Massachusetts ★ 1947

Top names in Massachusetts, 1947

Linda led for girls with 2,708 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,895. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,708
2	Mary	1,858
3	Patricia	1,755
4	Susan	1,518
5	Nancy	1,304
6	Barbara	1,250
7	Carol	1,244
8	Kathleen	1,236
9	Donna	1,193
10	Judith	1,097
11	Sandra	1,034
12	Diane	852
13	Margaret	731
14	Karen	694
15	Elizabeth	643
16	Janet	575
17	Ann	555
18	Janice	547
19	Jean	541
20	Joan	534
21	Maureen	531
22	Jane	519
23	Elaine	503
24	Joanne	496
25	Gail	488
26	Cynthia	474
27	Paula	451
28	Pamela	448
29	Joyce	445
30	Cheryl	444
31	Christine	432
32	Sharon	417
33	Marilyn	397
34	Ellen	386
35	Marie	384
36	Anne	377
37	Dorothy	374
38	Beverly	354
39	Deborah	329
40	Catherine	321
41	Virginia	316
42	Jeanne	302
43	Lorraine	294
44	Carolyn	291
45	Frances	279
45	Helen	279
47	Sheila	275
48	Suzanne	271
49	Ruth	267
50	Eileen	261
51	Theresa	241
52	Martha	235
52	Rosemary	235
54	Shirley	221
55	Dianne	215
55	Jacqueline	215
57	Phyllis	209
58	Louise	207
59	Roberta	206
60	Marcia	205
61	Alice	204
62	Geraldine	198
63	Katherine	197
64	Marjorie	196
65	Claire	189
66	Lois	179
67	Rita	169
68	Bonnie	160
69	Brenda	155
69	Pauline	155
71	Irene	151
71	Kathryn	151
73	Sally	149
74	Leslie	145
75	Carole	144
76	Priscilla	143
77	Arlene	142
77	Constance	142
79	Denise	140
80	Marsha	136
81	June	135
82	Diana	134
83	Judy	130
83	Rose	130
85	Gloria	129
86	Betty	127
86	Eleanor	127
88	Andrea	125
89	Charlene	118
89	Joann	118
91	Lynda	115
92	Laura	114
93	Marion	111
94	Evelyn	102
94	Janis	102
96	Norma	100
97	Charlotte	97
97	Jo	97
99	Lynne	95
99	Maryann	95

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,895
2	John	3,826
3	Richard	2,892
4	James	2,412
5	William	2,386
6	David	2,096
7	Paul	1,853
8	Thomas	1,647
9	Michael	1,550
10	Joseph	1,460
11	Edward	1,140
12	Ronald	1,082
13	Charles	987
14	Stephen	978
15	Peter	946
16	George	901
17	Donald	895
18	Kenneth	768
19	Daniel	613
20	Dennis	598
21	Bruce	569
22	Raymond	497
23	Francis	485
24	Arthur	458
25	Steven	450
26	Alan	443
27	Frank	427
28	Wayne	409
29	Lawrence	394
30	Anthony	385
31	Gerald	384
32	Philip	356
33	Walter	352
34	Roger	341
35	Frederick	319
36	Gary	318
37	Kevin	311
38	Mark	290
39	Douglas	289
40	Jeffrey	279
41	Albert	275
41	Brian	275
43	Ralph	266
44	Russell	256
45	Gregory	235
46	Leonard	230
47	Barry	226
48	Henry	225
49	Alfred	210
50	Carl	202
51	Louis	200
52	Norman	190
53	Timothy	185
54	Stanley	184
55	Harold	175
56	Leo	171
57	Ernest	167
58	Andrew	150
59	Martin	149
60	Patrick	147
61	Christopher	137
62	Eugene	135
63	Warren	133
64	Fred	131
65	Vincent	130
66	Bernard	128
67	Glenn	124
67	Harry	124
69	Gerard	122
70	Howard	120
71	Roy	114
72	Allen	110
72	Theodore	110
74	Larry	109
75	Roland	107
76	Nicholas	102
77	Jonathan	96
78	Gordon	91
79	Dana	88
80	Allan	83
81	Phillip	82
82	Eric	80
83	Craig	78
84	Neil	77
85	Herbert	75
86	Scott	73
87	Clifford	70
88	Chester	69
88	Samuel	69
90	Joel	68
91	Edwin	66
92	Jay	64
93	Harvey	59
93	Victor	59
95	Alexander	58
95	Lee	58
97	Arnold	57
98	Earl	56
98	Jack	56
100	Laurence	54