Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1914

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1914 were Mary for girls (2,497 babies) and John for boys (1,986). Social Security records list 51,374 babies born in Massachusetts in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1914

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Stacia: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Stasia: 22 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Georgianna: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rita: 427 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Yvonne: 60 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Priscilla: 56 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rosamond: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bella: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Germaine: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Cecile: 63 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Antone: 47 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Armand: 64 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Eino: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Rene: 26 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Gaetano: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jeremiah: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Romeo: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Lucien: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Emilio: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Manuel: 140 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	2,497	–	1
2	Helen	1,210	–	2
3	Dorothy	849	–	3
4	Margaret	841	–	4
5	Ruth	714	–	5
6	Anna	588	↑2	6
7	Alice	569	↓1	12
8	Elizabeth	503	↓1	8
9	Rose	490	↑1	15
10	Eleanor	442	↑1	28
11	Rita	427	↑16	87
12	Lillian	418	–	16
13	Catherine	409	↓4	18
14	Frances	399	↑5	9
15	Evelyn	398	–	11
16	Florence	385	↑1	13
17	Doris	373	↑4	36
18	Mildred	362	↓5	7
19	Marion	360	↓5	50
20	Josephine	350	↓4	23
21	Irene	325	↓1	22
22	Gertrude	312	↓4	32
23	Louise	308	↑1	17
24	Barbara	282	↑5	82
25	Grace	271	–	25
26	Edith	262	↓3	31
27	Marie	262	↓5	10
28	Marjorie	246	↑5	45
29	Anne	241	↓1	53
30	Beatrice	232	↑1	38
31	Virginia	222	↑3	14
32	Ethel	214	↑3	21
33	Edna	208	↑3	19
34	Esther	205	↓8	35
35	Gladys	196	↑2	20
36	Agnes	192	↓6	44
37	Katherine	190	↓5	48
38	Bertha	177	↑2	41
39	Jennie	171	↓1	77
40	Stella	161	↑1	65
41	Ida	160	↑5	49
42	Ann	152	–	40
43	Julia	150	↑2	42
44	Phyllis	150	↓5	>100
45	Sophie	147	↑4	100
46	Pauline	144	new	34
47	Jean	136	new	54
48	Blanche	135	↑2	80
49	Eva	130	↓5	52
50	Ellen	127	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	1,986	–	1
2	Joseph	1,369	–	5
3	William	1,216	–	2
4	James	832	–	3
5	George	821	–	6
6	Charles	752	–	7
7	Edward	717	–	8
8	Robert	694	–	4
9	Frank	512	↑3	9
10	Francis	471	↓1	31
11	Walter	450	↑2	10
12	Thomas	444	↓2	11
13	Arthur	432	↓2	18
14	Albert	381	–	15
15	Henry	370	–	12
16	Richard	319	–	17
17	Anthony	310	↑5	37
18	Paul	305	–	13
19	Raymond	293	–	16
20	Louis	280	↑3	20
21	Stanley	278	–	39
22	Harold	274	↓5	14
23	Alfred	226	↓3	41
24	Frederick	220	–	52
25	Leo	206	↑3	47
26	Ralph	205	↑4	21
27	Harry	202	↓2	19
28	Peter	197	↑5	48
29	Michael	196	↓3	40
30	Donald	193	↑1	23
31	David	187	↓2	29
32	Ernest	187	↓5	38
33	Philip	171	↓1	68
34	Lawrence	157	↑2	35
35	Daniel	154	–	55
36	Samuel	153	↑1	36
37	Herbert	145	↓3	42
38	Chester	140	↑4	56
39	Manuel	140	↓1	>100
40	Kenneth	137	↑3	30
41	Vincent	137	↑4	61
42	Norman	123	↑2	54
43	Bernard	122	↓4	50
44	Howard	110	↓4	26
45	Russell	108	↑2	49
46	Carl	107	↓5	24
47	Roland	100	↑3	>100
48	Benjamin	99	↑1	70
49	Edwin	99	new	53
50	Eugene	99	new	43

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