Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1969

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,549 babies) and Michael for boys (2,925). Social Security records list 88,205 babies born in Massachusetts in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1969

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: 59 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Maryellen: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lynne: 105 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kate: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maureen: 214 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristen: 392 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kerry: 191 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Annmarie: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Lauren: 123 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Coleen: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francis: 131 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dana: 94 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bradford: 53 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 623 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Edmund: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joshua: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shaun: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerard: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Seth: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,549	–	1
2	Jennifer	1,258	↑2	3
3	Michelle	1,100	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	998	↑3	4
5	Christine	957	↓2	14
6	Susan	798	↓1	11
7	Karen	767	↓1	13
8	Kelly	602	↑3	15
9	Elizabeth	590	↑4	16
10	Laura	589	↑2	10
11	Amy	586	↑6	6
12	Kathleen	549	↓4	42
13	Julie	537	↑3	12
14	Melissa	537	↑1	5
15	Mary	509	↓5	8
16	Patricia	476	↓7	18
17	Deborah	448	↓3	27
18	Tracy	430	↑8	17
19	Pamela	414	↓1	24
20	Dawn	411	↑4	21
21	Cheryl	406	↓2	41
22	Heather	398	new	34
23	Lori	397	–	20
24	Kristen	392	↑9	96
25	Nancy	371	↓3	45
26	Donna	365	↓6	26
27	Linda	360	↓6	33
28	Sandra	332	↑4	25
29	Denise	313	↑2	35
30	Michele	311	↓5	30
31	Laurie	303	↑13	79
32	Stephanie	302	↑9	19
33	Tina	300	↑4	22
34	Sharon	298	↓4	36
35	Tammy	293	–	9
36	Wendy	292	↓9	29
37	Kristin	286	↑11	76
38	Cynthia	284	↓10	23
39	Andrea	273	–	48
40	Christina	267	new	37
41	Debra	267	↓7	43
42	Rebecca	267	new	28
43	Diane	258	↓14	61
44	Ann	251	↓6	57
45	Catherine	250	↑5	58
46	Suzanne	245	↑1	75
47	Maria	242	↑2	40
48	Paula	233	↓12	50
49	Robin	232	↓9	46
50	Brenda	231	↓8	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	2,925	–	1
2	David	2,199	↑1	2
3	John	2,103	↓1	4
4	Robert	1,837	–	5
5	James	1,723	–	3
6	Christopher	1,439	–	7
7	Scott	1,279	↑4	12
8	Mark	1,238	↓1	8
9	William	1,174	↑1	6
10	Richard	1,110	↓1	10
11	Joseph	1,071	↑1	15
12	Paul	1,052	↓4	22
13	Thomas	1,022	–	13
14	Brian	980	–	9
15	Daniel	886	↑2	18
16	Jeffrey	858	↑2	11
17	Kevin	858	↓2	16
18	Steven	803	↓2	14
19	Stephen	770	–	27
20	Matthew	647	↑2	24
21	Eric	637	↑2	21
22	Peter	623	↓1	43
23	Timothy	613	↓3	17
24	Edward	541	–	32
25	Sean	534	–	37
26	Andrew	495	↑2	33
27	Kenneth	450	↓1	23
28	Anthony	429	↓1	20
29	Charles	410	–	19
30	Gregory	389	↑1	26
31	Todd	389	↑1	28
32	Patrick	363	↓2	31
33	Jonathan	358	↑7	46
34	Jason	357	↑14	25
35	Donald	314	↓1	30
36	Keith	314	↑3	36
37	Ronald	310	↓4	29
38	Shawn	295	↓1	41
39	George	291	↓1	38
40	Douglas	282	↓5	34
41	Craig	278	↑1	39
42	Gary	275	↓6	35
43	Dennis	233	↓2	44
44	Marc	228	–	63
45	Raymond	180	↓2	50
46	Frank	159	–	47
47	Derek	158	new	>100
48	Philip	151	↓1	86
49	Glenn	149	new	88
50	Bruce	137	new	72

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