Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1929
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,937 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,285 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 972 |
| 4 | Helen | 705 |
| 5 | Jean | 658 |
| 6 | Margaret | 657 |
| 7 | Ruth | 656 |
| 8 | Theresa | 565 |
| 9 | Joan | 544 |
| 9 | Shirley | 544 |
| 11 | Patricia | 540 |
| 12 | Lorraine | 528 |
| 13 | Doris | 525 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 508 |
| 15 | Phyllis | 495 |
| 16 | Marie | 477 |
| 17 | Eleanor | 457 |
| 18 | Claire | 436 |
| 19 | Rita | 432 |
| 20 | Alice | 425 |
| 21 | Virginia | 409 |
| 22 | Irene | 393 |
| 23 | Ann | 387 |
| 24 | Frances | 352 |
| 25 | Nancy | 335 |
| 26 | Marjorie | 325 |
| 27 | Gloria | 316 |
| 28 | Rose | 311 |
| 29 | Florence | 304 |
| 30 | Pauline | 303 |
| 31 | Catherine | 299 |
| 32 | Evelyn | 298 |
| 33 | Marilyn | 295 |
| 34 | Anna | 284 |
| 35 | Louise | 281 |
| 36 | Lillian | 276 |
| 36 | Marion | 276 |
| 38 | Betty | 253 |
| 39 | Anne | 236 |
| 40 | Jeanne | 234 |
| 41 | June | 228 |
| 42 | Mildred | 226 |
| 43 | Norma | 209 |
| 44 | Josephine | 204 |
| 45 | Jane | 201 |
| 46 | Beverly | 197 |
| 47 | Dolores | 186 |
| 48 | Eileen | 183 |
| 49 | Grace | 182 |
| 50 | Elaine | 179 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,439 |
| 2 | Robert | 2,434 |
| 3 | William | 1,650 |
| 4 | Richard | 1,451 |
| 5 | Joseph | 1,314 |
| 6 | James | 1,091 |
| 7 | Edward | 960 |
| 8 | Donald | 947 |
| 9 | George | 935 |
| 10 | Charles | 798 |
| 11 | Paul | 670 |
| 12 | Francis | 642 |
| 13 | Thomas | 634 |
| 14 | Arthur | 532 |
| 15 | Raymond | 526 |
| 16 | David | 473 |
| 17 | Frank | 446 |
| 18 | Albert | 430 |
| 19 | Walter | 418 |
| 20 | Alfred | 357 |
| 21 | Henry | 334 |
| 22 | Anthony | 314 |
| 23 | Harold | 294 |
| 24 | Kenneth | 277 |
| 25 | Norman | 269 |
| 25 | Ralph | 269 |
| 27 | Frederick | 259 |
| 28 | Leo | 253 |
| 29 | Daniel | 233 |
| 30 | Roger | 232 |
| 31 | Eugene | 228 |
| 32 | Louis | 227 |
| 33 | Peter | 216 |
| 34 | Philip | 213 |
| 35 | Ernest | 212 |
| 36 | Herbert | 210 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 201 |
| 38 | Gerald | 191 |
| 39 | Stanley | 189 |
| 40 | Bernard | 176 |
| 41 | Harry | 161 |
| 42 | Ronald | 158 |
| 43 | Michael | 150 |
| 44 | Russell | 147 |
| 45 | Leonard | 146 |
| 46 | Roland | 145 |
| 47 | Carl | 134 |
| 48 | Fred | 129 |
| 49 | Vincent | 125 |
| 50 | Howard | 119 |