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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,214 Pennsylvania births in 1910 across 652 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Pennsylvania more than they say America.

#89Veronicaoutside the national top 200
#90Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#93Sophiaoutside the national top 200
#80Miriam#186 nationally
#73Susan#173 nationally
#98Angelo#195 nationally
#95Regina#189 nationally
#53Steve#136 nationally
#60Mike#143 nationally
#88Franklin#170 nationally
#100Adam#182 nationally
#50Sara#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,913US #1
#2Helen1,604US #2
#3Anna1,534US #6
#4Margaret1,311US #3
#5Elizabeth891US #7
#6Dorothy798US #4
#7Ruth664US #5
#8Mildred599US #8
#9Catherine568US #22
#10Marie512US #9
#11Florence494US #12
#12Rose492US #16
#13Frances393US #11
#14Alice382US #10
#15Josephine353US #30
#16Ethel346US #13
#17Grace324US #23
#18Lillian309US #14
#19Edna302US #18
#20Martha301US #28
#21Kathryn290US #80
#22Evelyn288US #17
#23Gertrude282US #26
#24Ann273US #52
#25Agnes265US #41
#26Emma256US #34
#27Edith255US #35
#28Esther244US #38
#29Julia244US #49
#30Eleanor242US #55
#31Irene233US #21
#32Sarah227US #40
#33Anne225US #67
#34Pauline213US #42
#35Stella213US #72
#36Bertha211US #33
#37Gladys211US #15
#38Hazel211US #24
#39Katherine210US #57
#40Louise201US #20
#41Mabel197US #46
#42Clara195US #32
#43Elsie194US #44
#44Jean192US #77
#45Marion181US #59
#46Virginia179US #29
#47Thelma175US #25
#48Beatrice173US #36
#49Ida171US #47
#50Sara165US #128
#51Betty161US #69
#52Jennie161US #81
#53Laura148US #53
#54Nellie145US #51
#55Pearl138US #39
#56Viola133US #48
#57Eva124US #45
#58Blanche123US #74
#59Marian120US #106
#60Theresa120US #96
#61Genevieve119US #98
#62Violet112US #89
#63Lena106US #66
#64Myrtle106US #43
#65Sophie104US #133
#66Hilda102US #109
#67Bessie97US #37
#68Minnie97US #50
#69Leona94US #79
#70Olive93US #125
#71Vera92US #71
#72Ellen91US #88
#73Susan89US #173
#74Ella88US #62
#75Alma87US #61
#76Charlotte86US #99
#77Emily85US #110
#78Mae85US #65
#79Verna82US #130
#80Miriam81US #186
#81Lucy80US #75
#82Lucille79US #31
#83Marjorie79US #68
#84Jane78US #116
#85Marguerite78US #84
#86Harriet76US #126
#87Alberta73US #104
#88Sylvia71US #92
#89Veronica71
#90Victoria71US #142
#91Doris69US #64
#92Madeline68US #145
#93Sophia68
#94Caroline67US #146
#95Regina66US #189
#96Carrie65US #70
#97Sadie65US #100
#98Loretta63US #124
#99Barbara62US #136
#100Ada61US #94

Boys

#1John1,326US #1
#2Joseph831US #6
#3William793US #3
#4Charles546US #7
#5James514US #2
#6George504US #5
#7Robert404US #4
#8Frank385US #8
#9Edward350US #9
#10Harry288US #16
#11Thomas259US #12
#12Paul253US #15
#13Walter235US #13
#14Michael219US #45
#15Albert212US #14
#16Anthony194US #37
#17Raymond152US #19
#18Arthur144US #17
#19Harold139US #18
#20Samuel130US #32
#21Louis129US #24
#22Francis128US #36
#23Henry126US #10
#24Ralph125US #28
#25Richard122US #21
#26Stanley120US #47
#27Andrew118US #42
#28Howard115US #27
#29David108US #30
#30Carl94US #26
#31Clarence90US #20
#32Peter89US #56
#33Fred86US #22
#34Kenneth84US #43
#35Earl81US #33
#36Russell80US #58
#37Lawrence79US #35
#38Donald74US #44
#39Daniel72US #53
#40Jack72US #23
#41Alfred68US #38
#42Frederick68US #69
#43Stephen67US #96
#44Bernard64US #62
#45Theodore64US #54
#46Eugene62US #39
#47Norman62US #63
#48Elmer60US #48
#49Leo59US #51
#50Herbert58US #41
#51Martin58US #86
#52Leroy57US #50
#53Steve56US #136
#54Chester54US #61
#55Victor54US #90
#56Roy50US #29
#57Benjamin49US #70
#58Edwin46US #71
#59Herman45US #52
#60Mike45US #143
#61Clyde43US #57
#62Ernest43US #31
#63Lewis43US #65
#64Vincent43US #99
#65Leonard42US #46
#66Philip42US #83
#67Leon40US #81
#68Warren38US #122
#69Alexander37US #101
#70Floyd35US #55
#71Nicholas34US #137
#72Morris33US #91
#73Gerald32US #105
#74Julius31US #95
#75Clifford30US #66
#76Harvey30US #89
#77Patrick30US #129
#78Jacob29US #117
#79Melvin29US #75
#80Lester27US #64
#81Ray27US #68
#82Edmund26US #154
#83Lloyd26US #67
#84Max26US #115
#85Sam26US #40
#86Glenn25US #97
#87Milton25US #76
#88Franklin24US #170
#89Joe24US #25
#90Elwood23
#91Hugh23US #112
#92Jerome23US #159
#93Matthew23US #158
#94Wilbur23US #104
#95Edgar22US #80
#96Willard22US #121
#97Alex21US #127
#98Angelo21US #195
#99Maurice21US #110
#100Adam19US #182

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.