Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1947

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,708 babies) and Robert for boys (3,895). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 101,160 babies born in Massachusetts in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1947

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: 34 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Claire: 189 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cecile: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Madeleine: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maureen: 531 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Meredith: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Noreen: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Therese: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Anne: 377 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Armand: 36 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kevin: 311 babies, 7× the national rate
Bradford: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gerard: 122 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francis: 485 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 946 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leo: 171 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dana: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Denis: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rene: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,708	↑3	1
2	Mary	1,858	↓1	2
3	Patricia	1,755	↓1	3
4	Susan	1,518	↑1	8
5	Nancy	1,304	↑2	7
6	Barbara	1,250	–	4
7	Carol	1,244	↓4	6
8	Kathleen	1,236	↑2	11
9	Donna	1,193	–	10
10	Judith	1,097	↓2	12
11	Sandra	1,034	–	5
12	Diane	852	–	18
13	Margaret	731	–	16
14	Karen	694	↑1	13
15	Elizabeth	643	↑1	25
16	Janet	575	↑1	23
17	Ann	555	↑2	41
18	Janice	547	↑2	22
19	Jean	541	↑4	40
20	Joan	534	↓6	30
21	Maureen	531	–	98
22	Jane	519	–	36
23	Elaine	503	↓5	50
24	Joanne	496	–	56
25	Gail	488	–	49
26	Cynthia	474	↑5	33
27	Paula	451	↑10	54
28	Pamela	448	↑5	28
29	Joyce	445	↓1	20
30	Cheryl	444	↑5	24
31	Christine	432	↑9	45
32	Sharon	417	↓3	9
33	Marilyn	397	↓1	29
34	Ellen	386	↑7	61
35	Marie	384	↑1	57
36	Anne	377	↓6	95
37	Dorothy	374	↓10	26
38	Beverly	354	↓12	31
39	Deborah	329	new	62
40	Catherine	321	↑3	46
41	Virginia	316	↓2	34
42	Jeanne	302	↓4	86
43	Lorraine	294	↑1	84
44	Carolyn	291	↓10	15
45	Frances	279	–	39
46	Helen	279	↑1	38
47	Sheila	275	↓5	73
48	Suzanne	271	↑2	53
49	Ruth	267	↓1	44
50	Eileen	261	↓1	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	3,895	–	2
2	John	3,826	–	3
3	Richard	2,892	–	5
4	James	2,412	↑1	1
5	William	2,386	↓1	4
6	David	2,096	↑1	6
7	Paul	1,853	↓1	18
8	Thomas	1,647	–	8
9	Michael	1,550	↑1	7
10	Joseph	1,460	↓1	14
11	Edward	1,140	–	19
12	Ronald	1,082	–	11
13	Charles	987	–	9
14	Stephen	978	↑3	21
15	Peter	946	↓1	36
16	George	901	–	16
17	Donald	895	↓2	13
18	Kenneth	768	–	15
19	Daniel	613	↑1	22
20	Dennis	598	↓1	17
21	Bruce	569	↑2	29
22	Raymond	497	–	27
23	Francis	485	↓2	84
24	Arthur	458	–	38
25	Steven	450	↑11	24
26	Alan	443	↑2	45
27	Frank	427	↓1	23
28	Wayne	409	↑7	30
29	Lawrence	394	↓4	32
30	Anthony	385	↑2	41
31	Gerald	384	↓4	28
32	Philip	356	↓3	57
33	Walter	352	↓2	34
34	Roger	341	↓4	25
35	Frederick	319	↓2	78
36	Gary	318	↓2	12
37	Kevin	311	↑1	>100
38	Mark	290	↑6	47
39	Douglas	289	↓2	31
40	Jeffrey	279	↑3	66
41	Albert	275	↓2	55
42	Brian	275	↑3	95
43	Ralph	266	↓1	50
44	Russell	256	↓4	69
45	Gregory	235	new	33
46	Leonard	230	–	71
47	Barry	226	↑2	68
48	Henry	225	↓7	46
49	Alfred	210	↓2	96
50	Carl	202	↓2	40

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