Massachusetts ★ 1946

Top names in Massachusetts, 1946

Mary led for girls with 1,665 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,662. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,665
2	Patricia	1,651
3	Carol	1,391
4	Linda	1,390
5	Susan	1,282
6	Barbara	1,208
7	Nancy	1,173
8	Judith	1,146
9	Donna	1,064
10	Kathleen	1,042
11	Sandra	1,024
12	Diane	825
13	Margaret	606
14	Joan	598
15	Karen	593
16	Elizabeth	565
17	Janet	557
18	Elaine	524
19	Ann	522
20	Janice	514
21	Maureen	502
22	Jane	493
23	Jean	489
24	Joanne	458
25	Gail	452
26	Beverly	410
27	Dorothy	395
27	Joyce	395
29	Sharon	383
30	Anne	380
31	Cynthia	377
32	Marilyn	373
33	Pamela	359
34	Carolyn	357
35	Cheryl	350
36	Marie	348
37	Paula	337
38	Jeanne	317
39	Virginia	316
40	Christine	305
41	Ellen	302
42	Sheila	300
43	Catherine	277
44	Lorraine	268
45	Frances	261
46	Shirley	260
47	Helen	254
47	Ruth	254
49	Eileen	248
50	Suzanne	243
51	Dianne	240
52	Deborah	229
53	Rosemary	219
54	Phyllis	208
55	Martha	207
56	Geraldine	204
57	Claire	200
57	Louise	200
59	Jacqueline	196
60	Theresa	193
61	Lois	188
62	Alice	185
62	Carole	185
64	Marcia	182
64	Roberta	182
66	Rita	180
67	Pauline	174
68	Gloria	172
69	Judy	159
70	Katherine	158
71	Eleanor	155
72	Irene	152
73	Brenda	148
74	Diana	147
74	Marjorie	147
76	Leslie	140
76	Priscilla	140
76	Sally	140
79	Betty	137
80	Constance	132
81	June	129
82	Rose	124
83	Andrea	123
84	Norma	119
85	Arlene	118
85	Charlotte	118
85	Laura	118
88	Evelyn	117
89	Marsha	116
90	Bonnie	113
90	Kathryn	113
92	Denise	107
93	Doris	102
94	Lucille	96
95	Marion	95
96	Joann	93
97	Anita	92
98	Valerie	87
99	Charlene	83
100	Doreen	81

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,662
2	John	3,386
3	Richard	3,166
4	William	2,237
5	James	2,206
6	Paul	1,729
7	David	1,726
8	Thomas	1,345
9	Joseph	1,312
10	Michael	1,251
11	Edward	1,001
12	Ronald	983
13	Charles	907
14	Peter	863
15	Donald	828
16	George	785
17	Stephen	768
18	Kenneth	750
19	Dennis	551
20	Daniel	507
21	Francis	468
22	Raymond	467
23	Bruce	459
24	Arthur	442
25	Lawrence	398
26	Frank	386
27	Gerald	366
28	Alan	365
29	Philip	341
30	Roger	337
31	Walter	335
32	Anthony	329
33	Frederick	305
34	Gary	288
35	Wayne	286
36	Steven	263
37	Douglas	252
38	Kevin	242
39	Albert	241
40	Russell	224
41	Henry	218
42	Ralph	217
43	Jeffrey	209
43	Mark	209
45	Brian	207
46	Leonard	201
47	Alfred	189
48	Carl	188
49	Barry	187
50	Norman	173
51	Harold	172
52	Louis	170
53	Gregory	162
54	Stanley	156
55	Leo	152
56	Eugene	150
57	Andrew	142
58	Vincent	139
59	Ernest	137
60	Howard	132
61	Timothy	128
62	Gerard	127
63	Harry	119
63	Martin	119
65	Bernard	110
66	Fred	109
67	Roy	106
68	Christopher	103
69	Patrick	100
70	Warren	98
71	Roland	91
72	Allen	86
73	Allan	84
74	Herbert	83
74	Larry	83
76	Gordon	79
77	Craig	77
78	Edwin	75
78	Jonathan	75
80	Dana	74
81	Edmund	73
82	Clifford	72
82	Eric	72
82	Theodore	72
85	Samuel	69
86	Phillip	68
87	Earl	67
88	Chester	66
89	Nicholas	64
90	Laurence	63
90	Neil	63
90	Victor	63
93	Jon	60
93	Lee	60
95	Glenn	58
95	Jack	58
97	Maurice	52
98	Jay	51
98	Joel	51
98	Rodney	51