Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,303
2	Patricia	1,179
3	Barbara	1,105
4	Carol	1,035
5	Judith	874
6	Joan	847
7	Nancy	744
8	Margaret	495
9	Elizabeth	489
10	Dorothy	477
11	Ann	466
12	Sandra	426
13	Beverly	400
14	Janet	384
15	Jean	348
16	Marilyn	334
17	Marie	321
18	Joyce	311
19	Elaine	305
20	Helen	288
21	Joanne	274
22	Janice	263
23	Ruth	259
24	Shirley	257
25	Carolyn	252
26	Anne	251
27	Virginia	250
28	Eleanor	248
29	Carole	247
30	Frances	244
31	Jane	236
32	Gail	235
33	Catherine	233
34	Claire	232
35	Maureen	231
36	Brenda	222
36	Lorraine	222
38	Kathleen	212
39	Phyllis	205
40	Pauline	202
41	Linda	200
41	Susan	200
43	Sheila	197
44	Rita	194
45	Alice	193
46	Diane	181
47	Theresa	173
48	Louise	170
49	Roberta	167
50	Irene	165

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,602
2	John	2,272
3	Richard	1,872
4	William	1,423
5	James	1,254
6	David	1,036
7	Paul	976
8	Joseph	952
9	Thomas	790
10	George	709
11	Edward	698
12	Donald	683
13	Charles	650
14	Ronald	597
15	Peter	445
16	Francis	413
17	Michael	380
18	Kenneth	372
19	Arthur	362
20	Raymond	334
21	Gerald	303
22	Frank	286
23	Roger	281
24	Daniel	248
25	Walter	245
26	Anthony	240
27	Albert	239
28	Lawrence	224
29	Frederick	212
29	Stephen	212
31	Philip	209
32	Henry	179
33	Norman	173
34	Bruce	163
35	Louis	159
36	Alan	156
36	Ralph	156
38	Alfred	152
39	Carl	149
40	Harold	139
41	Leo	126
41	Leonard	126
43	Ernest	125
43	Russell	125
43	Wayne	125
46	Eugene	124
47	Bernard	123
48	Fred	122
49	Stanley	107
50	Vincent	101