Massachusetts ★ 1940

Top names in Massachusetts, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,322 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,640. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,322
2	Patricia	1,229
3	Barbara	1,139
4	Judith	1,109
5	Carol	1,009
6	Joan	746
7	Nancy	726
8	Sandra	704
9	Margaret	516
10	Ann	489
11	Elizabeth	440
12	Janet	429
13	Jean	428
14	Dorothy	417
15	Linda	365
16	Joyce	360
17	Beverly	350
18	Janice	324
19	Elaine	315
20	Marie	314
21	Joanne	307
22	Susan	296
23	Marilyn	287
24	Anne	279
25	Helen	272
26	Virginia	266
27	Frances	261
28	Kathleen	259
28	Lorraine	259
30	Ruth	255
31	Jane	249
32	Carolyn	242
33	Brenda	239
33	Diane	239
33	Eleanor	239
33	Gail	239
37	Catherine	234
37	Phyllis	234
39	Carole	226
40	Maureen	218
41	Claire	212
41	Ellen	212
43	Alice	200
43	Shirley	200
45	Pauline	193
46	Rita	188
47	Cynthia	183
48	Sheila	178
49	Jacqueline	170
49	Theresa	170
51	Roberta	168
52	Louise	166
53	Donna	165
54	Lois	159
55	Jeanne	155
56	Marjorie	152
57	Geraldine	149
57	Priscilla	149
59	Betty	146
59	Irene	146
61	Marcia	145
62	Doris	143
62	Sally	143
64	Constance	139
65	June	138
66	Martha	137
67	Rose	133
68	Gloria	129
69	Marion	128
70	Eileen	127
71	Evelyn	116
72	Rosemary	115
73	Judy	108
74	Dolores	106
75	Katherine	105
76	Anna	98
77	Arlene	92
77	Florence	92
77	Lucille	92
77	Paula	92
81	Charlotte	91
82	Diana	86
83	Grace	84
84	Anita	83
84	Josephine	83
86	Suzanne	82
87	Annette	81
87	Sylvia	81
89	Norma	79
90	Lillian	78
91	Loretta	73
92	Christine	70
92	Joann	70
94	Audrey	65
94	Deborah	65
94	Karen	65
97	Rosemarie	61
98	Mildred	60
99	Muriel	58
100	Sarah	57

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,640
2	John	2,386
3	Richard	1,980
4	William	1,614
5	James	1,314
6	David	1,162
7	Paul	1,009
8	Joseph	987
9	Thomas	826
10	Edward	776
11	Charles	719
12	George	704
13	Donald	637
13	Ronald	637
15	Peter	502
16	Michael	475
17	Kenneth	413
18	Francis	392
19	Raymond	368
20	Arthur	361
21	Frank	321
22	Gerald	319
23	Walter	291
24	Roger	277
25	Stephen	274
26	Anthony	264
27	Daniel	261
28	Albert	233
29	Philip	224
30	Henry	212
31	Frederick	208
32	Lawrence	207
33	Bruce	199
34	Ralph	184
35	Alfred	180
36	Norman	178
37	Carl	169
38	Alan	156
39	Leonard	154
40	Dennis	149
41	Ernest	142
42	Louis	133
43	Leo	127
44	Stanley	126
45	Eugene	121
46	Russell	120
47	Harold	119
48	Bernard	110
49	Wayne	102
50	Fred	99
50	Vincent	99
52	Barry	97
53	Theodore	92
54	Martin	90
55	Howard	89
56	Douglas	83
56	Harry	83
58	Herbert	82
58	Roland	82
60	Allan	81
61	Nicholas	79
62	Warren	77
63	Gerard	75
64	Kevin	73
65	Gordon	71
66	Roy	68
67	Andrew	65
67	Brian	65
69	Allen	61
70	Steven	58
71	Edwin	57
71	Patrick	57
73	Leon	56
74	Timothy	55
75	Harvey	53
75	Maurice	53
77	Mark	52
77	Neil	52
79	Joel	50
79	Samuel	50
81	Victor	48
82	Gary	47
83	Edmund	44
84	Arnold	43
84	Chester	43
84	Earl	43
87	Manuel	42
88	Clifford	41
89	Jack	38
89	Larry	38
91	Laurence	37
91	Phillip	37
91	Wilfred	37
94	Jeffrey	36
94	Normand	36
94	Stuart	36
97	Armand	35
97	Christopher	35
97	Lee	35
100	Gilbert	34