Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1960

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1960 were Susan for girls (1,846 babies) and John for boys (3,475). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 109,895 babies born in Massachusetts in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1960

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: 55 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Annemarie: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Annmarie: 49 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maryellen: 62 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynne: 250 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maureen: 448 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 188 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joanne: 464 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marybeth: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Claire: 81 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 262 babies, 4× the national rate
Dana: 162 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 997 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 114 babies, 3× the national rate
Laurence: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Denis: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Sean: 112 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 1,237 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Edmund: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Paul: 1,802 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	1,846	–	2
2	Mary	1,693	–	1
3	Donna	1,583	–	5
4	Karen	1,380	↑1	4
5	Linda	1,306	↑1	3
6	Patricia	1,239	↓2	7
7	Lisa	1,238	↑3	6
8	Kathleen	1,064	↓1	27
9	Nancy	1,035	↓1	15
10	Deborah	936	↓1	10
11	Diane	882	–	22
12	Cheryl	852	↑1	17
13	Debra	776	↓1	8
14	Elizabeth	728	–	18
15	Barbara	671	↑1	12
16	Cynthia	656	↓1	9
17	Carol	646	–	23
18	Sandra	637	–	11
19	Ann	564	↑1	51
20	Pamela	537	↓1	14
21	Christine	526	↑5	40
22	Denise	524	–	29
23	Robin	500	↑2	33
24	Laura	478	↑7	25
25	Sharon	477	↓4	16
26	Joanne	464	↓3	99
27	Paula	461	↑3	55
28	Brenda	460	↑6	13
29	Laurie	454	↑10	37
30	Judith	452	↓2	74
31	Maureen	448	↓7	>100
32	Catherine	431	↓3	42
33	Theresa	431	↑2	35
34	Anne	418	↓1	88
35	Michelle	416	↑7	39
36	Janet	404	↓9	32
37	Margaret	400	↓5	36
38	Lori	390	↑6	20
39	Jane	359	↓3	67
40	Jean	358	↓2	86
41	Kim	343	new	34
42	Julie	330	↑6	28
43	Ellen	327	↓6	94
44	Kathy	314	↓4	21
45	Joan	310	↓4	80
46	Kimberly	301	new	26
47	Gail	297	↓2	90
48	Janice	294	↓5	41
49	Suzanne	276	↑1	78
50	Lynn	262	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	John	3,475	–	4
2	Michael	3,264	–	2
3	David	3,110	↑1	1
4	Robert	2,846	↓1	5
5	James	2,504	–	3
6	Mark	2,155	↑1	6
7	Richard	1,946	↓1	8
8	William	1,861	–	7
9	Paul	1,802	–	18
10	Thomas	1,668	–	9
11	Joseph	1,480	–	12
12	Stephen	1,237	–	27
13	Steven	1,236	–	10
14	Kevin	1,068	↑1	15
15	Brian	1,027	↑1	20
16	Daniel	1,013	↑1	17
17	Peter	997	↓3	42
18	Jeffrey	791	↑1	14
19	Scott	778	↑5	23
20	Edward	772	↓2	26
21	Kenneth	739	↓1	16
22	Charles	699	↓1	13
23	Christopher	682	↑4	29
24	Timothy	681	↓2	11
25	Donald	663	↓2	19
26	Gary	568	↓1	22
27	Ronald	540	↓1	21
28	George	485	–	33
29	Anthony	424	–	25
30	Bruce	406	–	39
31	Andrew	356	↑8	51
32	Douglas	356	–	30
33	Raymond	337	↑3	46
34	Dennis	333	↓1	31
35	Gregory	328	↓1	24
36	Wayne	323	↓5	58
37	Philip	322	↑1	76
38	Alan	317	↓3	50
39	Eric	316	↑4	44
40	Frank	298	↓3	40
41	Lawrence	272	↓1	64
42	Matthew	263	↑2	61
43	Francis	262	↓1	>100
44	Patrick	248	↓3	45
45	Keith	246	–	35
46	Craig	233	↑3	41
47	Glenn	214	↑3	74
48	Arthur	212	↓2	82
49	Russell	211	↓2	56
50	Walter	206	new	70

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