Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1970

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (1,645 babies) and Michael for boys (2,797). Social Security records list 88,882 babies born in Massachusetts in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1970

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, 9× the national rate
Maryellen: 36 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lynne: 87 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marybeth: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Annmarie: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kerrie: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kerry: 182 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauren: 130 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kate: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maureen: 171 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Derek: 405 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brendan: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dana: 92 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 648 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 111 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colin: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joshua: 136 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shaun: 61 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gerard: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Leo: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,645	↑1	1
2	Lisa	1,358	↓1	2
3	Michelle	1,059	–	4
4	Kimberly	995	–	3
5	Christine	911	–	14
6	Karen	760	↑1	12
7	Amy	723	↑4	5
8	Susan	658	↓2	15
9	Melissa	638	↑5	7
10	Julie	559	↑3	11
11	Tracy	540	↑7	10
12	Elizabeth	515	↓3	18
13	Kathleen	511	↓1	45
14	Laura	502	↓4	13
15	Heather	500	↑7	19
16	Kelly	494	↓8	20
17	Mary	438	↓2	9
18	Dawn	426	↑2	16
19	Patricia	403	↓3	24
20	Kristen	400	↑4	83
21	Pamela	395	↓2	26
22	Lori	375	↑1	23
23	Nicole	364	new	30
24	Deborah	362	↓7	33
25	Cheryl	351	↓4	44
26	Kristin	346	↑11	63
27	Tammy	346	↑8	8
28	Stephanie	334	↑4	17
29	Wendy	310	↑7	28
30	Linda	308	↓3	38
31	Donna	300	↓5	32
32	Nancy	298	↓7	50
33	Denise	297	↓4	36
34	Sandra	293	↓6	27
35	Michele	284	↓5	31
36	Sharon	283	↓2	37
37	Cynthia	274	↑1	25
38	Tina	269	↓5	21
39	Andrea	265	–	43
40	Laurie	262	↓9	88
41	Debra	260	–	47
42	Diane	244	↑1	70
43	Rebecca	241	↓1	29
44	Erin	233	new	>100
45	Robin	228	↑4	51
46	Christina	226	↓6	35
47	Heidi	226	new	81
48	Angela	222	new	6
49	Tracey	219	new	55
50	Ann	213	↓6	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	2,797	–	1
2	David	2,034	–	3
3	John	2,018	–	4
4	Robert	1,788	–	5
5	James	1,655	–	2
6	Christopher	1,555	–	6
7	Scott	1,194	–	12
8	William	1,150	↑1	7
9	Mark	1,092	↓1	9
10	Joseph	1,074	↑1	16
11	Richard	1,014	↓1	10
12	Brian	985	↑2	8
13	Paul	983	↓1	23
14	Jeffrey	920	↑2	11
15	Kevin	910	↑2	14
16	Thomas	894	↓3	17
17	Daniel	888	↓2	19
18	Stephen	723	↑1	27
19	Steven	723	↓1	15
20	Eric	721	↑1	18
21	Jason	718	↑13	13
22	Matthew	712	↓2	24
23	Peter	648	↓1	44
24	Sean	567	↑1	37
25	Timothy	557	↓2	20
26	Edward	513	↓2	31
27	Andrew	490	↓1	32
28	Anthony	449	–	22
29	Charles	408	–	21
30	Todd	406	↑1	28
31	Derek	405	↑16	77
32	Shawn	395	↑6	34
33	Kenneth	393	↓6	25
34	Jonathan	377	↓1	42
35	Gregory	376	↓5	26
36	Keith	353	–	38
37	Craig	321	↑4	39
38	Patrick	312	↓6	33
39	Ronald	283	↓2	29
40	Donald	279	↓5	30
41	George	274	↓2	40
42	Douglas	258	↓2	36
43	Gary	252	↓1	35
44	Dennis	234	↓1	46
45	Marc	225	↓1	60
46	Frank	185	–	48
47	Raymond	183	↓2	49
48	Wayne	171	new	80
49	Adam	156	new	72
50	Glenn	149	↓1	>100

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