Massachusetts ★ 1953

Top names in Massachusetts, 1953

Susan led for girls with 1,924 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,414. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Susan	1,924
2	Mary	1,754
3	Patricia	1,734
4	Linda	1,660
5	Deborah	1,552
6	Kathleen	1,303
7	Nancy	1,252
8	Donna	1,210
9	Karen	1,049
10	Diane	981
11	Barbara	921
12	Carol	808
13	Debra	792
14	Cynthia	748
15	Elizabeth	666
16	Judith	645
17	Sandra	613
18	Janet	597
19	Denise	571
20	Joanne	565
21	Pamela	564
22	Gail	557
23	Christine	553
24	Ann	523
25	Paula	513
26	Margaret	507
27	Maureen	501
28	Joan	493
29	Cheryl	471
30	Sharon	444
31	Jane	440
32	Janice	430
33	Anne	423
34	Catherine	401
35	Jean	393
36	Ellen	377
37	Elaine	368
38	Joyce	325
39	Marilyn	290
40	Marie	278
41	Jeanne	259
42	Suzanne	242
43	Sheila	238
44	Dianne	233
44	Theresa	233
46	Beverly	232
47	Brenda	231
48	Robin	229
49	Eileen	227
50	Martha	224
51	Dorothy	213
52	Roberta	208
53	Virginia	195
54	Jo	194
54	Lorraine	194
56	Jacqueline	189
57	Kathryn	186
58	Katherine	177
59	Helen	172
60	Carolyn	170
61	Laura	164
62	Ruth	163
63	Frances	160
64	Marcia	159
65	Leslie	154
66	Rose	153
67	Bonnie	152
68	Lisa	151
69	Claire	150
70	Wendy	149
71	Michelle	147
72	Laurie	146
72	Valerie	146
74	Lynn	141
75	Louise	139
76	Michele	137
77	Darlene	135
77	Lynne	135
79	Shirley	130
80	Sally	127
81	Charlene	125
82	Rosemary	119
82	Teresa	119
84	Andrea	117
85	June	115
86	Maria	111
87	Marjorie	110
88	Lois	107
89	Alice	105
89	Gloria	105
89	Phyllis	105
92	Rita	103
93	Joann	102
94	Kathy	100
95	Cathy	96
96	Pauline	95
97	Irene	94
98	Diana	93
99	Marianne	92
100	Judy	90

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,414
2	John	3,212
3	Michael	2,582
4	Richard	2,457
5	David	2,407
6	James	2,358
7	William	2,096
8	Paul	1,868
9	Thomas	1,622
10	Stephen	1,478
11	Joseph	1,354
12	Mark	1,013
13	Steven	1,002
14	Peter	956
15	Edward	878
16	Gary	855
17	Charles	816
18	Donald	785
19	Daniel	741
20	Kevin	727
21	Kenneth	720
22	Dennis	609
23	George	591
24	Ronald	583
25	Jeffrey	527
26	Bruce	519
27	Brian	472
28	Francis	415
29	Wayne	410
30	Alan	402
31	Raymond	390
32	Anthony	359
33	Lawrence	355
34	Philip	334
35	Douglas	333
36	Timothy	324
37	Frank	306
38	Arthur	288
39	Christopher	279
40	Scott	241
41	Walter	234
42	Frederick	232
42	Roger	232
44	Gregory	211
44	Ralph	211
46	Gerald	209
47	Albert	205
48	Russell	196
49	Patrick	194
50	Carl	192
51	Andrew	188
52	Barry	173
53	Leonard	160
54	Glenn	157
55	Henry	149
56	Keith	144
57	Louis	142
58	Alfred	140
59	Jonathan	139
60	Dana	137
61	Stanley	135
62	Harold	127
63	Leo	126
64	Martin	123
65	Nicholas	121
65	Norman	121
67	Eric	117
67	Gerard	117
69	Vincent	116
70	Craig	115
71	Roy	107
72	Howard	102
73	Ernest	98
74	Eugene	96
75	Jay	90
76	Larry	89
77	Marc	87
77	Warren	87
79	Bernard	86
80	Clifford	85
81	Neil	82
82	Bradford	81
82	Gordon	81
84	Theodore	80
85	Harry	78
85	Matthew	78
87	Allen	70
88	Jon	67
89	Dean	65
89	Roland	65
91	Edmund	63
91	Samuel	63
93	Allan	61
94	Denis	60
94	Phillip	60
96	Stuart	59
97	Edwin	57
97	Lee	57
99	Joel	56
99	Laurence	56