Massachusetts · 1928

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	2,150
#2	Barbara	1,272
#3	Dorothy	1,110
#4	Helen	739
#5	Ruth	711
#6	Margaret	682
#7	Shirley	638
#8	Jean	621
#9	Doris	614
#10	Theresa	608
#11	Elizabeth	557
#12	Lorraine	552
#13	Phyllis	520
#14	Patricia	513
#15	Virginia	506
#16	Eleanor	486
#17	Alice	470
#18	Marie	467
#19	Irene	466
#20	Rita	450
#21	Claire	411
#22	Anna	370
#23	Frances	369
#24	Marjorie	365
#25	Rose	363
#26	Marion	344
#27	Evelyn	336
#28	Catherine	335
#29	Ann	331
#30	Lillian	330
#31	Gloria	325
#32	Florence	322
#33	Joan	315
#34	Pauline	304
#35	Nancy	303
#36	Marilyn	296
#37	Louise	266
#38	Anne	262
#39	Betty	255
#40	Mildred	244
#41	Josephine	243
#42	June	239
#43	Jane	226
#44	Grace	225
#45	Norma	208
#46	Jeanne	208
#47	Elaine	187
#48	Eileen	179
#49	Lois	176
#50	Priscilla	167
#51	Beverly	165
#52	Gertrude	163
#53	Beatrice	159
#54	Edith	158
#55	Lucille	154
#56	Janet	153
#57	Muriel	144
#58	Constance	139
#59	Dolores	137
#60	Jacqueline	136
#61	Kathleen	135
#62	Marguerite	134
#63	Therese	132
#64	Edna	131
#65	Gladys	126
#66	Esther	122
#67	Charlotte	121
#68	Thelma	120
#69	Martha	120
#70	Geraldine	119
#71	Jeannette	119
#72	Audrey	116
#73	Katherine	115
#74	Natalie	113
#75	Bernice	111
#76	Ethel	109
#77	Agnes	107
#78	Arlene	103
#79	Carolyn	100
#80	Carol	99
#81	Joyce	96
#82	Sylvia	94
#83	Ellen	90
#84	Lucy	85
#85	Janice	82
#86	Jennie	81
#87	Laura	78
#88	Madeline	78
#89	Sally	78
#90	Anita	76
#91	Julia	71
#92	Elsie	71
#93	Winifred	70
#94	Rosemary	70
#95	Estelle	69
#96	Emily	69
#97	Harriet	69
#98	Teresa	68
#99	Clara	68
#100	Angelina	67

Uniquely popular in Massachusetts

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Claire	411	123	15
Yvette	35	10	1
Cecile	62	19	3
Priscilla	167	50	8
Georgette	32	10	2
Therese	132	40	7
Natalie	113	34	6
Jeannette	119	36	8
Germaine	24	7	2
Theresa	608	182	46
Cynthia	52	16	4
Constance	139	42	11

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.