State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,959 Massachusetts births in 1973 across 1,023 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
#70Francisoutside the national top 200
#72Seth#196 nationally
#80Brendanoutside the national top 200
#29Kerry#148 nationally
#64Kerri#180 nationally
#89Maureenoutside the national top 200
#93Laurenoutside the national top 200
#98Joanne#197 nationally
#91Ian#180 nationally
#47Colleen#125 nationally
#92Kara#167 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,925US #1
#2Michelle825US #3
#3Amy752US #2
#4Lisa731US #5
#5Melissa626US #6
#6Kimberly551US #4
#7Heather538US #8
#8Christine534US #17
#9Nicole507US #11
#10Karen441US #23
#11Rebecca420US #10
#12Elizabeth410US #13
#13Julie395US #12
#14Kristen383US #58
#15Kelly368US #18
#16Susan331US #25
#17Jessica306US #34
#18Stephanie295US #9
#19Sarah294US #35
#20Laura289US #19
#21Tracy282US #20
#22Dawn277US #21
#23Kathleen273US #68
#24Lori252US #28
#25Tara245US #37
#26Danielle239US #49
#27Mary232US #14
#28Christina228US #16
#29Kerry217US #148
#30Kristin208US #78
#31Stacey204US #41
#32Tammy202US #15
#33Andrea200US #30
#34Patricia192US #27
#35Shannon192US #22
#36Erin190US #79
#37Laurie190US #106
#38Wendy188US #29
#39Denise183US #38
#40Rachel179US #42
#41Heidi177US #65
#42Deborah176US #56
#43Melanie166US #43
#44Jill163US #62
#45Cynthia162US #26
#46Angela161US #7
#47Colleen161US #125
#48Sandra158US #39
#49Michele155US #44
#50Maria154US #31
#51Tina154US #24
#52Linda153US #61
#53Sharon152US #57
#54Stacy151US #32
#55Catherine147US #67
#56Cheryl144US #74
#57Nancy144US #77
#58Suzanne144US #98
#59Tanya143US #50
#60Katherine142US #64
#61Carrie133US #46
#62Holly132US #54
#63Brenda131US #53
#64Kerri130US #180
#65Pamela128US #47
#66Erica127US #81
#67Renee125US #80
#68Tracey121US #102
#69Donna115US #55
#70Amanda114US #51
#71Diane110US #115
#72Lynn109US #145
#73April103US #33
#74Kathryn103US #107
#75Robin102US #60
#76Gina101US #83
#77Sara101US #89
#78Alison99US #146
#79Ann99US #93
#80Beth99US #117
#81Allison96US #105
#82Debra96US #84
#83Anne95US #122
#84Theresa94US #69
#85Jacqueline93US #88
#86Jodi93US #100
#87Bridget92US #112
#88Carolyn91US #116
#89Maureen91
#90Barbara90US #63
#91Emily90US #99
#92Kara90US #167
#93Lauren90
#94Paula90US #87
#95Kristine89US #133
#96Margaret89US #94
#97Kim84US #129
#98Joanne82US #197
#99Kristina82US #97
#100Diana79US #85

Boys

#1Michael2,179US #1
#2Christopher1,369US #2
#3John1,209US #6
#4Jason1,208US #3
#5David1,155US #5
#6Robert1,133US #7
#7Brian985US #8
#8James973US #4
#9Matthew878US #10
#10Daniel764US #11
#11William742US #9
#12Mark676US #15
#13Joseph671US #12
#14Scott659US #18
#15Kevin651US #14
#16Richard635US #16
#17Jeffrey624US #17
#18Thomas614US #19
#19Eric599US #13
#20Paul578US #24
#21Timothy502US #22
#22Steven447US #20
#23Sean437US #36
#24Peter431US #52
#25Stephen418US #32
#26Jonathan374US #31
#27Keith370US #41
#28Anthony349US #21
#29Shawn346US #27
#30Gregory336US #26
#31Andrew335US #29
#32Kenneth302US #28
#33Edward294US #39
#34Todd294US #35
#35Derek276US #69
#36Joshua257US #42
#37Charles243US #23
#38Patrick239US #37
#39Craig230US #48
#40Adam213US #45
#41George210US #46
#42Marc190US #81
#43Justin177US #51
#44Dennis173US #56
#45Donald171US #38
#46Ryan170US #30
#47Jeremy160US #33
#48Ronald156US #40
#49Aaron154US #34
#50Douglas151US #47
#51Benjamin141US #55
#52Gary138US #44
#53Bryan122US #43
#54Jamie117US #70
#55Shane117US #54
#56Chad113US #25
#57Frank112US #61
#58Jose111US #49
#59Christian106US #97
#60Nicholas105US #85
#61Philip103US #91
#62Raymond103US #60
#63Erik101US #86
#64Wayne95US #107
#65Brett93US #88
#66Dana85
#67Joel85US #73
#68Alexander84US #116
#69Nathan84US #63
#70Francis81
#71Jesse80US #75
#72Seth79US #196
#73Jon75US #94
#74Luis73US #114
#75Russell73US #77
#76Arthur72US #119
#77Carlos67US #74
#78Alan66US #115
#79Samuel66US #66
#80Brendan65
#81Carl62US #90
#82Gerald61US #102
#83Walter61US #101
#84Bruce60US #134
#85Jay60US #118
#86Victor60US #103
#87Glenn59US #146
#88Lawrence58US #104
#89Albert57US #112
#90Roger55US #84
#91Ian54US #180
#92Corey52US #89
#93Frederick52US #120
#94Brandon51US #58
#95Darren51US #113
#96Antonio50US #92
#97Phillip50US #71
#98Vincent50US #99
#99Jacob46US #122
#100Dean44US #168

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑26Danielle#26
↑23Jesse#71
↑22Stacey#31
↑21Sarah#19
↑21Erica#66
↑21Amanda#70
↑16Gerald#82
↑15Stacy#54

Falling

↓31Debra#82
↓27Cheryl#56
↓27Donna#69
↓27Paula#94
↓22Pamela#65
↓19Margaret#96
↓18Tina#51
↓16Lawrence#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.