Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1955

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1955 were Susan for girls (2,099 babies) and John for boys (3,359). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 105,927 babies born in Massachusetts in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1955

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: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Maura: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Claire: 111 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maureen: 477 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Clare: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 152 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joanne: 471 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lynne: 219 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Noreen: 55 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meredith: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 168 babies, 4× the national rate
Francis: 345 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bradford: 70 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 1,008 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 136 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Edmund: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Denis: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Paul: 1,949 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brian: 711 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stephen: 1,462 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	2,099	↑1	5
2	Mary	1,881	↓1	1
3	Deborah	1,741	↑1	2
4	Patricia	1,681	↓1	6
5	Linda	1,586	–	3
6	Donna	1,434	–	10
7	Nancy	1,391	↑1	9
8	Debra	1,324	↑2	4
9	Kathleen	1,249	↓2	17
10	Karen	1,182	↓1	8
11	Diane	1,091	–	14
12	Barbara	815	–	7
13	Carol	799	–	15
14	Elizabeth	730	↑1	21
15	Cheryl	726	↑7	19
16	Cynthia	686	↓2	11
17	Judith	622	↓1	31
18	Sandra	601	↑3	13
19	Pamela	594	↓2	12
20	Janet	585	↓1	20
21	Ann	566	↑3	43
22	Denise	557	↓4	23
23	Paula	532	↓3	39
24	Margaret	517	↑2	24
25	Gail	491	↓2	42
26	Sharon	485	↑7	16
27	Maureen	477	↑1	100
28	Joanne	471	↓3	88
29	Catherine	461	↑2	28
30	Joan	456	↓3	46
31	Anne	424	↓1	84
32	Jean	423	–	60
33	Christine	417	↑6	40
34	Jane	417	↓5	50
35	Janice	412	↓1	25
36	Elaine	369	↑4	77
37	Ellen	366	–	81
38	Robin	342	–	33
39	Lisa	327	↑10	48
40	Joyce	323	↓4	29
41	Theresa	317	–	38
42	Marie	282	↓7	92
43	Brenda	274	–	18
44	Sheila	240	new	57
45	Lynn	238	new	62
46	Jo	230	↑2	58
47	Bonnie	225	new	45
48	Eileen	225	↓3	>100
49	Jeanne	219	↓7	>100
50	Laurie	219	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	John	3,359	↑1	5
2	Robert	3,290	↓1	4
3	David	2,886	↑1	2
4	Michael	2,859	↓1	1
5	James	2,402	↑1	3
6	Richard	2,283	↓1	7
7	William	1,975	–	6
8	Paul	1,949	–	16
9	Thomas	1,600	–	8
10	Mark	1,541	↑2	9
11	Stephen	1,462	↓1	21
12	Joseph	1,410	↓1	13
13	Steven	1,212	–	10
14	Peter	1,008	–	35
15	Edward	905	↑1	25
16	Kevin	904	↓1	27
17	Daniel	893	↑2	17
18	Gary	850	↓1	12
19	Charles	758	↓1	11
20	Donald	734	–	14
21	Kenneth	730	–	15
22	Brian	711	↑1	40
23	Jeffrey	605	↑3	20
24	Ronald	584	↓2	18
25	George	571	↓1	26
26	Bruce	532	↓1	32
27	Dennis	503	–	23
28	Timothy	477	↑7	22
29	Wayne	412	↓1	44
30	Alan	407	↑2	43
31	Anthony	390	↓2	31
32	Christopher	375	↑7	49
33	Raymond	353	↑1	36
34	Scott	346	↑4	38
35	Francis	345	↓5	100
36	Lawrence	343	↓5	42
37	Douglas	339	↓1	29
38	Frank	313	↓1	34
39	Philip	305	↓6	62
40	Arthur	291	–	56
41	Gregory	289	–	24
42	Keith	237	new	39
43	Frederick	234	–	86
44	Gerald	231	↑2	48
45	Walter	230	↓3	51
46	Roger	227	↑2	37
47	Patrick	205	↓3	41
48	Barry	202	↓3	70
49	Andrew	198	–	66
50	Glenn	197	–	59

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