Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1948

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,413 babies) and Robert for boys (3,549). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 94,321 babies born in Massachusetts in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1948

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, 5.8× the national rate
Claire: 153 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cecile: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maureen: 512 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Madeleine: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Noreen: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Corinne: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alison: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anne: 361 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maryellen: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kevin: 389 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gerard: 132 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Francis: 480 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 855 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dana: 106 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rene: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradford: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Geoffrey: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Denis: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,413	–	1
2	Mary	1,817	–	2
3	Susan	1,648	↑1	5
4	Patricia	1,491	↓1	4
5	Kathleen	1,350	↑3	10
6	Nancy	1,278	↓1	7
7	Barbara	1,235	↓1	3
8	Donna	1,186	↑1	11
9	Carol	1,061	↓2	8
10	Judith	892	–	15
11	Sandra	872	–	6
12	Karen	764	↑2	12
13	Diane	758	↓1	19
14	Elizabeth	649	↑1	26
15	Margaret	630	↓2	13
16	Janet	563	–	24
17	Deborah	531	↑22	30
18	Ann	520	↓1	44
19	Maureen	512	↑2	88
20	Cynthia	510	↑6	27
21	Jane	487	↑1	39
22	Elaine	472	↑1	53
23	Joan	469	↓3	37
24	Christine	455	↑7	35
25	Gail	452	–	51
26	Joanne	448	↓2	65
27	Paula	448	–	52
28	Jean	443	↓9	47
29	Cheryl	427	↑1	25
30	Janice	427	↓12	23
31	Pamela	409	↓3	22
32	Sharon	395	–	9
33	Joyce	387	↓4	21
34	Anne	361	↑2	87
35	Marie	354	–	60
36	Ellen	346	↓2	67
37	Dorothy	336	–	29
38	Catherine	333	↑2	41
39	Beverly	326	↓1	31
40	Marilyn	302	↓7	33
41	Jeanne	288	↑1	95
42	Sheila	277	↑5	71
43	Virginia	267	↓2	36
44	Frances	265	↑1	42
45	Lorraine	258	↓2	96
46	Suzanne	253	↑2	66
47	Carolyn	251	↓3	14
48	Ruth	251	↑1	45
49	Martha	249	new	32
50	Helen	243	↓4	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	3,549	–	2
2	John	3,407	–	3
3	Richard	2,465	–	7
4	James	2,310	–	1
5	William	2,251	–	4
6	David	2,012	–	5
7	Paul	1,771	–	18
8	Michael	1,666	↑1	6
9	Thomas	1,539	↓1	8
10	Joseph	1,347	–	13
11	Stephen	1,072	↑3	20
12	Edward	1,041	↓1	19
13	Charles	878	–	9
14	Peter	855	↑1	37
15	Ronald	850	↓3	10
16	George	801	–	16
17	Donald	789	–	14
18	Kenneth	726	–	15
19	Daniel	624	–	22
20	Bruce	554	↑1	28
21	Dennis	507	↓1	17
22	Francis	480	↑1	80
23	Steven	448	↑2	23
24	Mark	442	↑14	29
25	Raymond	442	↓3	27
26	Philip	414	↑6	54
27	Arthur	406	↓3	44
28	Gary	402	↑8	12
29	Alan	401	↓3	46
30	Kevin	389	↑7	>100
31	Frank	384	↓4	25
32	Lawrence	377	↓3	31
33	Anthony	374	↓3	41
34	Gerald	330	↓3	30
35	Walter	322	↓2	35
36	Wayne	296	↓8	34
37	Roger	282	↓3	24
38	Douglas	273	↑1	33
39	Brian	265	↑3	95
40	Jeffrey	265	–	58
41	Ralph	258	↑2	51
42	Frederick	243	↓7	75
43	Albert	231	↓2	55
44	Henry	219	↑4	45
45	Gregory	210	–	32
46	Barry	197	↑1	74
47	Russell	194	↓3	67
48	Louis	190	new	64
49	Timothy	190	new	38
50	Carl	188	–	42

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