Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1953

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1953 were Susan for girls (1,924 babies) and Robert for boys (3,414). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 100,043 babies born in Massachusetts in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1953

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

Girls

Maura: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Claire: 150 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maureen: 501 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Meredith: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Joanne: 565 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jayne: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Natalie: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alison: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anne: 423 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 415 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bradford: 81 babies, 4× the national rate
Edmund: 63 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Denis: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 956 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dana: 137 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 117 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Edmond: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leo: 126 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laurence: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Susan	1,924	–	5
2	Mary	1,754	↑1	1
3	Patricia	1,734	↑1	4
4	Linda	1,660	↓2	2
5	Deborah	1,552	–	3
6	Kathleen	1,303	–	14
7	Nancy	1,252	–	8
8	Donna	1,210	–	13
9	Karen	1,049	–	9
10	Diane	981	–	17
11	Barbara	921	–	6
12	Carol	808	↑1	16
13	Debra	792	↑11	7
14	Cynthia	748	↑4	12
15	Elizabeth	666	↓1	21
16	Judith	645	↓1	30
17	Sandra	613	–	11
18	Janet	597	↑1	19
19	Denise	571	↓3	31
20	Joanne	565	↑7	71
21	Pamela	564	↑7	10
22	Gail	557	↓2	39
23	Christine	553	↓11	32
24	Ann	523	↓1	46
25	Paula	513	–	40
26	Margaret	507	↓4	20
27	Maureen	501	↑2	92
28	Joan	493	↓7	37
29	Cheryl	471	↑3	28
30	Sharon	444	–	15
31	Jane	440	–	43
32	Janice	430	↓6	22
33	Anne	423	–	80
34	Catherine	401	–	35
35	Jean	393	↑1	52
36	Ellen	377	↑2	76
37	Elaine	368	↓2	77
38	Joyce	325	↓1	26
39	Marilyn	290	↑1	36
40	Marie	278	↓1	86
41	Jeanne	259	↑4	97
42	Suzanne	242	↑6	78
43	Sheila	238	↑4	60
44	Dianne	233	↑2	>100
45	Theresa	233	↑4	50
46	Beverly	232	↓3	34
47	Brenda	231	new	18
48	Robin	229	new	66
49	Eileen	227	↓7	>100
50	Martha	224	↓9	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Robert	3,414	–	1
2	John	3,212	–	4
3	Michael	2,582	↑1	3
4	Richard	2,457	↓1	7
5	David	2,407	–	5
6	James	2,358	–	2
7	William	2,096	–	6
8	Paul	1,868	–	16
9	Thomas	1,622	–	8
10	Stephen	1,478	–	21
11	Joseph	1,354	–	13
12	Mark	1,013	↑4	12
13	Steven	1,002	↓1	11
14	Peter	956	↓1	38
15	Edward	878	↓1	23
16	Gary	855	↑1	10
17	Charles	816	↓2	9
18	Donald	785	↑1	14
19	Daniel	741	↓1	20
20	Kevin	727	↑5	36
21	Kenneth	720	↓1	17
22	Dennis	609	↓1	19
23	George	591	↓1	22
24	Ronald	583	↓1	15
25	Jeffrey	527	↑9	25
26	Bruce	519	↓2	28
27	Brian	472	↓1	53
28	Francis	415	↓1	90
29	Wayne	410	↑1	40
30	Alan	402	↓1	43
31	Raymond	390	↓3	34
32	Anthony	359	↓1	32
33	Lawrence	355	↓1	37
34	Philip	334	↓1	61
35	Douglas	333	–	27
36	Timothy	324	↑6	26
37	Frank	306	–	33
38	Arthur	288	↓2	50
39	Christopher	279	↓1	63
40	Scott	241	↑6	46
41	Walter	234	↑2	45
42	Frederick	232	↓1	80
43	Roger	232	↓3	31
44	Gregory	211	–	24
45	Ralph	211	↑4	59
46	Gerald	209	↓7	42
47	Albert	205	↑1	69
48	Russell	196	↓3	71
49	Patrick	194	new	39
50	Carl	192	new	44

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