Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1920
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,970 |
| 2 | Helen | 1,515 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,239 |
| 4 | Ruth | 1,060 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,004 |
| 6 | Rita | 781 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 643 |
| 8 | Eleanor | 633 |
| 9 | Alice | 626 |
| 9 | Barbara | 626 |
| 11 | Doris | 562 |
| 12 | Anna | 555 |
| 13 | Virginia | 532 |
| 14 | Frances | 522 |
| 15 | Lillian | 501 |
| 16 | Catherine | 497 |
| 17 | Irene | 475 |
| 18 | Florence | 467 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 464 |
| 20 | Rose | 463 |
| 21 | Marion | 455 |
| 22 | Mildred | 446 |
| 23 | Marjorie | 420 |
| 24 | Josephine | 417 |
| 25 | Marie | 390 |
| 26 | Phyllis | 344 |
| 27 | Louise | 325 |
| 28 | Gertrude | 318 |
| 29 | Edith | 312 |
| 30 | Grace | 271 |
| 31 | Beatrice | 258 |
| 32 | Pauline | 256 |
| 33 | Shirley | 250 |
| 34 | Anne | 239 |
| 35 | Edna | 228 |
| 35 | Jean | 228 |
| 37 | Agnes | 219 |
| 38 | Esther | 214 |
| 39 | Ann | 213 |
| 39 | Ethel | 213 |
| 41 | Jennie | 199 |
| 41 | Katherine | 199 |
| 43 | Marguerite | 197 |
| 44 | Gladys | 190 |
| 45 | Stella | 189 |
| 46 | Eileen | 188 |
| 47 | Claire | 181 |
| 48 | Jane | 177 |
| 49 | Julia | 169 |
| 50 | Lorraine | 167 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,699 |
| 2 | William | 1,715 |
| 3 | Joseph | 1,662 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,594 |
| 5 | Edward | 1,227 |
| 6 | James | 1,226 |
| 7 | George | 1,080 |
| 8 | Charles | 909 |
| 9 | Richard | 725 |
| 10 | Thomas | 677 |
| 11 | Francis | 659 |
| 12 | Arthur | 645 |
| 13 | Frank | 609 |
| 14 | Walter | 591 |
| 15 | Albert | 552 |
| 16 | Paul | 538 |
| 17 | Raymond | 509 |
| 18 | Henry | 450 |
| 19 | Donald | 413 |
| 20 | Harold | 392 |
| 21 | Stanley | 377 |
| 22 | Alfred | 364 |
| 23 | Anthony | 362 |
| 24 | Ralph | 342 |
| 25 | Louis | 314 |
| 26 | Frederick | 291 |
| 27 | David | 280 |
| 28 | Ernest | 271 |
| 29 | Leo | 262 |
| 30 | Peter | 261 |
| 31 | Kenneth | 240 |
| 32 | Michael | 235 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 226 |
| 34 | Norman | 225 |
| 35 | Daniel | 216 |
| 36 | Herbert | 202 |
| 37 | Philip | 199 |
| 38 | Harry | 196 |
| 39 | Bernard | 189 |
| 40 | Roger | 185 |
| 41 | Roland | 176 |
| 42 | Russell | 175 |
| 43 | Warren | 172 |
| 44 | Chester | 165 |
| 45 | Manuel | 164 |
| 46 | Leonard | 161 |
| 47 | Theodore | 159 |
| 48 | Eugene | 152 |
| 49 | Howard | 148 |
| 49 | Vincent | 148 |