Massachusetts · 1924

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1924, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,746
#2	Dorothy	1,326
#3	Helen	1,231
#4	Barbara	958
#5	Ruth	923
#6	Margaret	897
#7	Rita	744
#8	Doris	675
#9	Elizabeth	661
#10	Eleanor	652
#11	Virginia	650
#12	Alice	627
#13	Irene	562
#14	Shirley	527
#15	Frances	504
#16	Phyllis	489
#17	Anna	484
#18	Marie	474
#19	Evelyn	474
#20	Lillian	455
#21	Marion	449
#22	Rose	443
#23	Florence	426
#24	Catherine	425
#25	Marjorie	416
#26	Mildred	394
#27	Jean	368
#28	Josephine	349
#29	Claire	339
#30	Louise	332
#31	Grace	315
#32	Gloria	311
#33	Theresa	296
#34	Patricia	288
#35	Lorraine	284
#36	Ann	273
#37	Pauline	264
#38	Gertrude	263
#39	Anne	245
#40	Beatrice	242
#41	Eileen	239
#42	Edith	236
#43	Betty	206
#44	Agnes	203
#45	Jane	201
#46	Nancy	198
#47	Priscilla	193
#48	June	191
#49	Marguerite	184
#50	Norma	178
#51	Constance	177
#52	Edna	175
#53	Gladys	174
#54	Lucille	171
#55	Ethel	171
#56	Charlotte	170
#57	Jennie	168
#58	Kathleen	162
#59	Esther	161
#60	Katherine	161
#61	Muriel	160
#62	Jeanne	153
#63	Bernice	146
#64	Joan	139
#65	Thelma	138
#66	Marilyn	137
#67	Bertha	136
#68	Janet	136
#69	Sylvia	125
#70	Madeline	124
#71	Elaine	123
#72	Hazel	123
#73	Anita	122
#74	Julia	122
#75	Jeannette	121
#76	Ellen	121
#77	Martha	121
#78	Stella	121
#79	Laura	119
#80	Lois	119
#81	Lucy	118
#82	Elsie	114
#83	Genevieve	113
#84	Eva	113
#85	Geraldine	111
#86	Natalie	110
#87	Pearl	104
#88	Ida	96
#89	Angelina	94
#90	Sophie	94
#91	Emily	91
#92	Hilda	90
#93	Jacqueline	87
#94	Beverly	83
#95	Lena	83
#96	Viola	82
#97	Audrey	81
#98	Carolyn	80
#99	Dorothea	78
#100	Blanche	78

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	21	6	0
Yvette	38	10	1
Rosamond	22	6	1
Priscilla	193	51	7
Therese	62	17	2
Claire	339	90	13
Juliette	29	8	1
Cecile	75	20	3
Albina	22	6	1
Georgette	37	10	2
Gilda	32	9	2
Natalie	110	29	6

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.