Massachusetts · 1914

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1914, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,497
#2	Helen	1,210
#3	Dorothy	849
#4	Margaret	841
#5	Ruth	714
#6	Anna	588
#7	Alice	569
#8	Elizabeth	503
#9	Rose	490
#10	Eleanor	442
#11	Rita	427
#12	Lillian	418
#13	Catherine	409
#14	Frances	399
#15	Evelyn	398
#16	Florence	385
#17	Doris	373
#18	Mildred	362
#19	Marion	360
#20	Josephine	350
#21	Irene	325
#22	Gertrude	312
#23	Louise	308
#24	Barbara	282
#25	Grace	271
#26	Edith	262
#27	Marie	262
#28	Marjorie	246
#29	Anne	241
#30	Beatrice	232
#31	Virginia	222
#32	Ethel	214
#33	Edna	208
#34	Esther	205
#35	Gladys	196
#36	Agnes	192
#37	Katherine	190
#38	Bertha	177
#39	Jennie	171
#40	Stella	161
#41	Ida	160
#42	Ann	152
#43	Phyllis	150
#44	Julia	150
#45	Sophie	147
#46	Pauline	144
#47	Jean	136
#48	Blanche	135
#49	Eva	130
#50	Ellen	127
#51	Hazel	125
#52	Marguerite	124
#53	Charlotte	120
#54	Lena	119
#55	Thelma	110
#56	Madeline	110
#57	Genevieve	107
#58	Theresa	105
#59	Elsie	102
#60	Muriel	102
#61	Jeannette	100
#62	Lucy	97
#63	Sarah	95
#64	Angelina	93
#65	Laura	93
#66	Martha	93
#67	Eileen	90
#68	Sylvia	87
#69	Hilda	87
#70	Emma	85
#71	Claire	85
#72	Bernice	82
#73	Amelia	81
#74	Jane	80
#75	Emily	80
#76	Viola	79
#77	Kathleen	77
#78	Mabel	73
#79	Pearl	73
#80	Clara	71
#81	Olive	70
#82	Constance	68
#83	Christine	67
#84	Estelle	64
#85	Loretta	63
#86	Cecile	63
#87	Winifred	63
#88	Jessie	62
#89	Dorothea	62
#90	Olga	62
#91	Nellie	61
#92	Kathryn	61
#93	Myrtle	61
#94	Harriet	61
#95	Shirley	61
#96	Marian	60
#97	Alma	60
#98	Yvonne	60
#99	Lucille	59
#100	Maria	59

Uniquely popular in Massachusetts

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Stasia	22	8	1
Rita	427	154	26
Yvonne	60	22	4
Priscilla	56	20	4
Bella	28	10	2
Germaine	22	8	2
Cecile	63	23	5
Juliette	20	7	1
Madeleine	24	9	2
Claire	85	31	7
Jeannette	100	36	9
Albina	21	8	2

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.