Massachusetts ★ 1956

Top names in Massachusetts, 1956

Susan led for girls with 2,080 babies ; John for boys with 3,300. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Susan	2,080
2	Mary	1,969
3	Patricia	1,602
4	Karen	1,579
5	Donna	1,572
6	Deborah	1,549
7	Linda	1,450
8	Nancy	1,294
9	Debra	1,292
10	Kathleen	1,184
11	Diane	1,005
12	Cheryl	1,000
13	Cynthia	928
14	Barbara	819
15	Carol	788
16	Elizabeth	730
17	Ann	604
18	Pamela	586
19	Sharon	583
20	Sandra	574
21	Janet	545
22	Denise	514
23	Judith	507
24	Paula	505
25	Catherine	490
26	Gail	488
27	Margaret	485
28	Maureen	470
29	Jane	423
30	Jean	416
31	Christine	414
32	Robin	408
33	Joanne	407
34	Joan	405
35	Anne	404
36	Lisa	398
37	Ellen	358
38	Theresa	334
39	Janice	327
40	Joyce	324
41	Elaine	310
42	Marie	284
43	Doreen	281
44	Brenda	266
45	Lynn	250
46	Laurie	249
47	Laura	243
48	Eileen	238
49	Sheila	232
50	Suzanne	229
51	Michelle	226
52	Darlene	222
52	Jo	222
54	Jeanne	221
55	Katherine	219
55	Kim	219
57	Lynne	209
58	Dorothy	185
58	Martha	185
60	Bonnie	183
60	Wendy	183
62	Valerie	179
63	Kathryn	178
64	Andrea	177
65	Virginia	175
66	Dianne	170
67	Ruth	169
68	Kathy	168
69	Cindy	164
70	Beverly	162
70	Leslie	162
70	Rose	162
73	Michele	159
74	Lorraine	150
75	Helen	148
75	Lori	148
75	Roberta	148
78	Marcia	147
79	Julie	146
80	Cathy	145
81	Maria	141
82	Jacqueline	135
82	Teresa	135
84	Charlene	134
85	Carolyn	130
85	Colleen	130
87	Jill	125
88	Amy	124
89	Judy	120
90	Dawn	117
91	Marilyn	116
92	Jayne	112
92	Louise	112
94	Beth	111
94	Debbie	111
96	Sarah	110
97	Kimberly	107
98	Marjorie	100
98	Rita	100
100	Claire	99

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	3,300
2	Robert	3,231
3	Michael	3,061
4	David	2,768
5	James	2,427
6	Richard	2,178
7	William	2,068
8	Paul	1,883
9	Mark	1,726
10	Thomas	1,673
11	Joseph	1,566
12	Stephen	1,479
13	Steven	1,202
14	Kevin	1,016
15	Peter	1,014
16	Brian	987
17	Daniel	898
18	Edward	876
19	Gary	821
20	Charles	814
21	Donald	743
22	Kenneth	725
23	Jeffrey	654
24	Ronald	627
25	George	555
26	Bruce	509
27	Timothy	471
28	Scott	430
29	Wayne	419
30	Alan	398
31	Christopher	387
32	Anthony	385
33	Dennis	373
34	Douglas	366
35	Raymond	356
36	Lawrence	334
36	Philip	334
38	Francis	322
39	Frank	315
40	Gregory	305
41	Arthur	259
42	Keith	238
42	Russell	238
44	Andrew	237
45	Patrick	231
46	Gerald	225
47	Barry	210
48	Roger	199
49	Frederick	192
50	Glenn	187
51	Walter	185
52	Jonathan	172
53	Carl	171
54	Albert	169
55	Louis	154
55	Ralph	154
57	Dana	153
58	Craig	150
59	Martin	149
60	Eric	148
61	Matthew	145
62	Henry	143
63	Alfred	137
64	Jay	134
65	Norman	133
65	Vincent	133
67	Gerard	129
68	Leonard	123
69	Leo	120
70	Marc	119
71	Ernest	109
72	Harold	104
73	Larry	101
73	Nicholas	101
75	Eugene	99
75	Stanley	99
77	Neil	96
78	Joel	90
79	Theodore	88
80	Roy	87
81	Bernard	82
82	Howard	81
83	Warren	80
84	Phillip	76
85	Allen	75
86	Allan	74
87	Clifford	71
87	Dean	71
87	Gordon	71
87	Jon	71
91	Bradford	70
91	Bryan	70
93	Randy	68
94	Dale	67
94	Glen	67
96	Lee	63
97	Edwin	62
98	Laurence	60
98	Steve	60
100	Fred	58