Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1928
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,150 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,272 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,110 |
| 4 | Helen | 739 |
| 5 | Ruth | 711 |
| 6 | Margaret | 682 |
| 7 | Shirley | 638 |
| 8 | Jean | 621 |
| 9 | Doris | 614 |
| 10 | Theresa | 608 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 557 |
| 12 | Lorraine | 552 |
| 13 | Phyllis | 520 |
| 14 | Patricia | 513 |
| 15 | Virginia | 506 |
| 16 | Eleanor | 486 |
| 17 | Alice | 470 |
| 18 | Marie | 467 |
| 19 | Irene | 466 |
| 20 | Rita | 450 |
| 21 | Claire | 411 |
| 22 | Anna | 370 |
| 23 | Frances | 369 |
| 24 | Marjorie | 365 |
| 25 | Rose | 363 |
| 26 | Marion | 344 |
| 27 | Evelyn | 336 |
| 28 | Catherine | 335 |
| 29 | Ann | 331 |
| 30 | Lillian | 330 |
| 31 | Gloria | 325 |
| 32 | Florence | 322 |
| 33 | Joan | 315 |
| 34 | Pauline | 304 |
| 35 | Nancy | 303 |
| 36 | Marilyn | 296 |
| 37 | Louise | 266 |
| 38 | Anne | 262 |
| 39 | Betty | 255 |
| 40 | Mildred | 244 |
| 41 | Josephine | 243 |
| 42 | June | 239 |
| 43 | Jane | 226 |
| 44 | Grace | 225 |
| 45 | Jeanne | 208 |
| 45 | Norma | 208 |
| 47 | Elaine | 187 |
| 48 | Eileen | 179 |
| 49 | Lois | 176 |
| 50 | Priscilla | 167 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,613 |
| 2 | John | 2,598 |
| 3 | William | 1,676 |
| 4 | Richard | 1,468 |
| 5 | Joseph | 1,376 |
| 6 | James | 1,220 |
| 7 | Edward | 1,092 |
| 8 | George | 1,010 |
| 9 | Charles | 872 |
| 10 | Donald | 842 |
| 11 | Paul | 726 |
| 12 | Francis | 672 |
| 13 | Thomas | 662 |
| 14 | Raymond | 566 |
| 15 | Arthur | 565 |
| 16 | Frank | 488 |
| 17 | Albert | 465 |
| 18 | Alfred | 442 |
| 19 | Walter | 424 |
| 20 | David | 392 |
| 21 | Henry | 355 |
| 22 | Anthony | 317 |
| 22 | Harold | 317 |
| 24 | Kenneth | 316 |
| 25 | Norman | 306 |
| 26 | Herbert | 273 |
| 27 | Lawrence | 255 |
| 28 | Philip | 254 |
| 29 | Ralph | 252 |
| 30 | Frederick | 249 |
| 31 | Leo | 239 |
| 31 | Louis | 239 |
| 33 | Daniel | 238 |
| 34 | Eugene | 224 |
| 35 | Roger | 222 |
| 36 | Peter | 221 |
| 37 | Ernest | 190 |
| 38 | Stanley | 186 |
| 39 | Leonard | 185 |
| 40 | Bernard | 177 |
| 41 | Gerald | 176 |
| 42 | Michael | 169 |
| 43 | Roland | 168 |
| 44 | Harry | 165 |
| 45 | Russell | 154 |
| 46 | Fred | 142 |
| 47 | Warren | 134 |
| 48 | Vincent | 127 |
| 49 | Ronald | 124 |
| 50 | Howard | 118 |