Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1922

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1922 were Mary for girls (2,847 babies) and John for boys (2,596). Social Security records list 68,686 babies born in Massachusetts in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1922

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

Girls

Antonetta: 20 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Yvette: 34 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Priscilla: 174 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Claire: 258 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Juliette: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Albina: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cecile: 63 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Therese: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gilda: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Rita: 682 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Antone: 67 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Sumner: 36 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Normand: 48 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Wilfrid: 18 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Americo: 25 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Emile: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rene: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Armand: 53 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Romeo: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Domenic: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	2,847	–	1
2	Helen	1,361	–	3
3	Dorothy	1,289	–	2
4	Ruth	936	↑1	5
5	Margaret	877	↓1	4
6	Barbara	721	↑2	40
7	Rita	682	↓1	52
8	Elizabeth	651	↑1	9
9	Eleanor	595	↑1	28
10	Alice	578	↓3	15
11	Virginia	578	–	7
12	Doris	571	–	11
13	Anna	551	–	12
14	Irene	527	–	17
15	Frances	472	–	10
16	Marie	469	↑6	14
17	Catherine	463	↑6	24
18	Evelyn	446	↓1	13
19	Florence	446	–	18
20	Rose	431	↓4	23
21	Lillian	430	↓1	19
22	Marion	418	↓1	42
23	Mildred	407	↓5	8
24	Shirley	383	↑4	39
25	Marjorie	366	↓1	16
26	Phyllis	347	↑1	53
27	Louise	346	↓1	22
28	Josephine	335	↓3	27
29	Gertrude	316	–	48
30	Jean	291	↑3	20
31	Edith	282	↓1	34
32	Pauline	276	↑3	36
33	Anne	270	↑1	66
34	Grace	269	↓3	38
35	Claire	258	↑2	>100
36	Gloria	250	new	61
37	Beatrice	230	↓5	43
38	Eileen	213	–	96
39	Ann	209	↓3	49
40	Lorraine	198	↑6	56
41	Constance	192	↑6	>100
42	Marguerite	192	↑3	>100
43	Jennie	189	↓2	>100
44	Edna	188	↓4	29
45	Charlotte	177	new	76
46	Priscilla	174	new	>100
47	Ethel	170	↓3	32
48	Gladys	167	↓9	25
49	Muriel	167	↑1	>100
50	Theresa	167	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	John	2,596	–	1
2	Robert	1,729	–	2
3	William	1,725	↑1	3
4	Joseph	1,648	↓1	7
5	Edward	1,236	↑1	8
6	James	1,227	↓1	4
7	George	1,205	–	6
8	Charles	951	–	5
9	Richard	767	–	9
10	Francis	683	–	34
11	Arthur	678	↑2	19
12	Thomas	672	↓1	11
13	Frank	621	↓1	10
14	Walter	588	↑1	15
15	Paul	557	↓1	14
16	Raymond	525	↑1	16
17	Albert	524	↓1	20
18	Donald	495	↑1	12
19	Henry	427	↓1	17
20	Harold	370	–	13
21	Alfred	363	↑1	42
22	Anthony	318	↓1	39
23	Ralph	312	↑2	23
24	Louis	302	↑3	27
25	Frederick	293	↑1	60
26	David	286	↓2	24
27	Stanley	284	↓4	41
28	Leo	281	↑3	51
29	Kenneth	249	↑10	21
30	Ernest	244	↓1	37
31	Peter	239	↑1	57
32	Daniel	225	↑4	47
33	Philip	223	↑5	70
34	Norman	219	↓4	44
35	Michael	218	↓2	48
36	Lawrence	199	↑1	36
37	Herbert	192	↓3	40
38	Leonard	191	↑7	38
39	Bernard	187	↑1	46
40	Eugene	183	↑9	25
41	Warren	181	↓13	45
42	Harry	180	↓7	22
43	Fred	168	new	33
44	Roger	159	↓2	96
45	Manuel	158	↓2	>100
46	Russell	158	–	49
47	Edwin	152	new	52
48	Roland	150	↓4	>100
49	Vincent	147	↓8	71
50	Howard	145	↓2	26

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