Massachusetts · 1936

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1936, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,430
#2	Barbara	1,240
#3	Joan	1,087
#4	Patricia	1,034
#5	Carol	682
#6	Nancy	667
#7	Dorothy	542
#8	Shirley	536
#9	Margaret	489
#10	Ann	467
#11	Jean	449
#12	Marilyn	422
#13	Elizabeth	413
#14	Beverly	381
#15	Marie	356
#16	Helen	348
#17	Janet	339
#18	Judith	338
#19	Elaine	306
#20	Eleanor	300
#21	Lorraine	296
#22	Ruth	280
#23	Anne	269
#24	Virginia	266
#25	Jane	264
#26	Phyllis	255
#27	Janice	246
#28	Claire	241
#29	Joanne	236
#30	Pauline	232
#31	Doris	228
#32	Frances	221
#33	Sandra	219
#34	Alice	217
#35	Theresa	216
#36	Catherine	214
#37	Joyce	209
#38	Carole	207
#39	Rita	203
#40	Irene	197
#41	Marjorie	196
#42	Carolyn	187
#43	Betty	184
#44	Louise	184
#45	Dolores	172
#46	Evelyn	168
#47	Jacqueline	167
#48	Rose	166
#49	Constance	166
#50	Maureen	163
#51	Gloria	162
#52	Lois	162
#53	Jeanne	158
#54	Roberta	156
#55	June	150
#56	Eileen	150
#57	Sylvia	147
#58	Marion	146
#59	Gail	145
#60	Kathleen	142
#61	Sally	140
#62	Arlene	135
#63	Anna	133
#64	Florence	131
#65	Lillian	128
#66	Geraldine	127
#67	Norma	124
#68	Audrey	122
#69	Priscilla	117
#70	Sheila	112
#71	Ellen	105
#72	Lucille	104
#73	Martha	104
#74	Grace	104
#75	Charlotte	100
#76	Marcia	98
#77	Cynthia	95
#78	Diane	93
#79	Mildred	92
#80	Rosemarie	91
#81	Katherine	90
#82	Josephine	87
#83	Loretta	87
#84	Annette	81
#85	Susan	80
#86	Jeannette	80
#87	Marlene	78
#88	Muriel	74
#89	Marguerite	69
#90	Anita	67
#91	Rosemary	65
#92	Yvonne	62
#93	Edith	60
#94	Paula	56
#95	Harriet	56
#96	Christine	56
#97	Beatrice	52
#98	Cecile	51
#99	Laura	51
#100	Jeanette	49

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	241	88	10
Madeleine	20	7	1
Priscilla	117	43	7
Cecile	51	19	3
Deborah	38	14	3
Maureen	163	60	13
Natalie	49	18	4
Muriel	74	27	7
Therese	27	10	2
Jeanne	158	58	15
Constance	166	61	16
Anne	269	99	26

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.