Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1949

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,421 babies) and Robert for boys (3,300). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 91,939 babies born in Massachusetts in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1949

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: 144 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maureen: 509 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryellen: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Doreen: 73 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anne: 346 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Noreen: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alison: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lauren: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maryanne: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 458 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Armand: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Gerard: 139 babies, 5× the national rate
Denis: 50 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kevin: 412 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Francis: 472 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 866 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dana: 109 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Edmund: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bradford: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,421	–	1
2	Mary	1,729	–	2
3	Susan	1,612	–	5
4	Patricia	1,383	–	3
5	Kathleen	1,314	–	9
6	Nancy	1,155	–	7
7	Donna	1,134	↑1	12
8	Barbara	1,045	↓1	4
9	Carol	913	–	8
10	Diane	882	↑3	19
11	Sandra	829	–	6
12	Judith	816	↓2	16
13	Karen	790	↓1	11
14	Deborah	721	↑3	15
15	Elizabeth	646	↓1	25
16	Christine	632	↑8	30
17	Margaret	589	↓2	14
18	Janet	585	↓2	23
19	Maureen	509	–	89
20	Janice	496	↑10	24
21	Ann	495	↓3	44
22	Sharon	469	↑10	10
23	Jane	465	↓2	41
24	Joanne	458	↑2	61
25	Cynthia	457	↓5	27
26	Gail	456	↓1	51
27	Elaine	442	↓5	57
28	Pamela	438	↑3	21
29	Jean	435	↓1	45
30	Paula	422	↓3	55
31	Joan	416	↓8	36
32	Cheryl	389	↓3	28
33	Joyce	374	–	26
34	Catherine	369	↑4	37
35	Anne	346	↓1	86
36	Ellen	337	–	64
37	Marie	314	↓2	67
38	Marilyn	312	↑2	33
39	Beverly	296	–	31
40	Jeanne	283	↑1	92
41	Dorothy	274	↓4	32
42	Virginia	274	↑1	39
43	Suzanne	256	↑3	62
44	Eileen	251	new	95
45	Helen	241	↑5	46
46	Carolyn	235	↑1	17
47	Martha	228	↑2	34
48	Lorraine	226	↓3	>100
49	Dianne	225	new	85
50	Katherine	223	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	3,300	–	2
2	John	3,250	–	3
3	Richard	2,420	–	7
4	James	2,161	–	1
5	William	2,064	–	4
6	David	1,947	–	6
7	Michael	1,814	↑1	5
8	Paul	1,686	↓1	17
9	Thomas	1,510	–	8
10	Stephen	1,245	↑1	19
11	Joseph	1,236	↓1	14
12	Edward	997	–	21
13	Charles	870	–	9
14	Peter	866	–	38
15	Ronald	810	–	11
16	George	777	–	18
17	Donald	758	–	13
18	Kenneth	745	–	15
19	Daniel	682	–	22
20	Mark	550	↑4	24
21	Dennis	535	–	16
22	Steven	530	↑1	20
23	Bruce	495	↓3	26
24	Francis	472	↓2	78
25	Kevin	412	↑5	95
26	Raymond	393	↓1	30
27	Gary	382	↑1	12
28	Alan	374	↑1	45
29	Arthur	369	↓2	44
30	Philip	365	↓4	55
31	Lawrence	364	↑1	32
32	Frank	343	↓1	27
33	Anthony	338	–	36
34	Douglas	334	↑4	29
35	Gerald	332	↓1	33
36	Walter	306	↓1	37
37	Jeffrey	303	↑3	48
38	Wayne	301	↓2	35
39	Brian	291	–	86
40	Frederick	280	↑2	70
41	Roger	245	↓4	25
42	Albert	220	↑1	56
43	Gregory	218	↑2	31
44	Russell	210	↑3	69
45	Ralph	199	↓4	50
46	Christopher	197	new	81
47	Barry	195	↓1	73
48	Timothy	195	↑1	34
49	Henry	186	↓5	46
50	Louis	174	↓2	64

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