Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1926

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1926 were Mary for girls (2,331 babies) and John for boys (2,632). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,603 babies born in Massachusetts in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1926

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

Girls

Yvette: 39 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Claire: 381 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Therese: 148 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Juliette: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Priscilla: 144 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Georgette: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cecile: 57 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Theresa: 601 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rita: 673 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jeannette: 120 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Sumner: 36 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Alvan: 24 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Antone: 35 babies, 14× the national rate
Normand: 68 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Rene: 54 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Armand: 65 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Gerard: 105 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Domenic: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Emile: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wilfred: 100 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	2,331	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,141	–	2
3	Barbara	994	↑1	16
4	Helen	972	↓1	4
5	Ruth	861	–	6
6	Margaret	807	–	5
7	Rita	673	–	50
8	Doris	610	–	7
9	Jean	601	↑9	12
10	Theresa	601	↑7	64
11	Elizabeth	584	↓1	11
12	Shirley	580	↑2	14
13	Virginia	551	↓2	8
14	Alice	540	↓5	17
15	Eleanor	540	↓3	32
16	Irene	495	↓3	21
17	Phyllis	493	↑7	33
18	Marie	492	↓3	18
19	Frances	418	↓3	10
20	Evelyn	416	↓1	13
21	Anna	404	↑1	15
22	Lillian	404	↑1	28
23	Marjorie	394	↑3	22
24	Rose	385	↓3	25
25	Claire	381	↑5	>100
26	Gloria	371	↓6	20
27	Catherine	359	–	31
28	Florence	350	↑1	26
29	Marion	348	↓4	47
30	Louise	330	↑2	27
31	Pauline	326	–	39
32	Lorraine	320	↑3	53
33	Patricia	314	↑1	23
34	Mildred	302	↓6	9
35	Josephine	280	↓2	37
36	Ann	276	–	55
37	Gertrude	231	↑4	71
38	June	231	–	40
39	Anne	216	↑7	86
40	Norma	212	↑9	29
41	Grace	211	↓4	46
42	Eileen	208	–	92
43	Edith	206	↑2	42
44	Nancy	204	↓1	57
45	Betty	203	↓6	3
46	Jeanne	198	new	88
47	Constance	197	–	>100
48	Beatrice	196	↓4	58
49	Jane	194	↓9	56
50	Marilyn	193	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	John	2,632	–	2
2	Robert	2,366	–	1
3	William	1,767	–	4
4	Joseph	1,513	–	8
5	James	1,217	–	3
6	Richard	1,165	↑2	7
7	George	1,131	↓1	6
8	Edward	1,075	↓1	10
9	Charles	905	–	5
10	Donald	763	↑2	9
11	Francis	728	–	35
12	Paul	672	↑1	13
13	Thomas	644	↓3	11
14	Raymond	611	↑1	15
15	Arthur	603	↓1	20
16	Frank	520	↑1	12
17	Walter	500	↓1	17
18	Albert	493	–	21
19	Henry	420	–	19
20	Harold	372	–	14
21	Anthony	342	↑2	42
22	David	342	–	22
23	Alfred	331	↓2	45
24	Kenneth	308	↑1	18
25	Norman	301	↑3	39
26	Leo	292	↓2	54
27	Louis	289	–	30
28	Ralph	272	↓2	24
29	Ernest	259	–	37
30	Frederick	258	–	64
31	Daniel	238	–	46
32	Peter	230	↑1	58
33	Herbert	227	↑8	44
34	Stanley	220	–	43
35	Philip	214	↓3	70
36	Roger	213	↑3	89
37	Lawrence	208	↑3	36
38	Eugene	195	↑5	23
39	Leonard	187	↓1	38
40	Bernard	183	↓3	49
41	Harry	182	↑1	25
42	Roland	182	↓7	>100
43	Michael	163	↓7	56
44	Gerald	162	↑2	41
45	Vincent	154	–	77
46	Warren	154	new	71
47	Russell	152	↓3	52
48	Edwin	146	new	55
49	Fred	144	↓2	31
50	Theodore	125	↓2	63

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