Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1977

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,532 babies) and Michael for boys (1,997). Social Security records list 62,436 babies born in Massachusetts in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1977

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: 43 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Caitlin: 32 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Meaghan: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lynne: 31 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Marybeth: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kerry: 119 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kerri: 130 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Michaela: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kate: 71 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Annmarie: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Brendan: 91 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brendon: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dana: 56 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francis: 64 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jarrett: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ethan: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gregg: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marc: 155 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradford: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,532	–	1
2	Jessica	773	↑2	4
3	Melissa	745	–	2
4	Amy	688	↓2	3
5	Michelle	573	↑1	7
6	Sarah	551	↑4	11
7	Heather	550	↓2	5
8	Kelly	524	↑7	10
9	Elizabeth	505	–	13
10	Nicole	491	↓2	15
11	Lisa	466	↓4	12
12	Kimberly	441	↓1	8
13	Erin	415	↑1	23
14	Christine	380	↓2	30
15	Rebecca	354	↓2	17
16	Julie	333	–	22
17	Danielle	321	↑1	31
18	Stephanie	303	↑3	14
19	Amanda	290	↑5	9
20	Laura	281	↓1	20
21	Andrea	269	↑2	24
22	Jill	267	↑8	41
23	Karen	257	↓3	32
24	Christina	249	↑1	16
25	Shannon	244	↓8	19
26	Angela	235	↑1	6
27	Kristen	234	↑2	72
28	Katherine	224	↑8	44
29	Mary	209	↑8	21
30	Tara	206	↓2	35
31	Emily	197	↑14	37
32	Kathleen	192	↓1	80
33	Rachel	191	↓1	26
34	Jaime	189	↓12	46
35	Jamie	181	↓2	18
36	Sara	178	↓1	27
37	Susan	164	↓11	45
38	Stacey	157	–	56
39	Lauren	150	↑5	>100
40	Erica	149	↑1	38
41	Megan	149	↑5	54
42	Carrie	148	new	28
43	Tracy	148	↓3	50
44	Beth	147	new	97
45	Kristin	146	↓6	82
46	Melanie	145	↑1	53
47	Dawn	141	↓13	43
48	Colleen	133	new	>100
49	Maria	131	↓6	36
50	Kerri	130	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,997	–	1
2	Jason	1,307	–	2
3	Matthew	1,263	↑2	9
4	Christopher	1,181	↓1	3
5	David	1,051	↓1	4
6	Brian	949	↑3	8
7	John	918	↓1	7
8	James	861	–	5
9	Daniel	823	↑1	11
10	Robert	778	↓3	6
11	Joseph	698	–	10
12	Kevin	666	↑5	13
13	Jeffrey	634	–	19
14	Eric	528	↓2	17
15	William	507	–	12
16	Thomas	494	↑5	22
17	Timothy	486	↓1	18
18	Andrew	479	↑6	24
19	Richard	465	↓1	20
20	Mark	457	↓1	25
21	Paul	450	↑2	31
22	Joshua	424	↑6	14
23	Ryan	421	↑6	16
24	Scott	421	↓10	27
25	Steven	410	↓3	23
26	Stephen	404	↓6	38
27	Sean	371	↓1	43
28	Jonathan	354	↓3	28
29	Adam	335	↑1	33
30	Peter	317	↓3	55
31	Anthony	315	–	21
32	Gregory	290	↑2	35
33	Benjamin	288	↑3	29
34	Justin	282	↑4	30
35	Jeremy	277	↓3	15
36	Shawn	269	↓3	37
37	Keith	268	↓2	48
38	Patrick	264	↓1	40
39	Charles	213	↑2	26
40	Nathan	211	↑4	36
41	Edward	208	↓2	47
42	Todd	179	↓2	50
43	Kenneth	171	↓1	39
44	Derek	160	↑3	84
45	Bryan	156	new	42
46	Marc	155	–	>100
47	Nicholas	150	new	51
48	Aaron	144	↓5	32
49	Craig	138	↓4	64
50	Corey	133	new	52

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