Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1944

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,521 babies) and Robert for boys (2,954). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,866 babies born in Massachusetts in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1944

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: 166 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cecile: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maureen: 386 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Natalie: 52 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Arline: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Clare: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Elinor: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Meredith: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryellen: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Noreen: 38 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Antone: 28 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Normand: 39 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Kevin: 144 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Bradford: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dana: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Gerard: 96 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Armand: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Francis: 445 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilfred: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 679 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,521	–	1
2	Patricia	1,349	–	4
3	Carol	1,151	–	5
4	Judith	1,081	–	9
5	Barbara	1,032	–	2
6	Nancy	926	↑1	7
7	Sandra	892	↓1	6
8	Linda	816	–	3
9	Susan	801	–	13
10	Kathleen	670	↑3	20
11	Joan	650	↓1	22
12	Donna	634	↑2	17
13	Margaret	589	↓2	14
14	Diane	527	↓2	24
15	Elizabeth	508	↑1	23
16	Elaine	490	↑2	46
17	Janet	488	–	21
18	Ann	467	↓3	39
19	Karen	417	↑11	16
20	Jean	400	↑1	37
21	Joyce	388	↓2	18
22	Dorothy	387	↓2	19
23	Maureen	386	↑3	>100
24	Jane	370	↑5	41
25	Carolyn	365	↑3	11
26	Janice	356	↓2	28
27	Joanne	350	↓4	55
28	Beverly	349	↓6	35
29	Marilyn	337	↓2	27
30	Gail	324	↑3	56
31	Marie	306	↓6	48
32	Ruth	298	↑4	32
33	Virginia	297	↓2	26
34	Anne	286	↓2	86
35	Frances	282	–	33
36	Lorraine	253	↑8	93
37	Carole	249	–	43
38	Helen	235	↓4	31
39	Pamela	235	↑6	44
40	Ellen	231	↑2	63
41	Paula	229	↑9	82
42	Catherine	223	↓4	49
43	Sharon	222	↑6	8
44	Cheryl	217	new	36
45	Eileen	207	↓5	73
46	Louise	206	new	69
47	Jeanne	202	new	>100
48	Marcia	199	new	89
49	Cynthia	197	↓3	>100
50	Martha	190	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	2,954	–	2
2	John	2,883	–	3
3	Richard	2,271	–	5
4	William	1,819	–	4
5	James	1,791	–	1
6	David	1,458	–	6
7	Paul	1,309	–	17
8	Joseph	1,104	–	13
9	Thomas	1,051	–	8
10	Edward	842	–	18
11	Michael	837	↑4	9
12	Charles	752	–	7
13	Ronald	738	↓2	10
14	George	721	↓1	14
15	Donald	688	↓1	11
16	Peter	679	–	40
17	Kenneth	570	–	16
18	Stephen	480	–	28
19	Francis	445	↑1	71
20	Raymond	438	↓1	22
21	Arthur	394	–	29
22	Daniel	360	↑1	25
23	Frank	337	↓1	21
24	Anthony	311	↑2	46
25	Walter	311	–	26
26	Roger	308	↑1	23
27	Gerald	305	↓3	24
28	Lawrence	296	↑1	32
29	Dennis	295	↓1	20
30	Bruce	288	–	51
31	Alan	271	↑5	55
32	Philip	271	↓1	60
33	Frederick	250	↑1	73
34	Albert	243	↓2	44
35	Douglas	210	↑2	34
36	Wayne	207	↑8	37
37	Ralph	200	↓4	42
38	Henry	189	↓3	35
39	Gary	185	new	15
40	Alfred	183	↓2	82
41	Harold	176	–	27
42	Steven	176	↑7	52
43	Norman	170	↓3	58
44	Carl	165	↑2	36
45	Leonard	163	↓6	56
46	Brian	161	new	>100
47	Russell	152	↓2	63
48	Barry	148	new	84
49	Louis	148	↓7	54
50	Stanley	146	↓7	57

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