Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1976

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,552 babies) and Michael for boys (2,034). Social Security records list 60,619 babies born in Massachusetts in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1976

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: 24 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Maura: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lynne: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Kerry: 151 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kate: 55 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Annemarie: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Deirdre: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Kerri: 132 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Meghan: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kerrie: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Brendon: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brendan: 96 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dana: 71 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bradford: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 351 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nelson: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 148 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Colin: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,552	–	1
2	Amy	877	–	2
3	Melissa	705	–	3
4	Jessica	671	↑2	8
5	Heather	582	–	4
6	Michelle	549	↓2	6
7	Lisa	501	–	9
8	Nicole	480	–	13
9	Elizabeth	454	↑2	16
10	Sarah	421	↑3	15
11	Kimberly	414	↓2	7
12	Christine	393	↓2	26
13	Rebecca	376	↑1	12
14	Erin	357	↑2	24
15	Kelly	335	↓3	19
16	Julie	326	↓1	21
17	Shannon	312	↑17	17
18	Danielle	295	↑2	33
19	Laura	272	↑2	20
20	Karen	267	↓2	31
21	Stephanie	266	↓4	11
22	Jaime	243	new	29
23	Andrea	241	↑6	25
24	Amanda	234	↑8	10
25	Christina	231	↓1	14
26	Susan	224	↓1	40
27	Angela	222	–	5
28	Tara	221	↓6	42
29	Kristen	206	↓10	73
30	Jill	201	↓2	52
31	Kathleen	201	↓5	82
32	Rachel	198	↓1	23
33	Jamie	186	new	18
34	Dawn	177	↓11	35
35	Sara	173	new	27
36	Katherine	172	–	57
37	Mary	168	↓7	22
38	Stacey	158	↑3	51
39	Kristin	152	↑1	74
40	Tracy	152	↓7	37
41	Erica	151	new	54
42	Kerry	151	↓7	>100
43	Maria	150	↑5	34
44	Lauren	139	new	>100
45	Emily	137	↑2	50
46	Megan	134	↑3	62
47	Melanie	133	↓4	53
48	Kerri	132	new	>100
49	Patricia	130	↓12	43
50	Allison	129	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	2,034	–	1
2	Jason	1,172	↑1	2
3	Christopher	1,151	↓1	3
4	David	1,120	–	4
5	Matthew	941	↑2	9
6	John	891	↓1	6
7	Robert	860	↑1	7
8	James	830	↓2	5
9	Brian	813	–	8
10	Daniel	787	–	10
11	Joseph	687	–	12
12	Eric	610	↑5	13
13	Jeffrey	570	↓1	17
14	Scott	533	↑1	24
15	William	505	↓2	11
16	Timothy	496	↑6	21
17	Kevin	486	↑1	15
18	Richard	476	↓2	19
19	Mark	456	↓5	25
20	Stephen	456	↑4	37
21	Thomas	433	↓2	23
22	Steven	428	↓1	20
23	Paul	411	↓3	28
24	Andrew	381	↑2	27
25	Jonathan	364	↑3	31
26	Sean	354	↓1	42
27	Peter	351	–	54
28	Joshua	344	↓5	18
29	Ryan	340	↑5	16
30	Adam	317	↓1	36
31	Anthony	310	↓1	22
32	Jeremy	294	↑5	14
33	Shawn	291	↓2	34
34	Gregory	289	↓1	35
35	Keith	267	↓3	48
36	Benjamin	250	↑2	32
37	Patrick	247	↑2	41
38	Justin	243	↑2	33
39	Edward	229	↓4	45
40	Todd	212	↓4	50
41	Charles	205	↑1	26
42	Kenneth	198	↓1	38
43	Aaron	191	–	30
44	Nathan	175	↑6	39
45	Craig	151	↓1	61
46	Marc	148	–	99
47	Derek	141	↓2	84
48	George	139	↓1	53
49	Dennis	137	new	66
50	Jamie	136	↓2	62

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