28Stephanie289US #11
#29Rebecca286US #23
#30Andrea280US #35
#31Wendy274US #29
#32Cheryl273US #50
#33Jessica261US #64
#34Laurie254US #96
#35Sandra252US #31
#36Angela243US #6
#37Nancy241US #52
#38Kerry233US #145
#39Linda233US #42
#40Sarah232US #58
#41Cynthia228US #24
#42Erin224US #93
#43Donna223US #38
#44Denise222US #36
#45Michele220US #39
#46Maria219US #37
#47Heidi218US #77
#48Sharon218US #40
#49Stacey218US #41
#50Christina212US #30
#51Tara211US #49
#52Brenda208US #43
#53Rachel208US #54
#54Shannon206US #21
#55Paula199US #63
#56Debra194US #57
#57Diane194US #83
#58Suzanne188US #88
#59Jill187US #59
#60Tracey178US #74
#61Robin177US #51
#62Colleen174US #121
#63Lynn169US #128
#64Theresa168US #61
#65Catherine167US #65
#66Ann163US #78
#67Danielle163US #99
#68Kim160US #101
#69Stacy159US #32
#70Beth147US #100
#71Gina146US #69
#72Katherine145US #67
#73Barbara142US #47
#74Carrie140US #55
#75Melanie138US #66
#76Alison137US #143
#77Carolyn135US #104
#78Kerri135US #195
#79Renee131US #73
#80Joanne129US #188
#81Maureen125
#82Margaret124US #86
#83Holly123US #76
#84Jodi123US #94
#85Tanya123US #72
#86Jacqueline122US #75
#87Lauren121
#88Kristine112US #120
#89Anne107US #122
#90Erica107US #108
#91Allison106US #119
#92Leslie103US #68
#93Kara101
#94Sherry100US #60
#95Diana99US #82
#96Sara97US #114
#97Carol94US #92
#98Kathryn94US #111
#99Bonnie93US #138
#100Darlene93US #170

Boys

#1Michael2,535US #1
#2David1,726US #3
#3John1,669US #4
#4Christopher1,583US #6
#5Robert1,542US #5
#6James1,406US #2
#7Scott1,263US #10
#8William974US #7
#9Brian938US #9
#10Mark935US #13
#11Jeffrey882US #12
#12Richard874US #11
#13Jason861US #8
#14Joseph849US #15
#15Matthew839US #19
#16Paul799US #24
#17Thomas797US #17
#18Kevin780US #14
#19Daniel773US #20
#20Eric735US #18
#21Steven646US #16
#22Stephen621US #27
#23Peter542US #47
#24Sean537US #36
#25Timothy511US #21
#26Anthony450US #23
#27Derek431US #63
#28Keith423US #37
#29Edward406US #32
#30Todd393US #30
#31Andrew389US #33
#32Kenneth389US #25
#33Shawn388US #28
#34Charles356US #22
#35Jonathan345US #40
#36Gregory335US #26
#37Patrick282US #35
#38Craig269US #43
#39George247US #42
#40Adam233US #57
#41Ronald229US #31
#42Marc222US #70
#43Donald215US #34
#44Douglas201US #39
#45Gary182US #38
#46Jeremy181US #45
#47Aaron179US #41
#48Dennis169US #49
#49Joshua157US #80
#50Frank151US #54
#51Raymond140US #52
#52Philip136US #94
#53Erik134US #97
#54Wayne127US #92
#55Alan113US #99
#56Benjamin113US #69
#57Ryan108US #51
#58Chad106US #29
#59Jose104US #55
#60Russell103US #64
#61Lawrence101US #85
#62Bryan98US #48
#63Christian95US #122
#64Jamie95US #96
#65Alexander94US #134
#66Justin93US #103
#67Brett92US #90
#68Jon92US #78
#69Arthur91US #117
#70Dana90
#71Glenn90US #127
#72Bruce89US #108
#73Nicholas88US #123
#74Francis85
#75Gerald83US #83
#76Joel83US #86
#77Dean82US #137
#78Carl81US #72
#79Walter80US #91
#80Glen79US #174
#81Frederick76US #109
#82Randy76US #67
#83Roger74US #71
#84Darren73US #100
#85Shane71US #60
#86Barry69US #133
#87Brendan69
#88Jesse69US #107
#89Vincent67US #87
#90Martin66US #105
#91Troy66US #46
#92Albert63US #119
#93Corey63US #77
#94Jay63US #114
#95Kyle62US #116
#96Louis62US #126
#97Nathan60US #104
#98Victor60US #113
#99Chris55US #68
#100Seth55

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑34Jessica#33
↑34Jamie#64
↑31Justin#66
↑28Kerry#38
↑22Brett#67
↑19Jeremy#46
↑18Kerri#78
↑16Sarah#40

Falling

↓27Carol#97
↓21Glenn#71
↓19Albert#92
↓18Frederick#81
↓17Jay#94
↓17Louis#96
↓17Chris#99
↓16Robin#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.