Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1954

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1954 were Mary for girls (2,130 babies) and Robert for boys (3,387). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 103,256 babies born in Massachusetts in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1954

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: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Annmarie: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Claire: 120 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maureen: 481 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elisabeth: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joanne: 506 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maryellen: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marianne: 168 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lesley: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anne: 427 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Gerard: 166 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Peter: 1,000 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 368 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dana: 170 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Edmund: 58 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sean: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bradford: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Laurence: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Denis: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Paul: 1,880 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	2,130	↑1	1
2	Susan	1,992	↓1	5
3	Patricia	1,638	–	4
4	Deborah	1,609	↑1	3
5	Linda	1,603	↓1	2
6	Donna	1,509	↑2	11
7	Kathleen	1,355	↓1	14
8	Nancy	1,246	↓1	9
9	Karen	1,144	–	8
10	Debra	1,064	↑3	6
11	Diane	968	↓1	17
12	Barbara	915	↓1	7
13	Carol	810	↓1	15
14	Cynthia	683	–	10
15	Elizabeth	673	–	20
16	Judith	640	–	30
17	Pamela	604	↑4	12
18	Denise	599	↑1	24
19	Janet	598	↓1	19
20	Paula	592	↑5	38
21	Sandra	584	↓4	13
22	Cheryl	581	↑7	22
23	Gail	537	↓1	37
24	Ann	518	–	44
25	Joanne	506	↓5	78
26	Margaret	495	–	21
27	Joan	491	↑1	40
28	Maureen	481	↓1	97
29	Jane	437	↑2	49
30	Anne	427	↑3	80
31	Catherine	423	↑3	32
32	Jean	420	↑3	56
33	Sharon	420	↓3	16
34	Janice	406	↓2	25
35	Marie	355	↑5	79
36	Joyce	347	↑2	28
37	Ellen	332	↓1	77
38	Robin	325	↑10	41
39	Christine	320	↓16	43
40	Elaine	310	↓3	74
41	Theresa	274	↑4	47
42	Jeanne	269	↓1	>100
43	Brenda	249	↑4	18
44	Marian	242	new	>100
45	Eileen	235	↑4	>100
46	Marilyn	233	↓7	35
47	Suzanne	230	↓5	82
48	Jo	229	new	53
49	Lisa	227	new	73
50	Beverly	219	↓4	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Robert	3,387	–	2
2	John	3,251	–	4
3	Michael	2,807	–	1
4	David	2,681	↑1	5
5	Richard	2,515	↓1	7
6	James	2,329	–	3
7	William	2,113	–	6
8	Paul	1,880	–	16
9	Thomas	1,618	–	8
10	Stephen	1,446	–	20
11	Joseph	1,423	–	13
12	Mark	1,266	–	12
13	Steven	1,034	–	11
14	Peter	1,000	–	37
15	Kevin	935	↑5	28
16	Edward	925	↓1	22
17	Gary	915	↓1	9
18	Charles	805	↓1	10
19	Daniel	790	–	18
20	Donald	756	↓2	14
21	Kenneth	715	–	17
22	Ronald	625	↑2	15
23	Brian	562	↑4	48
24	George	558	↓1	24
25	Bruce	539	↑1	30
26	Jeffrey	513	↓1	23
27	Dennis	476	↓5	21
28	Wayne	458	↑1	41
29	Anthony	390	↑3	32
30	Francis	368	↓2	94
31	Lawrence	352	↑2	39
32	Alan	351	↓2	43
33	Philip	351	↑1	62
34	Raymond	346	↓3	35
35	Timothy	335	↑1	26
36	Douglas	331	↓1	29
37	Frank	296	–	36
38	Scott	296	↑2	40
39	Christopher	289	–	64
40	Arthur	263	↓2	52
41	Gregory	246	↑3	25
42	Walter	238	↓1	49
43	Frederick	235	↓1	83
44	Patrick	230	↑5	38
45	Barry	211	new	68
46	Gerald	205	–	44
47	Russell	205	↑1	69
48	Roger	195	↓5	34
49	Andrew	182	new	70
50	Glenn	182	new	63

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