Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1971

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (2,015 babies) and Michael for boys (2,534). Social Security records list 81,765 babies born in Massachusetts in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1971

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: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Maura: 53 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lynne: 78 babies, 6× the national rate
Marybeth: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Lauren: 121 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kerry: 233 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kristen: 413 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Annmarie: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Annemarie: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kerri: 135 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 69 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Derek: 431 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dana: 90 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 542 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 85 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Seth: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerard: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bradford: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gregg: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,015	–	1
2	Lisa	1,089	–	3
3	Michelle	1,064	–	2
4	Kimberly	851	–	4
5	Amy	720	↑2	5
6	Christine	713	↓1	18
7	Karen	630	↓1	15
8	Melissa	602	↑1	7
9	Susan	559	↓1	17
10	Heather	531	↑5	12
11	Julie	483	↓1	10
12	Elizabeth	477	–	19
13	Kelly	465	↑3	22
14	Kathleen	422	↓1	53
15	Laura	418	↓1	16
16	Kristen	413	↑4	87
17	Dawn	406	↑1	14
18	Tracy	404	↓7	13
19	Nicole	383	↑4	27
20	Lori	352	↑2	25
21	Tammy	348	↑6	8
22	Mary	347	↓5	9
23	Patricia	339	↓4	26
24	Pamela	331	↓3	28
25	Deborah	324	↓1	33
26	Kristin	310	–	71
27	Tina	306	↑11	20
28	Stephanie	289	–	11
29	Rebecca	286	↑14	23
30	Andrea	280	↑9	35
31	Wendy	274	↓2	29
32	Cheryl	273	↓7	50
33	Jessica	261	new	64
34	Laurie	254	↑6	96
35	Sandra	252	↓1	31
36	Angela	243	↑12	6
37	Nancy	241	↓5	52
38	Kerry	233	new	>100
39	Linda	233	↓9	42
40	Sarah	232	new	58
41	Cynthia	228	↓4	24
42	Erin	224	↑2	93
43	Donna	223	↓12	38
44	Denise	222	↓11	36
45	Maria	220	new	37
46	Michele	220	↓11	39
47	Heidi	218	–	77
48	Sharon	218	↓12	40
49	Stacey	218	new	41
50	Christina	212	↓4	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	2,534	–	1
2	David	1,726	–	3
3	John	1,671	–	4
4	Christopher	1,583	↑2	6
5	Robert	1,542	↓1	5
6	James	1,405	↓1	2
7	Scott	1,263	–	10
8	William	974	–	7
9	Brian	938	↑3	9
10	Mark	935	↓1	13
11	Jeffrey	883	↑3	12
12	Richard	874	↓1	11
13	Jason	861	↑8	8
14	Joseph	849	↓4	15
15	Matthew	839	↑7	19
16	Paul	799	↓3	24
17	Thomas	797	↓1	17
18	Kevin	780	↓3	14
19	Daniel	773	↓2	20
20	Eric	735	–	18
21	Steven	646	↓2	16
22	Stephen	621	↓4	27
23	Peter	542	–	47
24	Sean	538	–	36
25	Timothy	511	–	21
26	Anthony	450	↑2	23
27	Derek	431	↑4	63
28	Keith	423	↑8	37
29	Edward	406	↓3	32
30	Todd	393	–	30
31	Andrew	389	↓4	33
32	Kenneth	389	↑1	25
33	Shawn	388	↓1	28
34	Charles	356	↓5	22
35	Jonathan	345	↓1	40
36	Gregory	335	↓1	26
37	Patrick	282	↑1	35
38	Craig	269	↓1	43
39	George	247	↑2	42
40	Adam	233	↑9	57
41	Ronald	229	↓2	31
42	Marc	222	↑3	70
43	Donald	215	↓3	34
44	Douglas	201	↓2	39
45	Gary	182	↓2	38
46	Jeremy	181	new	45
47	Aaron	179	new	41
48	Dennis	169	↓4	49
49	Joshua	157	new	80
50	Frank	151	↓4	54

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