Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1957

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1957 were Susan for girls (2,057 babies) and John for boys (3,528). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,327 babies born in Massachusetts in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1957

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

Girls

Maryellen: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maura: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maryanne: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maureen: 471 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Claire: 103 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 247 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 120 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Noreen: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanne: 457 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anne: 463 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Shaun: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Francis: 321 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 1,102 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dana: 149 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 139 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sean: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradford: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephen: 1,412 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paul: 1,856 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leo: 105 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	2,057	–	2
2	Mary	1,992	–	1
3	Karen	1,582	↑1	5
4	Deborah	1,499	↑2	6
5	Patricia	1,461	↓2	8
6	Donna	1,411	↓1	10
7	Linda	1,377	–	3
8	Nancy	1,281	–	11
9	Kathleen	1,236	↑1	21
10	Cheryl	1,141	↑2	16
11	Debra	1,105	↓2	4
12	Cynthia	1,049	↑1	7
13	Diane	1,016	↓2	17
14	Carol	834	↑1	18
15	Barbara	762	↓1	9
16	Elizabeth	715	–	22
17	Denise	596	↑5	25
18	Pamela	580	–	12
19	Ann	577	↓2	44
20	Lisa	574	↑16	26
21	Sandra	572	↓1	15
22	Janet	519	↓1	23
23	Sharon	497	↓4	14
24	Judith	487	↓1	53
25	Christine	480	↑6	41
26	Catherine	474	↓1	37
27	Maureen	471	↑1	>100
28	Anne	463	↑7	86
29	Margaret	459	↓2	29
30	Joanne	457	↑3	94
31	Robin	457	↑1	30
32	Jane	446	↓3	56
33	Gail	442	↓7	54
34	Paula	434	↓10	49
35	Jean	423	↓5	67
36	Joan	414	↓2	60
37	Brenda	385	↑7	13
38	Ellen	381	↓1	85
39	Cindy	366	new	19
40	Janice	366	↓1	32
41	Theresa	363	↓3	36
42	Elaine	316	↓1	96
43	Laura	301	↑4	31
44	Kim	291	new	35
45	Darlene	290	new	57
46	Laurie	289	–	73
47	Joyce	278	↓7	40
48	Kathy	275	new	20
49	Marie	275	↓7	98
50	Eileen	261	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	John	3,528	–	5
2	Michael	3,221	↑1	1
3	Robert	3,201	↓1	4
4	David	2,895	–	3
5	James	2,555	–	2
6	Richard	2,257	–	8
7	William	1,999	–	6
8	Mark	1,894	↑1	7
9	Paul	1,856	↓1	18
10	Thomas	1,698	–	9
11	Joseph	1,495	–	12
12	Stephen	1,412	–	24
13	Steven	1,178	–	10
14	Peter	1,102	↑1	37
15	Kevin	1,048	↓1	20
16	Brian	1,036	–	26
17	Daniel	1,010	–	16
18	Edward	917	–	25
19	Charles	793	↑1	11
20	Donald	770	↑1	15
21	Gary	761	↓2	13
22	Kenneth	752	–	14
23	Jeffrey	655	–	21
24	Ronald	642	–	17
25	Scott	589	↑3	32
26	George	587	↓1	29
27	Timothy	527	–	19
28	Bruce	523	↓2	34
29	Christopher	447	↑2	43
30	Anthony	440	↑2	27
31	Douglas	406	↑3	30
32	Dennis	391	↑1	28
33	Wayne	372	↓4	47
34	Lawrence	367	↑2	46
35	Philip	354	↑2	68
36	Raymond	341	↓1	39
37	Alan	337	↓7	48
38	Gregory	324	↑2	23
39	Francis	321	↓1	>100
40	Frank	312	↓1	38
41	Keith	269	↑1	36
42	Andrew	258	↑2	56
43	Arthur	249	↓2	66
44	Patrick	245	↑1	41
45	Glenn	232	↑5	62
46	Barry	221	↑1	72
47	Russell	217	↓4	54
48	Matthew	206	new	83
49	Frederick	202	–	99
50	Eric	200	new	60

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