Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1951

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,973 babies) and Robert for boys (3,335). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,870 babies born in Massachusetts in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1951

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, 7.8× the national rate
Claire: 139 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maureen: 466 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Meredith: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Noreen: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Anne: 432 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maryanne: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joanne: 448 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doreen: 67 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Gerard: 144 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francis: 446 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 881 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kevin: 581 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dana: 118 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leo: 150 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Denis: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Edmund: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bradford: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Paul: 1,763 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,973	–	1
2	Patricia	1,893	↑2	3
3	Susan	1,743	–	6
4	Mary	1,703	↓2	2
5	Kathleen	1,362	–	10
6	Nancy	1,257	–	7
7	Deborah	1,214	↑2	4
8	Donna	1,191	↓1	12
9	Karen	1,056	↑3	8
10	Barbara	953	↓2	5
11	Diane	888	–	15
12	Carol	848	↓2	11
13	Christine	827	↑1	24
14	Judith	736	↓1	25
15	Elizabeth	677	↑1	23
16	Sandra	652	↓1	9
17	Janet	575	–	19
18	Gail	559	↑2	36
19	Margaret	552	↓1	17
20	Janice	549	↓1	21
21	Ann	540	–	46
22	Joan	508	↑5	39
23	Sharon	493	–	13
24	Denise	492	↑16	48
25	Cynthia	480	↓1	20
26	Jane	478	↓1	43
27	Maureen	466	↓5	93
28	Joanne	448	↓2	73
29	Anne	432	↑6	82
30	Pamela	430	↑1	16
31	Cheryl	428	↓2	30
32	Elaine	418	↓2	66
33	Jean	416	↓5	49
34	Paula	413	↓2	51
35	Ellen	386	↓1	68
36	Catherine	366	↓3	34
37	Joyce	344	↓1	28
38	Debra	337	new	18
39	Marie	298	↓2	78
40	Marilyn	265	↓2	41
41	Eileen	253	↑1	95
42	Beverly	250	↓1	33
43	Dorothy	245	–	42
44	Martha	237	↑1	38
45	Virginia	232	↓1	47
46	Jeanne	230	↓7	98
47	Dianne	228	new	90
48	Sheila	210	↓1	69
49	Theresa	202	new	64
50	Brenda	198	–	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	3,335	–	2
2	John	3,257	–	3
3	Richard	2,378	–	7
4	James	2,192	–	1
5	Michael	2,076	↑2	4
6	William	2,053	↓1	6
7	David	2,034	↓1	5
8	Paul	1,763	–	18
9	Thomas	1,629	–	8
10	Stephen	1,533	–	19
11	Joseph	1,326	–	14
12	Edward	898	↑1	23
13	Peter	881	↑1	38
14	Charles	879	↓2	9
15	Steven	780	↑5	13
16	Gary	767	↑6	10
17	Donald	761	↓2	15
18	Kenneth	751	↓2	16
19	Mark	710	↑4	20
20	George	705	↓2	22
21	Dennis	701	↓2	17
22	Ronald	687	↓5	12
23	Daniel	677	↓2	21
24	Kevin	581	–	53
25	Bruce	533	–	26
26	Francis	446	–	85
27	Alan	427	–	40
28	Wayne	414	–	37
29	Brian	376	↑6	75
30	Raymond	369	↓1	32
31	Lawrence	362	↓1	33
32	Anthony	353	↑1	34
33	Arthur	337	↑1	44
34	Douglas	337	↑3	27
35	Jeffrey	333	↑1	35
36	Frank	303	↓5	31
37	Philip	303	↓5	55
38	Frederick	279	↑3	78
39	Gerald	275	–	36
40	Christopher	272	↑2	61
41	Walter	263	↓3	42
42	Roger	240	↓2	29
43	Timothy	236	↑3	28
44	Gregory	222	–	25
45	Ralph	212	↓2	51
46	Albert	201	↑1	60
47	Russell	200	↓2	73
48	Andrew	192	↑1	69
49	Barry	189	↓1	71
50	Henry	181	new	47

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