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Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1946

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary1,665
2Patricia1,651
3Carol1,391
4Linda1,390
5Susan1,282
6Barbara1,208
7Nancy1,173
8Judith1,146
9Donna1,064
10Kathleen1,042
11Sandra1,024
12Diane825
13Margaret606
14Joan598
15Karen593
16Elizabeth565
17Janet557
18Elaine524
19Ann522
20Janice514
21Maureen502
22Jane493
23Jean489
24Joanne458
25Gail452
26Beverly410
27Dorothy395
27Joyce395
29Sharon383
30Anne380
31Cynthia377
32Marilyn373
33Pamela359
34Carolyn357
35Cheryl350
36Marie348
37Paula337
38Jeanne317
39Virginia316
40Christine305
41Ellen302
42Sheila300
43Catherine277
44Lorraine268
45Frances261
46Shirley260
47Helen254
47Ruth254
49Eileen248
50Suzanne243

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert3,662
2John3,386
3Richard3,166
4William2,237
5James2,206
6Paul1,729
7David1,726
8Thomas1,345
9Joseph1,312
10Michael1,251
11Edward1,001
12Ronald983
13Charles907
14Peter863
15Donald828
16George785
17Stephen768
18Kenneth750
19Dennis551
20Daniel507
21Francis468
22Raymond467
23Bruce459
24Arthur442
25Lawrence398
26Frank386
27Gerald366
28Alan365
29Philip341
30Roger337
31Walter335
32Anthony329
33Frederick305
34Gary288
35Wayne286
36Steven263
37Douglas252
38Kevin242
39Albert241
40Russell224
41Henry218
42Ralph217
43Jeffrey209
43Mark209
45Brian207
46Leonard201
47Alfred189
48Carl188
49Barry187
50Norman173