Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,421
2	Mary	1,729
3	Susan	1,612
4	Patricia	1,383
5	Kathleen	1,314
6	Nancy	1,155
7	Donna	1,134
8	Barbara	1,045
9	Carol	913
10	Diane	882
11	Sandra	829
12	Judith	816
13	Karen	790
14	Deborah	721
15	Elizabeth	646
16	Christine	632
17	Margaret	589
18	Janet	585
19	Maureen	509
20	Janice	496
21	Ann	495
22	Sharon	469
23	Jane	465
24	Joanne	458
25	Cynthia	457
26	Gail	456
27	Elaine	442
28	Pamela	438
29	Jean	435
30	Paula	422
31	Joan	416
32	Cheryl	389
33	Joyce	374
34	Catherine	369
35	Anne	346
36	Ellen	337
37	Marie	314
38	Marilyn	312
39	Beverly	296
40	Jeanne	283
41	Dorothy	274
41	Virginia	274
43	Suzanne	256
44	Eileen	251
45	Helen	241
46	Carolyn	235
47	Martha	228
48	Lorraine	226
49	Dianne	225
50	Katherine	223

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,300
2	John	3,250
3	Richard	2,420
4	James	2,161
5	William	2,064
6	David	1,947
7	Michael	1,814
8	Paul	1,686
9	Thomas	1,510
10	Stephen	1,245
11	Joseph	1,236
12	Edward	997
13	Charles	870
14	Peter	866
15	Ronald	810
16	George	777
17	Donald	758
18	Kenneth	745
19	Daniel	682
20	Mark	550
21	Dennis	535
22	Steven	530
23	Bruce	495
24	Francis	472
25	Kevin	412
26	Raymond	393
27	Gary	382
28	Alan	374
29	Arthur	369
30	Philip	365
31	Lawrence	364
32	Frank	343
33	Anthony	338
34	Douglas	334
35	Gerald	332
36	Walter	306
37	Jeffrey	303
38	Wayne	301
39	Brian	291
40	Frederick	280
41	Roger	245
42	Albert	220
43	Gregory	218
44	Russell	210
45	Ralph	199
46	Christopher	197
47	Barry	195
47	Timothy	195
49	Henry	186
50	Louis	174