Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1973

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,926 babies) and Michael for boys (2,179). Social Security records list 66,964 babies born in Massachusetts in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1973

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Caitlin: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Maura: 42 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Marybeth: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lynne: 48 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kerry: 217 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kerrie: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Annmarie: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kate: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maureen: 91 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kerri: 130 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 65 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dana: 85 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francis: 81 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerard: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jean: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gregg: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 432 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Derek: 276 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Seth: 79 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ethan: 35 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,926	–	1
2	Michelle	825	↑1	3
3	Amy	752	↑2	2
4	Lisa	731	↓2	5
5	Melissa	626	↑3	6
6	Kimberly	551	↓2	4
7	Heather	538	↑2	8
8	Christine	534	↓2	17
9	Nicole	508	↓2	11
10	Karen	441	–	23
11	Rebecca	420	↑4	10
12	Elizabeth	410	↑1	13
13	Julie	395	↓2	12
14	Kristen	383	↑11	58
15	Kelly	368	↓1	18
16	Susan	331	↓4	25
17	Jessica	306	↑5	34
18	Stephanie	295	↑1	9
19	Sarah	294	↑21	35
20	Laura	289	↓2	19
21	Tracy	282	↑3	20
22	Dawn	277	↓6	21
23	Kathleen	273	↓6	68
24	Lori	252	↑4	28
25	Tara	245	↑1	37
26	Danielle	239	new	49
27	Mary	232	↓7	14
28	Christina	228	↑6	16
29	Kerry	217	↑8	>100
30	Kristin	208	↓9	78
31	Stacey	204	new	41
32	Tammy	202	↓5	15
33	Andrea	200	↓3	30
34	Patricia	192	↓11	27
35	Shannon	192	↑13	22
36	Erin	190	↑5	79
37	Laurie	190	↓2	>100
38	Wendy	188	↓6	29
39	Denise	183	–	38
40	Rachel	179	↑7	42
41	Heidi	177	↓5	65
42	Deborah	176	↓11	56
43	Melanie	166	new	43
44	Jill	163	new	62
45	Cynthia	162	–	26
46	Angela	161	↑4	7
47	Colleen	161	new	>100
48	Sandra	158	↓10	39
49	Michele	155	↓5	44
50	Maria	154	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	2,179	–	1
2	Christopher	1,369	–	2
3	Jason	1,208	↑5	3
4	John	1,208	–	6
5	David	1,155	↓2	5
6	Robert	1,133	↓1	7
7	Brian	985	–	8
8	James	973	↓2	4
9	Matthew	878	↑1	10
10	Daniel	764	↑5	11
11	William	743	–	9
12	Mark	676	–	15
13	Joseph	671	–	12
14	Scott	659	↓5	18
15	Kevin	651	↑2	14
16	Richard	635	↓2	16
17	Jeffrey	624	↑1	17
18	Thomas	614	↑2	19
19	Eric	599	↓3	13
20	Paul	578	↓1	24
21	Timothy	502	↑4	22
22	Steven	447	↓1	20
23	Sean	437	–	36
24	Peter	432	–	52
25	Stephen	418	↓3	32
26	Jonathan	374	↑2	31
27	Keith	370	↓1	41
28	Anthony	349	↑2	21
29	Shawn	346	–	27
30	Gregory	336	↑2	26
31	Andrew	335	↑4	29
32	Kenneth	302	↑2	28
33	Edward	294	↓2	39
34	Todd	294	↓1	35
35	Derek	276	↓8	69
36	Joshua	257	↑4	42
37	Charles	243	–	23
38	Patrick	238	↓2	37
39	Craig	230	–	48
40	Adam	213	↓2	45
41	George	210	↑1	46
42	Marc	190	↓1	81
43	Justin	177	new	51
44	Dennis	173	↑2	56
45	Donald	171	–	38
46	Ryan	170	new	30
47	Jeremy	160	–	33
48	Ronald	156	↓4	40
49	Aaron	154	new	34
50	Douglas	151	↓7	47

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