State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,458 Massachusetts births in 1975 across 1,009 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

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

#69Brendanoutside the national top 200
#35Kerry#163 nationally
#76Francisoutside the national top 200
#81Danaoutside the national top 200
#51Kerri#167 nationally
#94Joanneoutside the national top 200
#100Maureenoutside the national top 200
#74Neil#174 nationally
#88Lynn#182 nationally
#84Geoffrey#167 nationally
#98Meredith#181 nationally
#67Lauren#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,676US #1
#2Amy847US #2
#3Melissa693US #4
#4Michelle682US #6
#5Heather571US #3
#6Jessica519US #13
#7Lisa518US #8
#8Nicole499US #10
#9Kimberly452US #7
#10Christine431US #22
#11Elizabeth427US #15
#12Kelly388US #16
#13Sarah369US #17
#14Rebecca364US #11
#15Julie349US #18
#16Erin295US #38
#17Stephanie284US #9
#18Karen278US #27
#19Kristen271US #60
#20Danielle268US #42
#21Laura253US #20
#22Tara247US #41
#23Dawn246US #23
#24Christina245US #12
#25Susan240US #32
#26Kathleen232US #80
#27Angela226US #5
#28Jill217US #46
#29Andrea216US #28
#30Mary210US #19
#31Rachel208US #26
#32Amanda205US #14
#33Tracy205US #24
#34Shannon197US #21
#35Kerry189US #163
#36Katherine183US #58
#37Patricia177US #36
#38Tammy176US #31
#39Carrie169US #29
#40Kristin163US #74
#41Stacey163US #44
#42Wendy161US #33
#43Melanie157US #52
#44Sandra155US #51
#45Lori154US #39
#46Tanya150US #50
#47Emily149US #48
#48Maria147US #30
#49Megan137US #69
#50Laurie136US #125
#51Kerri135US #167
#52Brenda134US #67
#53Kara134US #118
#54Catherine131US #73
#55Sara128US #54
#56Nancy127US #82
#57Colleen126US #133
#58Heidi126US #66
#59Erica124US #63
#60Michele119US #56
#61Pamela119US #70
#62Renee119US #87
#63Deborah114US #86
#64Denise114US #64
#65Stacy114US #34
#66Tina113US #35
#67Lauren112US #144
#68Beth111US #120
#69Cynthia111US #40
#70Cheryl110US #97
#71Allison109US #89
#72Gina109US #84
#73Sharon108US #75
#74Holly106US #55
#75April105US #25
#76Alison98US #127
#77Kathryn98US #99
#78Robin97US #65
#79Linda93US #81
#80Jodi89US #94
#81Tracey89US #117
#82Diane86US #142
#83Margaret85US #98
#84Anne83US #124
#85Theresa82US #78
#86Debra81US #114
#87Jacqueline81US #90
#88Lynn81US #182
#89Suzanne80US #121
#90Aimee79US #136
#91Paula79US #108
#92Carolyn78US #119
#93Donna76US #85
#94Joanne76
#95Tiffany75US #37
#96Anna70US #79
#97Courtney69US #102
#98Meredith69US #181
#99Diana68US #100
#100Maureen68

Boys

#1Michael2,186US #1
#2Christopher1,218US #3
#3Jason1,195US #2
#4David1,140US #5
#5John968US #7
#6James945US #4
#7Matthew941US #9
#8Robert928US #6
#9Brian869US #8
#10Daniel745US #11
#11Joseph685US #12
#12Jeffrey621US #14
#13William601US #10
#14Mark576US #19
#15Scott573US #17
#16Richard560US #16
#17Eric552US #13
#18Kevin527US #15
#19Thomas498US #20
#20Paul477US #29
#21Steven428US #18
#22Timothy427US #22
#23Joshua422US #26
#24Stephen421US #34
#25Sean395US #40
#26Andrew387US #28
#27Peter372US #54
#28Jonathan367US #30
#29Adam318US #38
#30Anthony317US #21
#31Shawn306US #31
#32Keith286US #49
#33Gregory276US #33
#34Ryan275US #23
#35Edward255US #41
#36Todd245US #43
#37Jeremy242US #24
#38Benjamin234US #36
#39Patrick222US #39
#40Justin221US #37
#41Kenneth221US #35
#42Charles211US #25
#43Aaron176US #32
#44Craig173US #58
#45Derek158US #83
#46Marc156US #89
#47George152US #53
#48Jamie137US #62
#49Ronald135US #46
#50Nathan134US #45
#51Dennis130US #59
#52Donald129US #42
#53Chad124US #27
#54Jose123US #48
#55Douglas121US #55
#56Bryan117US #47
#57Raymond113US #63
#58Nicholas109US #81
#59Gary107US #50
#60Philip107US #85
#61Alexander103US #105
#62Seth102US #136
#63Christian100US #103
#64Jesse100US #64
#65Erik88US #87
#66Shane88US #57
#67Frank87US #66
#68Joel86US #74
#69Brendan79
#70Wayne77US #120
#71Brett75US #92
#72Luis73US #107
#73Samuel69US #61
#74Neil68US #174
#75Corey67US #71
#76Francis67
#77Carl66US #91
#78Jon65US #102
#79Lawrence64US #110
#80Russell64US #82
#81Dana63
#82Randy62US #78
#83Ian61US #144
#84Geoffrey58US #167
#85Darren55US #126
#86Jared55US #100
#87Jay55US #117
#88Alan54US #115
#89Carlos53US #73
#90Jacob53US #75
#91Antonio52US #77
#92Juan52US #60
#93Nathaniel52US #131
#94Arthur51US #128
#95Roger49US #97
#96Frederick47US #141
#97Gerald47US #108
#98Kyle47US #88
#99Louis46US #138
#100Lee44US #137

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑43Megan#49
↑33Emily#47
↑25Beth#68
↑22Seth#62
↑20Brendan#69
↑17Carrie#39
↑17Lauren#67
↑17Gina#72

Falling

↓27Tina#66
↓23Suzanne#89
↓18Deborah#63
↓17Alan#88
↓16Cheryl#70
↓15Arthur#94
↓14April#75
↓14Donna#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.