Massachusetts · 1920

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,970
#2	Helen	1,515
#3	Dorothy	1,239
#4	Ruth	1,060
#5	Margaret	1,004
#6	Rita	781
#7	Elizabeth	643
#8	Eleanor	633
#9	Barbara	626
#10	Alice	626
#11	Doris	562
#12	Anna	555
#13	Virginia	532
#14	Frances	522
#15	Lillian	501
#16	Catherine	497
#17	Irene	475
#18	Florence	467
#19	Evelyn	464
#20	Rose	463
#21	Marion	455
#22	Mildred	446
#23	Marjorie	420
#24	Josephine	417
#25	Marie	390
#26	Phyllis	344
#27	Louise	325
#28	Gertrude	318
#29	Edith	312
#30	Grace	271
#31	Beatrice	258
#32	Pauline	256
#33	Shirley	250
#34	Anne	239
#35	Jean	228
#36	Edna	228
#37	Agnes	219
#38	Esther	214
#39	Ethel	213
#40	Ann	213
#41	Jennie	199
#42	Katherine	199
#43	Marguerite	197
#44	Gladys	190
#45	Stella	189
#46	Eileen	188
#47	Claire	181
#48	Jane	177
#49	Julia	169
#50	Lorraine	167
#51	Sophie	166
#52	Bertha	159
#53	Charlotte	159
#54	Theresa	153
#55	Priscilla	144
#56	Eva	143
#57	Sylvia	142
#58	Ellen	137
#59	Norma	137
#60	Kathleen	136
#61	Martha	135
#62	Lucille	134
#63	Muriel	133
#64	Emily	131
#65	Laura	131
#66	Bernice	128
#67	Jeannette	128
#68	Constance	125
#69	Hazel	124
#70	Blanche	124
#71	Lena	119
#72	Pearl	119
#73	Anita	118
#74	Thelma	117
#75	Madeline	116
#76	Elsie	112
#77	Betty	112
#78	Lucy	104
#79	Angelina	103
#80	Nancy	103
#81	Loretta	103
#82	Viola	101
#83	June	101
#84	Ida	100
#85	Winifred	98
#86	Janet	95
#87	Miriam	95
#88	Emma	94
#89	Sarah	92
#90	Patricia	92
#91	Joan	92
#92	Clara	91
#93	Dorothea	90
#94	Nellie	90
#95	Olive	90
#96	Harriet	89
#97	Geraldine	87
#98	Hilda	87
#99	Jeanne	82
#100	Olga	80

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
Antonetta	24	7	0
Stasia	31	9	1
Stacia	20	6	0
Yvette	34	9	1
Priscilla	144	40	5
Claire	181	50	9
Rita	781	216	42
Germaine	21	6	1
Cecile	68	19	4
Juliette	25	7	2
Natalie	74	20	5
Madeleine	29	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.