Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1945

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,418 babies) and Robert for boys (2,891). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,536 babies born in Massachusetts in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1945

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

Girls

Annmarie: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Claire: 168 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Maureen: 369 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cecile: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Meredith: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Deborah: 149 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Noreen: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maryellen: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeannine: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marguerite: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 24 babies, 11× the national rate
Armand: 33 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kevin: 145 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Gerard: 91 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bradford: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Francis: 401 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 702 babies, 4× the national rate
Edmund: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laurence: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dominic: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,418	–	1
2	Patricia	1,247	–	4
3	Carol	1,128	–	5
4	Barbara	1,014	↑1	3
5	Judith	1,007	↓1	9
6	Linda	914	↑2	2
7	Susan	907	↑2	10
8	Sandra	845	↓1	6
9	Nancy	816	↓3	7
10	Kathleen	715	–	19
11	Donna	686	↑1	17
12	Diane	583	↑2	22
13	Joan	527	↓2	25
14	Margaret	511	↓1	15
15	Janet	455	↑2	20
16	Elaine	447	–	44
17	Elizabeth	436	↓2	26
18	Karen	432	↑1	16
19	Ann	431	↓1	39
20	Janice	428	↑6	24
21	Jean	412	↓1	38
22	Jane	374	↑2	36
23	Joyce	371	↓2	18
24	Joanne	369	↑3	53
25	Maureen	369	↓2	>100
26	Marilyn	331	↑3	27
27	Dorothy	318	↓5	21
28	Carolyn	316	↓3	12
29	Gail	312	↑1	52
30	Marie	312	↑1	49
31	Beverly	297	↓3	37
32	Virginia	270	↑1	28
33	Lorraine	268	↑3	87
34	Paula	268	↑7	67
35	Anne	262	↓1	81
36	Sharon	256	↑7	8
37	Frances	245	↓2	34
38	Helen	237	–	31
39	Cheryl	236	↑5	32
40	Ellen	236	–	61
41	Cynthia	228	↑8	90
42	Jeanne	223	↑5	98
43	Pamela	223	↓4	42
44	Ruth	222	↓12	33
45	Sheila	211	new	89
46	Eileen	209	↓1	70
47	Phyllis	206	new	40
48	Martha	201	↑2	30
49	Marcia	199	↓1	88
50	Shirley	199	new	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	2,891	–	2
2	John	2,764	–	3
3	Richard	2,271	–	5
4	James	1,780	↑1	1
5	William	1,741	↓1	4
6	David	1,387	–	6
7	Paul	1,327	–	17
8	Thomas	1,061	↑1	8
9	Joseph	1,060	↓1	14
10	Michael	859	↑1	9
11	Edward	805	↓1	18
12	Charles	768	–	7
13	George	753	↑1	15
14	Peter	702	↑2	38
15	Ronald	702	↓2	10
16	Donald	632	↓1	12
17	Kenneth	552	–	16
18	Stephen	516	–	26
19	Raymond	402	↑1	23
20	Francis	401	↓1	76
21	Arthur	386	–	34
22	Frank	363	↑1	21
23	Daniel	345	↓1	24
24	Dennis	345	↑5	19
25	Gerald	324	↑2	25
26	Walter	307	↓1	27
27	Lawrence	292	↑1	30
28	Philip	291	↑4	58
29	Alan	284	↑2	52
30	Anthony	281	↓6	46
31	Roger	281	↓5	22
32	Bruce	255	↓2	48
33	Frederick	251	–	77
34	Gary	238	↑5	13
35	Albert	223	↓1	49
36	Douglas	216	↓1	29
37	Wayne	209	↓1	35
38	Ralph	204	↓1	44
39	Steven	192	↑3	43
40	Henry	175	↓2	37
41	Norman	166	↑2	65
42	Brian	165	↑4	>100
43	Alfred	163	↓3	88
44	Jeffrey	158	new	91
45	Leonard	156	–	57
46	Russell	154	↑1	64
47	Leo	149	new	>100
48	Stanley	148	↑2	59
49	Kevin	145	new	>100
50	Barry	143	↓2	84

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