Massachusetts ★ 1917

Top names in Massachusetts, 1917

Mary led for girls with 2,818 babies ; John for boys with 2,471. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,818
2	Helen	1,537
3	Dorothy	1,157
4	Ruth	991
5	Margaret	947
6	Rita	768
7	Elizabeth	673
8	Alice	665
9	Anna	657
10	Eleanor	585
11	Rose	540
12	Frances	519
13	Evelyn	493
14	Lillian	490
15	Marion	482
16	Doris	475
17	Catherine	472
18	Florence	452
19	Mildred	451
20	Virginia	450
21	Josephine	424
22	Irene	421
23	Barbara	402
24	Louise	386
25	Gertrude	370
26	Marie	354
27	Marjorie	335
28	Edith	316
29	Grace	298
30	Beatrice	280
31	Phyllis	258
32	Anne	254
32	Esther	254
34	Ethel	230
35	Edna	227
36	Ann	226
37	Agnes	223
38	Jennie	222
39	Pauline	221
40	Stella	216
41	Gladys	203
42	Katherine	201
43	Jean	197
44	Sophie	192
45	Julia	185
46	Bertha	180
47	Marguerite	170
48	Jeannette	166
49	Eileen	161
50	Eva	154
51	Blanche	153
52	Charlotte	152
53	Ida	147
54	Pearl	139
54	Theresa	139
56	Claire	138
56	Elsie	138
56	Muriel	138
59	Thelma	135
60	Hazel	134
61	Sylvia	132
62	Genevieve	125
63	Jane	123
63	Laura	123
63	Martha	123
63	Nellie	123
67	Bernice	122
68	Priscilla	118
69	Harriet	116
70	Anita	115
71	Sarah	112
72	Kathleen	110
72	Lena	110
74	Ellen	109
74	Loretta	109
76	Emily	107
77	Olive	105
77	Winifred	105
79	Lucille	101
80	Clara	100
81	Lois	97
81	Lucy	97
83	Shirley	96
84	Hilda	95
85	Constance	94
85	Janet	94
87	Amelia	90
87	Emma	90
87	Madeline	90
87	Viola	90
91	Maria	86
92	Angelina	85
92	June	85
92	Olga	85
95	Dorothea	84
95	Geraldine	84
97	Antoinette	83
98	Yvonne	80
99	Annie	79
100	Marian	77

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	2,471
2	Joseph	1,590
3	William	1,519
4	Robert	1,162
5	George	1,035
6	James	996
7	Edward	994
8	Charles	917
9	Frank	679
10	Francis	631
11	Arthur	599
12	Walter	592
13	Albert	544
14	Thomas	531
15	Richard	497
16	Henry	443
17	Paul	420
18	Raymond	413
19	Harold	402
20	Anthony	367
21	Stanley	352
22	Louis	324
23	Alfred	308
24	Donald	304
25	Ralph	300
26	Frederick	280
27	Michael	251
28	Ernest	237
29	Peter	229
30	Leo	225
31	Harry	221
32	David	215
33	Norman	207
34	Philip	204
35	Bernard	188
36	Daniel	187
37	Samuel	184
38	Herbert	181
39	Lawrence	180
40	Kenneth	177
41	Vincent	175
42	Chester	172
43	Manuel	167
44	Howard	147
45	Russell	134
46	Fred	133
47	Roland	130
48	Leonard	128
49	Carl	127
49	Stephen	127
51	Alexander	126
52	Eugene	121
52	Theodore	121
54	Edwin	107
55	Andrew	105
56	Benjamin	101
56	Clarence	101
58	Nicholas	99
59	Victor	97
59	Warren	97
61	Irving	94
61	Roger	94
63	Wilfred	92
64	Earl	90
64	Edmund	90
64	Maurice	90
67	Leon	85
68	Salvatore	84
69	Gordon	81
70	Lloyd	77
70	Sidney	77
72	Milton	74
73	Martin	73
74	Angelo	72
75	Antonio	70
75	Everett	70
75	Gerald	70
78	Morris	69
79	Gerard	68
79	Roy	68
81	Antone	65
82	Elmer	64
83	Patrick	62
84	Armand	61
85	Abraham	60
85	Arnold	60
85	Clifford	60
85	Gilbert	60
89	Lewis	54
90	Melvin	53
91	Max	49
92	Matthew	47
93	Alphonse	46
94	Leslie	44
94	Lester	44
96	Herman	43
96	Malcolm	43
98	Dominic	42
98	Jacob	42
100	Jack	41