Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,418
2	Patricia	1,247
3	Carol	1,128
4	Barbara	1,014
5	Judith	1,007
6	Linda	914
7	Susan	907
8	Sandra	845
9	Nancy	816
10	Kathleen	715
11	Donna	686
12	Diane	583
13	Joan	527
14	Margaret	511
15	Janet	455
16	Elaine	447
17	Elizabeth	436
18	Karen	432
19	Ann	431
20	Janice	428
21	Jean	412
22	Jane	374
23	Joyce	371
24	Joanne	369
24	Maureen	369
26	Marilyn	331
27	Dorothy	318
28	Carolyn	316
29	Gail	312
29	Marie	312
31	Beverly	297
32	Virginia	270
33	Lorraine	268
33	Paula	268
35	Anne	262
36	Sharon	256
37	Frances	245
38	Helen	237
39	Cheryl	236
39	Ellen	236
41	Cynthia	228
42	Jeanne	223
42	Pamela	223
44	Ruth	222
45	Sheila	211
46	Eileen	209
47	Phyllis	206
48	Martha	201
49	Marcia	199
49	Shirley	199

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,891
2	John	2,764
3	Richard	2,271
4	James	1,780
5	William	1,741
6	David	1,387
7	Paul	1,327
8	Thomas	1,061
9	Joseph	1,060
10	Michael	859
11	Edward	805
12	Charles	768
13	George	753
14	Peter	702
14	Ronald	702
16	Donald	632
17	Kenneth	552
18	Stephen	516
19	Raymond	402
20	Francis	401
21	Arthur	386
22	Frank	363
23	Daniel	345
23	Dennis	345
25	Gerald	324
26	Walter	307
27	Lawrence	292
28	Philip	291
29	Alan	284
30	Anthony	281
30	Roger	281
32	Bruce	255
33	Frederick	251
34	Gary	238
35	Albert	223
36	Douglas	216
37	Wayne	209
38	Ralph	204
39	Steven	192
40	Henry	175
41	Norman	166
42	Brian	165
43	Alfred	163
44	Jeffrey	158
45	Leonard	156
46	Russell	154
47	Leo	149
48	Stanley	148
49	Kevin	145
50	Barry	143