Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1958

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1958 were Susan for girls (2,182 babies) and John for boys (3,370). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 110,872 babies born in Massachusetts in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1958

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: 63 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Maryellen: 48 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Annmarie: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maryanne: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maureen: 514 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lynne: 232 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marybeth: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Noreen: 53 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joanne: 558 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Claire: 90 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 289 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bradford: 59 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dana: 142 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 964 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gerard: 127 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dominic: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 1,355 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Edmund: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Denis: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leo: 100 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	2,182	–	2
2	Mary	1,838	–	1
3	Karen	1,488	–	4
4	Linda	1,402	↑3	3
5	Patricia	1,394	–	5
6	Donna	1,334	–	10
7	Kathleen	1,240	↑2	21
8	Deborah	1,192	↓4	7
9	Nancy	1,160	↓1	12
10	Cheryl	1,008	–	13
11	Debra	1,006	–	6
12	Diane	946	↑1	18
13	Elizabeth	778	↑3	22
14	Cynthia	773	↓2	8
15	Barbara	760	–	9
16	Carol	746	↓2	20
17	Lisa	743	↑3	19
18	Pamela	652	–	11
19	Ann	592	–	47
20	Joanne	558	↑10	80
21	Sandra	551	–	15
22	Maureen	514	↑5	>100
23	Denise	508	↓6	27
24	Christine	504	↑1	43
25	Sharon	490	↓2	17
26	Judith	488	↓2	62
27	Catherine	471	↓1	38
28	Paula	464	↑6	53
29	Anne	440	↓1	87
30	Janet	440	↓8	28
31	Margaret	438	↓2	31
32	Laura	406	↑11	29
33	Theresa	406	↑8	33
34	Kathy	405	↑14	14
35	Robin	405	↓4	32
36	Brenda	392	↑1	16
37	Jean	386	↓2	73
38	Joan	368	↓2	68
39	Gail	365	↓6	72
40	Janice	348	–	35
41	Laurie	347	↑5	70
42	Jane	343	↓10	61
43	Ellen	331	↓5	93
44	Julie	308	new	23
45	Darlene	306	–	49
46	Marie	302	↑3	>100
47	Elaine	290	↓5	>100
48	Kim	285	↓4	40
49	Lynn	285	new	60
50	Cindy	279	↓11	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	John	3,370	–	5
2	Michael	3,322	–	1
3	Robert	3,123	–	4
4	David	3,018	–	2
5	James	2,582	–	3
6	Richard	2,206	–	8
7	William	2,002	–	6
8	Mark	1,980	–	7
9	Paul	1,796	–	15
10	Thomas	1,643	–	9
11	Joseph	1,460	–	12
12	Stephen	1,355	–	26
13	Steven	1,155	–	10
14	Kevin	1,007	↑1	20
15	Brian	984	↑1	24
16	Peter	964	↓2	41
17	Daniel	928	–	16
18	Edward	835	–	28
19	Charles	767	–	11
20	Kenneth	754	↑2	14
21	Donald	713	↓1	18
22	Scott	693	↑3	25
23	Jeffrey	669	–	21
24	Gary	636	↓3	17
25	Ronald	580	↓1	19
26	Timothy	569	↑1	13
27	Christopher	535	↑2	39
28	George	513	↓2	31
29	Anthony	463	↑1	27
30	Bruce	448	↓2	36
31	Douglas	397	–	30
32	Wayne	394	↑1	48
33	Dennis	353	↓1	29
34	Frank	343	↑6	38
35	Alan	338	↑2	49
36	Raymond	337	–	43
37	Lawrence	330	↓3	52
38	Philip	329	↓3	67
39	Gregory	304	↓1	23
40	Francis	289	↓1	>100
41	Matthew	267	↑7	60
42	Arthur	258	↑1	72
43	Keith	249	↓2	37
44	Andrew	247	↓2	55
45	Eric	233	↑5	50
46	Patrick	232	↓2	42
47	Glenn	221	↓2	76
48	Barry	216	↓2	79
49	Russell	197	↓2	54
50	Frederick	187	↓1	>100

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