Massachusetts · 1927

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,261
#2	Dorothy	1,199
#3	Barbara	1,170
#4	Helen	863
#5	Ruth	789
#6	Margaret	723
#7	Theresa	660
#8	Doris	627
#9	Shirley	597
#10	Elizabeth	586
#11	Jean	573
#12	Rita	555
#13	Eleanor	536
#14	Virginia	508
#15	Marie	493
#16	Phyllis	490
#17	Irene	488
#18	Alice	482
#19	Lorraine	478
#20	Claire	443
#21	Patricia	417
#22	Marjorie	415
#23	Anna	407
#24	Evelyn	394
#25	Frances	393
#26	Rose	367
#27	Lillian	346
#28	Catherine	341
#29	Gloria	339
#30	Pauline	328
#31	Marion	327
#32	Florence	322
#33	Mildred	308
#34	Marilyn	295
#35	Louise	295
#36	Ann	265
#37	Betty	259
#38	Joan	242
#39	Anne	233
#40	Nancy	230
#41	Josephine	226
#42	June	214
#43	Grace	208
#44	Jeanne	208
#45	Norma	207
#46	Jane	205
#47	Eileen	204
#48	Elaine	196
#49	Lois	183
#50	Priscilla	179
#51	Gertrude	173
#52	Beatrice	168
#53	Charlotte	167
#54	Edith	166
#55	Therese	149
#56	Constance	148
#57	Kathleen	145
#58	Jacqueline	143
#59	Lucille	140
#60	Beverly	139
#61	Janet	139
#62	Muriel	137
#63	Ethel	137
#64	Marguerite	133
#65	Thelma	131
#66	Edna	128
#67	Katherine	122
#68	Esther	119
#69	Agnes	119
#70	Geraldine	116
#71	Teresa	116
#72	Jeannette	115
#73	Martha	114
#74	Bernice	113
#75	Arlene	106
#76	Gladys	106
#77	Sylvia	104
#78	Carolyn	104
#79	Joyce	101
#80	Laura	99
#81	Natalie	96
#82	Elsie	96
#83	Audrey	91
#84	Ellen	91
#85	Dolores	87
#86	Lucy	87
#87	Eva	86
#88	Carol	86
#89	Anita	83
#90	Julia	83
#91	Jennie	81
#92	Bertha	78
#93	Genevieve	78
#94	Roberta	78
#95	Stella	78
#96	Estelle	77
#97	Sophie	77
#98	Madeline	77
#99	Sally	75
#100	Hazel	74

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
Claire	443	129	15
Yvette	35	10	1
Juliette	30	9	1
Priscilla	179	52	8
Cecile	66	19	3
Therese	149	43	7
Natalie	96	28	6
Theresa	660	192	43
Jeannette	115	33	8
Clare	28	8	2
Georgette	20	6	2
Rita	555	161	43

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.