Massachusetts ★ 1949

Top names in Massachusetts, 1949

Linda led for girls with 2,421 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,300. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,421
2	Mary	1,729
3	Susan	1,612
4	Patricia	1,383
5	Kathleen	1,314
6	Nancy	1,155
7	Donna	1,134
8	Barbara	1,045
9	Carol	913
10	Diane	882
11	Sandra	829
12	Judith	816
13	Karen	790
14	Deborah	721
15	Elizabeth	646
16	Christine	632
17	Margaret	589
18	Janet	585
19	Maureen	509
20	Janice	496
21	Ann	495
22	Sharon	469
23	Jane	465
24	Joanne	458
25	Cynthia	457
26	Gail	456
27	Elaine	442
28	Pamela	438
29	Jean	435
30	Paula	422
31	Joan	416
32	Cheryl	389
33	Joyce	374
34	Catherine	369
35	Anne	346
36	Ellen	337
37	Marie	314
38	Marilyn	312
39	Beverly	296
40	Jeanne	283
41	Dorothy	274
41	Virginia	274
43	Suzanne	256
44	Eileen	251
45	Helen	241
46	Carolyn	235
47	Martha	228
48	Lorraine	226
49	Dianne	225
50	Katherine	223
51	Ruth	222
52	Sheila	221
52	Theresa	221
54	Brenda	218
55	Frances	214
56	Shirley	194
57	Louise	183
58	Kathryn	177
59	Marcia	174
60	Jacqueline	173
61	Rosemary	163
62	Phyllis	161
63	Rita	146
63	Roberta	146
65	Claire	144
65	Geraldine	144
67	Lois	143
68	Marjorie	140
69	Bonnie	139
70	Charlene	137
71	Laura	134
72	Sally	133
73	Alice	127
74	Gloria	126
75	Carole	125
75	Denise	125
77	Leslie	124
77	Pauline	124
79	Irene	120
80	Valerie	119
81	Diana	118
81	Wendy	118
83	Constance	113
84	Lynda	110
85	Andrea	107
86	Michele	103
87	Priscilla	102
88	Arlene	101
88	Evelyn	101
90	Joann	98
90	June	98
90	Marsha	98
93	Rose	93
94	Betty	90
94	Eleanor	90
94	Jo	90
97	Lynn	88
98	Charlotte	87
99	Lynne	86
100	Judy	85

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,300
2	John	3,250
3	Richard	2,420
4	James	2,161
5	William	2,064
6	David	1,947
7	Michael	1,814
8	Paul	1,686
9	Thomas	1,510
10	Stephen	1,245
11	Joseph	1,236
12	Edward	997
13	Charles	870
14	Peter	866
15	Ronald	810
16	George	777
17	Donald	758
18	Kenneth	745
19	Daniel	682
20	Mark	550
21	Dennis	535
22	Steven	530
23	Bruce	495
24	Francis	472
25	Kevin	412
26	Raymond	393
27	Gary	382
28	Alan	374
29	Arthur	369
30	Philip	365
31	Lawrence	364
32	Frank	343
33	Anthony	338
34	Douglas	334
35	Gerald	332
36	Walter	306
37	Jeffrey	303
38	Wayne	301
39	Brian	291
40	Frederick	280
41	Roger	245
42	Albert	220
43	Gregory	218
44	Russell	210
45	Ralph	199
46	Christopher	197
47	Barry	195
47	Timothy	195
49	Henry	186
50	Louis	174
51	Andrew	165
51	Stanley	165
53	Leonard	160
54	Carl	157
55	Glenn	144
56	Patrick	143
57	Gerard	139
58	Harold	137
59	Norman	135
60	Alfred	127
60	Eugene	127
62	Vincent	125
63	Leo	120
64	Howard	115
65	Dana	109
65	Larry	109
65	Martin	109
68	Bernard	108
69	Ernest	107
70	Scott	106
71	Eric	101
72	Harry	100
73	Craig	93
74	Warren	91
75	Jonathan	85
75	Roy	85
77	Theodore	84
78	Neil	80
79	Clifford	79
80	Nicholas	77
81	Roland	76
82	Allen	75
83	Fred	72
84	Allan	71
85	Phillip	65
86	Edwin	64
86	Joel	64
88	Keith	63
89	Edmund	60
89	Lee	60
91	Gordon	58
92	Jay	57
92	Marc	57
92	Victor	57
95	Herbert	54
96	Samuel	51
97	Chester	50
97	Denis	50
99	Maurice	48
100	Arnold	47