Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1921
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,036 |
| 2 | Helen | 1,367 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,266 |
| 4 | Margaret | 1,047 |
| 5 | Ruth | 1,046 |
| 6 | Rita | 767 |
| 7 | Alice | 678 |
| 8 | Barbara | 664 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 652 |
| 10 | Eleanor | 648 |
| 11 | Virginia | 600 |
| 12 | Doris | 598 |
| 13 | Anna | 595 |
| 14 | Irene | 538 |
| 15 | Frances | 516 |
| 16 | Rose | 505 |
| 17 | Evelyn | 504 |
| 18 | Mildred | 468 |
| 19 | Florence | 465 |
| 20 | Lillian | 452 |
| 21 | Marion | 440 |
| 22 | Marie | 438 |
| 23 | Catherine | 431 |
| 24 | Marjorie | 403 |
| 25 | Josephine | 387 |
| 26 | Louise | 343 |
| 27 | Phyllis | 333 |
| 28 | Shirley | 331 |
| 29 | Gertrude | 305 |
| 30 | Edith | 288 |
| 31 | Grace | 285 |
| 32 | Beatrice | 268 |
| 33 | Jean | 261 |
| 34 | Anne | 259 |
| 35 | Pauline | 256 |
| 36 | Ann | 234 |
| 37 | Claire | 228 |
| 38 | Eileen | 226 |
| 39 | Gladys | 217 |
| 40 | Edna | 210 |
| 41 | Jennie | 206 |
| 41 | Sophie | 206 |
| 43 | Agnes | 202 |
| 44 | Ethel | 195 |
| 44 | Marguerite | 195 |
| 46 | Lorraine | 189 |
| 47 | Constance | 178 |
| 48 | Esther | 176 |
| 49 | Theresa | 171 |
| 50 | Muriel | 170 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,784 |
| 2 | Robert | 1,785 |
| 3 | Joseph | 1,730 |
| 4 | William | 1,647 |
| 5 | James | 1,220 |
| 6 | Edward | 1,211 |
| 7 | George | 1,197 |
| 8 | Charles | 931 |
| 9 | Richard | 769 |
| 10 | Francis | 697 |
| 11 | Thomas | 673 |
| 12 | Frank | 653 |
| 13 | Arthur | 652 |
| 14 | Paul | 567 |
| 15 | Walter | 560 |
| 16 | Albert | 544 |
| 17 | Raymond | 539 |
| 18 | Henry | 487 |
| 19 | Donald | 428 |
| 20 | Harold | 409 |
| 21 | Anthony | 364 |
| 22 | Alfred | 341 |
| 23 | Stanley | 312 |
| 24 | David | 309 |
| 25 | Ralph | 295 |
| 26 | Frederick | 290 |
| 27 | Louis | 287 |
| 28 | Warren | 277 |
| 29 | Ernest | 260 |
| 30 | Norman | 259 |
| 31 | Leo | 257 |
| 32 | Peter | 253 |
| 33 | Michael | 241 |
| 34 | Herbert | 225 |
| 35 | Harry | 222 |
| 36 | Daniel | 221 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 217 |
| 38 | Philip | 214 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 205 |
| 40 | Bernard | 201 |
| 41 | Vincent | 177 |
| 42 | Roger | 175 |
| 43 | Manuel | 171 |
| 44 | Roland | 169 |
| 45 | Leonard | 162 |
| 45 | Russell | 162 |
| 47 | Chester | 155 |
| 47 | Howard | 155 |
| 49 | Eugene | 153 |
| 50 | Theodore | 149 |