Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,521
2	Patricia	1,349
3	Carol	1,151
4	Judith	1,081
5	Barbara	1,032
6	Nancy	926
7	Sandra	892
8	Linda	816
9	Susan	801
10	Kathleen	670
11	Joan	650
12	Donna	634
13	Margaret	589
14	Diane	527
15	Elizabeth	508
16	Elaine	490
17	Janet	488
18	Ann	467
19	Karen	417
20	Jean	400
21	Joyce	388
22	Dorothy	387
23	Maureen	386
24	Jane	370
25	Carolyn	365
26	Janice	356
27	Joanne	350
28	Beverly	349
29	Marilyn	337
30	Gail	324
31	Marie	306
32	Ruth	298
33	Virginia	297
34	Anne	286
35	Frances	282
36	Lorraine	253
37	Carole	249
38	Helen	235
38	Pamela	235
40	Ellen	231
41	Paula	229
42	Catherine	223
43	Sharon	222
44	Cheryl	217
45	Eileen	207
46	Louise	206
47	Jeanne	202
48	Marcia	199
49	Cynthia	197
50	Martha	190

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,954
2	John	2,883
3	Richard	2,271
4	William	1,819
5	James	1,791
6	David	1,458
7	Paul	1,309
8	Joseph	1,104
9	Thomas	1,051
10	Edward	842
11	Michael	837
12	Charles	752
13	Ronald	738
14	George	721
15	Donald	688
16	Peter	679
17	Kenneth	570
18	Stephen	480
19	Francis	445
20	Raymond	438
21	Arthur	394
22	Daniel	360
23	Frank	337
24	Anthony	311
24	Walter	311
26	Roger	308
27	Gerald	305
28	Lawrence	296
29	Dennis	295
30	Bruce	288
31	Alan	271
31	Philip	271
33	Frederick	250
34	Albert	243
35	Douglas	210
36	Wayne	207
37	Ralph	200
38	Henry	189
39	Gary	185
40	Alfred	183
41	Harold	176
41	Steven	176
43	Norman	170
44	Carl	165
45	Leonard	163
46	Brian	161
47	Russell	152
48	Barry	148
48	Louis	148
50	Stanley	146