Massachusetts ★ 1961

Top names in Massachusetts, 1961

Susan led for girls with 1,747 babies ; John for boys with 3,610. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Susan	1,747
2	Mary	1,557
3	Lisa	1,555
4	Donna	1,308
5	Linda	1,305
6	Karen	1,254
7	Patricia	1,151
8	Kathleen	1,068
9	Nancy	1,058
10	Deborah	969
11	Cheryl	864
12	Diane	801
13	Elizabeth	751
14	Barbara	669
15	Debra	663
16	Carol	632
17	Pamela	628
18	Sandra	622
19	Cynthia	606
20	Christine	588
21	Sharon	561
22	Robin	560
23	Brenda	547
24	Denise	543
25	Laura	537
26	Ann	530
26	Laurie	530
28	Maureen	513
29	Lori	504
30	Theresa	484
31	Joanne	482
32	Michelle	480
33	Paula	462
34	Janet	436
35	Judith	425
36	Margaret	408
37	Catherine	407
38	Anne	377
39	Julie	365
40	Ellen	352
41	Jean	341
42	Jane	340
43	Carolyn	320
44	Jacqueline	305
44	Suzanne	305
46	Joan	304
47	Wendy	295
48	Kimberly	294
49	Kim	288
50	Lynn	282
51	Marie	268
52	Darlene	265
53	Janice	258
54	Kathy	248
55	Jennifer	243
55	Lynne	243
57	Elaine	241
58	Dawn	240
58	Gail	240
60	Amy	239
61	Katherine	237
62	Sheila	232
63	Debbie	231
64	Andrea	227
65	Cindy	219
66	Michele	217
67	Teresa	214
68	Joyce	212
69	Beth	210
69	Jeanne	210
71	Eileen	208
72	Bonnie	202
73	Valerie	196
74	Doreen	191
75	Tammy	187
76	Maria	185
77	Colleen	181
78	Kelly	180
79	Martha	179
80	Leslie	177
81	Tina	170
82	Tracy	162
83	Kathryn	158
84	Cathy	148
85	Heidi	145
86	Dianne	143
86	Jill	143
88	Dorothy	141
88	Rebecca	141
90	Ruth	139
91	Virginia	137
92	Sarah	135
93	Lorraine	130
94	Lauren	128
95	Diana	127
96	Stephanie	124
97	Judy	123
98	Charlene	122
98	Joann	122
100	Beverly	118

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	3,610
2	Michael	3,299
3	Robert	3,006
4	David	2,951
5	James	2,564
6	Mark	2,033
7	Richard	1,900
8	William	1,786
9	Paul	1,675
10	Thomas	1,572
11	Joseph	1,453
12	Stephen	1,230
13	Steven	1,113
14	Kevin	1,094
15	Daniel	1,045
16	Brian	1,007
17	Peter	926
18	Scott	886
19	Edward	854
20	Jeffrey	833
21	Christopher	808
22	Kenneth	729
23	Timothy	723
24	Charles	653
25	Gary	593
26	Donald	587
27	Ronald	533
28	George	483
29	Anthony	469
30	Douglas	422
31	Bruce	389
32	Gregory	371
33	Andrew	335
34	Raymond	325
35	Alan	322
36	Eric	319
37	Dennis	318
38	Frank	309
39	Wayne	301
40	Philip	299
41	Patrick	291
42	Keith	284
43	Glenn	280
44	Matthew	277
45	Francis	264
46	Lawrence	239
47	Russell	224
48	Craig	206
49	Arthur	203
50	Barry	197
51	Roger	196
52	Todd	171
53	Carl	169
54	Jonathan	166
55	Dana	165
56	Frederick	161
57	Marc	160
58	Walter	156
59	Gerald	155
60	Jay	148
61	Ralph	144
62	Sean	140
63	Martin	136
64	Dean	121
65	Henry	120
66	Chris	119
67	Albert	115
68	Louis	114
69	Steve	113
70	Shawn	112
71	Vincent	108
72	Leonard	107
73	Neil	99
74	Glen	98
75	Norman	97
76	Ernest	95
77	Jon	94
77	Nicholas	94
79	Eugene	93
79	Gerard	93
79	Larry	93
82	Mike	91
83	Dale	89
84	Theodore	88
85	Alfred	87
86	Roy	80
87	Leo	79
87	Randy	79
89	Phillip	78
90	Bryan	77
90	Howard	77
92	Jeff	73
93	Randall	72
94	Harold	71
95	Karl	68
96	Victor	67
97	Jeffery	65
97	Kurt	65
97	Stanley	65
100	Joel	64