Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1928

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,150 babies) and Robert for boys (2,613). Social Security records list 66,567 babies born in Massachusetts in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1928

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

Girls

Claire: 411 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Yvette: 35 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 167 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Cecile: 62 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Georgette: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Therese: 132 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Natalie: 113 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jeannette: 119 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Germaine: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Juliette: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Antone: 44 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Sumner: 30 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Normand: 64 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Wilfrid: 18 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Andre: 22 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Rene: 57 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Armand: 66 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Emile: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marcel: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gerard: 84 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,150	–	1
2	Barbara	1,272	↑1	8
3	Dorothy	1,110	↓1	3
4	Helen	739	–	4
5	Ruth	711	–	6
6	Margaret	682	–	5
7	Shirley	638	↑2	10
8	Jean	621	↑3	12
9	Doris	614	↓1	7
10	Theresa	608	↓3	49
11	Elizabeth	557	↓1	14
12	Lorraine	552	↑7	39
13	Phyllis	520	↑3	26
14	Patricia	513	↑7	11
15	Virginia	506	↓1	9
16	Eleanor	486	↓3	36
17	Alice	470	↑1	19
18	Marie	467	↓3	21
19	Irene	466	↓2	28
20	Rita	450	↓8	57
21	Claire	411	↓1	>100
22	Anna	370	↑1	16
23	Frances	369	↑2	13
24	Marjorie	365	↓2	29
25	Rose	363	↑1	24
26	Marion	344	↑5	47
27	Evelyn	336	↓3	17
28	Catherine	335	–	33
29	Ann	331	↑7	54
30	Lillian	330	↓3	35
31	Gloria	325	↓2	25
32	Florence	322	–	32
33	Joan	315	↑5	27
34	Pauline	304	↓4	48
35	Nancy	303	↑5	43
36	Marilyn	296	↓1	38
37	Louise	266	↓3	31
38	Anne	262	↑1	93
39	Betty	255	↓2	2
40	Mildred	244	↓7	15
41	Josephine	243	–	42
42	June	239	–	44
43	Jane	226	↑3	62
44	Grace	225	↓1	52
45	Jeanne	208	↓1	90
46	Norma	208	↓1	23
47	Elaine	187	↑1	68
48	Eileen	179	↓1	>100
49	Lois	176	–	18
50	Priscilla	167	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	2,613	↑1	1
2	John	2,598	↓1	2
3	William	1,676	–	4
4	Richard	1,468	↑1	6
5	Joseph	1,376	↓1	9
6	James	1,220	–	3
7	Edward	1,092	–	10
8	George	1,010	–	8
9	Charles	872	–	5
10	Donald	842	–	7
11	Paul	726	↑2	13
12	Francis	672	↓1	40
13	Thomas	662	↓1	11
14	Raymond	566	↑1	16
15	Arthur	565	↓1	22
16	Frank	488	–	12
17	Albert	465	↑1	23
18	Alfred	442	↑3	33
19	Walter	424	↓2	18
20	David	392	↓1	19
21	Henry	355	↓1	21
22	Anthony	317	–	44
23	Harold	317	–	14
24	Kenneth	316	↑1	17
25	Norman	306	↑2	39
26	Herbert	273	↑13	25
27	Lawrence	255	↑3	38
28	Philip	254	↑10	73
29	Ralph	252	↓3	24
30	Frederick	249	↓1	67
31	Leo	239	↓7	61
32	Louis	239	↓4	32
33	Daniel	238	↑1	47
34	Eugene	224	↓2	20
35	Roger	222	↓4	71
36	Peter	221	–	56
37	Ernest	190	↓4	43
38	Stanley	186	↓3	45
39	Leonard	185	↓2	42
40	Bernard	177	↑1	49
41	Gerald	176	↑3	41
42	Michael	169	↑1	53
43	Roland	168	↓3	>100
44	Harry	165	↓2	26
45	Russell	154	–	55
46	Fred	142	–	36
47	Warren	134	↑2	85
48	Vincent	127	↓1	82
49	Ronald	124	new	50
50	Howard	118	↓2	31

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