Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,109
2	Mary	1,711
3	Susan	1,660
4	Patricia	1,493
5	Kathleen	1,373
6	Nancy	1,156
7	Donna	1,097
8	Barbara	1,020
9	Deborah	947
10	Carol	922
11	Diane	840
12	Karen	782
13	Judith	700
14	Christine	684
15	Sandra	680
16	Elizabeth	641
17	Janet	621
18	Margaret	557
19	Janice	545
20	Gail	502
21	Ann	493
22	Maureen	490
23	Sharon	482
24	Cynthia	477
25	Jane	454
26	Joanne	453
27	Joan	449
28	Jean	427
29	Cheryl	419
30	Elaine	418
31	Pamela	401
32	Paula	393
33	Catherine	390
34	Ellen	377
35	Anne	364
36	Joyce	354
37	Marie	317
38	Marilyn	293
39	Jeanne	281
40	Denise	279
41	Beverly	269
42	Eileen	252
43	Dorothy	246
44	Virginia	242
45	Martha	240
46	Ruth	224
47	Sheila	216
48	Suzanne	215
49	Marcia	214
50	Brenda	209

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,212
2	John	3,077
3	Richard	2,251
4	James	2,213
5	William	2,089
6	David	1,927
7	Michael	1,866
8	Paul	1,729
9	Thomas	1,502
10	Stephen	1,295
11	Joseph	1,258
12	Charles	942
13	Edward	928
14	Peter	849
15	Donald	781
16	Kenneth	755
17	Ronald	732
18	George	674
19	Dennis	666
20	Steven	645
21	Daniel	641
22	Gary	600
23	Mark	577
24	Kevin	547
25	Bruce	540
26	Francis	466
27	Alan	422
28	Wayne	412
29	Raymond	392
30	Lawrence	391
31	Frank	352
32	Philip	347
33	Anthony	343
34	Arthur	336
35	Brian	334
36	Jeffrey	312
37	Douglas	307
38	Walter	283
39	Gerald	274
40	Roger	255
41	Frederick	233
42	Christopher	229
43	Ralph	226
44	Gregory	222
45	Russell	205
46	Timothy	199
47	Albert	194
48	Barry	179
49	Andrew	165
50	Glenn	160