Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1941

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1941 were Patricia for girls (1,440 babies) and Robert for boys (2,682). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,998 babies born in Massachusetts in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1941

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

Girls

Simone: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Claire: 205 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Georgette: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Annmarie: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Natalie: 54 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Deborah: 84 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Yvette: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carolann: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maureen: 233 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Elinor: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Antone: 23 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Armand: 40 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Normand: 22 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Kevin: 85 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bradford: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jeremiah: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dana: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Elliot: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gerard: 98 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Francis: 443 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Patricia	1,440	↑1	3
2	Mary	1,439	↓1	1
3	Judith	1,173	↑1	6
4	Barbara	1,115	↓1	2
5	Carol	1,076	–	4
6	Nancy	769	↑1	8
7	Joan	746	↓1	17
8	Sandra	701	–	9
9	Margaret	568	–	12
10	Ann	517	–	37
11	Linda	496	↑4	5
12	Elizabeth	459	↓1	21
13	Dorothy	431	↑1	14
14	Susan	420	↑8	27
15	Janet	418	↓3	18
16	Jean	413	↓3	32
17	Beverly	396	–	29
18	Joyce	394	↓2	13
19	Elaine	393	–	44
20	Marie	383	–	42
21	Janice	360	↓3	22
22	Kathleen	326	↑6	36
23	Marilyn	309	–	30
24	Virginia	308	↑2	23
25	Carolyn	303	↑7	11
26	Jane	301	↑5	46
27	Joanne	298	↓6	54
28	Diane	289	↑6	40
29	Helen	286	↓4	24
30	Anne	283	↓6	82
31	Gail	269	↑5	68
32	Ruth	265	↓2	28
33	Frances	259	↓6	31
34	Donna	241	new	20
35	Carole	240	↑4	48
36	Lorraine	236	↓7	93
37	Maureen	233	↑3	>100
38	Phyllis	224	–	35
39	Alice	221	↑4	34
40	Shirley	220	↑4	10
41	Pauline	217	↑4	>100
42	Catherine	211	↓5	51
43	Claire	205	↓2	>100
44	Sheila	204	↑4	>100
45	Ellen	203	↓3	67
46	Eleanor	199	↓11	78
47	Cynthia	189	–	>100
48	Louise	188	new	62
49	Roberta	186	new	72
50	Jacqueline	185	↓1	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	2,682	–	2
2	John	2,538	–	3
3	Richard	2,151	–	5
4	William	1,675	–	4
5	James	1,393	–	1
6	David	1,241	–	7
7	Paul	1,121	–	18
8	Joseph	1,077	–	12
9	Thomas	948	–	8
10	Edward	850	–	17
11	Ronald	778	↑3	9
12	George	739	–	13
13	Charles	733	↓2	6
14	Donald	657	↓1	10
15	Peter	590	–	44
16	Michael	521	–	16
17	Kenneth	519	–	15
18	Francis	443	–	60
19	Raymond	389	–	22
20	Arthur	370	–	33
21	Daniel	347	↑6	31
22	Stephen	334	↑3	41
23	Frank	331	↓2	21
24	Gerald	314	↓2	20
25	Roger	299	↓1	25
26	Walter	287	↓3	26
27	Anthony	284	↓1	46
28	Lawrence	276	↑4	34
29	Bruce	263	↑4	51
30	Philip	259	↓1	52
31	Albert	248	↓3	40
32	Henry	208	↓2	28
33	Frederick	202	↓2	69
34	Norman	191	↑2	49
35	Ralph	171	↓1	38
36	Dennis	170	↑4	23
37	Alfred	164	↓2	74
38	Alan	162	–	84
39	Carl	156	↓2	29
40	Louis	154	↑2	50
41	Harold	151	↑6	24
42	Leonard	150	↓3	54
43	Stanley	134	↑1	57
44	Leo	132	↓1	>100
45	Barry	127	new	91
46	Wayne	127	↑3	37
47	Bernard	119	↑1	87
48	Douglas	116	new	53
49	Ernest	116	↓8	61
50	Eugene	112	↓5	42

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