Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1975

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,676 babies) and Michael for boys (2,187). Social Security records list 62,451 babies born in Massachusetts in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1975

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: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maura: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kerry: 189 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynne: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leanne: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kate: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kerri: 135 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maureen: 68 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Annmarie: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alyssa: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 79 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brendon: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dana: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 67 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gregg: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 372 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gerard: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 156 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 102 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shaun: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,676	–	1
2	Amy	847	–	2
3	Melissa	693	↑1	4
4	Michelle	682	↓1	6
5	Heather	571	–	3
6	Jessica	519	↑4	13
7	Lisa	518	↓1	8
8	Nicole	499	–	10
9	Kimberly	452	↓2	7
10	Christine	431	↓1	22
11	Elizabeth	427	–	15
12	Kelly	388	↑7	16
13	Sarah	369	↑3	17
14	Rebecca	363	↓2	11
15	Julie	349	↓1	18
16	Erin	295	↑5	38
17	Stephanie	284	–	9
18	Karen	278	↓3	27
19	Kristen	271	↓6	60
20	Danielle	268	↑2	42
21	Laura	253	↑3	20
22	Tara	247	↓2	41
23	Dawn	246	↑5	23
24	Christina	245	↑11	12
25	Susan	240	↓7	32
26	Kathleen	232	↓3	80
27	Angela	226	↑4	5
28	Jill	217	↓1	46
29	Andrea	216	↓3	28
30	Mary	210	↓1	19
31	Rachel	208	↑3	26
32	Amanda	205	↑11	14
33	Tracy	205	↓8	24
34	Shannon	197	↓1	21
35	Kerry	189	↑3	>100
36	Katherine	183	↑11	58
37	Patricia	177	↓7	36
38	Tammy	176	↓6	31
39	Carrie	169	new	29
40	Kristin	163	↓4	74
41	Stacey	163	new	44
42	Wendy	161	↓2	33
43	Melanie	157	↑6	52
44	Sandra	155	↓2	51
45	Lori	154	↓8	39
46	Tanya	150	new	50
47	Emily	149	new	48
48	Maria	147	↓4	30
49	Megan	137	new	69
50	Laurie	136	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	2,187	–	1
2	Christopher	1,218	–	3
3	Jason	1,195	–	2
4	David	1,140	–	5
5	John	968	–	7
6	James	945	↑1	4
7	Matthew	940	↑2	9
8	Robert	928	↓2	6
9	Brian	869	↓1	8
10	Daniel	745	–	11
11	Joseph	685	–	12
12	Jeffrey	621	↑1	14
13	William	601	↑1	10
14	Mark	577	↓2	19
15	Scott	574	–	17
16	Richard	560	↑1	16
17	Eric	551	↓1	13
18	Kevin	527	–	15
19	Thomas	498	–	20
20	Paul	477	–	29
21	Steven	428	↑3	18
22	Timothy	427	↓1	22
23	Joshua	422	↑7	26
24	Stephen	421	↓2	34
25	Sean	394	↓2	40
26	Andrew	387	↑1	28
27	Peter	372	↓2	54
28	Jonathan	367	↓2	30
29	Adam	317	↑4	38
30	Anthony	317	↓2	21
31	Shawn	306	↓2	31
32	Keith	286	↓1	49
33	Gregory	276	↓1	33
34	Ryan	275	↑7	23
35	Edward	255	–	41
36	Todd	245	–	43
37	Jeremy	242	↑2	24
38	Benjamin	234	↑9	36
39	Patrick	222	↓5	39
40	Justin	221	↑2	37
41	Kenneth	221	↓1	35
42	Charles	211	↓4	25
43	Aaron	176	↑1	32
44	Craig	173	↑1	58
45	Derek	158	↓8	83
46	Marc	156	↓3	89
47	George	152	↓1	53
48	Jamie	137	new	62
49	Ronald	135	new	46
50	Nathan	134	↓1	45

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