Massachusetts · 1938

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,275
#2	Barbara	1,206
#3	Patricia	1,098
#4	Carol	1,005
#5	Joan	848
#6	Nancy	717
#7	Judith	607
#8	Margaret	533
#9	Dorothy	499
#10	Ann	486
#11	Elizabeth	480
#12	Sandra	428
#13	Beverly	423
#14	Jean	404
#15	Marilyn	369
#16	Janet	351
#17	Elaine	342
#18	Shirley	341
#19	Helen	338
#20	Joyce	335
#21	Marie	330
#22	Janice	327
#23	Eleanor	292
#24	Anne	268
#25	Joanne	265
#26	Ruth	264
#27	Frances	262
#28	Virginia	261
#29	Jane	259
#30	Lorraine	249
#31	Carole	245
#32	Claire	229
#33	Phyllis	229
#34	Theresa	224
#35	Pauline	221
#36	Gail	219
#37	Carolyn	215
#38	Rita	196
#39	Alice	194
#40	Doris	184
#41	Marjorie	182
#42	Kathleen	182
#43	Jacqueline	179
#44	Maureen	178
#45	Sally	178
#46	Sheila	176
#47	Catherine	175
#48	Louise	170
#49	Betty	169
#50	Evelyn	158
#51	Roberta	157
#52	Constance	157
#53	June	154
#54	Jeanne	153
#55	Lois	150
#56	Ellen	147
#57	Irene	146
#58	Priscilla	146
#59	Diane	144
#60	Dolores	143
#61	Eileen	142
#62	Martha	138
#63	Arlene	135
#64	Geraldine	132
#65	Marcia	131
#66	Cynthia	131
#67	Rose	130
#68	Susan	130
#69	Marion	120
#70	Gloria	119
#71	Rosalie	115
#72	Linda	114
#73	Rosemary	109
#74	Anna	105
#75	Katherine	103
#76	Josephine	98
#77	Lillian	96
#78	Sylvia	95
#79	Grace	94
#80	Charlotte	93
#81	Norma	91
#82	Loretta	91
#83	Florence	90
#84	Annette	85
#85	Donna	83
#86	Jeannette	74
#87	Marguerite	73
#88	Marlene	70
#89	Audrey	69
#90	Lucille	69
#91	Mildred	69
#92	Paula	68
#93	Anita	67
#94	Edith	66
#95	Brenda	65
#96	Suzanne	62
#97	Rosemarie	58
#98	Muriel	57
#99	Joann	53
#100	Beatrice	52

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	229	82	10
Therese	37	13	2
Priscilla	146	52	9
Noreen	30	11	2
Deborah	47	17	4
Maureen	178	63	15
Elinor	31	11	3
Natalie	40	14	4
Sheila	176	63	16
Jeanne	153	54	14
Brenda	65	23	6
Cynthia	131	47	12

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.