Massachusetts · 1946

Top 100 names in Massachusetts, 1946, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,665
#2	Patricia	1,651
#3	Carol	1,391
#4	Linda	1,390
#5	Susan	1,282
#6	Barbara	1,208
#7	Nancy	1,173
#8	Judith	1,146
#9	Donna	1,064
#10	Kathleen	1,042
#11	Sandra	1,024
#12	Diane	825
#13	Margaret	606
#14	Joan	598
#15	Karen	593
#16	Elizabeth	565
#17	Janet	557
#18	Elaine	524
#19	Ann	522
#20	Janice	514
#21	Maureen	502
#22	Jane	493
#23	Jean	489
#24	Joanne	458
#25	Gail	452
#26	Beverly	410
#27	Joyce	395
#28	Dorothy	395
#29	Sharon	383
#30	Anne	380
#31	Cynthia	377
#32	Marilyn	373
#33	Pamela	359
#34	Carolyn	357
#35	Cheryl	350
#36	Marie	348
#37	Paula	337
#38	Jeanne	317
#39	Virginia	316
#40	Christine	305
#41	Ellen	302
#42	Sheila	300
#43	Catherine	277
#44	Lorraine	268
#45	Frances	261
#46	Shirley	260
#47	Helen	254
#48	Ruth	254
#49	Eileen	248
#50	Suzanne	243
#51	Dianne	240
#52	Deborah	229
#53	Rosemary	219
#54	Phyllis	208
#55	Martha	207
#56	Geraldine	204
#57	Louise	200
#58	Claire	200
#59	Jacqueline	196
#60	Theresa	193
#61	Lois	188
#62	Carole	185
#63	Alice	185
#64	Roberta	182
#65	Marcia	182
#66	Rita	180
#67	Pauline	174
#68	Gloria	172
#69	Judy	159
#70	Katherine	158
#71	Eleanor	155
#72	Irene	152
#73	Brenda	148
#74	Diana	147
#75	Marjorie	147
#76	Sally	140
#77	Priscilla	140
#78	Leslie	140
#79	Betty	137
#80	Constance	132
#81	June	129
#82	Rose	124
#83	Andrea	123
#84	Norma	119
#85	Laura	118
#86	Charlotte	118
#87	Arlene	118
#88	Evelyn	117
#89	Marsha	116
#90	Bonnie	113
#91	Kathryn	113
#92	Denise	107
#93	Doris	102
#94	Lucille	96
#95	Marion	95
#96	Joann	93
#97	Anita	92
#98	Valerie	87
#99	Charlene	83
#100	Paulette	81

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	200	45	7
Madeleine	28	6	1
Maureen	502	113	23
Noreen	59	13	3
Meredith	39	9	2
Maryellen	32	7	2
Therese	39	9	2
Doreen	81	18	5
Clare	24	5	2
Margery	20	4	1
Deborah	229	51	16
Anne	380	85	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.