Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1937

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1937 were Mary for girls (1,364 babies) and Robert for boys (2,790). Social Security records list 55,642 babies born in Massachusetts in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1937

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: 226 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Deborah: 49 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Therese: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Priscilla: 102 babies, 5× the national rate
Brenda: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Maureen: 174 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Natalie: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Meredith: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cynthia: 131 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Penelope: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 42 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Armand: 43 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Bradford: 29 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kevin: 35 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Emile: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dana: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Frederic: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rene: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jean: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Francis: 441 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	1,364	–	1
2	Barbara	1,187	–	2
3	Patricia	1,136	↑1	3
4	Joan	932	↓1	9
5	Carol	787	–	6
6	Nancy	717	–	7
7	Margaret	510	↑2	10
8	Dorothy	493	↓1	8
9	Beverly	483	↑5	14
10	Ann	465	–	30
11	Elizabeth	442	↑2	17
12	Judith	438	↑6	34
13	Jean	430	↓2	23
14	Shirley	396	↓6	4
15	Marilyn	379	↓3	13
16	Marie	371	↓1	35
17	Helen	341	↓1	12
18	Janet	327	↓1	18
19	Sandra	301	↑14	26
20	Eleanor	298	–	53
21	Virginia	292	↑3	16
22	Elaine	289	↓3	45
23	Frances	284	↑9	19
24	Lorraine	282	↓3	83
25	Ruth	280	↓3	15
26	Anne	279	↓3	92
27	Janice	274	–	25
28	Rita	233	↑11	69
29	Joanne	230	–	51
30	Carole	228	↑8	56
31	Joyce	228	↑6	11
32	Claire	226	↓4	>100
33	Alice	225	↑1	28
34	Jane	215	↓9	42
35	Phyllis	214	↓9	27
36	Theresa	213	↓1	95
37	Pauline	205	↓7	87
38	Catherine	202	↓2	47
39	Carolyn	197	↑3	20
40	Marjorie	180	↑1	57
41	Roberta	175	new	66
42	Geraldine	174	new	44
43	Maureen	174	↑7	>100
44	Jacqueline	172	↑3	70
45	Louise	172	↓1	48
46	Irene	169	↓6	62
47	Gail	161	new	99
48	Doris	157	↓17	22
49	Eileen	155	new	>100
50	Constance	154	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	2,790	–	1
2	John	2,102	–	3
3	Richard	1,721	–	5
4	William	1,406	–	4
5	James	1,185	–	2
6	David	959	↑4	8
7	Joseph	949	↓1	12
8	Paul	889	–	15
9	Donald	876	↓2	7
10	Edward	789	↓1	13
11	George	721	–	10
12	Charles	709	↑1	6
13	Thomas	702	↓1	9
14	Ronald	582	–	11
15	Francis	441	–	55
16	Raymond	385	–	19
17	Peter	365	↑1	52
18	Arthur	354	↓1	31
19	Kenneth	354	–	14
20	Frank	298	↑1	18
21	Anthony	266	↑1	47
22	Gerald	249	↑1	20
23	Michael	248	↑1	27
24	Lawrence	245	↑4	38
25	Walter	241	↓5	26
26	Daniel	236	↑1	39
27	Frederick	232	↑2	68
28	Albert	227	↓3	37
29	Henry	224	↑2	30
30	Roger	222	↓4	36
31	Philip	192	↓1	62
32	Norman	189	↑1	43
33	Ralph	182	↓1	34
34	Alfred	166	–	60
35	Stephen	163	↑7	92
36	Louis	159	↑3	46
37	Harold	158	↓2	21
38	Bruce	145	↑2	70
39	Leo	136	↓3	97
40	Ernest	131	↓3	53
41	Eugene	125	–	33
42	Bernard	123	↑2	73
43	Leonard	123	↓5	58
44	Carl	120	↓1	28
45	Russell	119	↑2	67
46	Stanley	116	↑3	57
47	Herbert	110	↑3	65
48	Alan	108	↓3	>100
49	Fred	107	↓3	35
50	Vincent	101	new	>100

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