Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1932
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,728 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,656 |
| 3 | Joan | 1,168 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 803 |
| 5 | Patricia | 747 |
| 6 | Jean | 606 |
| 7 | Margaret | 554 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 539 |
| 9 | Ann | 528 |
| 10 | Helen | 516 |
| 11 | Nancy | 506 |
| 12 | Shirley | 455 |
| 13 | Lorraine | 444 |
| 14 | Ruth | 430 |
| 15 | Marilyn | 406 |
| 16 | Claire | 403 |
| 17 | Doris | 355 |
| 18 | Eleanor | 346 |
| 18 | Virginia | 346 |
| 20 | Marie | 344 |
| 21 | Phyllis | 332 |
| 22 | Frances | 323 |
| 23 | Rita | 318 |
| 24 | Alice | 315 |
| 25 | Theresa | 306 |
| 26 | Janet | 297 |
| 27 | Beverly | 291 |
| 28 | Irene | 288 |
| 29 | Pauline | 283 |
| 30 | Gloria | 275 |
| 31 | Anne | 264 |
| 32 | Marjorie | 260 |
| 33 | Constance | 251 |
| 34 | Catherine | 247 |
| 35 | Louise | 244 |
| 36 | Jane | 242 |
| 37 | Marion | 236 |
| 38 | Anna | 232 |
| 38 | Dolores | 232 |
| 40 | Rose | 230 |
| 41 | Evelyn | 225 |
| 42 | Carol | 213 |
| 43 | Betty | 211 |
| 43 | Norma | 211 |
| 45 | Jeanne | 210 |
| 46 | Joyce | 209 |
| 46 | Lois | 209 |
| 48 | Florence | 198 |
| 49 | Lillian | 194 |
| 50 | June | 193 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,690 |
| 2 | John | 2,408 |
| 3 | Richard | 1,719 |
| 4 | William | 1,543 |
| 5 | James | 1,182 |
| 6 | Joseph | 1,177 |
| 7 | Donald | 1,053 |
| 8 | George | 908 |
| 9 | Edward | 859 |
| 10 | Charles | 833 |
| 11 | Paul | 754 |
| 12 | Thomas | 632 |
| 13 | Francis | 551 |
| 14 | David | 514 |
| 15 | Ronald | 396 |
| 16 | Raymond | 393 |
| 17 | Arthur | 383 |
| 18 | Frank | 370 |
| 19 | Walter | 327 |
| 20 | Kenneth | 290 |
| 21 | Albert | 283 |
| 22 | Anthony | 275 |
| 23 | Norman | 261 |
| 24 | Gerald | 248 |
| 25 | Henry | 246 |
| 26 | Daniel | 242 |
| 27 | Philip | 240 |
| 28 | Frederick | 234 |
| 29 | Alfred | 233 |
| 29 | Lawrence | 233 |
| 31 | Ralph | 223 |
| 32 | Harold | 221 |
| 33 | Peter | 220 |
| 34 | Roger | 202 |
| 35 | Louis | 184 |
| 36 | Leo | 177 |
| 37 | Ernest | 173 |
| 38 | Eugene | 164 |
| 39 | Michael | 157 |
| 40 | Herbert | 156 |
| 41 | Leonard | 155 |
| 42 | Stanley | 144 |
| 43 | Bernard | 129 |
| 44 | Roland | 128 |
| 45 | Carl | 119 |
| 46 | Russell | 109 |
| 47 | Harry | 108 |
| 47 | Vincent | 108 |
| 49 | Warren | 107 |
| 50 | Fred | 101 |