Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1931
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,795 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,454 |
| 3 | Joan | 1,081 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 865 |
| 5 | Patricia | 626 |
| 6 | Margaret | 620 |
| 7 | Jean | 606 |
| 8 | Helen | 596 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 545 |
| 10 | Ruth | 536 |
| 11 | Nancy | 490 |
| 12 | Lorraine | 478 |
| 13 | Shirley | 464 |
| 14 | Marilyn | 427 |
| 15 | Ann | 424 |
| 16 | Claire | 422 |
| 17 | Virginia | 415 |
| 18 | Doris | 411 |
| 19 | Eleanor | 400 |
| 20 | Phyllis | 382 |
| 21 | Marie | 373 |
| 22 | Theresa | 370 |
| 23 | Rita | 331 |
| 24 | Gloria | 329 |
| 25 | Alice | 324 |
| 26 | Irene | 315 |
| 27 | Janet | 294 |
| 28 | Frances | 288 |
| 29 | Marjorie | 286 |
| 30 | Pauline | 271 |
| 31 | Catherine | 264 |
| 32 | Jeanne | 262 |
| 32 | Marion | 262 |
| 34 | Anna | 258 |
| 35 | Anne | 254 |
| 36 | Betty | 247 |
| 37 | Norma | 243 |
| 38 | Lillian | 242 |
| 39 | Evelyn | 237 |
| 40 | Louise | 230 |
| 41 | June | 229 |
| 42 | Rose | 228 |
| 43 | Florence | 227 |
| 44 | Constance | 226 |
| 45 | Dolores | 206 |
| 46 | Beverly | 201 |
| 47 | Jane | 192 |
| 48 | Elaine | 188 |
| 49 | Lois | 186 |
| 50 | Joyce | 180 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,534 |
| 2 | John | 2,271 |
| 3 | Richard | 1,658 |
| 4 | William | 1,449 |
| 5 | Joseph | 1,226 |
| 6 | James | 1,127 |
| 7 | Donald | 978 |
| 8 | Edward | 901 |
| 9 | George | 876 |
| 10 | Charles | 809 |
| 11 | Paul | 725 |
| 12 | Thomas | 610 |
| 13 | Francis | 582 |
| 14 | Raymond | 494 |
| 15 | David | 483 |
| 16 | Arthur | 440 |
| 17 | Frank | 377 |
| 18 | Walter | 362 |
| 19 | Albert | 332 |
| 20 | Kenneth | 292 |
| 21 | Norman | 283 |
| 22 | Anthony | 278 |
| 22 | Henry | 278 |
| 24 | Harold | 248 |
| 25 | Alfred | 247 |
| 26 | Ralph | 234 |
| 27 | Gerald | 223 |
| 28 | Philip | 218 |
| 29 | Peter | 214 |
| 30 | Louis | 213 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 210 |
| 32 | Daniel | 206 |
| 33 | Ronald | 205 |
| 34 | Roger | 202 |
| 35 | Frederick | 201 |
| 36 | Ernest | 194 |
| 37 | Leo | 183 |
| 38 | Michael | 175 |
| 39 | Leonard | 169 |
| 40 | Eugene | 166 |
| 40 | Herbert | 166 |
| 42 | Stanley | 158 |
| 43 | Bernard | 152 |
| 44 | Roland | 141 |
| 45 | Carl | 124 |
| 46 | Russell | 123 |
| 47 | Harry | 115 |
| 47 | Vincent | 115 |
| 49 | Fred | 114 |
| 50 | Howard | 113 |